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Most
text of the present article comes from the feature on
noteworthy adventure games by Steve Cooke (The White Wizard),
as published in the ninth issue of the British C64 magazine
ZZAP!64 (Christmas 1985). |
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The White Wizard's
Christmas Checklist
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Adventures are quite a different kettle
of fish to
arcade games. The latter come and go and are soon forgotten,
but a good adventure really stands the test of time.
So, if you're wondering what to buy for Christmas, why
not check out your collection against the following
list of Wizard Rated games?
Although
it's difficult to recommend games without reservation
(since people's opinions vary so widely about any game,
no matter how popular it may appear) I can personally
recommend the following games as being a cut above average.
Three
stars by a game indicates an essential purchase, two
stars a hot contender and one star a program worth considering
if you (or someone else) has cash to spare. Go on, spoil
yourself!
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BEATLE
QUEST *
Number
9, £9.95 - Quiled
curiosity
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SORCERER
OF CLAYMORGUE CASTLE **
Adventure
International, £9.95 - Scott Adams
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PIRATE
ADVENTURE *
Adventure
International, see note - Scott Adams
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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VOODOO
CASTLE *
Adventure
International, see note - Scott
Adams
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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SECRET
MISSION *
Adventure
International, see note -
Used to be called Mission Impossible
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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ADVENTURELAND
**
Adventure
International, see note - Scott Adams bargain classic
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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SPIDERMAN
**
Adventure
International, see note - Marvel super game
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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THE
HULK **
Adventure
International, see note - Tricky Marvel game
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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GREMLINS
**
Adventure
International, £9.95 - You've seen the film
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WAXWORKS
**
Adventure
International, see note - Underrated
Brian Howarth game
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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TEN
LITTLE INDIANS **
Adventure
International, see note - Digital
Fantasia vintage
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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TIME
MACHINE **
Adventure
International, see note - More
Digital Fantasia vintage
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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GOLDEN
BATON *
Adventure
International, see note - Ancient
classic
Note:
Adventure International are offering double pack bargains
on some of their older games, check them for details.
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ROBIN
OF SHERWOOD **
Adventure
International, £9.95 - Great pics, poor parser
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SEAS
OF BLOOD ***
Adventure
International, £9.95 - Bloodthirsty fun
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HEROES
OF KARN ***
Interceptor,
£7.00 - Classic with pics and music
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EMPIRE
OF KARN **
Interceptor,
£7.00 - Sequel to the Heroes
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LORDS
OF TIME ***
Level
9, £9.95 - Great text only game
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SNOWBALL
**
Level
9, £9.95 - Very tricky, text only
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RETURN
TO EDEN ***
Level
9, £9.95 - Graphics, sequel to Snowball
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COLOSSAL
ADVENTURE ***
Level
9, £9.95 - Best version of the great original
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DUNGEON
ADVENTURE **
Level
9, £9.95 - Subterranean, text only
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ADVENTURE
QUEST **
Level
9, £9.95 - More Middle Earth devilry
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RED
MOON ***
Level
9, £9.95 - Excellent magical graphics game
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EMERALD
ISLE *
Level
9, £6.95 - Easier Level 9 game
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DIARY
OF ADRIAN MOLE **
Mosaic,
£9.95 - Reams of amusing text
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ERIK
THE VIKING **
Mosaic,
£9.95 - Level 9 programmed Viking saga
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SECRET
OF ST BRIDES *
Audiogenic,
£6.95 - Quilled story of naughty girls
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ZORK
I, II & III ***
Infocom/Commodore,
£11.99 each - Classic underground empire series
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HITCH
HIKERS GUIDE
TO THE GALAXY ***
Infocom/Softsel,
£31.45 - Excellent adaptation
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SORCERER
***
Infocom/Softsel,
£42.15 - Brilliant magical tale
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SUSPECT
***
Infocom/Softsel,
see note - Astounding character interaction
Note:
Details of distribution are currently unclear. Watch
out for more news in next issue.
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HOBBIT
(disk) ***
Melbourne
House, £17.95
- Enhanced
version worth the extra cash
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SHERLOCK
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Melbourne
House, £14.95 - Tricky, flawed, but otherwise brill
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CASTLE
OF TERROR **
Melbourne
House, £9.95
- Good pics
and music
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HOBBIT
(tape) **
Melbourne
House, £14.95
- Includes
the book
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MORDON'S
QUEST *
Melbourne
House, £6.95
- Text only
classic style game
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VALKYRIE
17 **
Palace
Software, £9.99
- Logical
derring-do up in the mountains
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CRYSTAL
FROG *
Sentient,
£2.99
- Bargain
at the price
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WITCH'S
CAULDRON **
Mikro-Gen,
£7.95
- Excellent
graphics
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SUBSUNK
**
Firebird,
£1.99
- Bargain
Quilled game with graphics
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DALLAS
QUEST **
US
Gold, £14.95 - Great pics, good game
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MINDSHADOW
***
Activision,
£9.99
- Good pics
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TRACER
SANCTION *
Activision,
£14.99
- Fun through
the centuries
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EUREKA!
**
Domark,
£14.95 - Text, graphics, magic mega game
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WRATH
OF MAGRA ***
Mastertronic,
£7.99 - A real blockbuster of a game
[Note
from GB64: We are not sure a C64 version of this was
released.]
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Htmlized
by Dimitris
Kiminas (17 Jan 2004)
Games
offered for download have no commercial value and are
presented purely for demonstation purposes. If a specific
game's copyright holder for whatever reason wishes it
to be removed, then please e-mail
the name of the game you want removed. The game will
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