Survivor (1994 video game)

For the game by Synapse Software, see Survivor (1982 video game).
Survivor, known in Japan as Mori no seizon-sha (Japanese: 森の生存者, lit. "Forrest Survivor") is a horror-themed interactive movie and adventure game developed by Georgie Software and directed by Ishi Nagatano. Published by Time Warner Interactive for the MS-DOS in 1994, later being ported to the Jaguar CD, Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The story follows an unnamed elementery school boy (nicknamed Tano after Ishi) who survives a bus crash while on a field trip and finds himself in an uninhabited forrest. While searching his way back to civilization, he must survive a wanted child murderer who lurks in the forrest. The player controls Tano through animated full-motion video (FMV) sequences, and must complete the game within two hours without a save or pause function.
Development lasted about one year and animation was done in-house at Georgie to create the FMVs. It would be the first major release for the still-unknown Nagatano and Georgie, and so Nagatano felt that if it were not successful he would move back to advertising full-time, He added scenes of violence and cannibalism to make the game more striking. Eventually Time Warner Interactive and Atari would add more funding to the project, convincing him to finish development quicker than he initially planned.
The game was a commercial and critical success in Japan, selling a million copies and receiving a special edition re-release. Critics in the West praised Survivor's horror elements, story, graphics, and presentation. Reviewers of the Jaguar CD version found it to be one of the best games on the platform. Georgie dubbed the animated Tano character as a "digital actor" and had previously used him in the company's previous game Fighting Androids and would use him in future titles. Modern retrospectives find Survivor less appealing, but still commend it for its place in history as a unique blend of animation and gaming and an early example of mature horror game design.
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