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EcoQuest
EcoQuest EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
The first installment, titled The Search for Cetus was re-
Cetus,
leased first on floppy disk, then on CD-ROM with full
speech. Adam’s attempts to help a dolphin named Del-
phineus his father has rescued take a turn for the weirder
when it starts speaking. In no time flat, he’s trying to seek
out Cetus, the whale king of Eluria, an underwater king-
dom populated by marine animals. He has assistance in
the form of several creatures found in the various ecosys-
tems of the world. Aside from the considerable liberty of
sentient talking animals, the game is more realistic than
cartoony - it needs to be, to tell about the real world’s en-
vironment and pollution. The Search for Cetus introduced
the recycling symbol to Sierra’s standard palette of com-
mand icons, giving the player bonus points for picking up
litter.
EcoQuest II: Lost Secret of the
Cover art for The Search for Cetus
Rainforest
In Lost Secret of the Rainforest the second installment in
Rainforest,
Developer(s) Sierra Entertainment
the series, Adam, now slightly older and able to speak
Publisher(s) Sierra Entertainment with animals as a matter of course, explores the tropical
rainforest in search of a cure of a disease afflicting the
Series Sierra Discovery Series
local natives, and a way to save the rainforest from de-
Platform(s) DOS, Windows struction. One of the game’s innovations was the
Release date(s) • NA 1991 (The Search for Cetus) "Ecorder" display: a tricorder-like device Adam uses to
• NA 1993 (Lost Secret of the Rainforest) learn about things he finds during his journey. The game
is somewhat harder than its predecessor and places more
Genre(s) Educational, Adventure
emphasis on the dangers of selfishness and greed, as op-
posed to the blight of man.
EcoQuest is a series of two educational adventure games
developed by Sierra Entertainment. The original concept
was developed by Sierra VP of Creative Development, Bill See also
Davis. The authors of the series game design are Jane • Ecology movement
Jensen and Gano Haine, but Jane was not involved in cre- • Edutainment
ating the second game, having moved on to her famous
Gabriel Knight series.
The last of Sierra’s various "Quest" series, EcoQuest is External links
designed to teach children about the importance of en- • EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus at MobyGames
vironmental ethics. The games are considerably easier • EcoQuest Soundtrack at QuestStudios
than most Sierra adventures and cannot be lost or ren- • EcoQuest II: Lost Secret of the Rainforest at MobyGames
dered unwinnable. Both use a fully mouse-driven version • EcoQuest II Soundtrack at Sierra Music Central
of SCI, in the manner of Space Quest IV and King’s Quest VI.
The protagonist is a 10-year-old boy named Adam
Greene: the son of an ecologist, and an expert scuba div-
er.
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