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- │ EGA ARCADE AND ADVENTURE TYPE GAMES │
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- │ categories, listed in the order below: │
- │ 1) Adventure games │
- │ 2) Arcade games │
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- EGA ADVENTURE GAMES Ages 6-Adult
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- H022: HUGOS HOUSE OF HORRORS v1.4 (90)
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- Help Hugo find Penelope, last seen on a babysitting job inside the haunted
- house. Use cursor keys, simple commands may be typed in. He must collect
- quite a few things. Lots of things to puzzle over; how DO you make Hugo small
- enough to fit in that door? Where IS the key to the front door? Save/restore.
- 8+. 220K(870K); $20 (hint booklet, record/playback); EGA. 360K RAM. ****
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- H043: HUGOII WHO DUNNIT? v1.1 91
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- Hugo and Penelope recuperate from their previous adventure and take a trip to
- England, visiting Hugo's Gt. Uncle Horace. This turns into a murder mystery.
- What did Penelope see through the keyhole? Why on earth should she get in the
- dumb waiter, and where is Hugo? Same good graphics and features as HHH. 8+.
- 330K (900); $20 (hints, playback); EGA. 330K RAM. *****
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- H088: HUGO III - JUNGLE OF DOOM (92)
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- Final part of the Hugo trilogy. Hugo & Penny are in trouble again; returning
- home from Uncle Horace's their aircraft gets blown off-course & they land in
- the S.American jungle. P gets bitten by something! Can Hugo get to the "pool
- of life" in time to save her? New "turbo" switch to double Hugos speed; built
- in hints. 8+; 530K(1MB); $24 (update, hints, playback feature; or $44 for all
- 3 parts with special booklet); EGA. 400K RAM. *****
- [1x3½"DISK or 2x5¼"DISKS]
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- H023: LAST HALF OF DARKNESS (89)
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- Your aunt (a good witch) was working on a potion just before she died. As her
- last living heir you'll gain her title and estate only if you find the
- missing ingredients. Eerie graphics (red blood in places!). Mouse optional.
- Gruesome, but relatively harmless detail for blood thirsty kids! Zombies,
- grave diggers, etc. 9+; 340K(1500); $20 (hints, more story); EGA. ****
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- H273: SPACE CHASE (93) SAFARI
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- Jason Storm battles the "Evil Guys" for control of a vast city, 10 massive
- levels with excellent EGA graphics. Transporters, keys, loads of enemies.
- Sblast/Adlib support; save/restore, etc. 7-Adult; 440K(1.9MB);£25.50 (20 more
- levels, hints & cheats); EGA. 286+. ***** [3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00)only]
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- H320: EGA ADVENTURES - two very different, graphical adventures. Age 7+
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- CLYDES ADVENTURES v3.0 (93) MOONLITE SOFTWARE - four way scrolling platform
- game. Quite difficult & challenging, with lots of puzzles and surpises as you
- journey through 16 deadly castles looking for lost treasure. 8-ADULT;
- 300K(550); $22 (more levels); Adlib/sblast/joy option. EGA. 286+. ****
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- HOOSIER CITY (92) MVP - action and adventure, explore underground caverns &
- crypts looking for the dragon, destroy the mutants. Not platform in style,
- more like a very large maze. Sblast. 7+; 320K; $33(trilogy); EGA. ****
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- H177: THE CATACOMB ABYSS (92) GAMERS EDGE
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- 3D fantasy adventure where you play the part of a mighty wizard who must use
- all his magical powers against the evil Nemesis. Your journey starts in the
- Towne Cemetery - to help you there is a crystal sphere, potions, zappers,
- magic missiles etc. Look also for scrolls with clues, & the rare hour glasses
- that cause time to stop. Lots to explore and think about. Good 3D graphics.
- Sblaster/Adlib support. Keys/mouse/joy. Save/Rest. 9-ADULT; 400K(600); *REG*
- (£34.08; parts 2&3, hints, tips, manual); 286+ EGA. 640K RAM. ****
- [3½"DD(£2.00) or HD 5¼"(£3.00) only]
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- H137: ROBOMAZE II vol I (91) M.V.P
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- You're a freedom fighter & your country has been taken over by dictator
- robots. This volume covers 40 rooms of the Tower. Collect treasures, health
- vials, keys to open chests and doors. Save/Rest; Keys/Joy. Sound on/off. 7+;
- 230K; *REG* (£25 - 3 parts, hints & tips, password, bonus); EGA. ****
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- HI38: ROBOMAZE III Vol I The Dome (91) M.V.P
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- Well you escaped from top of the Tower (see above) in your helicopter & must
- now try to win back the many areas of The Dome. Age 8+; 330K; £30 (600 new
- screens, hints & tips, colour map, bonus games, etc); EGA.****
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- G006:JUNIOR ADVENTURES (menued) - two fun adventures for ages 7-ADULT. ****
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- CAPTAIN COMIC v4.0 (89): Comic explores Tambi, collecting stolen treasures.
- He also needs his magic boots, a teleport wand and other helpful things.
- 7-ADULT. 290K; $10-20 (walk through solution); EGA. ****
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- FELIX (91): Guide Felix through 10 vast maze-like chambers searching for
- diamonds - avoiding any boulders, eggs or other obstacles. Good mental
- challenge. Similar to "Bolderdash". 7-ADULT. 40K; $0; CGA. ***
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- H326: CATCH SIMONA (93) Octagonsoft (Canada)
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- Simona and her thugs are on the loose in New York City. Track down crooks.
- Requires thought and logic. 200+ cases. 20+ crooks. 12+; 500K(600); $20 (more
- options); EGA. *** [3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00)only]
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- EGA ARCADE GAMES Ages 6-Adult
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- G158: EGA TREASURE HUNTS (menued)
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- GOLDHUNT v1.0 (90): pick up the pots of gold on each of 10 levels. Avoid
- devils by pushing blocks to enclose them. 7+; 140K; $12 (upgrade); EGA. ****
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- SQUASHER (89): pacman type maze - get the bags of gold and eat the dots. 9
- levels - easy ones are suitable for v. young. 5+; 60K; $25 (extras); EGA. ***
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- ALDOS ADVENTURES (87): nice platforms and ladders game. Get Aldo to treasure
- chest picking up prizes along the way. 6+; 62K; $15; EGA. 286+. ****
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- G159: EGA ARCADE I (menued) - two addictive and fun games. 8-ADULT.
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- BOLOBALL (92): push balls through maze, various obstacles - ramps, rotating
- tiles, black holes. Play PC or a friend. 8+; 200K; $12 (bonuses); EGA. ****
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- SUPERFLY v1.0 (1990) N.Anderson: fun arcade/strategy game. Get rid of the
- insect invasion. Destroy flies, spiders, and caterpillars with your swatter!
- 8+; 110K; $15 (upgrade); EGA. ****
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- G160: EGA ARCADE II (menued)
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- MARBLEMAN v1.0 (91): animated puzzle. You're blue marbleman and must push
- your balls to opposite end of screen. Play against the red man (PC). 3 skill
- levels. Sound on/off .7+; 210K; $12 (upgrade); EGA. ****
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- REFLEX (88): get as many points as possible before exhausting your worms.
- They leave a trail which gets longer & longer. Lots to collect & avoid. 50
- exhausting levels! Keys/joy. 6+; 75K; $15(modifier); EGA. ****
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- G161: EGA ARCADE III (menued)
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- XBALL (92): guide a ball to hit matching pairs of tiles. 7+; 22K; £4.99 (disk
- full of games); CGA. EGA.***
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- LIGHT BIKE (91): you're riding a bike that leaves a trail, other riders try
- to make you crash. Avoid walls and trails & you'll be OK. 7+; 90K; £10 (VGA
- copy, games); EGA. ****
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- ERIC (92): Captain Eric must fight his way through 12 levels by shooting or
- trapping zombies (or freeze them!). 7+; 15K; £?(buy a pack); CGA. EGA. ***
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- MOUSEWAR (1990): fast 5 level shoot'em up using only your mouse for control.
- Watch out for satellites & cannons. 7+; 70K; $5 (more games); MOU. EGA. ***
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- MOUSEJET (1990): your view is through the windscreen, steer your plane using
- mouse & zap the enemy planes. Quite tricky. 8+; 70K; $5(games); MOU. EGA. ***
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- H132: LLAMATRON (92) J.MINTER
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- VGA shoot'em up (also EGA), from Jeff Minter, a prolific Amiga/Atari
- programmer. A laser spitting llama must kill nasties, and collect all the
- sheep and goats. Loosely based on "Robotron". 1 or 2 simultaneous players,
- optional droid helpers. No sound unless you've a sblaster. Keys/joy. 9-ADULT;
- 280K(360); £10(free goodies, enhanced 386 version, Adlib/Roland sound
- support). 286+ recommended. EGA. VGA. ****
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- G008: EGA TETRIS (menued)
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- EGAINT (89): sophisticated version of tetris. Tournaments can be played, plus
- a choice of block shapes and styles to make it more interesting! Also
- different speeds and starting levels. Can even have layers of invisible
- randomly placed blocks at the bottom! 8-ADULT. 110K; FW; EGA. 286+. ****
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- FRAC (90): The ultimate tetris!! Excellent 3-D version. Nine levels & speeds.
- Highly addictive! 10-ADULT. 124K; $10; EGA. ****
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- DOUBLE TROUBLE (90): puzzle - rearrange beads in two interlinked rings. This
- version has restricted play time of 6/7 min. 10-ADULT. 63K; $35; EGA.
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- │ OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS │
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- │ Look in the following Games sections for many │
- │ other EGA titles: │
- │ Epic Megagames section. Apogee section. │
- │ Traditional section. Jigsaw section. │
- │ Memory/Mahjongg section. Puzzler section. │
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