Bureau 13
Bureau 13 is a graphic adventure game developed by Take-Two Interactive and published by GameTek for MS-DOS compatible operating systems and Microsoft Windows in 1995. It is based on the role-playing game system Bureau 13 and was created by the authors of Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller. Ports to the Amiga and CD32 were cancelled.
Bureau 13
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- 1995
- Publisher
- Bureau 13 was published by GameTek.
- Genre
- adventure video game
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• Title — Bureau 13 • Developer — Take-Two Interactive • Publisher — GameTek • Platforms — MS-DOS, Windows • Released — 1995 • Genre — Graphic adventure • Modes — Single-player
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1995
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A reviewer for Next Generation commented that "Although in some ways it's a bit basic compared to its competition, Bureau 13 has enough originality to make it worth a second look." He gave it two out of five stars. Retrospectively, Richard Cobbett of PC Gamer opined "Bureau 13 is a really dumb game with some clever ideas - one of the kind that doesn't actually work, but really should have," having "the clumsiest interfaces ever inflicted on the world, and one of the dullest worlds."
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- 1.QuestBusters: The Adventurer's Journal Issue #116.
- 2.TheOne Magazine Issue 78. April 1995.
- 3.Amiga Computing Magazine Issue 086. May 1995.
- 4.Imagine Media. Bureau 13. Next Generation. 6. 107. June 1995.
- 5.Richard Cobbett. Saturday Crapshoot: Bureau 13. PC Gamer. 2013-04-27.
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Bureau 13 was developed by Take-Two Interactive. Issued for Microsoft Windows. Recorded as video game. Published by GameTek.
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