It Came from the Desert

1989 video game
VideoGame video_game Q3155818
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It Came from the Desert

Summary

It Came from the Desert is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (206 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • It Came from the Desert's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • It Came from the Desert was published by Mirrorsoft[4].
  • It Came from the Desert's genre is action-adventure game[5].
  • It Came from the Desert's developer is recorded as Cinemaware[6].
  • It Came from the Desert's designed by is recorded as David Riordan[7].
  • It Came from the Desert's platform is recorded as DOS[8].
  • It Came from the Desert's platform is recorded as TurboGrafx-16[9].
  • It Came from the Desert's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[10].
  • It Came from the Desert's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[11].
  • It Came from the Desert's review score is recorded as 95%[12].
  • It Came from the Desert's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • It Came from the Desert was released on January 1, 1989[14].
  • It Came from the Desert's narrative location is recorded as California[15].
  • It Came from the Desert's derivative work is recorded as It Came from the Desert[16].

Body

Authorship and Creation

It Came from the Desert was published by Mirrorsoft[4].

Publication

It Came from the Desert was published on January 1, 1989[14]. Its genre is action-adventure game[5].

Reception

It Came from the Desert's review score is recorded as 95%[12].

Why It Matters

It Came from the Desert ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (206 views/month).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Cinemaware
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    Genre → action-adventure game
    Publisher → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P444]]: 95%, uploading review scores from gen4; thanks Catel69 for the parsing in the first place! ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/ac96494e159|details]])"
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