Future Wars

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Future Wars follows a window washer who stumbles upon a time machine during a prank on his boss. This point-and-click adventure tasks you with navigating 1989 and 1304 simultaneously, solving puzzles and managing resources as you switch eras. The game balances inventory-based problem solving with light strategy elements, requiring you to use modern tools in a medieval setting to progress the story. Each timeline reveals new obstacles and connections between the protagonist’s actions. The game’s premise leans into its era’s fascination with time travel and sci-fi logic, but its charm comes from the absurdity of a 20th-century janitor in a medieval world. Though the planned series never expanded the concept, retro gamers note its Delphine Software polish and inventive use of dual timelines for its time. With its DOS/Amiga roots and quirky narrative twists, it remains a cult pick for those exploring 80s-90s point-and-click experiments.