title: Świrus
text: # Świrus
  
  Świrus (Czech: Dr. Šílenec) is a 1996 Polish adventure video game developed by Mirage and published by Vochozka Trading, who also translated the game into Czech. Some years after its original release the game was released as a free download.
  
  ## Production
  
  Świrus is the first polish adventure game designed for Windows. The humour of the game derives from the culture of Polish life in the 1980s and 1990s.
  
  ## Plot and gameplay
  
  Świrus is a classic point & click adventure game, viewed from a first person perspective. it includes the command verb-based SCUMM interface. It features a comic art style. The player takes control of a teenager named Phillip who is visited by a clone from the future with a warning that he is the only one who can save the world from a mad Polish doctor named Dr. Šílenec.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  In a nostalgic review of the game 18 years after its release Cnews.cz noted the game's sometimes crazy sense of logic.
  
  