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''Jigsaw'' is an
interactive fiction
''
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...
(IF) game, written by
Graham Nelson in 1995.
The game begins on
New Year's Eve of 1999, with the player discovering a
time machine enabling them to travel throughout the twentieth century (including voyage of ''
The Titanic'', discovery of
penicillin
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,
codebreaking of the
enigma machine during
World War II,
opening of the
Suez Canal
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, and the recording of ''
Abbey Road'') to ensure history unfolds 'correctly' despite the activities of 'Black', a character who starts out as an antagonist but becomes the player's love interest. 'Black' has no explicitly stated gender, allowing players to choose that for themselves.
''Jigsaw''
contains references to other
interactive fiction
''
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...
games, including
''Trinity''. Features of the game include attention to detail, and a
romantic relationship between the player's character and
another central character whose gender
is never revealed (allowing the player
to project the
gender of their choice onto both).
''Jigsaw'' has been described as "acclaimed,"
"epic...notable,"
and as "
erhapsone of the most fun educational games in existence".
The gameplay is challenging.
See also
*
Carmen Sandiego (1985+ educational videogame series)
*
''Trinity'' (video game) (1986 game by
Infocom
Infocom was an American software company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of interactive fiction. They also produced a business application, a relational database called ''Cornerstone (software), Cornerstone''.
...
that is referenced in ''Jigsaw'')
*
''Curses'' (video game) (1993 game by
Nelson which has some linkage to ''Jigsaw'')
* ''
Forrest Gump
''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and ...
''
(1994 movie where the protagonist appears at the scene of many major historical events)
Notes
References
External links
* {{cite web , title=Entry for Jigsaw, at Baf's Guide to the Interactive Fiction Archive , url=http://www.wurb.com/if/game/117 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511004424/http://www.wurb.com/if/game/117 , archivedate=2012-05-11 , access-date=2015-07-13
*
Jigsaw at the
IFDB
1995 video games
1990s interactive fiction
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Windows games
Video games about time travel
Romance video games