| A Fork in the Tale | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Advance Reality Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Any River Entertainment (CD) |
| Designer(s) | Rob Lay |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release date | February 28, 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen |
| Media | CD (5) |
| System requirements | Pentium 60, SVGA Graphics, 8 MB RAM |
| Input methods | Mouse |
A Fork in the Tale is a full motion video (FMV) adventure game developed by Advance Reality Interactive and published by Any River Entertainment on February 28, 1997. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual that creates Video games A developer may specialize in a certain video A "game designer" is a person who designs Video games or one who designs traditional games such as Board games Video Games Designer A video game designer In Computing, a platform describes some sort of Hardware architecture or Software framework (including Application frameworks, that allows Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction An adventure is an activity that comprises Risky dangerous and uncertain experiences In video gaming, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session A video game content rating system is a system used for the classification of Video games into suitability-related groups The Entertainment Software Rating Board ( ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, Advertising guidelines and Digital media (as opposed to analog media) usually refers to Electronic media that work on digital Codes. CD-ROM (an initialism of "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory " is a pre-pressed Compact Disc that contains data accessible to but not writable The Pentium brand refers to Intel 's single-core x86 Microprocessor based on the P5 fifth-generation Microarchitecture. Super Video Graphics Array or Ultra Video Graphics Array, almost always abbreviated to Super VGA, Ultra VGA or just SVGA or UVGA is A megabyte is a unit of Information or Computer storage equal to either 106 (1000000 Bytes or 220 (1048576 bytes depending on A mouse (plural mice) is a small Animal that belongs to one Full motion video based games, usually abbreviated as FMV-based games, are Video games that rely upon pre-recorded TV -quality movie or An adventure game is a type of Video game characterized by investigation exploration puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters and a focus on Narrative Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
A Fork in the Tale stars the voice of comedian Rob Schneider as a protagonist who finds himself in the land of Eseveron. Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter and The player must watch numerous video sequences and click on certain icons at specific times to proceed, all in an effort to figure out what is happening and how to escape. The game draws a heavy influence from Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair games and features Bay Area actors Dale Morris, Fred Smith, Michael Ronin Orlando, Eric Carlson, Kaliopi Eleni, Jett, Pamela Herron and Jody Mortara among the fifty plus roles. Donald Virgil Bluth (born September 13, 1937 in El Paso Texas) is an American Animator and independent studio owner Dragon's Lair was one of the first Laserdisc video games released in June 1983 by Cinematronics. Because of the large number of video sequences, the game was originally released on 5 CDs. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio
The game was a commercial failure and publisher Any River Entertainment closed its doors just before the game's original release, cementing AFitT's status as a major flop. As a hit-driven business the great majority of the Video games industry 's software releases have been commercial failures Digital Leisure included A Fork in the Tale among the games (the Dragon's Lair and Space Ace series being the marquee titles) but never released it. Dragon's Lair was one of the first Laserdisc video games released in June 1983 by Cinematronics. Space Ace is a Laserdisc video game produced by Don Bluth Studios Cinematronics, and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video