The Gene Machine

The Gene Machine (1996)

by Divide By Zero, Vic Tokai, Vic Tokai Europe
Genres:Adventure, Puzzle, Point-and-click
Game modes:Single player
Story:Piers Featherstonehaugh and his faithful servant, Mossop, arrive back home to discover a talking cat on their doorstep. The cat tells them of an outlandish plot concerning genetic mutations gone haywire. It then becomes Featherstonehaugh goal to stop this ghastly activity and to catch the fiends behind it.
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February 14, 2025
One of my first games that i have played at the Windows 98 PC of my parents in the 90s. Point and Click Adventure in an victorian London. I don´t know how many times i have started that game but never finished.
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