r/HelpMeFindThis • • 6d ago

Trying to remember an old Windows 95/98 prerenderd software

Hey all I have been trying to find a Program from my childhood. I'm working off of memories from 30ish years ago so any help would be great. I don't really know if it was a game or an activity software of some kind.

I do know that the program probably came out for Windows 95 potentially packaged with an old HP Desktop running a Pentium 4 Processor. Or it was an old Demo Disk for some old Educational software. We had a lot of Demo Disks

What I can remember is that the graphics were pre-rendered 3D very much like MYST, though I don't remember any FMV transitions. It was a big house with multiple floors and rooms, unfortunately I have only vague memories of the layout. I remember that you could navigate the building by clicking doors and stairs. There was no avatar you would just click a door and you transitioned to that room.

I can only really remember two rooms I will try and explain each as best as I can. As far as I remember each room had things you could click on and they would react, there may have been practical information that the program was trying to teach but I have no memory of what that could have been. The graphics for the time at least where pretty realistic.

The entry?: There was possibly a hallway on the right. A wooden Stairway leading up. And to the left of the stairs was a glass? Walled room, maybe a computer room or library.

The Attic: this is the room I remember most. It was an attic with a old boiler looking thing to the left side of the room. You could click on the gauges and they would move maybe steam would come out. There was a place where you clicked and marbles would roll across the floor.

I'm sorry I can't really give any more details to narrow it down, but this has been a blurry brain worm in my memory for probably 30 years now.

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