Anchorhead is the name of a 1998 interactive fiction computer game by Michael S. Gentry. It is loosely based on the Cthulhu mythos. Anchorhead takes place in a New England town by the same name that bears a resemblance to Innsmouth, Arkham, and other fictional towns created by H. P. Lovecraft.
The game is divided into days, with the first two corresponding to whole days and the third day divided up into a number of segments. For the most part the...
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Anchorhead is the name of a 1998 interactive fiction computer game by Michael S. Gentry. It is loosely based on the Cthulhu mythos. Anchorhead takes place in a New England town by the same name that bears a resemblance to Innsmouth, Arkham, and other fictional towns created by H. P. Lovecraft.
The game is divided into days, with the first two corresponding to whole days and the third day divided up into a number of segments. For the most part there is no time limit; each day ends when the player has completed a required task or tasks. Only towards the end does the game impose constraints on the number of turns a player can take to solve the necessary puzzles. Anchorhead is unusual in that its protagonist is female. The player plays the part of the wife of a professor and aspiring author who has moved to the town to take possession of his ancestral family home.
Anchorhead was hailed by critics and players as one of the best interactive fiction games available due to its complex and...
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