Amazon: Guardians of Eden (1992) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Amazon: Guardians of Eden

Amazon is a movie adventure game about a 1957 expedition into the heart of the Amazon basin: "a desperate, crazed message sends [the player] on a perilous search through a land where legends come to life…

1 January 1992

What Amazon: Guardians of Eden is

Amazon: Guardians of Eden is an adventure game developed by Access Software and released in 1992. It is available on DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Amazon is a movie adventure game about a 1957 expedition into the heart of the Amazon basin: "a desperate, crazed message sends [the player] on a perilous search through a land where legends come to life, danger hides behind every corner, and incredible treasures wait to be discovered." It is one of the first games to feature super VGA graphics, digitized voice-overs, and an online hint system.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Amazon: Guardians of Eden launched on 1 January 1992, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams and Baseball Stars 2.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Baseball Stars 2.

Amazon: Guardians of Eden — frequently asked questions