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James Clavell's Shogun

Infocom

1988

Release

1988

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What it is

In this Infocom interactive adaptation of James Clavell's Shogun novel, you play John Blackthorne, pilot-major of the Dutch trading ship Erasmus, shipwrecked in Japan and struggling to survive in a foreign society.

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Single player

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Themes

Drama

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Infocom
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Mac
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Apple II

Release history

1988Apple II
1989DOS
1988Amiga
1989Mac

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