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Winter Wonderland

Young Gretchen could have only imagined the fanciful events that were to occur before finding herself lost in a winter wonderland. A piece of interactive fiction written by Laura Knauth.

31 December 1999

Winter Wonderland is an adventure developed by Laura Knauth, released 31 December 1999 on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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What Winter Wonderland is

Winter Wonderland is an adventure game developed by Laura Knauth and released in 1999. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Inform.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Young Gretchen could have only imagined the fanciful events that were to occur before finding herself lost in a winter wonderland. A piece of interactive fiction written by Laura Knauth.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Winter Wonderland launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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When did Winter Wonderland come out?
Winter Wonderland was released on 31 December 1999 for Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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