PC (Microsoft Windows)Mac1997

The Space Bar

The Space Bar is an adventure game co-developed by Boffo Games and published by Rocket Science Games and SegaSoft in 1997. The game features a humorous cast of aliens in the framework of a mystery. The player fills the role of a detective, interacting with characters and objects via a first-person interface.

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Steam User 6725STEAMRecommended

So glad to find this on Steam! I remember spending a lot of time playing around on this game 1998-2000, and never beating it. That's a bigger deal than it sounds, because I was an avid adventure gamer in the 90's (still am). This game is VERY hard in that it adds a clock to the equation. You have to solve the mystery within a certain time frame and several puzzles require events in time to have occurred before they're solvable. I would name my saves (within the Thirsty Tentacle) by the time stamp on my PDA clock due to this. The game has this fun mechanic in that you're a detective, that has an ability called Empathy Telepathy. When you chat with certain patrons of the bar, you're transported within their memory and have to complete their memory as it happened, or lose connection and have to start over. So, you get to explore very fun and strange alien worlds. The game is comedic in tone and delivery. Much of the humor is dated but the voice acting was/is amazing for its time. Let me reiterate, this is probably the hardest adventure I've ever played (and I've played many... so, so many), exclusively due to the time-factor. Well, and maybe also because many numbers, codes and ingredients relating to the puzzles NOT being set values. If you take notes and load a earlier save to replay, those notes will need updated. Restarting from earlier saves will be common practice. There a lot of great things to explore and read that eat away at time you really don't have to spare (but also content you don't want to miss), so you explore around, figure out what can be ignored and reload an earlier save. I had to consult an online hint guide for this game, more than a few times. I hate to admit it, but, real talk. A really begrudgingly great point and click adventure. DON'T RUSH ME! :3

Sep 4, 2025·45h·9·Verified

Steam User 8485STEAMRecommended

Extremely thankful this came out on steam in a seamless format. No ISO switching, audio is not buggy, runs great compared to the ScummVM version i tried a while back. Exceptionally underrated and difficult point and click game that is truly unique.

Jan 19, 2025·1h·14·Verified