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| developer = [[Trecision]]
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| programmer = Fabrizio Lagorio
| programmer = Fabrizio Lagorio
| artist = Mario Ricco, Tommaso Bennati
| artist = Mario Ricco<br>Tommaso Bennati
| writer = Stewart Bell, Bryn Isaac, Laura Sicignano
| writer = Stewart Bell<br>Bryn Isaac<br>Laura Sicignano
| composer = Luigi Gaggero
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'''''Ark of Time''''' is a 1997 [[adventure game]] developed by Italian studio [[Trecision]] and published in 1997 for [[MS-DOS]] by [[Koei]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/ark-of-time/release-info |title=Ark of Time (1997) DOS release dates - MobyGames |work=MobyGames |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213003714/http://www.mobygames.com/game/ark-of-time/release-info |archive-date=13 December 2014 }}</ref> A [[PlayStation]] version was released in 1998.


== Plot ==
'''''Ark of Time''''' is a 1997 adventure game. Originally created and distributed across Europe, it was later published by [[Koei|Koei Corporation]] and developed by Trecision S.p.A. in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/ark-of-time/release-info|title=Ark of Time (1997) DOS release dates - MobyGames|work=MobyGames|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>
Players control Richard, a newspaper reporter whose search for a missing professor takes him around the world and entangles him in the mystery of the fate of [[Atlantis]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ark of Time|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=87|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=October 1996|page=98}}</ref>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Ark of Time is a "third-person point-and-click adventure game", where "the puzzles are mostly inventory based".<ref name=moby>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/ark-of-time|title=Ark of Time for DOS (1997) - MobyGames|work=MobyGames|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>
''Ark of Time'' is a third-person point-and-click adventure game, with mostly inventory based puzzles.


==Reception==
==Critical reception==
Giving the game 80/100, Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks complimented the game's sly sense of humor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/Ark_of_Time/AOT.shtml |title=Four Fat Chicks -- Ark of Time Review |publisher=Tap-repeatedly.com |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917043340/http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/Ark_of_Time/AOT.shtml |archive-date=17 September 2014 }}</ref> AdventureGamers rated the game 70/100, saying "This is the worst game that I've totally enjoyed."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17437 |title=Ark of Time review - AdventureGamers.com |date=19 May 2002 |publisher=Adventuregamers.com |accessdate=11 December 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211125255/http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17437 |archive-date=11 December 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=130931|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050721080023/http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=130931|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-07-21|title=Game Rankings - External Link|date=2005-07-21|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref> GameSpot gave it 6.3/10, writing that Ark of Time was neither revolutionary or groundbreaking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com:80/pc/adventure/arkoftime/review.html|title=Ark of Time Review|last=Poole|first=Stephen|date=March 11, 1997|website=GameSpot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518030850/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/arkoftime/review.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-18|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref> Quandary gave the game 60/100, writing that the game was part of a rush of titles centering around the fabled lost city of Atlantis that were released at the time. Additionally, Quandary felt that it was surprising.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=369173|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060529091806/http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=369173|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-05-29|title=Game Rankings - External Link|date=2006-05-29|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref><ref name="mobyrank">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ark-of-time/mobyrank|title=Ark of Time for DOS (1997) MobyRank - MobyGames|work=MobyGames|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211125030/http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ark-of-time/mobyrank|archive-date=11 December 2014|url-status=live|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref> Gameboomers wrote that the game was 'pretty okay'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=319416|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623132705/http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=319416|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-06-23|title=Game Rankings - External Link|date=2007-06-23|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref> Just Adventure felt the title was loony and offbeat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com:80/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=164929|title=Ark of Time|last=Ivey|first=Ray|date=1997|website=Just Adventure|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808042555/http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=164929|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-08-08|access-date=2018-10-11}}</ref> Meristation felt that while the game was competent and didn't have any serious flaws, it lacked anything that pushed the genre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://as.com/meristation/1997/08/17/analisis/871772040_012694.html|title=La Atlántida, mito o realidad.|date=2012-03-08|website=MeriStation|language=es|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
Giving the game 80/100, Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks wrote "There's a sly humor running through Ark of Time. In a time capsule recording, one of the Atlanteans identifies himself as Bizze-R. Two mobbed-up bad guys banter hilariously in some of the most over-the-top voice acting of the game. A shaman dives into a lake and emerges with the sought-after sacred items and a rusted beer can. The magic words to open a locked door turn out to be taken directly from a bad Arabian Nights movie. Nothing overt or scene-stealing, but time and time again I found myself smiling at a remark or reaction."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tap-repeatedly.com/Reviews/Ark_of_Time/AOT.shtml|title=Four Fat Chicks -- Ark of Time Review|publisher=Tap-repeatedly.com|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref> AdventureGamers rated the game 70/100, saying "This is the worst game that I've totally enjoyed. It's a traditional third-person point-and-click adventure in which our hero, a dippy journalist named Richard, is chasing all over the globe to find a scientist who went missing in his search for Atlantis. The game starts with a wonderfully retro-cheesy cutscene of the scientist and his obviously evil sidekicks searching underwater for Atlantis."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17437|title=Ark of Time review - AdventureGamers.com|publisher=Adventuregamers.com|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref> GameSpot game it 63, writing "Ark of Time is definitely a traditional graphic adventure. There's nothing revolutionary or groundbreaking here: The graphics are excellent, but certainly not unique, and the interface is based almost entirely on the tried and true system found in LucasArts' adventures. In fact, Ark of Time is actually a throwback in at least one regard: It has some of the worst voice acting I can remember hearing in a game."<ref name=mobyrank>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ark-of-time/mobyrank|title=Ark of Time for DOS (1997) MobyRank - MobyGames|work=MobyGames|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>

Quandary game the game 60/100, writing "As far as I can recall the first computer game that had a story based around the fabled lost city, Atlantis, was Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (that was a few years back now). Now there seems to be a rush of titles centered around this general theme with the release of Timelapse, Atlantis: The Lost Tales and also this game, Ark of Time."<ref name=mobyrank/>


==References==
==References==

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== External links ==

* [https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N056.1997.05-fl0n/page/n9?q=%22ark+of+time%22 PC Games review]

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Latest revision as of 09:38, 23 July 2023

Ark of Time
North American PC cover art
Developer(s)Trecision
Publisher(s)Koei
Director(s)Edoardo Gervino
Programmer(s)Fabrizio Lagorio
Artist(s)Mario Ricco
Tommaso Bennati
Writer(s)Stewart Bell
Bryn Isaac
Laura Sicignano
Composer(s)Luigi Gaggero
Platform(s)MS-DOS, PlayStation
ReleaseMS-DOS
PlayStation
  • WW: 1998
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Ark of Time is a 1997 adventure game developed by Italian studio Trecision and published in 1997 for MS-DOS by Koei.[2] A PlayStation version was released in 1998.

Plot

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Players control Richard, a newspaper reporter whose search for a missing professor takes him around the world and entangles him in the mystery of the fate of Atlantis.[3]

Gameplay

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Ark of Time is a third-person point-and-click adventure game, with mostly inventory based puzzles.

Reception

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Giving the game 80/100, Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks complimented the game's sly sense of humor.[4] AdventureGamers rated the game 70/100, saying "This is the worst game that I've totally enjoyed."[5][6] GameSpot gave it 6.3/10, writing that Ark of Time was neither revolutionary or groundbreaking.[7] Quandary gave the game 60/100, writing that the game was part of a rush of titles centering around the fabled lost city of Atlantis that were released at the time. Additionally, Quandary felt that it was surprising.[8][9] Gameboomers wrote that the game was 'pretty okay'.[10] Just Adventure felt the title was loony and offbeat.[11] Meristation felt that while the game was competent and didn't have any serious flaws, it lacked anything that pushed the genre.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Online Gaming Review". 1997-06-06. Archived from the original on 1997-06-06. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  2. ^ "Ark of Time (1997) DOS release dates - MobyGames". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Ark of Time". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 87. Ziff Davis. October 1996. p. 98.
  4. ^ "Four Fat Chicks -- Ark of Time Review". Tap-repeatedly.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Ark of Time review - AdventureGamers.com". Adventuregamers.com. 19 May 2002. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Game Rankings - External Link". 2005-07-21. Archived from the original on 2005-07-21. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  7. ^ Poole, Stephen (March 11, 1997). "Ark of Time Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  8. ^ "Game Rankings - External Link". 2006-05-29. Archived from the original on 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  9. ^ "Ark of Time for DOS (1997) MobyRank - MobyGames". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Game Rankings - External Link". 2007-06-23. Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  11. ^ Ivey, Ray (1997). "Ark of Time". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  12. ^ "La Atlántida, mito o realidad". MeriStation (in Spanish). 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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