Software:Master of Dimensions

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Master of Dimensions
Developer(s)Makh-Shevet
Publisher(s)Eidos Interactive
Release1996
Genre(s)Point and click adventure

Master of Dimensions (שליט המימדים) is a 1996 adventure video game by Israeli developer Makh-Shevet (through their division Mad Engine[1]) and published by Eidos Interactive.

Development

After several years of translating foreign adventure games into Hebrew Makh-Shevet created Master of Dimensions as its first original title.[2] Master of Dimensions is based on an RPG of the same name that Makh-Shevet founder Oren Obstblum created with some friends in 1985[3][4][5] as a result of his dissatisfaction with current RPG.[6] He and his friends started fantasizing about traveling into parallel dimensions to fantastic places and eras.[7] Later when creating a video game, he decided to draw from this idea.[6] The game was programmed by Eric Siegel, who incorporated both 3D and 2D animation.[8]

The game's publisher was Eidos Interactive, who were following up their interactive adventure The Riddle of Master Lu.[9] It was distributed in English under licence by US Gold[10] while Polish distributor of the game, Mirage, produced a localised version under the title Władca Wymiarów.[11] It was localised for the Brazilian market by BraSoft Corporation.[12] The German version featured well-known German voice actors.[13]

At the time, it was one of the only Israeli computer games developed and distributed outside Israel.[2]

The game was relatively successful, and very popular in Europe,[3] leading to Makh-Shevet developing another, less successful puzzle adventure game called Grenix.[2] Master of Dimensions' elderly woman character Omis would later feature in the 1997 Makh-Shevet title Armed & Delirious.[14]

Plot

Players take the role of a young man who must try to save the magician Merlin.[15][16] The game features a dozen interconnected mini-stories, which correspond to different dimensions the player visits,[17] ranging from detective comics and classic fantasy elements to ultra-realistic mega-cities.[18] The game has a point-and-click interface.

Critical reception

Critical reception to the game has been mixed.

PC Top Player deemed it a mediocre video game, criticising its unoriginal plot and simple gameplay.[19] Metzomagic critiqued the game's "occasional obscure solution and seeming dead-end, humungous maze and a timed puzzle".[20] Świat Gier Komputerowych liked its "nice graphics, well-chosen difficulty level and...variety".[11] Gry komputerowe wrote it is "well-designed in terms of graphics".[21] Micromania felt the game had "interesting characters and well-plotted stories".[17] PC Player praised the game's "lovely little details" including its music, gags and decent voicework, but criticised the pixel hunting.[22] The magazine added that despite the game experiencing the "teething troubles of a first work", its "small, loving details" reflected the earnestness of its creators.[22]

Paul Ricketts of The Post noted the game's "variety of locations" and "character interaction" as entertaining aspects.[23] PC Home praised graphical elements including large scale character sprites, and camera changes.[24] Folha De Londrina felt the player would have to "work hard" to decipher the game's puzzles.[25] PC Games enjoyed the game's "optical and acoustic details".[26] Meanwhile, PC Joker thought the game had replayability due to its variable solutions.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Cover: Fünfte Dimension, Die - PC CD-ROM". https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=pic&id=2292&s=2. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost (פרוסט), Tal (טל) (April 16, 2013). "גיימינג כחול לבן: מ-Xonix ועד כוכב כחול" (in he). Ynet. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4368049,00.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Uma Aventura de Outra Dimensão" (in pt). http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/mirror/odia/odiaonline.htm. 
  4. ↑ "Master of Dimensions" (in pt). http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/mirror/brazil/master.htm. 
  5. ↑ "Master of Dimensions feature". PC Home. November 1996. http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/paperreview/pv-pchome1.htm. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Master of Dimensions history". http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/about.htm. 
  7. ↑ Wiklund, Mats (November 21, 1996). "Avdammat rollspel" (in Sv). http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/mirror/swedish/master.html. 
  8. ↑ We are all press and media (כולנו עיתונות ותקשורת) (January 1997) (in He). תכנות (אנשי הדממה). Young Computer Magazine (מגזין מחשבים צעיר). p. 15. http://archive.org/details/Zombit-027. 
  9. ↑ "Die fünfte Dimension - Das Rätsel der 5. Dimension" (in De). http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/mirror/german1/page2.html. 
  10. ↑ Master of Dimensions ad. September 1996. http://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_42_September_1996. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gregrowicz, Adam (January 1997) (in Pl). Master of Dimensions. pp. 26–7. http://archive.org/details/swiat_gier_komputerowych_49-1997-1. 
  12. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/socialmediaprofessional/details/experience/ [self-published source]
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Die Fünfte Dimension" (in de). PC Joker: 106. January 1997. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=21375. 
  14. ↑ (in german) Telstar Goes East. PC Player. August 1997. pp. 19. http://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1997-08. 
  15. ↑ (in pl) Master of Dimensions. Excalibur. January 1997. pp. 40–1. http://archive.org/details/Excalibur_Magazine_58_1997-01. 
  16. ↑ (in es) The Master of Dimensions. Micromanía Tercera Epoca. November 1996. pp. 13–4. http://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue22. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 (in es) Master of Dimensions. Micromanía Tercera Epoca. January 1997. pp. 56. http://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue24. 
  18. ↑ Aichinger, Herbert. "Die fünfte Dimension" (in de). http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/mirror/german2/dim.html. 
  19. ↑ (in es) Master of Dimensions. PC Top Player. 1997. pp. 46. http://archive.org/details/pcplayerspain018. 
  20. ↑ Ramsey, Steve (February 2004). "The Master of Dimensions". http://www.metzomagic.com/showArticle.php?index=613. 
  21. ↑ (in pl) Master of Dimensions. Gry Komputerowe (Wydanie Targowe). 1996. pp. 5. http://archive.org/details/gry-komputerowe-wydanie-targowe-a-96. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 PC Player (January 1997) (in de). Die Fünfte Dimension. PC Player. pp. 78. http://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1997-01. 
  23. ↑ Rickitis, Pags (September 13, 1996). "A game that takes you into several dimensions". p. 50. http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/paperreview/pv-post.htm. 
  24. ↑ McKally, Paul (December 1996). "Master of Dimensions". PC Home: p. 126. http://avcom.co.il/mod/pages/paperreview/pv-pchome2.htm. 
  25. ↑ "E tem mais..." (in pt-br). December 4, 1997. https://www.folhadelondrina.com.br/mercado-digital/e-tem-mais-52978.html. 
  26. ↑ "Die fünfte Dimension: Time Machine" (in de). December 1996. p. 172. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=8519. 

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