The Oracle

[Mistery]

The Oracle is a downloadable photo-realistic adventure game with an in-game hint system, developed by an independent game developer using AGS.

Size: 75 MB in .zip format.

The Story:
"Your friend Alex goes missing, a trail of notes and clues left behind,
pointing to his possible whereabouts. All the while, you uncover an artifact so powerful you wish you had never laid eyes on it, and you learn of an ancient order of monks with ties to it. And the key to all three lies in -- the Oracle."

Download Here
(Click on Download File on top left of the page that opens)

Or Here


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Pentium 600 Mhz or higher processor
32 Mb RAM
Windows 95 OSR2, 98, ME, 2000 or XP, with DirectX 5 or above
Supports all DirectX-compatible sound and video cards
800x600 resolution, 16 bit color recommended
95 Mb hard disk space
(Soundcard highly recommended but not required)

For further details:

http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=735

Walkthrough for the desperate:

http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pcOo/theoracle.htm

[SkiColorado1616]

ooh yay, new game!

could just be my piece of junk laptop, but it looks like it will take a bit to download...

took 10 minutes or so, gonna play now!

well, i'm pretty much stuck...so far i have

made it to the country where my friend alex/jorge is and done some walking around and talked to a few people who know who my friend is. also, i've gone to the wind tower place thing, but can't get in.

i don't really know what else to do...

[shelley_30]

The game itself proves you hints if you get stuck

[SkiColorado1616]

what do you mean "proves you hints"?

[ozchick]

is it just my crappy computer or did anyone else have trouble, all i got is the music and a black screen - damn i really wanted to have a go at this one too!!!

[bunnyblues]

PC only?

Anyone know if this game is Mac compatible? Not much info on the download page. Thx!!

[pigy152]

GREAT Game!!!! i love'd it! i give it a ten. it took me a while to finnish it but i finnally got it.best game i have ever played.

[Mistery]

I've added some more info, and an alternative download link to the first post.

@SkiColorado1616
Shelley means the built-in hint system

@bunnyblues
It seems that the game is only for Windows, sorry

@ozchick
I haven't found any complaints on the AGS forums about this problem, it could be due to your graphic card...

[_SM_]

is it just my crappy computer or did anyone else have trouble, all i got is the music and a black screen - damn i really wanted to have a go at this one too!!!

I have the exsact same problem, and my graphics card is screwed up. Hmm, mabye that's the problem?

[Mistery]

I'm not sure what OS you are using. I did some research on that "black screen" problem.

Possible causes/solutions:

• Compatibility problems with Windows Vista.
• Run the game in a window instead of full screen (if there is such an option at game start)
• Update your graphic card drivers
• Reinstall directx

[splat44]

I'm not sure what OS you are using. I did some research on that "black screen" problem.

Possible causes/solutions:

• Compatibility problems with Windows Vista.
• Run the game in a window instead of full screen (if there is such an option at game start)
• Update your graphic card drivers
• Reinstall directx

I have no problems running this with windows Vista.
I am running with Intel intergrate video (32 Megs).

Those having running this, it possible your video driver is being corrupted, so try removing those and get updates from manufactuer website.

[Lindi]

I now am in the hut.

But I cannot take the articles into my inventory .

map tube, arrow, anchor, rope, lighter, shotgun shells, cloth, rubber stopper. I could take only one book and pills.

Please help me.