Eternam

Eternam is a humorous graphical adventure game from Infogrames, released originally in 1992 for DOS. A CD-ROM version with full speech was published in 1993. The game was developed by Hubert Chardot, who is better remembered from his Lovecraft-themed games Shadow of the Comet and Prisoner of Ice. While the game is mainly a two-dimensional adventure game, it contains a three-dimensional subgame, which pays homage to Drakkhen, a roleplaying game from Infogrames.

The plot of Eternam combines futuristic elements with historical settings. The player assumes the role of officer Don Jonz in Orion United Forces, who is starting a vacation in the planet Eternam. The planet is described as a galactic amusement centre, where different islands represent different periods of Earth's history.

After arriving on the planet and changing into a costume of barbarian warrior, Don Jonz learns that his archenemy Mikhail Nuke has taken over Eternam. The player must then make their way through the five islands of Eternam to Nuke's lair. The only help is planet's one remaining technician, Tracy, who has digitized herself into Eternam's network.

The game contains humorous references to various historical eras, such as Ancient Egypt and the French Revolution. The locations are often absurd and contain anachronisms – for instance, statues of a medieval castle are addicted to television.

The story of this game is mainly based on the movie Westworld, its sequel Futureworld, and the short-lived television series, Beyond Westworld. In these movies Delos, the owner of an amusement park, offers vacation for rich people in areas which represent different time periods such as West World (the American Old West), Medieval World (medieval Europe), Roman World (pre-Christian Rome) and Futureworld; and in these amusement parks the attendants are androids and they are almost indistinguishable from human beings.