with a short story called "Forever Falling" written by Weis and Hickman with Kevin Stein. It tells the story of how Ciang became the Head of the Brotherhood of the Hand, an assassins' guild featured in both the books and the game. The story serves as backstory to events in The Death Gate Cycle and has little relation to Death Gate. Reception In PC Gamer US, Trent C. Ward wrote, "Players who're used to the visual charms of a King's Quest or a Noctropolis may find this a tough game to get interested in. But if your only concern is for substance, then Death Gates a winner." He declared it the best Legend "text-and-pictures" adventure released up to that point. Computer Gaming World nominated Death Gate as its 1994 "Adventure of the Year", although it lost to Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure. The editors wrote of Death Gate, "The quality of the puzzles is evident, but Death Gate also uses compelling atmospheric graphics to distinguish its numerous imaginary worlds." Awards 1994 Strategy Plus Animated Adventure Game of the Year Award (Runner-up) 1994 Computer Game Review Golden Triad Award 1994 Interactive Gaming Editor's Choice Award 1995 Games Magazine Top 100 Electronic Games of the Year Award Reviews White Wolf Inphobia #55 (May, 1995) References External links Death Gate at Mr. Bill's Adventureland Death Gate — comparing the game and the original book series in detail 1994 video games Adventure games DOS games Linux games MacOS games Piko Interactive games Point-and-click adventure games Single-player video games Video games based on novels Video games developed in the United States Windows games Legend Entertainment games