The Space Mystery

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The Space Mystery
Developer(s)Mondo
Publisher(s)The LEGO Group
Platform(s)Web browser
Release5 December 1996[1]
Genre(s)Adventure game
Mode(s)Single-player

Exploriens – The Space Mystery was an online point-and-click adventure game.

launched in December 1996 and ran for six months

developed by Mondo.

...based on the LEGO Exploriens product line.

As a LEGO Surfer Club account was required to play The Space Mystery, it was not archived on the Wayback Machine and is currently lost media.

Gameplay

Screenshot

The Space Mystery

The Explorien Space Lab at the planet Mondo II has lost contact with its SatCraft 001 spaceships.[2]


Development and release

Icon on LEGO.com

The Space Mystery was developed by Mondo A/S,[3] the same company that designed the original LEGO World Wide Web Site.[4]



Unlike Treasure Hunt, which was only available in English, The Space Mystery could be played in Danish, English, German, or Spanish.[5]

The Space Mystery was first made available on LEGO.com on 5 December 1996.[1] Mondo employees Soren Beck[6] and "Laust" advertised it on rec.toys.lego a few hours after its release.[7] The LEGO Group officially announced it in a press release on 12 December.[5]


Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Soren Beck (1996-12-05). "NEW GAME ON WWW.LEGO.COM". Newsgrouprec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 2024-06-21.
  2. Mondo (1996). "LEGO Exploriens - The Space Mystery (English LEGO Surferclub signup)". LEGO World Wide Web Site. The LEGO Group. Archived from the original on 1997-01-10.
  3. "LEGO Explorien Space Mystery Game". MONDO. 27 February 1998. Archived from the original on 1998-07-01.
  4. "MODNO A/S - Internetløsninger". 18 April 1996. Archived from the original on 1996-11-11.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Nipper, Mads (December 12, 1996). "Space-travel game on the Internet". LEGO World Wide Web Press Info. The LEGO Group. Archived from the original on 1997-01-10.
  6. "Experience – Soren Beck Jensen". LinkedIn. Mondo A/S – Nov 1994-Jun 1998, 3 yrs 8 mos – First employee in the company. Started as HTML slave and was involved in many projects. Helped develop MondoSearch and give birth to Mondosoft.
  7. Jeff Findley (1996-12-10). "Re: NEW GAME ON WWW.LEGO.COM". Newsgrouprec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 2024-06-22.