Ark of Time

Ark of Time
North American PC cover art
Developer(s)	Trecision
Publisher(s)	Koei
Director(s)	Edoardo Gervino
Programmer(s)	Fabrizio Lagorio
Artist(s)	Mario Ricco Tommaso Bennati
Writer(s)	Stewart Bell Bryn Isaac Laura Sicignano
Composer(s)	Luigi Gaggero
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, PlayStation
Release	MS-DOS NA: March 21, 1997[1] EU: 1997 PlayStation WW: 1998
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player

Ark of Time is a 1997 adventure game developed by Italian studio Trecision and published in 1997 for MS-DOS by Koei.[2] A PlayStation version was released in 1998.

Plot

Players control Richard, a newspaper reporter whose search for a missing professor takes him around the world and entangles him in the mystery of the fate of Atlantis.[3]

Gameplay

Ark of Time is a third-person point-and-click adventure game, with mostly inventory based puzzles.

Reception

Giving the game 80/100, Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks complimented the game's sly sense of humor.[4] AdventureGamers rated the game 70/100, saying "This is the worst game that I've totally enjoyed."[5][6] GameSpot gave it 6.3/10, writing that Ark of Time was neither revolutionary or groundbreaking.[7] Quandary gave the game 60/100, writing that the game was part of a rush of titles centering around the fabled lost city of Atlantis that were released at the time. Additionally, Quandary felt that it was surprising.[8][9] Gameboomers wrote that the game was 'pretty okay'.[10] Just Adventure felt the title was loony and offbeat.[11] Meristation felt that while the game was competent and didn't have any serious flaws, it lacked anything that pushed the genre.[12]

References

1. "Online Gaming Review". 1997-06-06. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
2. "Ark of Time (1997) DOS release dates - MobyGames". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
3. "Ark of Time". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 87. Ziff Davis. October 1996. p. 98.
4. "Four Fat Chicks -- Ark of Time Review". Tap-repeatedly.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
5. "Ark of Time review - AdventureGamers.com". Adventuregamers.com. 19 May 2002. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
6. "Game Rankings - External Link". 2005-07-21. Archived from the original on 2005-07-21. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
7. Poole, Stephen (March 11, 1997). "Ark of Time Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
8. "Game Rankings - External Link". 2006-05-29. Archived from the original on 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
9. "Ark of Time for DOS (1997) MobyRank - MobyGames". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
10. "Game Rankings - External Link". 2007-06-23. Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
11. Ivey, Ray (1997). "Ark of Time". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
12. "La Atlántida, mito o realidad". MeriStation (in Spanish). 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2019-03-11.

External links

• PC Games review