Torin's Passage

<strong>Torin's Passage</strong> is a graphic adventure game developed and released by Sierra On-Line on December 31, 1995, designed by Al Lowe. The game holds the distinction of being a family friendly game by Lowe, designer of the adult-oriented Leisure Suit Larry series of games.<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/torinstit.gif" border="0" /><!--center--></div> - Gameplay: The player interacts with Torin and the in-game environments using a point-and-click interface. Placing the cursor over certain "hot spots" in the environment allows him to move around, examine things and pick up items. There is also an inventory system used to access the items Torin collects during the course of the game. The player can switch to Boogle as well, although he is mainly used to morph into various items. The items he can morph into replace the items in Torin's inventory. Any item can be viewed as a 3-D model by using the item viewer. The game has a variety of puzzles, from puzzles involving item collection to sliding puzzles. Points are given after solving puzzles. A hint system is included as an in-game feature, and the player can ask for hints after certain time intervals, at the cost of game points. The specific time interval can be set as an in-game option. The hint system can also be turned off entirely. <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu140/mrjag/zxfer.jpg" border="0" /><!--center--></div> - Plot: The protagonist of the game is Torin, the son of a farming family on the planet of Strata. An evil sorceress named Lycentia captures his family with a magic spell and he embarks on a quest to find her and free his parents. He travels to the "lands below" to worlds beneath the surface of the nested planet, through colossus crystal columns called phenocysts. These phenocysts transfer life-giving sunlight to the lower worlds and people too with "Aerodski" powder. He is aided by a purple cat-like creature called Boogle, who is able to change itself into a variety of shapes. <div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/pITOBSI5Vdc&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pITOBSI5Vdc&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://youtube.com/v/W8zigaUoyyA&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W8zigaUoyyA&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><!--center--></div> Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torin's_Passage" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torin's_Passage</a>