Little Big Adventure (LBA for short) was first released at the end of 1994. It was made by Adeline Software International, released in Europe by Electronic Arts (EA) and in the USA under the name 'Relentless' by Activision. LBA sold over 400,000 copies worldwide in the first release. LBA was the first game created by Adeline Software International. The game was initialy released in a CD-Rom version and some times later in a floppy disk version. The CD-Rom version has full motion video, high quality music and speech whereas the floppy disk version has midi music files and still images to replace the videos.

The game also has a sequel, Little Big Adventure 2.

Contents

1 The Game 2 Gameplay 3 Story 4 Trivia 5 External links

The Game

The game is viewed from a 3D isometric perspective (the game field is rotated 45 degrees). All characters and vehicles are real 3D polygon based objects, so they move very smoothly. The rest of the game is sprite based. The game field is divided in scenes (a small piece of the whole game that is active). So when you are in one scene nothing happens in the other scenes. Everytime you walk out of a scene into a new one the game is saved automatically. After completion of certain tasks you will be treated with an awesome full motion video sequence. All the text in the game is also spoken (CD-Rom version only). The game world is vast; there are 11 different islands and over 120 scenes to visit. You will visit places like a desert, snow mountain, underground village, rebellion island, etc. Almost every character you see in the game is interactive, the world itself is also very interactive, you can search trash bins, closets, etc.

Gameplay

The character you control is called Twinsen. You control Twinsen with the arrow keys, he has 4 diffirent modes of behaviour.

Normal 

This is the normal mode, in this mode Twinsen will walk normally and can talk to people and search places. When using weapons Twinsen will attack like he doesn't care much.

Athletic 

In this mode Twinsen and run and jump. When using weapons Twinsen will move very fast and won't attack much.

Aggressive 

This is the battle mode, in this mode Twinsen can fist fight and when using weapons he will attack nervously.

Discreet 

In this mode Twinsen will move very silent and is able to hide. When you use weapons Twinsen will attack very slowly.

During the game you can easily change the behaviour mode. Sometimes Twinsen can use a vehicle to travel to another place, this is not interactive. Twinsen also has an inventory where he can store objects he finds. Every object has it's own place in the inventory. Most of the time the dialogs are not very interactive, when you have the option to choose it's mostly to select a destination or subject.

Story

Twinsun is a relatively new planet on the outskirts of a remote galaxy. Its rotational plane has stabilized between two suns.

Ever since evil FunFrock's rise to power, the population has been living under a reign of terror. FunFrock set up a police state where suspicion is omnipresent. He is all powerful and controls the people with an iron fist. He has at his disposal two high tech weapons that insure his power: cloning and teleportation.

He can clone any of the species at will, and subsequently recruit these clones into his ranks. He can then deploy these clones instantly through a network of telepods that are dispersed over the entire planet.

A few years ago, under the guise of protecting the population, Dr. FunFrock herded the planet's habitants into the southern hemisphere. The repression is harsh. Every day brings more and more arrests, and the people slowly begin to lose hope.

In an effort to keep their spirits up, the people sometimes evoke an ancient legend along with the name of a goddess, Sendell. The mentioning of the legend or Sendell has since been forbidden by Dr. FunFrock. Meanwhile... a young quetch named Twinsen has been having strange dreams...

Twinsen is revealed to be the Heir prepared by his ancestors. His family was chosen by Sendell centuries ago. His prophecised task is to bring freedom in te planet again, by obtaining 4 magical items of power, and finally opening the Well of Sendell.

Trivia

• The team behind LBA is the core team who created Alone in the Dark
• LBA was initialy planned as a Super Nintendo making use of the Super FX chip for the realtime 3d part.
• The isometric view used in the game was inspired by an old game named Alien9 .
• In early previews, it was said that the player could drive the vehicules of the game. This wasn't implemented in the final version because of lack of time and the idea was kept for LBA2.

External links

• The Magicball Network Forums LBA community forums.

• Twinsen's Adventure News and articles about the future of LBA.

• Encyclopedia Twinsunica An encyclopedia of the Little Big Adventure games.

• LbaWin Little Big Adventue for Windows. A Windows port for LBA1 (i.e. a program that makes LBA1 a Windows application). The port is currently on a beta stage.

• LBA at dmoz All other LBA related links.