The year is 1519, and you are a scribe living in Tenochtitlan, city state of the Aztecs. Lately bad omens including fair-skinned invaders on the eastern seas have been seen. You have been tasked by Lord Montezuma II to find Quetzalcoatl, the great feathered serpent.

Kukulcan is a graphical adventure game, where all commands must be submitted via VERB + NOUN entries. It was designed as an educational adventure to teach about Mesoamerican culture. Gameplay is divided over two disks, and the player is given a password after completing the first disk that allows them to continue their adventure on the second. During the adventure, the player explores multiple cities of Mesoamerica, including the great Aztec cities, as well as Incan and Mayan sites. The player must explore Aztec culture, and also interacts with Cortes and the Spanish Conquistadors. As the plot progresses, the player receives historical background notes about the death of Montezuma II, Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor, and finally the fall of Tenochtitlan. The player eventually uncovers Quetzacoatl deep within Mayan ruins high in the Andes.

As an educational feature, at any point during the player's adventure, they can press "H", which provides educational or historical background about Mesoamerican culture and technology.

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