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{{Short description|1992 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
|title = Amazon: Guardians of Eden
|title = Amazon: Guardians of Eden
|image=
|image = Amazon Guardians of Eden.jpg
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|developer=[[Indie Built|Access Software]]
|developer = [[Access Software]]
|publisher=Access Software
|publisher = Access Software
|designer = [[Chris Jones (Access Software)|Chris Jones]] <br> Kevin L. Jones
|designer=
|programmer = Bruce Ward
|released = [[1992 in video gaming|1992]]
|artist = Douglas Vandegrift
|genre = [[Video game genres#Action-adventure|Action-adventure]]
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|platforms = [[MS-DOS]]
|released = 1992
|genre = [[Adventure game|Adventure]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
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|platforms = [[Personal computer|PC]] [[MS-DOS]]
}}
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'''''Amazon: Guardians of Eden''''' is a point-and-click [[adventure game|adventure]] [[video game]] for [[MS-DOS]] from [[Indie Built|Access Software]]. It is one of the first games to feature [[SVGA|super VGA]] graphics, digitized voice-overs, and an online (in game) hint system.<ref>{{cite web
'''''Amazon: Guardians of Eden''''' is a [[point-and-click adventure game]] for [[MS-DOS]] published by [[Indie Built|Access Software]] in 1992. It is one of the first games with [[Super VGA]] graphics, digitized voice-overs, and an online (in game) hint system.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12054 | title = Amazon: Guardians of Eden | last = Doyle | first = Aidan | publisher = [[AllGame]] | accessdate = 2 Oct 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210211937/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12054 | archive-date=10 December 2014}}</ref> The game was re-released on [[GOG.com]] in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big Finish Games official Twitter account|url=https://twitter.com/bigfinishgames/status/1419733388613734410|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726225034/https://twitter.com/BigFinishGames/status/1419733388613734410 |archive-date=2021-07-26}}</ref>

|url =http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12054
==Plot==
|title =Amazon: Guardians of Eden
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''Amazon'' is an adventure game set in a 1957 expedition into the heart of the Amazon forest. The game follows the explorer on a perilous search through a land where legends come to life, danger hides behind every corner, and incredible treasures wait to be discovered.
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|first =Aidan
|publisher =[[AllGame]]
|accessdate =2 Oct 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210211937/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12054
|archive-date=10 Dec 2014
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Amazon is a movie adventure game about a 1957 expedition into the heart of the Amazon basin: "a desperate, crazed message sends [the player] on a perilous search through a land where legends come to life, danger hides behind every corner, and incredible treasures wait to be discovered."


==Reception==
==Reception==
''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' wrote that beyond "masterful" graphics and sound, "Access has clearly carried their excellent story far beyond anything produced by Hollywood in recent years". It approved of ''Amazon: Guardians of Eden'' "avoid[ing] the insulting, often embarrassingly sophomoric fashion in which women are reduced to objects of bestial lust, as is commonly the case in this genre ... parents who are only concerned with a game's sexual content need have no concerns over ''Amazon''". The magazine concluded that the game was an "outstanding piece of work".<ref name="greenberg199302">{{cite news | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=103 | title=Amazon: Guardians of Eden from Access | work=Computer Gaming World | date=February 1993 | accessdate=6 July 2014 | author=Greenberg, Allen L. | pages=102}}</ref> The game was reviewed in 1993 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #193 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon193">{{cite journal|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|lastauthoramp=yes|journal=Dragon|issue=193|date=May 1993|pages=57–63}}</ref>
''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' wrote that beyond "masterful" graphics and sound, "Access has clearly carried their excellent story far beyond anything produced by Hollywood in its naive years". It approved of ''Amazon: Guardians of Eden'' "avoid[ing] the insulting, often embarrassingly sophomoric fashion in which women are reduced to objects of bestial lust, as is commonly the case in this genre ... parents who are only concerned with a game's sexual content need have no concerns over ''Amazon''". The magazine concluded that the game was an "outstanding piece of work".<ref name="greenberg199302">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=103 | title=Amazon: Guardians of Eden from Access | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=February 1993 | accessdate=6 July 2014 | author=Greenberg, Allen L. | pages=102}}</ref> The game was reviewed in 1993 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #193 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon193">{{cite journal|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|name-list-style=amp|journal=Dragon|issue=193|date=May 1993|pages=57–63}}</ref>

==Reviews==
* ''[[Games (magazine)|Games]]'' #115<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/Games-Magazine-June-1993-images/page/n49/mode/2up | title=Games Magazine &#91;June 1993&#93; | date=June 1993}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{MobyGames|id=/amazon-guardians-of-eden}}
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* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/564644-amazon-guardians-of-eden/faqs/1882 Walkthrough] at [[GameFAQs]]
*[http://www.dosgames.sk/clanky/adventury/amazon_-guardians-of-eden Review of Amazon: Guardians of Eden] by Methat, server [http://www.dosgames.sk Revival of DOS Games], 09.03.2009

*[http://www.ign.com/games/amazon-guardians-of-eden/pc-8386 Amazon: Guardians of Eden] at [[IGN]]
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*[http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/564644-amazon-guardians-of-eden Amazon: Guardians of Eden] at [[GameFAQs]]
*[http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/amazon-guardians-of-eden/ Amazon: Guardians of Eden] at [[GameSpy]]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/amazon-guardians-of-eden/ Amazon: Guardians of Eden] at [[GameSpot]]


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Latest revision as of 18:07, 8 October 2024

Amazon: Guardians of Eden
Developer(s)Access Software
Publisher(s)Access Software
Designer(s)Chris Jones
Kevin L. Jones
Programmer(s)Bruce Ward
Artist(s)Douglas Vandegrift
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release1992
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Amazon: Guardians of Eden is a point-and-click adventure game for MS-DOS published by Access Software in 1992. It is one of the first games with Super VGA graphics, digitized voice-overs, and an online (in game) hint system.[1] The game was re-released on GOG.com in July 2021.[2]

Plot

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Amazon is an adventure game set in a 1957 expedition into the heart of the Amazon forest. The game follows the explorer on a perilous search through a land where legends come to life, danger hides behind every corner, and incredible treasures wait to be discovered.

Reception

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Computer Gaming World wrote that beyond "masterful" graphics and sound, "Access has clearly carried their excellent story far beyond anything produced by Hollywood in its naive years". It approved of Amazon: Guardians of Eden "avoid[ing] the insulting, often embarrassingly sophomoric fashion in which women are reduced to objects of bestial lust, as is commonly the case in this genre ... parents who are only concerned with a game's sexual content need have no concerns over Amazon". The magazine concluded that the game was an "outstanding piece of work".[3] The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #193 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.[4]

Reviews

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References

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  1. ^ Doyle, Aidan. "Amazon: Guardians of Eden". AllGame. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 2 Oct 2013.
  2. ^ "Big Finish Games official Twitter account". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ^ Greenberg, Allen L. (February 1993). "Amazon: Guardians of Eden from Access". Computer Gaming World. p. 102. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. ^ Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia & Lesser, Kirk (May 1993). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (193): 57–63.
  5. ^ "Games Magazine [June 1993]". June 1993.
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