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La Chose De Grotemburg

La Chose de Grotemburg is a text adventure with graphics in French. The protagonist returns to his town after travelling to find his young wife dead. The search for the one responsible bring the character to…

31 December 1987

La Chose De Grotemburg is an adventure developed by Ubi Soft Entertainment, released 31 December 1987 on Amstrad CPC.

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What La Chose De Grotemburg is

La Chose De Grotemburg is an adventure game developed by Ubi Soft Entertainment and released in 1987. It is available on Amstrad CPC only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

La Chose de Grotemburg is a text adventure with graphics in French. The protagonist returns to his town after travelling to find his young wife dead. The search for the one responsible bring the character to different locations such a forest, an underground environment and a mansion where the one responsible resides. Most of the screen provides a view of the environment with detailed graphics. At the bottom of the screen text descriptions appear and commands are entered. On the right possible movement options based on the four wind directions are displayed.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

La Chose De Grotemburg launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did La Chose De Grotemburg come out?
La Chose De Grotemburg was released on 31 December 1987 for Amstrad CPC.

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