Tajemství Oslího ostrova

Tajemství Oslího ostrova
Cover of the game
Publisher(s) Vochozka Trading
Platform(s) PC
Release 1994
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player video game Edit this on Wikidata

Tajemství Oslího ostrova (often abbreviated to Too) is a 1994 Czech graphical point-and-click adventure video game. It was distributed by Petr Vochozka through his company Vochozka Trading in June 1994. It was the first nationally distributed PC game in the country and one of the first Czech commercial games.[1] A parody of the successful Monkey Island series, the story plays out as if it were a direct sequel to The Secret of Monkey Island, ignoring the continuity of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.

Production

Conception

The game was created by Jarek Kolář and Petr Vlček from 1992 in their free time on school computers in the gymnasium of Slovanské náměstí in Brno where they studied.[2] They wanted to use their own game-making tools as well as the ZX Spectrum tools they had been working with. In 1993 Petr Vochozka sold the first ever Czech commercial adventure for the Amiga entitled Světák Bob. Later that year, he founded Vochozka Trading, based in Polička, and Tajemství Oslího ostrova became their debut title.

Release

Originally, Kolář and Vlček had no plans to make the game commercially available, but after seeing an advert by Vochozka in Excalibur (the only Czech game magazine at the time), they joined Peter Vochozka under the Pterodon Software brand, and the game sold 2000 copies for 240 crowns each, a considerable increase on Světák Bob, which had sold only a few hundred copies.[1] The retail version of the game was originally wrapped only in a plastic bag, and a paper box edition was not available until November of the same year, at which point the second Pterodon Software game was released entitled 7 dní a 7 nocí.[2] The game was released only five years after the Velvet Revolution, when only a small fraction of Czech society understood English.[3]

Plot and gameplay

The player takes control of the Guybrush Threepwood parody Gajbraš Trípvůd who, after an unsuccessful pirate raid, is on the run from LeChuck parody LeGek.[2]

Critical reception and legacy

According to IDNEZ.cz, the game changed not only Vochozka's life, but also the entire Czech gaming scene. The site felt the title had a significant impact in the kickstarting of the local video gaming industry.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Tiscali. "České a slovenské hry pod koly času - Games.cz". Games.cz.
  2. 1 2 3 Tiscali. "Historie adventur #4: česká stopa - Games.cz". Games.cz.
  3. ↑ "Rozhovor o Tajemství Oslího ostrova: Nechápu, jak to někdo mohl hrát". iDNES.cz. 21 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Tajemství Oslího ostrova - první CZ hra". iDNES.cz. 2000-06-20. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
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