Cydonia: Mars - The First Manned Mission

Cydonia: Mars - The First Manned Mission (aka Lightbringer: The Next Giant Leap for Mankind) is a 1998 adventure video game, and the premiere title for developer Aneiva Interactive.

Cydonia: Mars - The First Manned Mission
Cover art for the game.
Developer(s)Aneiva Interactive
Publisher(s)DreamCatcher Interactive
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseSeptember 21, 1998
Genre(s)Adventure

Plot

In the wake of Earth's imminent destruction, the player is part of a re-population mission to Mars to save the human race.

Gameplay

Gameplay is similar to The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour, whereby players must complete puzzles to unlock new locations to explore.[1]

Release

In October 1999, Cydonia was re-released under the name Lightbringer by its publisher DreamCatcher Interactive. According to Ray Ivey of Adventure Gamers, the decision was made for "legal and marketing reasons", and he noted that the marketing team saw the "previous name and package presentation ... [as looking] more like a reference title than an adventure game."[2] The new edition was released on October 29.[3]

Critical reception

Rich Rouse of IGN said the game would only appeal to hardcore fans of the adventure genre.[1] Randy Sluganski of Just Adventure deemed it an "excellent first effort", and praised it for successfully merging entertainment and education.[6] PC Gamer's Stephen Poole criticised the lackluster characters, plot, and graphics.[7] Heidi Fournier of Adventure Gamers thought it was an interesting entry in the adventure game genre that would also have crossover appeal to fantasy fans.[8]

References
  1. IGN Staff (2000-01-10). "Lightbringer". IGN. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
  2. Ivey, Ray (October 28, 1999). "Cydonia becomes Lightbringer". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on April 12, 2001.
  3. Bronstring, Marek (October 29, 1999). "Nightlong and Lightbringer to stores". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on April 12, 2001.
  4. Vrignaud, Andre (October 18, 1998). "Cydonia". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on February 6, 2005. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  5. Ardai, Charles (May 1999). "Martian Chronicles Revisited". Computer Gaming World (178): 156.
  6. "Review: Cydonia". 2001-07-24. Archived from the original on 2001-07-24. Retrieved 2017-02-05.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "PC Gamer Online". 2000-03-10. Archived from the original on 2000-03-10. Retrieved 2017-02-05.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "Cydonia | Adventure Gamers". 2004-08-03. Archived from the original on 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2017-02-05.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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