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The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble

by Coktel Vision·published by Sierra On-Line

1995E6
PCWindows

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About

After a devastating atomic war, the world population was nearly annihilated, and the survivors had to hide deep underground. In the meantime, a peaceful race of human-like creatures, the boozooks, populated the Earth. After the humans ascended to the surface again, they started a bloody war against this race. The boozooks were mercilessly destroyed, their culture demolished, and in the end of the war they were enslaved by humans.

The vertical, economically self-sufficient city of Vlurxtrznbnaxl was erected, controlled by a corrupt leader known as BigWig, who oppressed population with heavy taxes and freedom restrictions. The genius Professor Azimuth, sympathetic to the cause of the boozooks, has discovered a mysterious object or entity known as the Schnibble, which apparently could bring peace and prosperity to the world. However, BigWig's henchmen kidnap the professor and even shoot a teddy bear that belongs to his little adopted half-boozook son Woodruff. Applying a device called Viblefrotzer to himself, Woodruff physically ages fifteen years, and feels strong enough to begin a search for his foster father and find a way to dethrone BigWig.

Woodruff is an adventure game with a cartoon-like appearance and many tricky puzzles, similar in art style and design to the Gobliiins series by the same creators. Unlike Gobliiins, this is a full-fledged adventure where the player character can move around freely, explore the large city, and interact with many characters. The interaction with the environment is done with a simple point-and-click system, without separate verb commands. The majority of the puzzles are inventory based; beside items, Woodruff can also use various spells (such as, for example, levitation) as well as ancient boozook formulae, which he has to learn and collect in order to advance in the game.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Side view

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

CD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

16 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 7.0

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

8X (1.2 MB/s)

Video Modes Supported

256 Colors Required

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480

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Also known as

Woodruff and The Schnibble of AzimuthEuropean title

Woodruff et le Schnibble d'AzimuthFrench title

Woodruff i Sznible profesora AzymutaPolish title

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Facts

Developer

Coktel Vision

Released

1995

Platforms

PCWindows

Age ratings

ESRBE

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Top 98% by visits

Tags

3rd-person (Other)Graphic adventurePuzzle elementsPost-apocalypticSci-fi / futuristic