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Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground is the sequel to the adventure game Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder and quite similar in gameplay. The player has five days (eight hours each) to solve a case. Randa Tasker, the wife of a…

31 December 1997

Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground is an adventure developed by Activision, released 31 December 1997 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground is

Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground is an adventure game developed by Activision and released in 1997. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sacred Ground is the sequel to the adventure game Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder and quite similar in gameplay. The player has five days (eight hours each) to solve a case. Randa Tasker, the wife of a local business man, has been kidnapped. With the help of a PDA and your assistant detective John Night Sky, you have to find clues and interview suspects and witnesses. Since there is not enough time to interrogate them all, choices must be made. The game's interface is point-and-click. The locations you visit are photograph stills and the game is interspersed with Full Motion Video (FMV) movies. The main screen shows a calendar which shows the number of days you have left, a sun dial…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are mystery.

What it launched against

Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Official trailer

Gameplay Video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground come out?
Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground was released on 31 December 1997 for DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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