The X-Files: Unrestricted Access Download PC

The X-Files: Unrestricted Access is a video game developed by Fox Interactive and written by Richard Dowdy. It is a tie-in with the television series The X-Files. Unrestricted Access is an interactive database program, compiling information from the television series' first four seasons.

Released on January 1, 1997, the game was met with mostly positive reviews, with its attention to detail and aesthetics being seen as highlights; however its reliance on Internet Explorer 4 was seen a detraction.

Gameplay

Rather than a traditional video game, The X-Files: Unrestricted Access is an interactive database of information relating to the television series The X-Files. The game uses text, videos and images to offer information on the series' overarching mythology, as well as on its characters and individual episodes of the programme. The database holds entries on every episode broadcast up until the game's release—the first four seasons—and culls its information from these episodes.

The game was released on two CD-ROMs—the database itself was contained on the second of these, while the first disc was used to install both the program and the Internet Explorer 4 web browser, which was used to access in-game hyperlinks. In addition to the content within the database, Unrestricted Access also contained computer wallpaper and screensavers for use on the player's computer.

Release and reception

The X-Files: Unrestricted Access was released for Microsoft Windows on January 1, 1997. A version for Macintosh computers was released the following year.

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