Edgar Allan Poe: The 8-Bit Video Game

Your long-held dream of playing a heroic Edgar Allan Poe in an 8-bit style, Victorian-era adventure game is about to come true.

EDGAR, the first project of indie developer Wrought Iron Games, takes the classic side-scroller and looter concepts and combines them with Victorian literary themes and characters. Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Jekyll and Hyde are just a few examples of the characters you'll find among the game's imaginary streets, which will be available on Mac, PC and Linux.

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In EDGAR's alternate history, Poe and his wife are on vacation in London at the time of the 1851 World's Fair. When his wif…
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