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WaxWorks

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About

As a child, you were never taught of your family's dark secret - a whole history of 'evil twins' doing Satan's work on Earth, and 'good twins' attempting to put this right. Your uncle informs you of this shortly before his death, and after traveling to his waxworks museum you find that you must travel through time to correct these wrongdoings. Through a range of exhibits at your uncle's museum, various past scenes must be entered, with more becoming available as you complete them. In each you must find and kill your demented relative in time.

WaxWorks is a hybrid game that combines elements of role-playing and adventure. The player explores maze-like locations, manipulating objects and solving puzzles. Enemies appear from time to time and must be defeated using the various weapons found in the game. The player receives experience points and fathers equipment in a RPG fashion in each WaxWork; however, completing one negates these effects, and the protagonist becomes more defenseless in the next location. The game's controls are point and click, with the interface allowing the player to examine and collect items, select a weapon, and attack potential foes by striking at a particular part of their body.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

First person

Languages (4)

Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English
French
German
Spanish (Spain)

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

Download

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium III

Min. OS Class Required

Windows XP

Min. RAM Required

512 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 7.0

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Facts

Developer

Horror Soft

Publisher

Accolade

Released

1992

Platforms

PCDOSWindowsAmigaMac

Standing

Top 89% by visits

Tags

1st-personFixed / flip-screenReal-timeGraphic adventurePuzzle elementsPoint and selectContemporaryEgypt (Ancient)EuropeFantasyMedievalHorror