# What is this video game?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 29, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-video-game/654301 "2013-03-29T22:34:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-video-game/654301/1 "2013-03-29T22:34:52Z")

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I’m thinking the game was from the late 90’s. It’s an adventure game set in France and around 1900 and has orphans and some kind of evil has taken over the town. It has a very dark sinister atmosphere. That’s about all I remember without someone naming it.

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**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-video-game/654301/2 "2013-03-29T22:47:38Z")

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[City of Lost Children](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkiqJNQVHho), maybe? It was based on the [movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_Lost_Children)of the same name.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-video-game/654301/3 "2013-03-29T22:51:01Z")

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> [@goldmund](#):
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> [City of Lost Children](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkiqJNQVHho), maybe? It was based on the [movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_Lost_Children)of the same name.

That’s it.  
Thank you.