Świrus
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{{Short description|1996 video game}}
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| title = Świrus
| image = File:Świrus_cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of Świrus
| developer = Mirage
| publisher = Vochozka Trading
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| released = 1996
| genre = Point-and-click adventure
| modes = Single-player first person
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Świrus (Czech: Dr. Šílenec) is a 1996 Polish adventure video game developed by Mirage and published by Vochozka Trading, who also translated the game into Czech.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnews.cz/herni-nostalgie-action-supercross-dr-silenec-grand-theft-auto/|title=Herní nostalgie: Action Supercross, Dr. Šílenec, Grand Theft Auto - Cnews.cz|last=Kejduš|first=Radomír|date=2014-08-01|work=Cnews.cz|access-date=2018-03-22|language=cs-CZ}} Some years after its original release the game was released as a free download.{{Cite web|url=https://www.databaze-her.cz/hry/dr-silenec/|title=Dr. Šílenec – Databáze-her.cz|website=www.databaze-her.cz|language=cs|access-date=2018-03-22}}
Production
Świrus is the first polish adventure game designed for Windows.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gry-online.pl/S016.asp?ID=19850|title=Świrus, Swirus (PC) {{!}} GRYOnline.pl|website=GRY-Online.pl|language=pl-PL|access-date=2018-03-27}} The humour of the game derives from the culture of Polish life in the 1980s and 1990s.
Plot and gameplay
Świrus is a classic point & click adventure game, viewed from a first person perspective. it includes the command verb-based SCUMM interface. It features a comic art style. The player takes control of a teenager named Phillip who is visited by a clone from the future with a warning that he is the only one who can save the world from a mad Polish doctor named Dr. Šílenec.
Critical reception
In a nostalgic review of the game 18 years after its release Cnews.cz noted the game's sometimes crazy sense of logic.
References
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External links
- [http://www.oldgames.sk/mag/score-33/page/51/ Review in Score magazine]
- [http://www.oldgames.sk/mag/level-19/page/33/ Review in Level magazine]
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Poland