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Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom

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Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom is a 1996 adventure game developed by Learn Technologies Interactive and published by SouthPeak Interactive.

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About Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom

Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom is a Myst-like graphic adventure game developed by Learn Technologies Interactive and released for DOS, Windows, and Apple Macintosh systems.

The game takes place in the year 2010, where the international conglomerate "Mega Media," headed by Hal Davis, funds a government-approved excavation of the Qin burial mound. The player takes on the role of a researcher assigned to this project. (In reality, the chamber of the terracotta army is the farthest any archaeological team has progressed.) One night, as the researcher is exploring alone, a sudden earthquake opens up the ground underneath, and the researcher tumbles into a deeper part of the tomb. While exploring the tomb, which is immense, he is privy to the observations of the ghost of a Chinese scholar, who was aware of the brutal nature of the emperor.

The game eventually leads to a goal the emperor sought in life—an elixir that can confer immortality. Possessing this, the player has a choice: give it to the dead-but-not-quite-gone Qin, who will revive; deliver it to Hal Davis; or pour it into a scale model of the planet. Each has its own result—the renewed emperor will re-take control of China, Hal Davis becomes immortal in a decaying world, or kick-start the renewal of the planet itself, respectively.

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Windows 3.x

Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom — Windows 3.x screenshot 1Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom — Windows 3.x screenshot 2Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom — Windows 3.x screenshot 3

Download Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom

Qin: Tomb of the Middle Kingdom is abandonware and no longer sold or supported by its publishers. Files are archived here for these platforms:

Mac (1996)

Windows (1996)

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