July 2001 (N. America & Australia)
June 2001 (Germany)
2001 (Brazil)

Ion Storm (developer, shut down in February 2005)
Eidos Interactive (publisher, N. America & Brazil)
Eidos GmbH (publisher, Germany)
Eidos Pty Ltd. (publisher, Australia)
Atari Australia Pty Ltd., formerly known as Infogrames Australia Pty Ltd. (distributor, Australia)

Third Person

"You want adventure? This game has it in spades. You want characters? This game's characters could support a raft of sequels. You want story? Anachronox tells a story worthy of a rich, complex science fiction novel. You want humor? This game has a galaxy of funny. You want pretty pictures? Don't even get me started.

"In addition to the vast underbelly of Anachronox itself, you get to visit several other planets, space stations, and space ships. Every one of these environments is teeming with with life, and the populations and environments are wildly diverse.

"There is a lot of combat in the game, but nothing that should scare adventure game players...What distinguishes Anachronox is the fact that the entire game feels utterly drenched with an infectious sense of fun and good gameplay. Every corner of the game has fun things to discover...Graphically, the game is just plain gorgeous.

"In short, this game has everything that adventure gamers are supposed to like: A fantastic story, great characters, beautiful worlds to explore, fascinating puzzles to solve, and lots of great humor."

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Trivia: Robot sidekick PAL-18 is voice-acted by Project Lead/Game Designer Tom Hall

A+

• Patch
• Unofficial Secondary Patch (created independently by member of Ion Storm team)
• Technical Support
• Technical Support for Demo
• FAQs (includes General, Demo, Elementor, Tech Support, Cheating & Editing)
• Editing tools
• Demo (PC)
• Desktop Wallpaper
• Trailer (Ed.Note: Playback may be choppy until 24.3 MB download is completed)
• Music (AnoxDemocratus 1 & 2 - stream or download free)
• Music (Bricks, Democratus & Remix - requires FilePlanet subscription)
• Articles
• Anachronox Encyclopedia
• Beginner's Guide
• Memorable Quotes
• Cheats/Editing Goodies
• Tips - Side Quest: Red Bipidri locations
• Tips - Side Quest: Cobalt Crawlers
• Tips - Hack using Pal-18's world skill (image)
• Tips - Red door codes (image)
• Tips - Green door codes (image)
• Interview with Tom Hall, formerly of Ion Storm (Gamespy)
• Interview with Tom Hall, formerly of Ion Storm (Planet Anachronox)
• More Info - Planet Anachronox (official community site, N. America - not updated since June 2002)
• More info - Official site (German language)

PC REQUIREMENTS:

• Windows® 95, 98, 2000 or ME
• Pentium® II 266 or equivalent
• 64 MB RAM
• 4X CD-ROM
• Open GL 3D graphics card with accelerator
• 12MB VRAM
• Mouse
• Sound card
• DirectX® v7.0

Ed. Note: According to Planet Anachronox, this game supports 640x480 and 1280x960 display modes. Several other video modes (800x600, 1600x1200, etc.) are available but unsupported since the 2D interface graphics don't scale pixel-perfect in those modes.