What is I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream?

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is a horror point-and-click adventure game developed by The Dreamers Guild and published in 1995 by Cyberdreams. It is based on the 1967 short story of the same name by acclaimed science fiction writer Harlan Ellison, who also provided voice-over narration for the game's main antagonist.

The game follows the five last remaining humans left on Earth after a malicious supercomputer named AM wiped out all other humans in an act of hatred. Over the past 109 years, AM has kept these five characters alive to endlessly torture them according to their flaws. The characters include Nimdok the scientist who sold out humanity to AM, Benny the brute with a childlike morality, Ellen the pure-hearted humanitarian, Gorrister the depressed paraplegic, and Ted the paranoid egocentric.

As the game begins, AM presents scenarios to each character that force them to confront their fatal flaws in an act of endless torture. The player guides each character through their personalized story, solving puzzles and making choices. The game features multiple endings based on choices made, with most concluding in the characters failing to overcome their flaws and AM continuing his torture in cruelty.

With psychological horror, point-and-click adventure gameplay, and voice over work by Harlan Ellison himself as the antagonist AM, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream provides a unique and dark game experience that critics praised as an artistic triumph in interactive storytelling.

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