Onesimus: A Quest for Freedom

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity gameCAG
Release1992
PublisherArk Multimedia Publishing
DeveloperArk Multimedia Publishing
Platform(s)DOS
ModeSingle-player
GenreAction-adventure; platformer; role-playing game; hero-based
SettingOnesimus travels from Philemon’s estate in Colossae to Rome
Notable charactersBOnesimus of Byzantium, Philemon of Colossae, Paul
DLC

Bibliography

Lowe, D. (2009). ‘Playing with Antiquity: Videogame Receptions of the Classical World’ in D. Lowe & K. Shahabudin (eds.), Classics for All: Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 64-90.

Additional keywords

history, Christian, Bible, New Testament, slave

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