Ark of Time
{{Short description|1997 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Ark of Time
| italic title =
| collapsible =
| state =
| image = Ark of time.jpg
| caption = North American PC cover art
| developer = Trecision
| publisher = Koei
| series =
| engine =
| platforms = MS-DOS, PlayStation
| released = MS-DOS{{vgrelease|NA|March 21, 1997{{Cite web |date=1997-06-06 |title=Online Gaming Review |url=http://www.ogr.com/news/news0397.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970606072617/http://www.ogr.com/news/news0397.html |archive-date=1997-06-06 }}|EU|1997}}PlayStation{{vgrelease|WW|1998}}
| genre = Adventure
| modes = Single-player
| director = Edoardo Gervino
| producer =
| designer =
| programmer = Fabrizio Lagorio
| artist = Mario Ricco
Tommaso Bennati
| writer = Stewart Bell
Bryn Isaac
Laura Sicignano
| composer = Luigi Gaggero
}}
Ark of Time is a 1997 adventure game developed by Italian studio Trecision and published in 1997 for MS-DOS by Koei.{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/ark-of-time/release-info |title=Ark of Time (1997) DOS release dates - MobyGames |work=MobyGames |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213003714/http://www.mobygames.com/game/ark-of-time/release-info |archive-date=13 December 2014 }} 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.{{cite magazine|title=Ark of Time|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=87|publisher=Ziff Davis |date=October 1996|page=98}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/Ark_of_Time/AOT.shtml |title=Four Fat Chicks -- Ark of Time Review |publisher=Tap-repeatedly.com |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917043340/http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/Ark_of_Time/AOT.shtml |archive-date=17 September 2014 }} AdventureGamers rated the game 70/100, saying "This is the worst game that I've totally enjoyed."{{cite web|url=http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17437 |title=Ark of Time review - AdventureGamers.com |date=19 May 2002 |publisher=Adventuregamers.com |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211125255/http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17437 |archive-date=11 December 2014 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=130931|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050721080023/http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=130931|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-07-21|title=Game Rankings - External Link|date=2005-07-21|access-date=2018-10-11}} GameSpot gave it 6.3/10, writing that Ark of Time was neither revolutionary or groundbreaking.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/pc/adventure/arkoftime/review.html|title=Ark of Time Review|last=Poole|first=Stephen|date=March 11, 1997|website=GameSpot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518030850/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/arkoftime/review.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-18|access-date=2021-07-17}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=369173|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060529091806/http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=369173|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-05-29|title=Game Rankings - External Link|date=2006-05-29|access-date=2018-10-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ark-of-time/mobyrank|title=Ark of Time for DOS (1997) MobyRank - MobyGames|work=MobyGames|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211125030/http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ark-of-time/mobyrank|archive-date=11 December 2014|url-status=live|accessdate=11 December 2014}} Gameboomers wrote that the game was 'pretty okay'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=319416|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623132705/http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=319416|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-06-23|title=Game Rankings - External Link|date=2007-06-23|access-date=2018-10-11}} Just Adventure felt the title was loony and offbeat.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=164929|title=Ark of Time|last=Ivey|first=Ray|date=1997|website=Just Adventure|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808042555/http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=164929|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-08-08|access-date=2018-10-11}} Meristation felt that while the game was competent and didn't have any serious flaws, it lacked anything that pushed the genre.{{Cite web|url=https://as.com/meristation/1997/08/17/analisis/871772040_012694.html|title=La Atlántida, mito o realidad.|date=2012-03-08|website=MeriStation|language=es|access-date=2019-03-11}}
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N056.1997.05-fl0n/page/n9?q=%22ark+of+time%22 PC Games review]
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Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:Point-and-click adventure games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Italy
Category:Video games set in 1997
Category:Video games set in Atlantis