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Aquanaut's Holiday

The ocean is another world. Beneath the surface of the sea, all the sounds and the stress of society are muffled away to nothing. In Aquanaut's Holiday, the player takes the role of a renowned oceanographer…

80 30 June 1995

Aquanaut's Holiday is an adventure developed by Artdink, released 30 June 1995 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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What Aquanaut's Holiday is

Aquanaut's Holiday is an adventure game developed by Artdink and released in 1995. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The ocean is another world. Beneath the surface of the sea, all the sounds and the stress of society are muffled away to nothing. In Aquanaut's Holiday, the player takes the role of a renowned oceanographer has been pushed to the limit by the constant attention of the press, environmentalists, and the government. It's time to leave it all behind, on an open-ended mission to explore one of the last unmapped areas in the ocean and create a new coral reef there. The game is played entirely at the player's pace. The only real goals and time limits are those that the player sets. The main point of the experience is simply to explore the virtual undersea environments. The game provides several…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Aquanaut's Holiday holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Aquanaut's Holiday launched on 30 June 1995, within three weeks of Tekken 2, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat and Air Combat. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Tekken 2, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, Air Combat.

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Quick answers

Aquanaut's Holiday — frequently asked questions

When did Aquanaut's Holiday come out?
Aquanaut's Holiday was released on 30 June 1995 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
Does Aquanaut's Holiday have multiplayer?
Yes. Aquanaut's Holiday supports multiplayer.

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