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Pandora's Box

In the game, players must travel around the world to different cities solving various kinds of puzzles to capture the seven "tricksters" - Maui, Puck, Eris, Coyote, Monkey, Anansi and Raven. Each trickster has…

19 September 1999

Pandora's Box is a puzzle developed by Alexey Pajitnov, released 19 September 1999 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pandora's Box is

Pandora's Box is a puzzle game developed by Alexey Pajitnov and released in 1999. It was published by Microsoft Corporation. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the game, players must travel around the world to different cities solving various kinds of puzzles to capture the seven "tricksters" - Maui, Puck, Eris, Coyote, Monkey, Anansi and Raven. Each trickster has a challenge puzzle after finding all the missing box pieces, acquired by solving the puzzle with each piece behind it in each city. The location of the pieces is randomized each game. The game offers sporadic bonuses. Hints are used to find where one piece goes if the player needs help figuring it out. Free puzzle tokens solve puzzles for the player if needed. A free puzzle token is awarded for every ten puzzles solved.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Pandora's Box launched on 19 September 1999, within three weeks of Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Freespace 2.

Released around the same time: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Freespace 2.

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When did Pandora's Box come out?
Pandora's Box was released on 19 September 1999 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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