Software:Sign of the Sun
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| Developer(s) | International Computer Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Project Two Interactive |
| Platform(s) | DOS |
| Release | 1997[1] |
| Genre(s) | Adventure[1][2] |
Sign of the Sun is a 1997 adventure video game from Project Two Interactive.
Gameplay
The game consists of 150 different locations including vast lava caverns.[3][4] During the course of the game the player encounters talking stones, flying lizards, various gate mechanisms as well as puzzles that the player must solve.[3]
Plot
James Mariner flew his spaceship too close to the sun and was captured by a tractor beam. He finds himself under the solar surface and has to escape to stop the natives from destroying the Galaxy.
Reception
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PC Zone gave the Sign of the Sun a score of 41 out of 100, wishing that the game had more characters to interact with and more content to complete.[5] PC Player gave the game a score of 21 out of 100, criticizing the controls and action sequences.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pantalla" (in es). November 1, 1997. p. 14. https://archive.org/details/HobbyConsolas074/page/n13/mode/2up. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Sign of the Sun". Archived from the original on September 8, 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/19990908231256/http://www.project2.com:80/sos/sos.html. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Borovskis, Thomas (February 1998). "Sign of the Sun" (in de). https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=21853. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Schütz, Volker (February 1998). "Sign of the Sun" (in de). p. 84. https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1998-02/page/n81/mode/2up. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cunningham, Jamie (January 1998). "Sign of the Sun". p. 104. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_59_January_1998/page/n103/mode/2up. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Sign of the Sun" (in de). February 1998. p. 131. https://archive.org/details/GameStar.N005.1998.02/page/130/mode/2up. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Sign of the Sun". July 1998. p. 78. https://archive.org/details/hyper-057/page/78/mode/2up. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ↑ "Sign of the Sun" (in de). PC Action: 70. February 1998.
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