Software:Le Louvre: The Palace & Its Paintings
| Le Louvre: The Palace & Its Paintings | |
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| Developer(s) | Montparnasse Multimedia |
| Publisher(s) | BMG Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Macintosh |
| Release | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Le Louvre: The Palace & Its Paintings is a 1995 art game developed by Montparnasse Multimedia and published by BMG Interactive.
Development
Le Louvre: The Palace & Its Paintings was developed by Montparnasse Multimedia, a company founded in 1992.[1] The game was received six months after the founding of BMG Interactive Entertainment as an "interactive leisure" subsidiary of Bertelsmann.[2] The game cost 1.3 million francs to make, and by February 1996 BMG had reported profits.[3] It was one game in a series by BMG, including Musee D´Orsay, Michelangelo, Inuit.[4]
Content
The title offers an interactive multimedia exploration of the Louvre collection.
Reception
Entertainment Weekly praised the game's achievements despite its graphical limitations, deeming it "thoughtful — and less taxing" than a trip to Paris.[5] People magazine thought the game wouldn't offer new insights to art lovers, but had the potential to inspire non-art lovers to take a trip to the Louvre.[6] Billboard felt the title was the "grandaddy" of the art-based game genre, and praised the developer's choice to narrow down the collection to 100 items to prevent the feeling of overwhelm.[7] Newsweek deemed it "satisfying".[8]
The game sold 15,000 copies by February 1996,[3] and by January 1997 it had sold more than 300,000 copies.[9] The game ultimately sold over 1 million copies worldwide by 2000.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New Tricks". August 29, 2000. Archived from the original on August 29, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000829085335/http://www.gameindustry.com/interviews/int000803.html. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ↑ "Bertelsmann cherche sa voie dans le " loisir interactif " - Les Echos". 16 January 1995. https://www.lesechos.fr/16/01/1995/LesEchos/16815-106-ECH_bertelsmann-cherche-sa-voie-dans-le---loisir-interactif--.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "LES POIDS LOURDS DEBAR QUENT DANS LE CD-ROM". 6 February 1995. https://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/actualite-economique/les-poids-lourds-debar-quent-dans-le-cd-rom_1401831.html.
- ↑ Macworld. "BMG Interactive". https://www.macworld.es/articulos/boletin-de-noticias/bmg-interactive-524223/.
- ↑ "Le Louvre: The Palace & Its Paintings". Entertainment Weekly. http://ew.com/article/1995/12/15/le-louvre-palace-its-paintings/. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ↑ "Picks and Pans Review: Le Louvre". 16 October 1995. http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-le-louvre-vol-44-no-16/feed/.
- ↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 23 September 1995. https://books.google.com/books?id=9A0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Le+Louvre%3A+The+Palace+&pg=PA94.
- ↑ "See Art, Spare Feet". 22 October 1995. http://www.newsweek.com/see-art-spare-feet-184258.
- ↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 25 January 1997. https://books.google.com/books?id=4Q4EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22BMG+Interactive%22+%22Le+Louvre%22&pg=RA1-PA54.
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