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The Book of Watermarks

A first-person adventure game for the PlayStation loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. While only released in Japan, all in-game voice over is spoken in English.

15 July 1999

The Book of Watermarks is an adventure developed by Arc Entertainment, released 15 July 1999 on PlayStation.

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What The Book of Watermarks is

The Book of Watermarks is an adventure game developed by Arc Entertainment and released in 1999. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A first-person adventure game for the PlayStation loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. While only released in Japan, all in-game voice over is spoken in English.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

The Book of Watermarks launched on 15 July 1999, within three weeks of Driver, Outcast, Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty and Vandal Hearts II.

Released around the same time: Driver, Outcast, Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, Vandal Hearts II.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did The Book of Watermarks come out?
The Book of Watermarks was released on 15 July 1999 for PlayStation.

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