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'{{Infobox VG |title=Maabus |image= Maabus cover.jpg |caption= |developer=Microforum |publisher=[[Monolith Productions|Monolith]] |engine= |released=1994 |genre=[[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]] |modes=[[Single-player video game|Single-player]] |platforms=[[MS-DOS]], [[Windows 3.1x]] |alt = }} '''Maabus''' is an [[action-adventure game]] developed by Canadian studio Microforum International and published by [[Monolith Productions]] in 1994. ==Gameplay== The player is in control of a weaponized probe sent to a remote tropical island where strange dangerous radiation has been detected, and must fight giant creatures, solve puzzles and find the source of the radiation. ==Reception== ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "unless looking at a handful of pretty pictures and dying in countlessly unpredictable ways is your idea of fun, spend your money on something else."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=7|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|date=July 1995|page=74}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the game an A- and described the game as a combination of ''[[Myst]]'', ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'', and ''[[The 7th Guest]].'' They wrote that the game is as addictive as any of the games it draws inspiration from.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/07/21/maabus/|title=Maabus|work=EW.com|access-date=2018-11-03|language=en}}</ref> Trish Murphy for ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' said that "Despite its quirks, I found Maabus imaginative, challenging and great to play."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118553147/the-sydney-morning-herald/ | title=Clipped from the Sydney Morning Herald | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=9 May 1995 | page=39 }}</ref> ==Reviews== *''[[PC Gamer]]'' (Jun, 1995) *''[[PC Games]]'' - May, 1995 *''[[PC Player (German magazine)|PC Player]]'' - May, 1995 ==References== {{reflist}} {{Monolith games}} [[Category:1994 video games]] [[Category:Action-adventure games]] [[Category:DOS games]] [[Category:First-person video games]] [[Category:Video games developed in Canada]] [[Category:Windows games]] [[Category:Monolith Productions games]] {{videogame-stub}}'