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1213: Episode 1

1213: Episode 1 is the first iteration of Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's 1213 series. The game follows an amnesiac man only known by his subject number 1213. He is locked inside mysterious facility where his captor…

30 December 2005

1213: Episode 1 is a platform developed by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, released 30 December 2005 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What 1213: Episode 1 is

1213: Episode 1 is a platform game developed by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw and released in 2005. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Adventure Game Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

1213: Episode 1 is the first iteration of Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's 1213 series. The game follows an amnesiac man only known by his subject number 1213. He is locked inside mysterious facility where his captor runs terrible experiments on him. Then, for reasons yet unknown, 1213 is freed from his cell, just to find out something has gone terribly wrong inside the facility. Unlike previous games by Ben Croshaw, 1213 is an action-adventure game featuring Prince of Persia style platforming and 2D shooter mechanics.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

1213: Episode 1 launched on 30 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, 25 To Life and Dead or Alive 4.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, 25 To Life, Dead or Alive 4.

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When did 1213: Episode 1 come out?
1213: Episode 1 was released on 30 December 2005 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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