2001 · Adventure

Paris 1313

Paris 1313 is an adventure game, revolving around a mysterious accident at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. As you progress through the game, you play as three different characters, each involved in the mystery in different ways. There's Jacques, a young goldsmith, Pierre, a young horseman who wants to join the King's Army, and Rosemonde, a dancer. Most of the game is a straightforward point-and-click adventure game, where you talk to people for information and clues, and find items that you use to solve puzzles.

Released: 2001
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure
Developers: —
Publishers: Canal+
Themes: Educational
Country: France

About

Paris 1313: The Mystery of Notre-Dame Cathedral is a video game released in 1999, developed by Dramaera and is a co-production between Index+, Canal+ Multimedia, France Telecom Multimedia and Microïds. The Musée National du Moyen Age, (National Museum of the Middle Ages) contributed to the game.

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Gameplay

The game mostly plays as a straightforward point-and-click adventure, where players collect information from characters and use items in their inventory to solve puzzles.

Story

The game is, as the title describes, set in the year 1313 in Paris, France. During celebrations in front of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Adam, a goldsmith working on behalf of the king, mysteriously disappears. The player assumes the roles of three characters who set off in search of Adam: Jacques, his brother, actress Rosemonde, and circus-rider Pierre de Cinnq-Ormes. Each character must assist each other, avoid all the traps and find all the clues in time. Other elements of the game are participating in an archery contest, and navigating the taverns of Paris to gather information.