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• - "It's unquestionable that this character represents a quantum leap--in intelligence and in vividness of personality--and that the author did it with essentially the tools that every author has. Designers, consider the goalposts moved." By Duncan
  
• - Author's page about the game, with background on its making and thoughts on multilinear interactive fiction and non-player character conversation.
  
• - Capsule review, information, and downloads.
  
• - Play on-line using Java, with links to background, articles about the game, and hints and walkthroughs. [Requires frames.]
  
• - "Play this game. Then, write your own. Pour your heart and soul into it. Cast it upon the waters, and you may indeed receive it back a hundredfold." By Jonathan Rosebaugh.
  
• - Play Galatea on-line.