---
title: manoir du docteur Genius , le
tags:
- 3d
- adventure
- haunted
- text interface
years:
- '1984'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss11.png
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1984'
  - label: companies
    value: Loriciels
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: tape
  - label: systems
    value: Oric compatible systems
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 player
  - label: staff
    value: Laurent Benes
  screenshots:
  - title: title screen
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss11.png
  - title: menu / options
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss1.png
  - title: let's start!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss3.png
  - title: you are in the entrance hall
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss4.png
  - title: you are in the dining room
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss5.png
  - title: don't open the cupboard
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss6.png
  - title: ready to go upstairs ?
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss7.png
  - title: great, the flashlight exploded in my hands
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss8.png
  - title: the living room
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss9.png
  - title: the dressing room
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss10.png
  - title: take the scissors
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss12.png
  - title: the bathroom
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss13.png
  - title: the living room
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss14.png
  - title: the corridor
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss15.png
  - title: you should find a book in this bedroom
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss16.png
  - title: another bedroom
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss17.png
  - title: you're dead - game over
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_ss2.png
  - title: tape inlay
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/oric_manoir-du-dr-genius_inlay_1.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/oric-atmos
  company: /companies/oric
  oc_id: 602
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230206184241/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=602
    date: '2023-02-06'
---

This game was one of the first graphic adventure available for the Oric-1 computer. Like many of this genre it must have been inspired by the success of Mystery House for the Apple II, the first graphic adventure game.

Enter the Dr Genius mansion, and then try to get out!

The game is entirely in french. The text interpreter is pretty simple and very slow. You can only enter a maximum of two words. The entire game was programmed in BASIC!

The vocabulary is:\
N, NORD, S, SOUTH, E, EST, O, OUEST, MONTE, GRIMPE, DESCEND, PRENDS, RAMASSE, POSE, OUVRE, FERME, ENTRE, AVANCE, ALLUME, REPARE, DEPANNE, LIS, LIT, REGARDE, RETOURNE, RENIFLE, SENS, REMPLIS, VIDE, INVENTAIRE, LISTE, RIEN, ATTENDS, POIGNARDE, COUTEAU, TOURNEVIS, LAMPE, CODE, ESCALIER, PISTOLET, PLACARD, TORCHE, TELEPORTEUR, MONSTRE, PETROLE, POT, CLEF, PAPIER, LIVRE, BRIQUET, COMBINAISON, COFFRE, ROUGE, BLEU, VERT, TITRE, ROBINET, CISEAU, PORTE, ACTIONNE (for the gun), JETE, LANCE, EAU, ENFILE, PASSE, APPUIE, ENFONCE, ENLEVE, RENTRE (for the code), ETEINS, ENTRE

If you've got the solution, post it here!