Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (1997)

The game centers on the titular Abe, a Mudokon slave working at the RuptureFarms meat processing factory on Oddworld. When he discovers that he and his friends face death at the hands of their desperate master, he decides to escape and aid as many enslaved Mudokons as he can along the way. The player assumes the role of Abe, and must escape from the factory before embarking on a perilous quest to restore his once noble people.

Abe's Oddysee was widely acclaimed for having innovative gameplay, good graphics and engaging cut-scenes; however, its large learning curve and system of saving only at checkpoints received criticism.





Gameplay:
Abe's Oddysee is a two-dimensional platform game. The game is split into screens; when the player moves into the edge of the screen, the environment is replaced. Most screens include various puzzles that must be solved through the use of player-character Abe's unique abilities: GameSpeak, possession, activation or deactivation of mines or levers, and rocks, grenades, or meat chunks that can be picked up and used in a variety of situations. Normal abilities include creeping, walking, running, rolling, hoisting, jumping, and crouching, all of which have a specific application and make up a necessary arsenal of moves.

System requirements:
Pentium 120 MHz, 16 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM drive, DOS or Windows 95

Notes:
PowerISO is necessary to mount the .daa file