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Looking Back: The Apprentice
By Jussi Eskelinen

The Apprentice is an amateur adventure game by Herculean Effort, released in 2003. It won four AGS Awards and four awards from the (now defunct) The Crow's Nest. How does one look at an older amateur adventure game today, and where does the Apprentice stand now in the still short history of the tiny niche called amateur adventure games?

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Looking Back: The Apprentice
By Jussi Eskelinen

The Apprentice is an amateur adventure game by Herculean Effort, released in 2003. It won four AGS Awards and four awards from the (now defunct) The Crow's Nest. How does one look at an older amateur adventure game today, and where does the Apprentice stand now in the still short history of the tiny niche called amateur adventure games?

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