

1995 · Adventure · Interactive
Panic in the Park
The game was stored in three separate CDs. The gameplay shares many puzzle elements and first-person gameplay to Myst. When the player clicks the cursor on where the mouse icon changes to a triforce icon, the location changes. Clicking on an object allows the player to get a closer look.
- Released
- 1 September 1995
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- AdventureInteractive
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- Mystery
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- ESRB E
About
Panic in the Park is an interactive movie adventure video game developed by Imagination Pilots in and published by WarnerActive in 1995. The game stars Erika Eleniak as both Jamie and Janie in the game and Michael Clarke Duncan as a security guard. There are around 30 actors in the cast. A Macintosh port of the game was planned, but never came to be.
›Story
Skyview Park was a successful amusement park with great popularity, until numerous mishaps occurred. The city is on the verge of closing down the park. Jamie, who has inherited the park, struggles to keep her evil identical twin sister Janie from demolishing it into a parking lot. After a dispute at court, the judge gives Jamie until morning to present evidence that she owns the park. The player as a journalist is sent on an assignment to get all the facts and steps forth to help Jamie find the Skyview deed and unmask the thief that stole it before the night is over.
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Gameplay
The game was stored in three separate CDs. The gameplay shares many puzzle elements and first-person gameplay to Myst. When the player clicks the cursor on where the mouse icon changes to a triforce icon, the location changes. Clicking on an object allows the player to get a closer look.
The player's main objective is to collect four special coins to use at the Oracle booth before proceeding to the office building to locate the deed. The fairground is divided into four sections. In each section there are some playable minigames. Playing the minigames costs a few tokens.
Story
Skyview Park was a successful amusement park with great popularity, until numerous mishaps occurred. The city is on the verge of closing down the park. Jamie, who has inherited the park, struggles to keep her evil identical twin sister Janie from demolishing it into a parking lot. After a dispute at court, the judge gives Jamie until morning to present evidence that she owns the park. The player as a journalist is sent on an assignment to get all the facts and steps forth to help Jamie find the Skyview deed and unmask the thief that stole it before the night is over.
Reception
Newsday praised the game for "laugh out loud funny" dialogue, acting and sophisticated cinematic elements.
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