Three humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.Three humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.Three humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.
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Mari Weiss
- Maggie Robbins
- (voice)
- …
Steve Blum
- Ludger Brink
- (voice)
- (as Steven Blum)
- …
Leilani Jones
- Cora Miles
- (voice)
- (as Leilany Jones Wilmore)
- …
David Lodge
- Ken Borden
- (voice)
- …
James Garrett
- The Creator
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe game went through three major versions before it was released. The second version was helmed by Brian Moriarty (who took over from Noah Falstein), and looked a lot like the finished product, but was primarily aimed at adults. Not only was it filled with heavy scientific lingo, philosophical content and creative puzzles, it was also made quite violent and gory, as requested by Steven Spielberg. For example, one of the characters would turn into a bloody corpse after entering a cave with an acid rain, Robbins was to be ferociously attacked by bats, and there was to be an amputation scene featuring lots of blood, requiring a tourniquet. At one point, Spielberg himself suggested a scene where Boston had to electrocute a large aquatic eel in order to obtain the lens from its eye, since it could stun bats; as Boston cut out the lens, blood would splatter all over the screen. However, after receiving much criticism for some particularly violent and bloody scenes in his movie Jurassic Park (1993), Spielberg asked the design team to tone down the mood of the game, so that it would still be appropriate for children. In the end, Moriarty's enthusiasm and ever expanding vision, fueled by Spielberg's involvement, became a bit too ambitious for the technical limitations of the time, so he left the project. Dave Grossman temporarily took over to trim the game's scope while fixing and retaining as much as possible, but he left after several months as well. Sean Clark eventually revived and finished the game.
- Quotes
Maggie Robbins: Do you have a name?
The Creator: I had a name once, when I was alive. But now that I am again and again dead, what need have I for names? My body is now so ancient, that the Crystal scarcely holds any power over me. I rise for a few minutes, and then I fall again. Soon, I shall cease to rise at all. Only then will my grief end. I want no name or memory to live after me.
- Crazy creditsA number of people are listed as "Kept our computers working"; "Ghosts of Digs past"; and "Grateful thanks to the eternally patient", including "Monkey, the incredibly lonely, drooling cat".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Gamesmaster: Episode #5.11 (1995)
- SoundtracksMission to the Asteroid
Written by Michael Land
Courtesy of LucasArts Entertainment Company
Featured review
Fantastic
As one of my favourite games, I can't see why the whole world has went The Dig crazy.
It has one of the greatest story lines which is taken at such an angle that when the twists come for you, you genuinely feel shocked or amazed. The characters were brilliant and the voice acting was great. I got myself both soundtracks and I have to say they're some of the best soundtracks I've ever heard and add to the gaming experience considerably.
I'm not going to spoil anything but I didn't expect a lot of things to happen which did. I suggest getting the game and not even reading anything about it before playing it. If I hadn't played the demo ten years ago I probably would have been even more blown away when playing it.
The voice acting is brilliant and the choice of voice actors was brilliant. Robert Patrick (T-1000 from The Terminator 2) was perfect as Boston and the other actors also gave great performances, I can't imagine anyone else voicing these characters. And I don't want to. The way the game was created was perfect and it was unfortunate that it went through so many development changes and bugged Lucasarts so much.
If you like a good adventure game, I suggest you go for this. As a big point and click fan, I say this is one of the best you can get along with Beneath a Steel Sky for the Amiga. I'll be playing this same time next year, and so on.
It has one of the greatest story lines which is taken at such an angle that when the twists come for you, you genuinely feel shocked or amazed. The characters were brilliant and the voice acting was great. I got myself both soundtracks and I have to say they're some of the best soundtracks I've ever heard and add to the gaming experience considerably.
I'm not going to spoil anything but I didn't expect a lot of things to happen which did. I suggest getting the game and not even reading anything about it before playing it. If I hadn't played the demo ten years ago I probably would have been even more blown away when playing it.
The voice acting is brilliant and the choice of voice actors was brilliant. Robert Patrick (T-1000 from The Terminator 2) was perfect as Boston and the other actors also gave great performances, I can't imagine anyone else voicing these characters. And I don't want to. The way the game was created was perfect and it was unfortunate that it went through so many development changes and bugged Lucasarts so much.
If you like a good adventure game, I suggest you go for this. As a big point and click fan, I say this is one of the best you can get along with Beneath a Steel Sky for the Amiga. I'll be playing this same time next year, and so on.
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- orangekubrick
- Jun 15, 2006
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