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Evil Genius

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Game Information

Original Release Date: September 28, 2004

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Involved Companies: Elixir Studios, Sierra Entertainment

Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy

Summary: Evil Genius focuses on building an island lair and the management of minions that are employed by the Evil Genius, allowing the player to progress through the main storyline with achieving world domination as the end goal of the game. Although not explicitly stated the use of historic regions the Eastern Block and events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis within the game suggest that it is set in the 1960s and 70s and that the game is progressing through an alternate timeline.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).