Detalion was a Polish video game developer. It was closed down due to financial difficulties in March 2005. They developed such notable adventure games as Reah: Face the Unknown, Schizm: Mysterious Journey

Schizm: Mysterious Journey

Schizm: Mysterious Journey is an adventure-genre computer game created by Detalion and LK Avalon and published by DreamCatcher Games. It was authored by acclaimed Australian science fiction writer Terry Dowling....

(published as Mysterious Journey: Schizm in North America), Mysterious Journey II

Mysterious Journey II

Mysterious Journey II, also known as Schizm II: Chameleon, is a adventure game developed by Detalion, published by The Adventure Company, powered by Lithtech: Jupiter, and the sequel to Schizm: Mysterious Journey. Like the earlier game, the plotline was authored by acclaimed Australian science...

, and most recently, Sentinel: Descendants in Time (later re-released as Realms of Illusion). These games (particularly Mysterious Journey: Schizm) were noted for the complexity and great difficulty of their puzzles, and also were hailed as having some of the best graphics in the industry at the time.

After Detalion's disestablishment, its founders went on to create Detalion Games and Detalion Arts to take its place. Now both are defunct as well.

Detalion was one of the first developers to use the DVD-ROM disc as an effective medium for software distribution.

External links

• A long interview about the history of Detalion and what happened to the team it consisted of (June 2008) at Adventure Classic Gaming
• Detalion Home Page
• Article from adventuregamers.com about the closing of Detalion