THE STORY:

What are friends for? That's precisely why you decide to help out a friend
who's in way over his head. But you never expected this...

Your friend Alex goes missing, a trail of notes and clues left behind,
pointing to his possible whereabouts. All the while, you uncover an artifact so
powerful you wish you had never laid eyes on it, and you learn of an ancient
order of monks with ties to it. And the key to all three lies in -- the Oracle.


FEATURES:

The Oracle is a first-person perspective, photo-realistic adventure game,
photographed entirely on-location in Canada and all over Portugal.

- Over 140 screens
- 8 different locations
- Logical & challanging puzzles (inventory, musical & interactive puzzles)
- Over a dozen unique musical scores
- Over 75 realistic sound effects
- Save games using photo snaphots
- In-game hint system


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Pentium 600 Mhz or higher processor
32 Mb RAM
Windows 95 OSR2, 98, ME, 2000 or XP, with DirectX 5 or above
Supports all DirectX-compatible sound and video cards
800x600 resolution, 16 bit color recommended
95 Mb hard disk space
(Soundcard highly recommended but not required)


Resolution:  800x600 at 16-bit color
Size:  75 Mb (zipped)

Download:  http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=735


SCREENSHOTS:

Wonderful game.......Love it...... However, I am stuck and since their is a hints button that I have used occasionally I don't want to go to hints and tips with this question..... But, I cant find the two-way radio...... It says that it is in the elevator in Nazare and I have looked everywhere but cant seem to find it..... So if you would be so kind, I would appreciate it very much......Been looking for about 20 minutes....... rode elevator car many times also.......Thank you so much for this wonderful work of art......

Thank you so much, I never thought to do that.......Again, Great Game.......Beautiful scenery, etc.....

Extra Post:  I just finished this brilliant game...... It is a masterpiece in all aspects........ Really enjoyed the scenery, music and reading the history behind it.... When can you play a game, enjoy it and learn something besides?  Great Job

Eugene, this is a great - and unique - adventure game. Teh built-in hints system is a great idea (though I still can't find that damn rubber stopper in the hut!!) and the photos are excellent quality.  The style reminds me of the 16-bit first person games such as Dreamzone, but much better! 

Will have to get round to reviewing this properly soon. 

Looks awesome! Thanks to my new internet connection, it only took me a minute to download all of this! I can't wait to play!

EDIT: I just finished the game, and it was very fun. I have  a question, though;
Spoiler below, select the area to read the text

A hints forum has been created.  In order to follow the forum rules, if anyone is stuck and needs a hint, you can post a message here:

http://www.bigbluecup.com/yabb/index.php?topic=27119

Thanks everyone!

Excellent game. You managed to break my tradition of not playing first-person (photo) games, but yours was just so well done I couldn't pass up on it. Props!

Breathtaking...totally impressive.

Hi Eugene,

I really do want to play this game...but everytime I download with getright I get the message "this file does not support resuming" and after a while "the file was not at this url".

I have a pathetically slow dialup and its impossible for me to download such a large file without a download manager. The same thing happens when I use the mirror.

Any solutions? The game seems fantastic and I'm really frustrated as I'm not able to download it. 

Ok, I'm trying the link. {fingers crossed}