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Portal

1986
videogame

Portal was an ambitious attempt to tell a story with the depth of a novel and the interactivity of a game, sitting somewhere between interactive fiction and s..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Portal 2

United States, 2011
Similarity: 75%

Portal

2007
Similarity: 73%

Concept artwork and game screenshots in Portal 2

Similarity: 67%

The Magic Portal

Australia, 1989
Similarity: 66%

The Path

2009
Similarity: 65%

Zork

United States, 1980
Similarity: 65%

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1998
Similarity: 64%

Emulation of Space Journey for Commodore 64

Australia, 1980s
Similarity: 64%

The Catacombs of Solaris

Similarity: 64%

Shadowgate

1987
Similarity: 64%

Myst (MAC)

United States, 1993
Similarity: 63%

Computer Space

1971
Similarity: 63%

The Thing

2002
Similarity: 63%

Stargate for SNES

Australia, 1992
Similarity: 63%

flower

2001
Similarity: 63%

Vectoria

United States, 1976
Similarity: 63%

Xplora 1: Peter Gabriel's secret world (MAC)

United Kingdom, 1993
Similarity: 63%

The Neverhood

1996
Similarity: 63%
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