Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 48: Byzantine Labyrinthine

In my formative years it was accepted by most that the point and click adventure game was a dead genre. Sure, a handful were still being made, but more often than not these remained nostalgic takes hearkening back to the true heyday of the genre. Most devotees would instead stick to their old favourites, even in the face of mounting incompatibility challenges. These were issues that The Wyrmkeep Entertainment Co. would attempt to solve, starting with Inherit the Earth and The Labyrinth of Time.

First released for Linux in December 2004, both games were retooled to use the Simple DirectMedia Layer, but were otherwise kept as faithful ports of the originals for good or ill. For the The Labyrinth of Time some audio improvements were made, but the only new addition was the “breadcrumbs” navigation feature that I never felt the need to use. Being built around the multimedia capabilities offered by the arrival of CD-ROM, The Labyrinth of Time from 1993 is an arthouse first and a game second.