Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths

Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths is a PC adventure game owned and developed by Nayma Software.

The game's first official release was in December 1997 in Torino during the multimedia event Saloon.bit at Nayma Expo-Stand[1] and then on March 24, 1998 in Firenze during the MediARTech International Exhibition,[2] where the game got attention from main Italian computer magazines and distributors.[3]

In 2011, Tony Tough entered the ScummVM project.[4]

On October 24, 2012, the game was launched again under license from DotEmu, a retro-gaming company based in Paris, France.[5]

Gameplay

Players control the titular Tony Tough, a private detective described as "a gnome-sized, nasal-voiced hypochondriac momma’s boy",[6] guiding him through the game by positioning the cursor over objects and instructing Tony to interact with them. The game shares many traits with titles such as Day of the Tentacle, which it has been compared with by reviewers.[6][7] These include a focus on conversations with strange characters, puzzle solving, and combining and using items found throughout the game. The graphics and animation are cartoon-like.[6] Two modes of play are present; beginner mode has less puzzles and does not feature the two in-game mini-games.

Reception

Craig Brannon of Tony Tough's German publisher, DTP Entertainment, remarked in 2004 that the game's performance in the region was "satisfying, but I would lie if I talked of a 'hit'." He noted that sales had been damaged by competition from Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon and Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, thanks to its launch during the holiday shopping season.[8] Summarizing its overall commercial performance, Randy Sluganski of Just Adventure remarked that the game "just did not sell."[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths 1997 first Nayma trailer Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine.(10-26-2012)
  2. ↑ MediARTech foto report at Nayma Software expo-stand Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine.(10-26-2012)
  3. ↑ Roasted Moths first magazines and press about the game Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine.(10-26-2012)
  4. ↑ Roasted Moths engine at resources and SCUMMVM.ORG project Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine.(10-26-2012)
  5. ↑ justadventure press release(10-26-2012) Archived 2013-01-27 at Archive.is
  6. 1 2 3 Sluganski, Randy (2002-11-04). "Review - Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  7. ↑ Misund, Andreas (2002-11-26). "Tony Tough Review". Gamers Hell. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  8. ↑ "The Lounge; Interview with DTP". The Inventory. No. 17. Just Adventure. September 2004. pp. 16–21. Archived from the original on August 13, 2006.
  9. ↑ Sluganski, Randy (June 2, 2005). "Preview; Tony Tough in a Rake's Progress". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007.
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