"The Dark Eye" (1995)

Los Angeles, California, US: Inscape (video game, CD-ROM), 1995.
5" x 5.625" x 0.375", CD-ROM and booklet in jewel case without original box.

The Dark Eye, a video game made for Windows (3.1 minimum) and Macintosh (Apple, System 7.1 minimum) on CD-ROM produced by Inscape (Los Angeles, California, US) in 1995. This is a game based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe featuring the voice of William S. Burroughs in two long scenes ("The Masque of the Red Death" and "Annabel Lee"), and in a number of other spots throughout the game as the voice of an older gentleman. Thomas Dolby and Headspace created the music and sound design.

This game will not run on modern systems without emulation of earlier operating systems, being over 30 years old now.

This specific copy is Janet Galore's and is maintained in the archive.  I once had a boxed copy which unfortunately was lost.

Credits: 

• Writer and Creative Director: Russell Lees
• Based on: Edgar Allan Poe's works
• Featuring: William S. Burroughs
• Music and Sound Design: Thomas Dolby and Headspace
• Project Director and Co-Producer: David Nichols
• Executive Producer: Michael Nash
• Interface Producer: Erik Loyer
• Lead Software Engineer: Brock LaPorte
• Art Director: Rebekah Behrendt
• 3D Supervisor: Alex Arko
• Line Producer: David Feldstein
• Production Systems Manager: David Hutchins
• Creative Development Co-Producer: Mark Rance
• Illustrators: Richard Downs, Bruce Heavin, Roger Mikasa, Joe Strasser
• 3D Modelers: Stephen Brinca, Edmund A. Kozin, Brian Speight, Dario Antonioni
• Storyboard Artist: Joe Strasser
• Research: Susan Ricketts, André Bonzel
• Engineering: Cecil "Max" Roach, Erik Loyer, Eric Nadler, Todd Papke
• Production Assistance: Jennifer Kemp, Leonardo Dabus
• Voice Talent: Jack Angel, William S. Burroughs, Ryan Cutrona, Roberta Farkas, Jennifer Hale, Jessica Hecht, Tom Kane, Bob Machray, David Purdham
• Stop-Motion Animation Consultant: Doug Beswick
• Director of Photography: Jim Aupperle
• Stop Motion Animator: Joel Fletcher
• Additional Animator: Don Waller
• Costume Designer: Ariel Jones
• Character Head Designs: Bruce Heavin
• Survival Guide Design and Production: Melissa Hertz
• Survival Guide Editor: Charles Payne

External Links: 

• YouTube: William S. Burroughs reading "The Masque of the Red Death" in The Dark Eye
• YouTube: William S. Burroughs reading "Annabel Lee" in The Dark Eye
• YouTube: Walkthrough of The Dark Eye, part 1
• YouTube: Walkthrough of The Dark Eye, part 2
• YouTube: Walkthrough of The Dark Eye, part 3
• YouTube: Walkthrough of The Dark Eye, part 4
• YouTube: Walkthrough of The Dark Eye, part 5
• YouTube: Walkthrough of The Dark Eye, part 6
• Wikipedia: "The Dark Eye (video game)"
• The Internet Archive: The Dark Eye