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| “ | It's been ages since I was last here. Seems like the butler has really let the place go to rot. The grounds really do need a makeover. Then again, all Uncle Boris was focused on was his work restoring his museum. All he ever cared about was that thing. I wonder if I'm just here to do the heavy lifting to move his old stuff out. Hopefully, Bernard should still be here. Although, he always creeped me out a little. | „ |
| ~ Adam |
Adam is the protagonist of the 1992 point-and-click horror game, Waxworks, as well as its remake, Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors.
Biography[]
In the medieval times, a gypsie witch named Ixona stole a chicken from Adam's ancestor, who publicly cut off her hand as punishment. In retaliation, Ixona placed a curse on the ancestor: whenever twin boys were born into his family line, one would grow up to be good while the other would become pure evil and serve Beelzebub.
In the present day, Adam learns that his twin brother, Alex, is going to suffer the curse. Their uncle Boris has recently died and left them with his eponymous waxworks in his will, as well as a crystal ball, through which his spirit communicates with his nephew. Boris informs his nephew on what to do in order to save Alex.
He must rid the family of Ixona's curse by using the waxworks to travel to four locations in different time periods: an Ancient Egyptian pyramid, a zombie-infested cemetery, Victorian London, and an abandoned mine. Within the locations, Adam must go to these time periods via taking control of the good twin's body, and defeat the four most evil twins: the High Priest (a worshipper of Anubis), Jack the Ripper (a serial killer that sacrificed prostitutes to Beelzebub), Vladimir (a necromancer with an undead army), and the Evil One (a cult leader who transformed himself and his followers into plant mutants).
Once all the evil twins have been defeated, Boris declares that the only way to break the curse is to prevent it from being cast in the first place, and provides his nephew with four artifacts from the evil twins: the High Priest's amulet, Vladimir's ring, Jack's knife, and a vial of the Evil One's potion. Using the final waxwork, Adam travels to confront Ixona, and, following Boris' instructions, uses the artifacts to kill Ixona before she can place the curse.
As a result, the curse is erased from existence for every afflicted generation of Adam's family line. Adam returns to the present and revives Alex, who tells him about a dream in which Ixona placed a curse upon her attacker before she died, transforming him into a demon. The brothers then leave the museum.
Trivia[]
- The game was inspired by the 1988 film Waxwork.
- The game is infamous for its gruesome 'game over' scenes, especially when killed by zombies.