1996 · Animation Magic · Educational · First-person shooter

Chill Manor

A FPS in the vein of Doom, crossed with a history lesson.

Released: 16 October 1996
Platforms: MS-DOS
Genres: Educational First-person shooter Quiz Shooter
Developers: Animation Magic Simon & Schuster
Publishers: Simon & Schuster
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person
Themes: Action Educational
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Chill Manor is an educational first-person shooter for MS-DOS compatible systems. The game is designed to teach history to children. M. Meen and shares similar gameplay.

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Keywords

edutainment

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

Ophelia Chill, the presumed wife of the evil magician, I.M. Meen, has stolen the Book of Ages and has ripped out all the pages, scattering them all across her manor. Chill explains that she has made her own changes to the pages, altering history as a result. A group of children, Kevin Leonard, Allison Barnes, Elliot French and Fiona Ramsey decide to enter the manor and recover the scattered pages.

The children venture through Chill's manor and recover the pages while correcting all of the false changes, correcting history as a result. Along the way, they are forced to battle many of the monsters and minions of Chill as well. The group eventually confronts and defeats Ophelia Chill themselves before they restrain her by tying her to a chair. M.