Agatha Christie (video game series)
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The Agatha Christie series is a series of adventure game
s developed by AWE Games and published by The Adventure Company
, based on the works of the English
mystery writer Agatha Christie
.
, three games in the series have been released to date: Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, released in October 2005 for the PC, with a Wii
version of the game released on 8 January, and Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
, released in November 2006 for the PC. The third game in the series, Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
, was released in 2007. The fourth and most recent iteration in the series, Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders for Nintendo DS, based on The ABC Murders, was released in 2009.
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
s developed by AWE Games and published by The Adventure Company
The Adventure Company
The Adventure Company, is a publishing label of Nordic Games. It is formally a division of DreamCatcher Interactive but was sold to Nordic Games in 2011 following DreamCatcher's parent JoWooD Entertainment being sold after entering administration.-History:...
, based on the works of the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
mystery writer Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
.
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Developed primarily for the PCPersonal computer
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, three games in the series have been released to date: Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None, released in October 2005 for the PC, with a Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
version of the game released on 8 January, and Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express is a 2006 point-and-click adventure game developed by AWE Productions and published by The Adventure Company for Microsoft Windows. The game is the second installment in The Adventure Company's Agatha Christie series...
, released in November 2006 for the PC. The third game in the series, Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun is a video game released for the PC and Nintendo Wii, and is the third installment of The Adventure Company's Agatha Christie series, developed by AWE Productions, based on Agatha Christie's novel Evil Under the Sun...
, was released in 2007. The fourth and most recent iteration in the series, Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders for Nintendo DS, based on The ABC Murders, was released in 2009.