★ THE VAULT ★

[ ACCESS GRANTED — both executables verified — archive level: UNRESTRICTED ]

In 1997, Dennis Quadee began development on a sixth game that was never announced and never shipped. Internal codename: PROJECT CHIMERA.

All that survives is this note, found on a sticky attached to disk labeled CHIMERA_FINAL_V9_REALFINAL.zip (the zip itself did not survive):

“It was going to have real AI. Not the fake kind. The kind that gets tired of being in the game and starts looking for the door. We got scared and shelved it. Carl said I was being dramatic. Carl was probably right. But I never deleted the build.”

— Dennis Quadee, undated

The disk labeled CHIMERA_FINAL_V9_REALFINAL.zip was not among the recovered media. The archivist believes it may still exist. Somewhere.

★ Thank you for exploring the archive. ★