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Backpacker: The Lost Florence Gold Mine

This is a traditional third-person point & click adventure with an emphasis on dialogue.

1 March 1997

Backpacker: The Lost Florence Gold Mine is an adventure, released 1 March 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Backpacker: The Lost Florence Gold Mine is

Backpacker: The Lost Florence Gold Mine was released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You play detective McBlade, who one day receives a mysterious letter and decides to find the sender. He is requested to solve a murder case of 60 years ago. The identity of the murderer was never determined. You have your reasons to assume that this murder is somehow connected to the ancient Indian myth of the Death Cave. In spite of the great danger, you start your investigation.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Backpacker: The Lost Florence Gold Mine launched on 1 March 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and NBA ShootOut '97.

Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, NBA ShootOut '97.

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When did Backpacker: The Lost Florence Gold Mine come out?
Backpacker: The Lost Florence Gold Mine was released on 1 March 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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