The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime
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The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime is an adventure game created by Presto Studios and released by Bandai in 1997. This title serves as a comprehensive remake of the original The Journeyman Project, featuring performances from actors who appeared in The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time.
Story and gameplay
Presented through a first-person viewpoint, Pegasus Prime enhances the use of still images by adding walking animations akin to those found in its sequel. The plot follows Temporal Agent Gage Blackwood as he strives to stop androids from manipulating historical events across three distinct time eras.
Disc layout
The game was issued on a set of 4 CD-ROMs, organized as follows:
- Disc 1: Caldoria, Norad Alpha
- Disc 2: TSA, Prehistoric Island
- Disc 3: Morimoto Mars Colony
- Disc 4: World Science Center, Norad Delta
To reduce the need for frequent disc changes between different time zones, discs 1, 3, and 4 incorporated a "Tiny TSA" segment that featured the interior of the Pegasus Device.
Development and release
Originally introduced as a "Director's Cut," Pegasus Prime improved upon the original by upgrading its graphics, sound, video sequences, and puzzle design. The live-action scenes were produced using green screen effects. The title initially launched exclusively for Power Macintosh systems in North America through Bandai Digital Entertainment and saw releases in Japan for both Apple Pippin and PlayStation platforms. Although versions for PlayStation and Sega Saturn were planned for the U.S. market, these were ultimately canceled due to disappointing sales figures and organizational changes at publisher Sanctuary Woods. Acclaim Entertainment later planned to distribute the PlayStation edition in North America but eventually withdrew those plans.
By late 2012, beta compatibility via ScummVM allowed the game to run on various platforms after extracting data from the original Apple Macintosh CD-ROMs.
In December 2013, a Mac OS X DVD-ROM version was made available, followed by editions for Windows and Linux released in April 2014. Subsequently, digital versions were offered through GOG.com in 2014 and later on Steam in 2017.