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A point-and-click puzzle adventure in the style of Myst, SPQR pits you against
the mysterious Calamitus, an anonymous enemy of the Empire who threatens its very
existence in the year 205 A.D. You must uncover his identity before his machinations
succeed in bringing down the state. Explore the streets, temples and secret labryinths
of the Roman forum in your quest to save the emperor. The storyline - complete with
drama, twists, cliffhangers and multiple endings - is a Roman "soap opera" crafted by
television writers and historians. It's a challenging graphic adventure - original
mind-bending puzzles utilize authentic historical artifacts and data. The root of the
game is the original version, which was designed for multi-player use over the Internet
in 1995. The game is obviously influenced profoundly by the history and peoples of
ancient Rome. The aspect of investigating crimes against the city is as old as
mankind's written history. You must journey to Rome and investigate five equally
suspicious characters in an attempt to discover who is behind the havoc currently
sweeping the city. A wave of panic, borne of treachery and murder, is washing across
the Empire and threatening to topple mighty Rome. A seer, Sybil, has foreseen this
trouble and foretold of a stranger, known only as Calamitus, who is at the core of the
pervading unrest and destruction. A variety of on-screen icons (e.g., gazette, calendar,
maps, architectural plans, compass, secret compartments, etc.) are provided to aid in
the search for the perpetrator. You'll need full knowledge of how the ancient city works
at all levels (economics, culture, politics, etc.) in order to ferret out the mysterious
stranger behind the chaos. With the use of Cornelius's secret device, the Navitor,
you'll need to become a virtual citizen of Rome to fully understand and solve the
mysteries surrounding the city and the Senatus Populusque Romanus (S.P.Q.R.), or "Senate
and People of Rome." |
