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- * OKLIB'S REVENGE ST/PC/AMIGA *
- * *
- * by Sue Medley *
- * *
- * Originally an 8-bit, text only adventure written using *
- * Gilsoft's Quill for the 48K Spectrum and titled Staff of *
- * Power, an enhanced and expanded version is now available *
- * on all 16-bit formats, written using Softwork's AGTBIG and *
- * renamed Oklib's Revenge. AGTBIG has been str-etch-ed to its *
- * limits to write this game which has over 120 locations, more *
- * than 700 metacommands and an extensive vocabulary. *
- * *
- * How will you survive in an unfriendly land with only your *
- * wits to aid you? Will you be up to the ultimate challenge *
- * or will Oklib have the last laugh? *
- * *
- * Send cheques/POs for £5.00 (payable to Sue Medley) to: *
- * 9 Warwick Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LJ. *
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- * Borphee Computers Presents ST/AM/PC *
- * --- THE FOUR SYMBOLS --- *
- * *
- * A text only adventure for all formats - a seemingly simple *
- * quest, but with a sting in its tail! *
- * Can you prove yourself innocent of witchcraft? *
- * Will you curse the day you encountered the black cat? *
- * Will you survive? *
- * Only time will tell as your wits are challenged to the *
- * utmost in this, the first adventure from the Grue. *
- * Send cheque/PO for £5 made payable to Borphee Computers. *
- * *
- * Also available, PD PC emulator for the Amiga, runs all text *
- * adventures tested so far. Needs two drives and DOS, £1.95. *
- * Not 500+ or 600. *
- * *
- * Borphee Computers, 64 Country Rd, Ormskirk, *
- * West Lancs, L39 1QH *
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- * Special Offer!! ST/PC/AMIGA *
- * *
- * Buy both *
- * OKLIB'S REVENGE *
- * and *
- * THE FOUR SYMBOLS *
- * for *
- * just .... *
- * £7.50! *
- * *
- * Available for the PC, ST and Amiga *
- * *
- * Send Cheques/POs for £7.50 (payable to Sue Medley) to: *
- * 9 Warwick Road *
- * Sidcup *
- * Kent *
- * DA14 6LJ *
- * *
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- * THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL THIEF PC *
- * *
- * by Joel Finch/Electric Sheep *
- * *
- * Joint winner of the 1991 AGT contest, THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL *
- * THIEF has been reprogrammed by the author using his own *
- * utility TGC, The Text Game Compiler. It can be played as a *
- * text adventure or mouse controlled using icon buttons and *
- * by selecting any text on the screen to create inputs. *
- * *
- * As a thief at the top of your field, you aspire to join the *
- * Multi-dimensional Thieves' Guild. Offered a provisional *
- * membership, all you have to do is pass a simple test in a *
- * series of rooms which have been "borrowed" from other *
- * universes - will you be able to escape? *
- * (3.5" and 5.25" HDD only until further notice) *
- * Send cheques/POs for £10.00 (£8 + £2 P&P) payable to *
- * Sue Medley to 9 Warwick Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LJ. *
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- * EXCUSE ME - DO YOU HAVE THE TIME? ST *
- * By Jean Childs *
- * *
- * A text and graphics STAC adventure that takes you not just *
- * from place to place but through the boundaries of time. *
- * *
- * Can you interpret the scientist's enigmatic clues? *
- * Are your three friends, who travel with you, going to be a *
- * help or a hindrance? *
- * Will you be able to complete your task and return in a time *
- * machine that has a digestive problem? *
- * Can you survive my sense of humour? *
- * *
- * Send cheques/POs for just £3.00 (payable to Jean Childs) to: *
- * 24 Waverley Road, Bagshot, Surrey, GU19 5JL *
- * *
- * or see next frame for a special offer! *
- * *
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- * WYSIWYG ST *
- * By Jean Childs *
- * *
- * And the Wizard laughed...... *
- * *
- * "Come into the land in which I dwell. *
- * Release the castle from my spell. *
- * Use your eyes, the scene is set. *
- * What You See Is What You Get." *
- * *
- * Features graphics for each locations rather than room *
- * descriptions - hence the title. *
- * *
- * Send cheques/POs for just £3.00 (payable to Jean Childs) to: *
- * 24 Waverley Road, Bagshot, Surrey, GU19 5UL *
- * -------------------------------------------------- *
- * | OR order both WYSIWYG and EXCUSE ME for just £5.00 | *
- * -------------------------------------------------- *
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- * GRUE-KNAPPED! ST/PC/AMIGA(emul) *
- * from *
- * Fictitious Frobishire *
- * - - - - - *
- * Can you escape from the Grue's lair before he wakes up from *
- * his post-prandial nap and turns his attention to YOU? *
- * *
- * An enhanced conversion by Neil Shipman of the light-hearted *
- * text adventure by Bob Adams. *
- * *
- * Extra text - Additional puzzles - Dual format ST/PC disk. *
- * Runs on a 520ST (Please advise if single-sided disk only) *
- * *
- * Officially approved by the game's original author! *
- * *
- * Send cheques/POs for just £3.00 (payable to Neil Shipman) to: *
- * N. Shipman, 1 Heath Gardens, Coalpit Heath, Bristol BS17 2TQ. *
- * *
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- * PC/ST(emul) *
- * --- JACARANDA JIM --- 3.5" disk £6, 5.25" disk £5 *
- * *
- * Following an attack on his cargo-ship by a crack squad *
- * of homicidal beechwood armchairs, Space cadet Jacaranda *
- * Jim is forced to crashland into the strange world of *
- * Ibberspleen IV. "Luckily" Jim is rescued from the burning *
- * wreckage by the mysteriously smug creature, Alan the *
- * Gribbley. Can you help Jim escape back to the safety of *
- * Earth? *
- * *
- * Why is the deckchair attendant so miserable? *
- * Who taught Mavis the cow to tapdance? *
- * What would you do with a cucumber, a gin-spitting pirate *
- * and a piece of gristle? *
- * *
- * No, don't answer that. *
- * See next frame for ordering details. *
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- * PC/ST(emul) *
- * --- HUMBUG --- 3.5" disk or 5.25" disk £9 *
- * *
- * You, Sidney Widdershins, are sent to your Grandad's for *
- * the Christmas holidays. Lurking in the shadows is *
- * Grandad's evil neighbour - Jasper Slake. Jasper, a *
- * particularly sadistic dentist, is after Grandad's *
- * crumbling manor. *
- * *
- * Who is the computer junkie in the anorak? *
- * What would you do with a trombone, a terrapin and half a *
- * pound of lard? *
- * Yes, quite. *
- * *
- * To order either game, contact: *
- * Graham Cluley, 'Malvern', Seaton Road, Camberley, *
- * Surrey, GU15 3NG *
- * *
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- * Gerbil Riot of '67 PC *
- * By Simon Avery *
- * *
- * Arguably the daftest, most stupidly silly text adventure *
- * ever. Converted with tender loving care from the 8-bit *
- * original and playtested by Jean Childs. *
- * *
- * Written with TADS, Gerbil Riot will run on 99% of all PC *
- * compatible machines (refund if it doesn't). *
- * Enviromentally friendly! (Recycled ideas) *
- * Large help system included. *
- * *
- * Send cheques/POs for £3.00 (payable to Simon Avery) to: *
- * Hamlyn's Cottage, *
- * Old Exeter Road, *
- * Chudleigh, S Devon. TQ13 0DX *
- * (Please state whether 3.5" or 5.25" floppy disk) *
- * (Please add £2 for overseas orders) *
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- * UNNKULIA ZERO:The Search for Amanda PC/ST *
- * An Unnkulian Unventure by D.A. Leary *
- * *
- * In "Unnkulian Underworld", a mysterious message carved in *
- * the top of the oak table in the Hall of the Valley King read *
- * "V.K. luvs Amanda"... Then in "Unnkulian Unventure II", a *
- * similar message appeared - some vandal had scratched it on a *
- * branch in the oak tree! *
- * Who is Amanda? *
- * Now you can learn all about her as your search for the *
- * true love of the Valley King takes you across Unnkulia! *
- * You are living in a quiet age, the era of the Second Valley *
- * King when the Unnkulian menace has been driven into hiding *
- * ... but that doesn't mean there's not still evil out there! *
- * *
- * Available for PC (5.25" 1.2meg or 3.5" 720K), Mac, ST and *
- * Falcon for $26.00 including shipping. US funds only. *
- * ADVENTIONS:PO Box 851, Columbia, Maryland 21044, USA *
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- * THE HORROR OF RYLVANIA ST/PC *
- * By D.A.Leary *
- * *
- * "The Horror of Rylvania" is true gothic horror in an *
- * interactive fiction setting. A radical departure from the *
- * light-hearted Unnkulian series, "Horror" is not for the *
- * faint-at-heart. *
- * What you expected would be a fun outing in scenic Rylvania *
- * turns into a gruesome nightmare, with *you* playing the *
- * starring role. Find out what it's like to be alternately *
- * the source and challenger of evil in the tiny Eastern *
- * European province. Test your very moral fiber as you decide *
- * to damn yourself and save others -- or vice versa. "The *
- * Horror of Rylvania" will grip you like no interactive *
- * fiction ever has before. *
- * Available for PC (5.25" 1.2meg or 3.5" 720K), Mac, ST and *
- * Falcon for $21.00 including shipping. US funds only. *
- * ADVENTIONS:PO Box 851, Columbia, Maryland 21044, USA *
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- * PERDITION'S FLAMES PC *
- * A fantasy text adventure game by Michael Roberts *
- * *
- * You've died and gone to Hell! Explore a land that no living *
- * mortal has ever seen. This innovative game has all the usual *
- * great TADS features and it may be one of the friendliest text *
- * adventures ever written. Being dead has its advantages - you *
- * don't have to eat or sleep, you can carry as much stuff as *
- * you want and, best of all, you can't die! Plus this may be *
- * the first text adventure ever to be certified 100% maze free! *
- * *
- * The game package includes the software, game manual and hint *
- * book, a full fold-out map of the game and the Official *
- * Tourist's Guide to Hell. *
- * *
- * The cost? $25 plus $4 shipping to UK/Europe by cheque/money *
- * order (US dollars), VISA or MasterCard. *
- * High Energy Software, PO Box 50422, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA *
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- * *
- * At long last! The Amiga version of Taxman has arrived. *
- * *
- * THE TAXMAN COMETH AM *
- * *
- * This is not an emulation. *
- * For the unbelievable sum of only £3.00 you can try and *
- * outwit a Dragon, a Dwarf and even a Wizard. *
- * Tackle a set of steps that are out of order! *
- * Use strange magical spells and visit a privy! *
- * (A1200 compatible. A mouse is required to solve the graphic *
- * puzzles) *
- * All for £3.00! *
- * *
- * Available from: *
- * Steve Clay, 17 Stanlaw Road, Ellesmere Port, *
- * South Wirral, L65 0EY *
- * (Cheques/POs to S.J.Clay) *
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