''Fascination'' is an erotic thriller

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developed by Tomahawk and published by Coktel Vision for the

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, Atari ST, and

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in 1991.

Gameplay

Fascination is a first person point and click game, the player picks up objects or interacts with the environment (activating or moving objects) using the mouse cursor. The player advances the plot by solving puzzles.

Plot

The protagonist is a flight stewardess. A passenger who died on the last flight gave her a suitcase containing a capsule containing a secret substance. That secret capsule gets her involved in a murder mystery.

Reception

''Fascination'' received mixed reviews reception upon its release, including some very positive review scores of upwards of 90% for the PC version in French magazines; the Amiga reviews ranging from a high 80% in ''

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'', through moderate 67% and 65% in ''

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'' and ''

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'', to only 51% and 47% in ''

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'' and ''

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''. Retrospectively, Richard Cobbett of ''

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'' opined the game has had "perhaps the stupidest ending of any game in history."

References

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* 1991 video games Amiga games Atari ST games DOS games Erotic video games LGBT-related video games First-person adventure games ScummVM-supported games Single-player video games Coktel Vision games Video games developed in France Video games featuring female protagonists Video games set in Miami Video games scored by Frédéric Motte {{amiga-game-stub