Alice: An Interactive Museum

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Alice: An Interactive Museum is a 1991 adventure game that mixes point-and-click exploration with narrative-driven puzzles. Set in a surreal world inspired by Lewis Carroll's tales, you navigate a series of strange, interconnected spaces by clicking on objects and people to advance the story. Dialogue and choices shape the experience, with each area revealing cryptic clues and shifting rules. The gameplay feels both methodical and dreamlike, leaning into its source material's sense of curiosity and absurdity. The game helped shape the adventure genre through its use of pre-rendered 3D environments, a technique that would become more common years later. Developed in Japan and released just before the genre's Western boom, it remains a curiosity for retro gaming circles. Its influence is subtle but notable, some fans draw comparisons to later titles that popularized 3D adventure spaces. At 30 years old, it’s a relic worth revisiting for its bold technical approach and quiet, enigmatic charm.