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Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou

Eastern Mind is a point-and-click adventure game about a man named Rin who has lost his soul. Borrowing his friend's soul for 49 days, he goes on a quest to a location known as Tong Nou to die and be…

1 April 1994

Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou is an adventure developed by OutSide Directors Company, released 1 April 1994 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou is

Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou is an adventure game developed by OutSide Directors Company and released in 1994. It was published by Sony Imagesoft. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Macromedia Director.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Eastern Mind is a point-and-click adventure game about a man named Rin who has lost his soul. A friend gives him an artificial soul that will last 49 days, with which he goes on a quest to the island of Tong Nou to recover his soul. The island takes the form of a human head and the player can enter its various orificies to access locations in the game. The player must die and be reincarnated as nine different creatures in order to complete nine unique missions. After dying, the outcome of Rin's transmigration is determined by the player's specific choice between three pairs of eyes, three noses, and three mouths. When every mission has been completed, the player is able to reach Central…
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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

Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou launched on 1 April 1994, within three weeks of Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI and The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

Released around the same time: Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

Official trailer

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When did Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou come out?
Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou was released on 1 April 1994 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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