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GameDescription|
name=Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure|
image=https://www.scummvm.org/data/screenshots/director/gadget/gadget_win_en_1_2.jpg|
developer=[[Synergy Inc.]]|
publisher=[[Toshiba EMI]], [[Cryo Interactive]]|
engine=Director|
support=Since ScummVM 2.8.0|
platforms=Windows, Macintosh|
release=1993|
resolution=640x480, 256 colors
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'''Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure''' is a first-person adventure game created by Haruhiko Shono and published by [[Toshiba EMI]]. A later edition (titled '''Gadget: Past as Future''') was published in 1997 by [[Cryo Interactive]]. The player takes on the role of a nameless government agent tasked to find a government scientist named Horselover, while the Earth is threatened by an incoming comet.
'''Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure''' is a first-person adventure game created by Haruhiko Shono and published by [[Toshiba EMI]]. A later edition (titled '''Gadget: Past as Future''') was published in 1997 by [[Cryo Interactive]]. The player takes on the role of a nameless government agent tasked to find a government scientist named Horselover, while the Earth is threatened by an incoming comet.
{{GameDescription|name=Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure|developer=[[Synergy Inc.]]|publisher=[[Toshiba EMI]], [[Cryo Interactive]]|engine=Director|support=Since ScummVM 2.8.0|platforms=Windows, Macintosh|release=1993|resolution=640x480, 256 colors}}


== Install notes ==
== Install notes ==
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The EU localized release by [[Cryo Interactive]] is based on Director 5, and is not yet fully working.
The EU localized release by [[Cryo Interactive]] is based on Director 5, and is not yet fully working.
== Saving ==
For Director games, saving the game is a feature written by the original authors of the title. Once the game gives you control in the hotel room, you can click the black strip at the top of the game screen to show the menu bar, open the File Menu, then pick either Open or Save.


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 20:33, 5 January 2024

Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure
gadget_win_en_1_2.jpg
First release 1993
Also known as N/A
Developed by Synergy Inc.
Published by Toshiba EMI, Cryo Interactive
Distributed by (unknown)
Platforms Windows, Macintosh
Resolution 640x480, 256 colors
Engine Director
Support Since ScummVM 2.8.0
Available for
Purchase
No

Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure is a first-person adventure game created by Haruhiko Shono and published by Toshiba EMI. A later edition (titled Gadget: Past as Future) was published in 1997 by Cryo Interactive. The player takes on the role of a nameless government agent tasked to find a government scientist named Horselover, while the Earth is threatened by an incoming comet.

Install notes

ScummVM should recognize the top folder of the original install media as containing the game.

As of the time of this writing, ScummVM supports the original JP and US release from Toshiba EMI, based on Director 3.

The EU localized release by Cryo Interactive is based on Director 5, and is not yet fully working.

Saving

For Director games, saving the game is a feature written by the original authors of the title. Once the game gives you control in the hotel room, you can click the black strip at the top of the game screen to show the menu bar, open the File Menu, then pick either Open or Save.

External links

MobyGames entry for Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure

Wikipedia entry for Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure