Teenagent is a 1995 point-and-click

Point-and-click

Point-and-click is the action of a computer user moving a cursor to a certain location on a screen and then pressing a mouse button, usually the left button , or other pointing device...

 adventure game

Adventure game

An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...

 developed by Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 developer Metropolis Software House. It was released for Amiga

Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...

 and DOS

MS-DOS

MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...

. The player controls teenage boy Mark Hopper who wants to be a secret agent. The CD version was the first game to be released on CD-ROM

CD-ROM

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 in Poland.

Plot

Gold is disappearing around America. The police agency wants to hire a random person to uncover the reason behind this disappearance - they choose teenage boy Mark Hopper.

Gameplay

The game has three sections: "The Three Tasks", where Mark must prove himself by performing three tasks for the captain of the guards; "The Village", where Mark must wander around a village and gain entry to the mansion owned by the villain causing the gold's disappearance; and "The Mansion", where Mark must put a stop to the villain's plans.

Legal status

When the game was originally released, "The Three Tasks" was shareware

Shareware

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, and the remaining two sections could be obtained by registering the game. However, the game was later released as freeware

Freeware

Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...

.

Teenagent was later released on Good Old Games as the milestone 100th game on the site. It is one of only six free games on the site, the other five are Beneath a Steel Sky

Beneath a Steel Sky

Beneath a Steel Sky is a 1994 science-fiction point-and-click adventure game in the cyberpunk genre. Like many point-and-click adventure games, it features comedy elements, and was developed by Revolution Software, a British developer, and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was...

, Dragonsphere

Dragonsphere

Dragonsphere is a "point-and-click" graphic adventure game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994. At the time it had "mind-blowing graphics" and was considered a novelty, and it is still a cult classic for many....

, Lure of the Temptress

Lure of the Temptress

Lure of the Temptress is a fantasy point-and-click adventure game created by Revolution Software, published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment, and initially released in 1992 for Atari ST, DOS and Amiga systems...

, Tyrian 2000 and Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar.

Music

The game's music was composed by Polish artist Radek Szamrej, aka RST. In November, 2010, video game music community OverClocked ReMix

OverClocked ReMix

OverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix and OCR, is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through arranging and re-interpreting the songs with new technology and software, as well as by various traditional means...

released a free fan tribute album arranging the game's soundtrack.

External links

• Teenagent at Good Old Games
• Teenagent: The Root of All Evil free fan arrangement album at OverClocked ReMix
• Review of Teenagent by Methat, server Revival od DOS Games, 12.01.2009, Rating: 8/10