Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!

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Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!

DOS - 1987

Also released on: Mac - Amiga - Apple IIgs - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - PC-98

Alt names ディジャブ A Nightmare Comes True!!, Deja Vu, Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True, Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!, Déjà Vu
Year 1987
Platform DOS
Released in United States
Genre Adventure
Theme Amnesia, Detective / Mystery, Graphic Adventure, North America, Turn-based
Publisher Mindscape, Inc.
Developer ICOM Simulations, Inc.
Perspectives 1st-Person, Fixed / Flip-screen
Dosbox support Supported on 0.60
4.96 / 5 - 56 votes

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Description of Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!!

The first ICOM game, Deja Vu 1 introduces multiple-window user interface, mouse support (back in 1986-- when not many people knew what a "mouse" was), and true WYSIWYG.

In this game, you wake up with (surprise, surprise) an amnesia in a decrepit bar. Puzzles are somewhat difficult due to the fact that only about half of what you can carry are actually useful. The game gives you only a vague sense of what to do next, so the illusion of non-linearity is effective. The periodic flashbacks are a nice touch as they advance the story. There IS a time limit, so save often!

Review By HOTUD

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Comments and reviews

mobilehead 2023-11-06 0 point

Great adventure game, however quite difficult. A very unique interface that works quite handy only if the screen could have been bigger back in the day.

Plantera 2022-09-16 0 point DOS version

dat DOS pink/blue do be aesthetic af tho

Me 2021-01-29 0 point

And save to C:\ drive

Me 2021-01-29 5 points

for DOSBOX change video to CGA

admin 2020-07-20 4 points

@TheSquid just uploaded the Win3.x pack Déjà Vu I & II: The Casebooks of Ace Harding

TheSquid 2020-07-19 0 point

The best versions of these were the Windows re-release, as they had the best graphics and the Windows interface worked well for them.

Unfortunately, they seem difficult to find and AFAIK are impossible to get working on any Windows after 3.1...

karter 2020-03-28 0 point Amiga version

Played on the C64 and Amiga. Slow on the C64. But liked it.

xouxo 2019-01-11 1 point Mac version

I used to play it on a Mac SE back then.
It was really well playable using the mouse with drag&drop etc. But it was really hard and I think not finishable without a walkthrough.
I personally prefer the mac's classy black and white graphic over the strange pink & cyan dos colors.

DOS Boss 2017-08-15 2 points DOS version

The game works fine in DOSBox.

Run the RUNME.BAT file.

Make sure your mouse is captured because it uses it.

slx 2016-03-07 -1 point DOS version

I can't run this game in DOSBox!

Joe 2015-06-24 2 points DOS version

This is actually a VERY cool game, by the same company that did "Uninvited".

One of the earliest multi-window RPG's of it's time.

JULIUS 2012-11-14 5 points DOS version

I played it on Amiga several years ago: an awesome graphic adventure, if you consider it was realesed in 1987.
Amiga version had 32 colours instead of 4 of CGA PC one.

Beautiful and mysterious plot, but hard to finish!

I recommend it to you!

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ManualEnglish version 3 MB (Mac)

Other Releases

Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True!! was also released on the following systems:

Mac

Amiga

Apple IIgs

Atari ST

Commodore 64

PC-98

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