The following game is a decent point and click adventure on the lines of Myst. :)
Amertis has been entirely created by a team of enthusiastic amateurs, so don’t expect a professionally made game with stunning videos or Spielberg like special effects.
Nevertheless, Amertis holds many secrets and surprises… Will you manage to discover them all? It’s well made and holds enough game play to keep the majority of enthusiasts going for a few weeks at least. You can read all about how to play the game plus loads of other information by following the reference link below. It’s quite a large download for dial up users, but I reckon it’s well worth the effort. I’d recommend using a good download manager that allows for restarting downloads. Anyway, hrs some details about the game plus some images. :)
Amertis (217Mb)
Amertis is a free adventure game, with no shooting or violence. It just calls for your skills in logic and observation*. Become the hero, Rodrigue Grandcœur, and get ready for a trip to dreamworlds in which you will meet a number of remarkable characters.
Logic: quality requiring a certain amount of observation (see this word) skills.
Observation: quality requiring a certain amount of logic (see this word) skills.
Rodrigue Grandcœur: a solicitor and a great guy, just a bit wacky sometimes.
Surprise: “Ain't that sweet?” (Amertis, Act II, Scene V)
Installing the game:
1) Download the French or the English version of the game, as you like. It’s a 218 Mb file, so it may take some time depending on the speed of your Internet connection.
2) Uncompress the downloaded .zip file. Check that all the files are gathered into a single folder named Amertis. All the sound files (that is, with a .mp3 extension) should be within a sub-folder named sons , in the main Amertis folder. In principle, this should be automatic if you use the Winzip Extract command, but other unorthodox ways of uncompressing the zip file might lead to problems. In that case, just create this sub-folder and move the mp3 files in it.
You may put your Amertis folder anywhere you like on your hard disk, as long as you keep ALL the original files in it.
3) To launch the game :
• Mac : launch the Amertis application contained in your Amertis folder (do NOT move it separately to your application folder!)
• PC-Windows : launch the Amertis.exe file in your Amertis folder.
• Linux : launch the index.html file using your favourite browser. Your browser should be up to date and use a Flash plug-in version 8 or above. WARNING : some versions of Flash Player may not work correctly for Amertis. If that’s the case, download the Flash Player version adapted to your computer.
But know also that since Amertis does not require a considerable amount of resources, it will work nicely with the free Windows emulator Wine. In that case, install the game using the procedure described for Windows users.
4) Graphic configuration required: the screen should be set at 1024 X 768 minimum.
Platform : The game has been tested for XP, Vista and Windows 7. It will also run on any Mac OSX version.
5) Once you have launched the game, check one last thing: right-click anywhere on the game screen. You will see a small menu. Choose parameters. Select the central icon (showing a folder with a green arrow). That’s how you determine how much space the program is allowed to store local data. Move the cursor to 1Mb, this will do the trick (otherwise, you might not have enough space to store your saved games, OK?)
Reference accessed HERE
Review worth reading:
http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Amertis/Amertis.shtm
Download:
You can download Amertis HERE
