Total Distortion

Let me take you back to the 90s where a lot of things seemed to be trendy. One of them was Windows 95. Oh, nostalgia...... One of my favorite games during the 90s was Total Distortion. This game was developed in 1995 and is basically an adventure in a different dimension where you, the music video producer, has to make and sell music videos to be able to get back to earth.

You start off with zilch money and work your way up to stardom. In the beginning you get to explore your space station which includes a workspace, a bedroom, a kitchen and an energy room where the exit is located at. In the workspace area you can communicate with the outside world, buy items, make videos and take a look at the radio fishtank. In your bedroom you may check out different books with different types of games in them, and you are able to go to sleep. Whenever you sleep, you will find yourself in a dream game which you have to win to get healthier and more refreshed.

The kitchen is one of the funniest rooms in the station. You can make different kinds of sandwiches and drinks that are going to be very important once you roam around the outside dimension. The energy room is only used to stock up energy sticks so that you will still have electricity within the tower.

In order to make good videos, you have to get raw material from the dimension itself. For this you need a camera and a guitar. The camera for the obvious and the guitar for the guitar heroes that will attack you throughout the dimension. Getting through the dimension is also tricky since there are plenty of riddles in order to get to a place. The video material is either gathered or pre-set. Music is also already included in the game as well as the effects, so all you have to do is cut them together.

The game is basically a click adventure, but very colorful and creative. The creativity is probably the most mind-boggling of all since it's so....well....weird. That is exactly why I loved to play the game. It is weird, yet challenging and most of all fun. If I was to rate this game it would get an A-, because the creativity makes the game different and fun to play, however the game time itself is a little short and thus the reduction.

Total Distortion is still available for download, but only as a torrent (which of course is illegal). I still happened to have a CD from back in the day, but that got lost somewhere in space too. If you still want to check that game out, try Amazon.

Happy Gaming Guys!