Mewilo
Méwilo is a French adventure video game developed and published by Coktel Vision. It was released in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Thomson TO7, and MS-DOS, then in 1988 for Amiga and Atari ST.
Mewilo
- Date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Coktel Vision
- Genre
- adventure video game
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Méwilo is a French adventure video game developed and published by Coktel Vision. It was released in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Thomson TO7, and MS-DOS, then in 1988 for Amiga and Atari ST.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Developer — Coktel Vision • Publisher — Coktel Vision • Genre — Adventure • Platforms — Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Thomson TO7 • Released — November 28, 1987
Development
Development
It was the first game by Muriel Tramis who was designer and producer at Coktel Vision. It saw a new direction for the developer, which had previously released strategy games. Tramis "proposed to program a game that [she] thought totally original", which became Mewilo. The head of the Coktel Vision, Roland Oskian, allowed her to develop her own story, and she began work in 1986. Collaborating with Martiniquan créolité writer Patrick Chamoiseau the game was inspired by the Caribbean legend of jars of gold. It was graphic designed by Philippe Truca. The software was accompanied by a short story by Chamoiseau.
Plot and gameplay
Plot and gameplay
Set in the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique on May 7, 1902, the game takes place a day before Mount Pelée is set to erupt, causing catastrophic damage. The player is a parapsychologist called into town to investigate zombie sightings.
Release and aftermath
Release and aftermath
Tramis suggests that while the game was a failure in France, Mewilo performed better in Germany due to the country being "tinged with colonialism". For the 30th anniversary, Tramis created a crowdfunding campaign to create a remake.
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1987
Mewilo published.
1987
Mewilo is recorded as published in 1987.
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- France
Reception
Atari Magazine praised the "excellent graphics, which can hardly be surpassed in terms of color and richness of detail"; it also highlighted the German localisation. Joystick deemed it an "exciting and instructive adventure", highlighting themes of slavery and the social ills of the tropical plantations. Aktueller Software Markt felt it was "very complex and extensive", and praised the "thought-out story' which "included the cultural and social background of [Tramis'] home country". Additionally, the magazine wrote "Tramis understood how to create a captivating atmosphere through the interesting and realistic background of the story". Amstar Magazine thought the game was original in its subject and execution, far from the traditional adventures games containing monsters and dungeons. Am Magazine praised its "cultural dimension" which it felt was "rarely found among its colleagues in adventure games". Generation 4 described it an "educational adventure game" and wished more games in this sub-genre would be released. Amiga News felt the software "leaves something to be desired", commenting that the "animation (for the rare times when there is some...) is sloppy and jerky". Tilt wrote it offered a "real dive into the Caribbean soul, all at the same time complex, passionate, violent and irremediably marked by the claws of its history (slavery)".
Awards
Tramis asserts that the city of Paris gave her a silver medal for the work.
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Game Mag 02. 1987.
- 2.Salvador, Phil. Muriel Tramis speaks about her career and the memory of Martinique. The Obscuritory. 2018-03-05.
- 3.Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (January 1988). January 1988.
- 4.Aktueller Software Markt - Ausgabe 1988/09.
- 5.Tronic-Verlag. ASM.N24.1988.09 [+400dpi]. 2020-11-22.
- 6.Secret Service 11 12 2014.
- 7.Baker, Chris. How 'French Touch' Gave Early Videogames Art, Brains. Wired. 1059-1028.
- 8.Wolf, Mark J. P. Video Games Around the World. MIT Press. 2015-05-01. 978-0-262-52716-3.
- 9.Commodore Revue Magazine (French) Issue 03.
- 10.Sipress. Joystick Hebdo 07. 1988-12-21.
- 11.ulule. MEWILO and the secret of the jar of gold. Ulule.
- 12.Mewilo 30th anniversary. 2018-06-09.
- 13.Verlag Rätz-Eberle. Atari Magazin 88/09. September 1988.
- 14.DMV Daten und Medien Verlagsges. Joystick (Deutsch) 1988-11-12. November 1988.
- 15.DMV Daten und Medien Verlag Widuch. Joystick (Deutsch) 1989-02. February 1989.
- 16.Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (May 1988). May 1988.
- 17.TRONIC-Verlag. ASM.N18.1988.01 [+300dpi]. 2020-06-13.
- 18.Tronic-Verlag. ASM.N22 1988.05 [+400dpi]. 2020-11-22.
- 19.Amstar Magazine (French) Issue 24.
- 20.AMSTAR.
- 21.Laser Presse. Am-Mag 31. February 1988.
- 22.Mewilo : Hall Of Light - The database of Amiga games. hol.abime.net.
- 23.NewsEdition. A-News 004. July 1988.
- 24.Editions Mondiales S.A. Tilt 051. February 1988.
- 25.Joker Verlag, Haar. PC Joker January 1993. 1992-12-23.
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