Jack in the Dark

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Atari Europe S.A.S.U.

Atari Europe S.A.S.U. is a majority owned subsidiary of the holding company Infogrames Entertainment SA with worldwide headquarters in Lyon, France. The company was founded in June 1983 as Infogrames by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet and was primarily known as a game developer during the late 1980's and 1990's. Their best-known games include the initial Alone in the Dark trilogy, as well as various games based on Franco-Belgian comics. Together with the US headquarters Atari, Inc. (formerly Infogrames, Inc.) in New York, the European division is a global publisher and distributor of games for all major consoles and also computers, with many development studios under its wings. The company also has offices in France, United Kingdom, Benelux, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, India, China, Australia, Japan.

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It was primarily distributed for free during Christmas in 1993, shortly before the release of "Alone in the Dark 2." It was often included on a single floppy disk, sometimes in special golden packaging, and later bundled with CD-ROM versions of both the original "Alone in the Dark" and "Alone in the Dark 2."
Unlike the more action-oriented "Alone in the Dark" series, "Jack in the Dark" is a pure adventure game focused entirely on puzzles, with no combat. It features a 3rd-person perspective with cinematic camera angles, similar to its larger brethren.
You play as Grace Saunders, a young child who is also a character in "Alone in the Dark 2." The story takes place on Halloween. Grace enters a small toy store after dark and gets locked inside. The toys in the store come alive, and Grace's mission is to save Santa Claus from an evil Jack-in-the-Box (a character clearly related to the villain, One-Eyed Jack, from "Alone in the Dark 2").
The core gameplay involves exploring the toy store, finding objects, and using them to solve various puzzles to progress. It's a short experience, often completable in about 15-30 minutes, but it provided a fun, spooky, and puzzle-centric diversion.
It uses the same polygonal engine as the "Alone in the Dark" series, showcasing Infogrames' pioneering 3D graphics for its time.

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