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''The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time'' is a computer game developed by
Presto Studios Presto Studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s. The company is notable for its award-winning series ''The Journeyman Project'' as well as '' Myst III: Exile, the'' 2001 sequel to Cyan's Myst series. In August 2002, Presto S ...
and is a sequel to ''
The Journeyman Project ''The Journeyman Project'' is a series of award-winning first-person science fiction adventure games, created by Presto Studios and released by various publishers, including Bandai, Sanctuary Woods, and Red Orb Entertainment. Plot The centr ...
'' and '' The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time''. This final installment uses a 360° pre-rendered 3D
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interaction system, similar to
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. It features impressive production values common for the series. It was also one of the first games to be released on
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. It was re-released in 1999 with the Windows versions of ''The Journeyman Project—Turbo!'' and ''Buried in Time'' as part of a "Trilogy" box set.


Story

Despite Agent 5's success in the previous games, time travel technology is deemed unsafe and the TSA is forced to close down. However, Agent 3, the culprit from ''Buried in Time'' causes a temporal rip and Gage Blackwood must travel back in time to find her, and discovers that aliens had destroyed three ancient Earth civilizations. After finding Agent 3, he learns that a mysterious alien fleet has appeared in Symbiotry space and is heading towards
Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
, looking for an ancient alien relic known as the Legacy of Time. Joining once again with his AI buddy Arthur, he must track down the pieces of the Legacy in the mythical cities of
Atlantis Atlantis () is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and ''Critias'' as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. In the story, Atlantis is described as a naval empire that ruled all Western parts of the known world ...
, Shangri La, and
El Dorado El Dorado () is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions â ...
.


Development

''The Journeyman Project 3'' was developed by a team of 25 people. The live action characters were all cast from the
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. Nearly a month was spent on rehearsing and filming the live action footage and voice acting.


Release

Unlike the other games of the Journeyman Project franchise (which were previously published by
Sanctuary Woods Sanctuary Woods Multimedia, Inc. was a Canadian-American multimedia developer and third-party game publisher. It was one of the early multimedia companies developing products for CD-ROM distribution. The founders, Brian Beninger and Toni Beni ...
), ''Legacy of Time'' was published by
Red Orb Entertainment Red Orb Entertainment was a publishing division created by the Broderbund software company to market its video game titles, distinguishing them from its library of edutainment titles, which it marketed to schools. Launched on May 21, 1997, and bas ...
in 1998. The game was released on February 12, 1998 at an estimated price of $49.


Demo

In October 1997, the ''Legacy of Time'' demo for Mac and Windows was released with ''
Riven ''Riven: The Sequel to Myst'' is a 1997 adventure game developed by Cyan Productions and published by Red Orb Entertainment. The second installment of the ''Myst'' series, ''Riven'' was released for Mac and Windows personal computers on Oc ...
'', also published by Red Orb Entertainment. It featured the Potter and Olive Oil Vendor's shop in Atlantis, with the objective to create a Golden Medallion which will help the player enter an Atlantean temple in the full game. Once the objective is reached the demo ends. The trailer is also included and states the game would be released in December 1997, but the game was not released until February 1998.


Versions

In February 1998, ''Legacy of Time'' shipped on four
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s for both Mac and Windows, but later was released on one
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which had separate Mac and Windows versions. The Macintosh DVD version was released in May 1998, being one of the first DVD-ROM games for the Mac platform (in fact, it was bundled with Macintosh PowerBooks that had a DVD drive, the disc could be seen during the introduction of the PowerBook G3 Wallstreet). The Mac version used the same graphics as the CD-ROM version due to the enhanced graphics intended for the DVD version being not ready in time. Later that year on September 2, the Windows DVD version was released and included the enhanced graphics and movies, as well as
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trailers of both ''Legacy of Time'' and ''Riven''. Solutions exist to run this version on Mac OS. ''The Journeyman Project Trilogy Package'' included the original CD-ROM version. While only the Windows versions of the other two games are included, ''Legacy of Time'' included the Mac version. A Mac OS X version was announced o
The Journeyman Project Blog
The project began in secret in February 2008 and was headed by Michel Kripalani, Tommy Yune, and Roland Gustafsson of Presto Studios who were involved in the original development of the game. It was originally planned for release in January 2009, but delayed due to a bug in QuickTime 7.6 which caused cosmetic issues. The bug was fixed in QuickTime 7.6.2. The Mac OS X version was released in November. The application is PowerPC only and thus works up to OS X 10.6. A digital version was released at
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on March 20, 2012.


Reception

''
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'' commented, "Photo-realistic point-and-click adventure games are like
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to most gamers, but Broderbund's ''Jouneyman Project 3: Legacy of Time'' manages to avoid the pitfalls of the genre and deliver an enjoyable gaming experience with an interesting story, sharp graphics, and a good use of technology." They particularly praised the ability to impersonate NPCs and the usage of this ability in character interactions and puzzles, as well as the ability to examine the pre-rendered surroundings in 360 degrees. By July 1998, ''Legacy of Time'' had sold 52,269 copies and earned $2,178,771 in the United States, following its release in February. It was developed on a budget of $1.8 million. During the inaugural Interactive Achievement Awards, the
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nominated ''Legacy of Time'' for " PC Adventure Game of the Year", which was ultimately awarded to ''
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''. In 2011,
Adventure Gamers ''Adventure Gamers'' is a computer game website created by Marek Bronstring in March 1999 dedicated to the genre of adventure games. It publishes reviews and previews of adventure games, as well as opinion articles and interviews with game de ...
named ''Legacy of Time'' the 46th-best adventure game ever released.


References


External links


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