Tajemnica Statuetki (1993)
The Landmark Commercial PC Adventure That Ignited the Polish Video Game Industry
Tajemnica Statuetki (The Mystery of the Statuette) is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game developed for MS-DOS by Metropolis Software founders Adrian Chmielarz and Grzegorz Miechowski. It stands as Poland's first commercially successful domestic PC game.
Riviera Photography and Interpol Mystery
During a trip to the French Riviera, Adrian Chmielarz captured hundreds of location photographs, which were digitized into game scenes. Players guide Interpol agent John Pollack investigating the theft of antiquities, pioneering legal boxed software sales in post-communist Poland.
Industry Catalyst
Selling thousands of legitimate copies and celebrated in Polish magazines like Top Secret, Tajemnica Statuetki proved domestic development was viable, laying the groundwork for Metropolis, Techland, and CD Projekt.