Menateus (1996)

Developer: Rauser Advertainment GmbH
Publisher: Siemens Nixdorf
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Educational, Puzzle
Where to get it: My Abandonware

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A measured, brain-teasing exploration of ecological problems wrapped in a mild futuristic setting, designed to inform as much as entertain.

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About

Released in 1996 for Windows by Rauser Advertainment GmbH and published by Siemens Nixdorf, Menateus is an educational puzzle game set within a sci-fi or futuristic context. The first-person perspective immerses players in themes centered on ecology and nature as they work to solve the environmental challenges presented in this title.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.