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Hidden Agenda (Mac OS Classic)

Released in 1988, Hidden Agenda places you in the role of President of the fictional country of Chimerica which had recently went through a revolution that deposed a fascist dictator named Farsante. You have to try and keep your administration and people happy while also pushing your political views.

Placeholders#

If the game can't find one of its strings, it substitutes TEXT resource 99:

•• Oops! Something’s missing… ••

If it's missing a graphic, in goes PICT resource 666:

I've never encountered a resource fork with a screamer before.

Satan is the same size as all the other character portraits (135×153) but will happily fill in for any absent image, including interface buttons and scenic backdrops. He fulfills the same function of grabbing testers' attention in Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Transinium Challenge, which is based on the Hidden Agenda engine.

References#


  1. Computer Entertainer issue 8-1, p. 3↩︎