<s>
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
:	I-Application
Conspiracy	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ages	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1996	O
science	O
fiction	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Epic	O
Multimedia	O
Group	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Inscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
forged	O
manuscript	O
written	O
by	O
Harry	O
Horse	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
purported	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
written	O
by	O
19th-century	O
poet	O
Richard	O
Henry	O
Horne	O
,	O
who	O
shares	O
Horse	O
's	O
birth	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
facing	O
legal	O
trouble	O
and	O
fines	O
when	O
he	O
attempted	O
to	O
sell	O
the	O
text	O
,	O
Horse	O
shelved	O
it	O
until	O
playing	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
whereupon	O
he	O
decided	O
a	O
first-person	O
adventure	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
way	O
to	O
tell	O
the	O
manuscript	O
's	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Producer	O
Algy	O
Williams	O
hired	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
multimedia	O
artists	O
and	O
programmers	O
to	O
help	O
Horse	O
develop	O
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
well	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
quickly	O
faded	O
in	O
popularity	O
due	O
to	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
and	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
patches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drowned	B-Application
Gods	I-Application
concept	O
and	O
visuals	O
were	O
widely	O
praised	O
,	O
while	O
its	O
gameplay	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
puzzles	O
received	O
more	O
varied	O
responses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
library	O
of	O
Alexandria	O
housed	O
much	O
of	O
what	O
game	O
writer	O
Harry	O
Horse	O
called	O
"	O
forbidden	O
knowledge	O
"	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
destroyed	O
;	O
the	O
Knights	O
Templar	O
,	O
whose	O
membership	O
included	O
luminaries	O
such	O
as	O
Leonardo	B-Application
da	I-Application
Vinci	I-Application
and	O
Isaac	O
Newton	O
,	O
preserved	O
the	O
information	O
for	O
centuries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
voice	O
welcomes	O
the	O
player	O
and	O
tells	O
them	O
the	O
Globe	O
is	O
a	O
gift	O
,	O
then	O
explains	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
unlock	O
the	O
secret	O
of	O
the	O
drowned	B-Application
god	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
seeks	O
to	O
recover	O
four	O
lost	O
artifacts	O
:	O
the	O
Rod	O
of	O
Osiris	B-Language
,	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
Philosopher	O
's	O
stone	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Ark	O
of	O
the	O
Covenant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
world	O
,	O
Binah	O
,	O
includes	O
aspects	O
of	O
Arthurian	B-Application
legend	I-Application
,	O
including	O
Morgan	O
le	O
Fay	O
and	O
the	O
Knights	O
Templar	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Stonehenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
,	O
Din	O
,	O
centers	O
around	O
an	O
underground	O
transit	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
steampunk	O
carnival	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
mechanical	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
world	O
,	O
Chokhmah	O
,	O
takes	O
place	O
outside	O
Area	B-Application
51	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
options	O
lead	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
ending	O
credits	O
,	O
which	O
feature	O
a	O
voice-over	O
describing	O
the	O
murder	O
of	O
Osiris	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
an	O
image	O
of	O
a	O
partially	O
eaten	O
apple	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
,	O
two	O
white	O
doors	O
in	O
the	O
center	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
chalkboard	O
to	O
the	O
right.	O
|The	O
Albert	O
Einstein	O
and	O
Isaac	O
Newton	O
dialogue	O
puzzle	O
,	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
brilliant	O
"	O
by	O
criticsDrowned	O
God	O
uses	O
a	O
point	O
and	O
click	O
interface	O
and	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
typical	O
of	O
games	O
similar	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
of	O
the	O
mid	O
-	O
to	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
memory	O
games	O
and	O
mazes	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
which	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
a	O
phony	O
manuscript	O
Horse	O
wrote	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
ostensibly	O
describing	O
events	O
after	O
the	O
destruction	O
of	O
the	O
lost	O
city	O
of	O
Atlantis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Horse	O
's	O
initiation	O
into	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
an	O
alternate	O
history	O
came	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
,	O
when	O
he	O
first	O
encountered	O
professor	O
Ian	O
Halpke	O
,	O
who	O
explained	O
to	O
him	O
that	O
information	O
from	O
the	O
Kabbalah	O
and	O
ancient	O
Jewish	O
texts	O
"	O
hide	O
and	O
encipher	B-Application
the	O
secret	O
"	O
,	O
namely	O
,	O
human	O
evolution	O
was	O
aided	O
by	O
extraterrestrial	O
intelligence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
his	O
hoax	O
was	O
discovered	O
,	O
Horse	O
held	O
on	O
to	O
the	O
text	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
decade	O
,	O
until	O
he	O
played	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
7th	I-Application
Guest	I-Application
and	O
decided	O
the	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
genre	O
was	O
a	O
good	O
match	O
for	O
his	O
conspiracy	O
theory-inspired	O
ideas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
later	O
said	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
did	O
not	O
interest	O
him	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artwork	O
and	O
the	O
sense	O
of	O
immersion	O
inspired	O
him	O
to	O
immediately	O
begin	O
working	O
on	O
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
music	O
was	O
written	O
and	O
performed	O
by	O
an	O
ambient	O
music	O
duo	O
operating	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Miasma	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReleaseDrowned	O
God	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
1996	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
there	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
release	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1x	I-Application
but	O
those	O
plans	O
were	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
best-selling	O
video	O
games	O
in	O
United	O
States	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
month	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
and	O
poor	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
developers	O
caused	O
it	O
to	O
fall	O
out	O
of	O
favor	O
with	O
gamers	O
by	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Ramsey	O
of	O
Quandary	O
said	O
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
presented	O
its	O
massive	O
assortment	O
of	O
conspiracy	O
theories	O
entertainingly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ray	O
Ivey	O
of	O
Just	O
Adventure	O
called	O
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
"	O
the	O
strangest	O
,	O
creepiest	O
,	O
most	O
psychedelic	O
adventure	O
game	O
I	O
've	O
yet	O
to	O
come	O
across.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Hughes	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
one	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
from	O
start	O
to	O
finish	O
"	O
without	O
having	O
any	O
idea	O
what	O
the	O
hell	O
's	O
going	O
on	O
"	O
,	O
noting	O
its	O
references	O
to	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
subjects	O
,	O
including	O
Egyptian	O
mythology	O
,	O
The	O
Man	O
in	O
the	O
Iron	O
Mask	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Bermuda	B-Application
Triangle	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broady	O
complimented	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
is	O
loaded	O
with	O
freaky	O
animations	O
and	O
unexpected	O
visual	O
twists	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ivey	O
remarked	O
,	O
"	O
For	O
puzzle	O
lovers	O
,	O
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
is	O
a	O
treasure	O
trove	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
disappointing	O
of	O
1996	O
in	O
their	O
annual	O
recap	O
,	O
writing	O
"	O
the	O
great	O
premise	O
is	O
buried	O
like	O
the	O
mysteries	O
of	O
the	O
ages	O
themselves	O
under	O
a	O
mediocre	O
Myst	B-Application
clone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
nominated	O
Drowned	B-Application
God	I-Application
for	O
their	O
1996	O
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
National	O
Enquirer	O
meets	O
Myst''	O
.	O
</s>
