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MONKEY JUMBLE How many monkeys do you think are playfully jumbled here ? How much would they weigh? 4, If left in a room ful l of typewriters for an eternity, which grea t manuscripts woul d they type? 4, Which monkey has a tick? THE ADVENTURER
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It scivilizatioof been said that language is the treasure n and perception is the shiny new shovel of the intellect and well, forget all that because pirates were illiterate . Just try to locate the following inane jabberings amongst the inspired Guybrush Threepwood lacks a definitive fashion statement. bounty of words above. But then, don t we all? You can dress him up but you still HUACNOC QVOT HORMA can t take him out. So why not humiliate him instead? It ll be ZNET OKBLET MAZMA laughs galore and time very well spent. LEQDLAQ You want to remove as many of those barriers for the player a s you can, so th e computer isn t a barrier any more, but the player is focused right on the game. AN INTERVIEW WITH NOAH FALSTEIN , this, then this. So a SCUMM script i s really many more locations, but DAVID FOX, AND RON GILBERT built up of many little programs tha t instead of being lined up in a string , aniac Mansion® was all run simultaneously. And that's they're more fanned out . the first pure adventure what we need to run our adventure That kind of programming is muc h gameforLucasfilm games well . Plus there are specialized more difficult, because there are more Games . What led you commands for dealing with objects variables, a lot more things might hap - to try one? and inventory and walking people pen. You have to do a lot more check s MRon : I wanted to do an adventure around. to see where the player's been an d game because I hated adventur e And David worked on Maniac, too, what they've done . You can no t games. What I really hated were tex t right? assume that before they get to puzzle d adventures, where you read a bunch o f David: Ron came to me and asked they've solved puzzles a, b, and c . paragraphs and spent a whole bunch if I could help do the SCUMM code for Did Zak take as long to program as of time trying to guess the words you this game. He guessed it should tak e Maniac? had to type in. The concept of adven- about two or three weeks, and I said, David: We were better at estimat- ture games seemed so incredible and sure, I'm in between projects, I can d o ing schedules with Zak. But not by a appealed to me so much, but I neve r that. So I became the scripter for Mani - lot. All in all I think we were off by had any fun doing them. ac Mansion, and I did a lot of the two or three months over an eight - So what I set out to do with Maniac "wiring" of the rooms — program- month period. Not too bad compare d Mansion was to fix all the things I ming what happens when you open a with Maniac Mansion . And by then we didn't like about adventure games . door or pick up an object or turn on did have the debugging system to rely . Some of those things I think I was real- the light switch. NOAH FALSTEI N on ly successful at, but some things I hat e Pretty soon we realized that we'd How about Indiana Jones- and the are still there, you know? Years later , been grossly optimistic about how harder. But that's not the right way. Last Crusade? I'm still trying to figure out how to get long it would take to do this kind of The right way is to make the aliens Ron: With Indy, our biggest thing. Instead of tw o more intelligent or more aggressive . In advances were on the product manage- weeks, this stag e adventure games, the current philoso- ment level. All the programming for took us fou r phy is, make the joystick less respon- Indy was done in about six months . months! Also, we sive. Add more areas where you can Maniac Mansion took a year and a half . had very little back accidentally die . Add more puzzle s David: There are some things i n then in the way of that don't make any sense, so you just Indy that we'd change if we could do debugging tools . have to stumble onto the answer by them over again with the knowledge Compared with how chance. And that's the wrong way to we now have . Like the whole thing we do it now, it was make them hard . about not dying, or at least dying as very slow. Ron start- What else didyou want to change rarely as possible . In Indy we did have ed working on a about adventure games with Mania c many places where he could die , debugging system Mansion ? though at least we tried to make those that lets you go Ron: Another good thing we did is deaths appropriate . We always let th e refrigerator through the instruc- that you can point somewhere and the player know in some way that Indy Walk T o tions step by step . character will get there, walkin g was in a dangerous place — "Watch We nicknamed it around the tables and up the stairs. In out, you can die here!" As opposed to "Windex" because i t most other adventure games, you'r e just turning a corner and slipping on a cleans the bugs off directing them every step of the way, pebble and breaking your neck . the screen. and they bump into things. Ron: We also did our first experi- What's splattered all over everything I want into an adventure Ron, you said you wanted to change You want to remove as many o f ments with dialogue in Indy, wher e the kitchen in this scen e from Maniac Mansion for game. certain things about adventure games. those barriers for the player as you you were given a choice of things to the IBM ? So I started doing the design fo r Like what ? can, so the computer isn't a barrier any say. You could have dialogues with Maniac and I got in way over my head . Ron: The main thing that I hated more, but the player is focused righ t other characters in the game withou t I realized this was so complicated , was the parser. I didn't like having to on the game . Don't make the player ever having to type anything in, an d there was no way I was going to be guess what words I had to type . You'd focus on where he's walking or wha t that worked really well . I was just talk- able to program this thing . be shown this green thing on the he has to type . Make him focus on th e ing with someone the other day abou t And that's how SCUMM came screen and you'd type "tree," you'd story and the puzzles. Everything else doing the VGA 256-color version o f about? type "plant," you'd type "fern," until should vanish . Maniac Mansion, and one of the things Ron: Yes. At the time there was a you got what it was. And that's not the After Maniac Mansion came Zak I would like to do, if we do that, woul d man here named Chip Morningstar . way you should be playing the games . McKracken and the Alie be to go back and put dialogue in so He started talking to me about doing a And I hated that you died all the wereyou trying to d n Mindbenders, What o you could talk to Weird Ed and Nurs e specialized language, which is some- time. You'd be walking along and you differently in that game? Edna and those other people . thing I was interested in because I had would step somewhere and out of the David: What I wanted to do with Let's talk about the flight simulators a background in doing interpreters blue you would die . That just seemed Zak McKracken was open it up. Maniac for a bit. How have those developed and languages. So I said, hey, this frustrating to me. I think a lot o f Mansion was all inside of a house , over the years? sounds really neat . And that was when designers must think that's fun . But it's . almost everything was confined withi n Noah: Our first simulators like we designed SCUMM . It was to get u s not. It's horrible . that space . With Zak I wanted to go i n Battlehawks 1942® were just about out of the hole that we had dug our - But if you design an adventure the other direction and cover the plan- flying the plane . There's a simple cam- selves into with Maniac Mansion . game so that you can't die, doesn't that et. paign, but not much in the way of over- SCUMM stands for.. .? make it too easy? Also I wanted to make it less linear . all strategy. Ron : Script Creation Utility fo r Ron: A lot of people make th e So it wasn't like, solve puzzle a, the n By comparison, Secret Weapons of Maniac Mansion. A normal computer mistake of thinking that way. And it's solve puzzle b, then solve puzzle c . I the Luftwaffe gives you the whole language like 6502 or C is just not se t not necessarily true. wanted you to go off and do a bunc h strategic aspect of fighting the cam- up to do the things we need to do in It's like the old days of the arcade of different things in whatever orde r paign over Germany, trying to remov e an adventure game . There are a hug e games. When they found that a n you wanted. In Zak you can fly at any their industry, or on the German side, THE ADVENTURER number of tasks going on simultane- arcade game was too easy, what the y time all over the planet. You have the trying to build up the secret weapons . ously, and a computer program is a would do is make the joystick les s feeling that you're exploring a muc h Your pilots' records are built up, and single-step thing : it does this, then responsive . This was how they made it larger world. In reality there aren't there's a history for each pilot ; you Maniac Mansion was all inside of a house, almost everything was confined withi n that space. With Zak I wanted to go in the other direction and cover the planet. train your pilots and assign the pilots Noah: We were halfway through impossible to solve; but players can you've trained to planes to fly along programming Battlehawks 1942, an d solve it here because the basic idea has with you . Larry, I think — that's Larry Hollan d already been planted in their heads. It's nice to have a line of similar — just realized that it would really be That foreshadowing allowed me to d o games like these, because whenever pretty easy to save the whole state o f more obscure and complicated puz- you think of something you wish the game and design a replay feature , zles. you'd done, there's always the next not just in the way that it had been Has Lucasfilm Games gotten over game coming up that you can put it done before, in which you have a view its "movie envy" ? into. from the chasing plane, but having a Noah: When it came time to dec- What are you trying to accomplish real 3-D world view . orate our new offices here, we had a when you put together a simulator ? Larry realized it was just as easy t o lot of discussion about whether we Noah: We've always paid a lot o f do it that way, and we realized at onc e should use Star Wars posters or some- attention, both in the simulators and that it was a great feature and would thing. But we decided just to use our the adventures, to the experience of make a huge difference . He went on a own computer game artwork . We the game. We design the experienc e crash project and got that up and run- know now that the stuff we're doing first and make the game fit the experi- ning in two weeks . We decided it has its own merit, apart from the con- ence. would be worth delaying the project i n nection with the movie end of the In a simulator we want people to order to get this feature in, because it RON GILBERT company. have that seat-of-the-pants feeling o f would really distinguish our game I was at a Consumer Electronics being right there in the midst of an air from the others. As opposed to the kind of game where Show about three or four years ago , battle. If we'd wanted the experience Willyou ever go back and revise the designer seems to be saying "Aha! and I had my Lucasfilm Games badge of, say, a strategic command thing , games like Battlehawks 1942 and I've got you this time!" and you have on. I was having lunch and someone where you're in the command pos t Their Finest Hour: The Battle of to spend three hours of gameplay to noticed my badge and said, "I really sending planes out, that would be dif- Britain; to take advantage of late r find some hidden object that you need like your stuff and I was wondering ferent. We do have aspects of that, but improvements in game design? to solve one puzzle. how big Lucasfilm is ." I said, "Well , the heart of the game is more cinemat- Noah: It's possible. We've dis- ic, to get you into the experience. We cussed it, though I tend to think that don't say, gosh, here's a great techno- the time spent in upgrading an old logical trick; now how do we build a game would be better spent doing a game around it? brand new one. Also, with TheirFinest Hour: The Battle ofBritain I think we hit a poin t where the game will last for many years because of the historical impor- tance of the subject . The interest in the historical aspects will endure even after the technology is superseded. Our manuals won't go out of dat e either. Starting with Battlehawks 1942 , we've lavished a lot of attention on our manuals. Mark Shepard, who does the layout and design, is a big contributor . We wanted something classy and didn't know much about it, and he' s really helped us out . Victor Cross has done a wonderful job on the writing , and I've heard many people commen t that if our simulator manuals wer e sold just as books, a lot of people would be perfectly happy to buy them Ron: In The Secret of Monkey the games division has about twenty The large contraption in this scene from Loom fo r by themselves. Island for example, the pirate leaders people in it, but the whole company DAVID Fox the IBM is not a giant egg ...... Let's talk about the future . Ron, yo u send you out on three quests, which has about four hundred ." slicer. said at the beginning that there are still you can do in any order. And the His jaw dropped and he said, "You We want players to be as excited as things you're trying to achieve in pirates are intelligent, because they mean you guys do something beside s possible about what's going on. For adventure games. Like what? know what you've accomplished and games?" He didn't know we were con- example, we decided early on to have Ron: Well, we try to remove the what you haven't. If you just leave and nected with George Lucas and Star the planes hand-drawn from pho- bottlenecks, places where a whole sec- come back and ask them for help, they Wars® and all that. That was a rea l tographs instead of being made up of tion of the game filters through one won't give you any more hints ; but if turning point for me: it was the first polygons — a triangular nose, rectan- puzzle, and the player hits it and jus t you go out and try some things an d time that I realized that there were gular fuselage, that sort of thing. stops dead until he solves it . We try to then come back for help, they'll give people who associated the name Because even though that technology present players with several different you a little more information. "Lucasfilm" primarily with games and has gotten fairly good, it still screams things that they can be doing at any There are still some bottlenecks . If not with movies. ESC out "This is a computer game!" Th e time. But there are always going to b e you get on the pirate ship, say, and hand-drawn images, the tracer bullets places where a player could get stuck . you don't know how to get off, you're and explosions and parachutists an d We want to keep that from happening . stuck. But I tried to do a lot of fore- all those other touches we put in, al l David: We want to guide the shadowing of the harder puzzles like that is there to give you much more of player subtly through the game . If the that. I'd introduce a simpler puzzle the experience of being in the war, and game works right, it should know tha t early on, and then the second puzzle getting you to suspend your disbelief . you're stuck somewhere and it should could be a much more difficult varia- Battlehawks 1942 got a lot ofatten- give you a little help in a subtle way , tion on the same idea . If that first puz- THE ADVENTURER tionfor its sophisticated replay feature. so that you can solve the puzzle with - zle hadn't been there, something lik e How did that come about? out feeling like it was solved for you. getting off the ship would be virtually
from Larry himself about how the sim - The memory ulators work. They describe every mis- required to store sion clearly, and show you what yo u have to do to succeed . the data was You ll learn how to create more staggering — powerful pilots to fly with you on your the equivalent missions. You ll explore the many uses of 13,000 of the Replay Camera feature . And 3%" floppy you ll get tips on designing your own campaigns. cassettes. Want to learn to fly more effective- ly in the heat of battle? The book s ai r rely on a process called "rear projec- combat strategy guide teaches you the Digital tion," in which live action footage i s Getting the special flying maneuvers used by pilots projected through the back of a glass in battle, explaining in step-by-step Illusion in matte painting. The shot is ph o Plane Facts detail how to guide your plane tographed from the front, combining through the Die Hard 2 both the painting and the live action Whether you re on yourt firs projection. mission or your hundredth, The jet rentals alone would But the pullback shot that Harlin there s always a little higher have cost close to half had in mind, if created by rear projec- you can fly. lion dollars." a mil tion, would require a large matt e Which is why you ll want to keep "Not to mention we had traversed painting more than two stories tall and The Official Lucasfilm Games Ai r the country looking for snow in one o f 50 feet wide — too huge to be practi- Combat Strategy Book by Rusel the warmest winters in recent years," cal. "We decided to attempt the com- DeMaria and George R . Fontaine explains Micheal McAlister . positing in our computer graphics (Prima Publishing, $18.95) handy McAlister works for Industrial department," says McAlister. "The in your cockpit . Light Magic, the special effects divi - final blending of painting and liv e Without repeating the informa- sion of Lucasfilm. He was visual effects action segments would be matche d tion in the Battlehawks 1942, supervisor for the movie Die Hard 2 . digitally." Their Finest Hour: The Battle f For the movie s finish, director Renny Yusei Useugi, an ILM matte artist, Britain, and Secret Weapons ofthe created a painting of the Luftwaffe game manuals, the runway scene five feet tall authors give plenty of new and fourteen feet wide, leav- insights into the air missions, ing six openings for the live and about the people wh o action to be projected took part in them . It places through. The computer the simulations in their his- graphics group blended torical and political contexts, s o photographs of the painting that as you fly you ll feel a part of th e tricky to create one continuou s larger story. acrobatic moves of th e 36-second reverse zoo m You like pictures? This book has skilled combat pilot. shot. (By comparison, most maps, diagrams, screen shots, and The authors have also talked to special effect shots are on photographs, even real combat some of the best players around, the screen five seconds or sequences taken from cameras on including the winners of last year s less.) The group also used a board the real planes . Most of the Their Finest Hour: Battle ofBritain con- computer to align the six planes are shown in a dynamic three - test. In fact, each of the winning cam- separate live action film seg- dimensional format with description s paigns from the contest is described in ments within the painting. of their flying characteristics from th e detail. The book is full of tricks an d "We had four separat e pilots who really flew them . DeMaria strategies from these aces that you painting elements," says and Fontaine have done their home- never thought of. Yusei Useugi created this Harlin wanted a complex airport run- McAlister, "six separate live action seg- work well, and they show clearly both So if you ve been yearning to excel eye fooling painting tha t way scene with six jets, dozens of ments with actors, running footage of the personal stories and the greater at Lucasfilm s flight simulators, to be became part of Die Hard g steam for car exhaust, a blinking ligh t issues that were all part of World Wa r 2's climactic scene. emergency vehicles, scores of movin the best pilot you can be, and to watch people, and a snowstorm . And Harlin pass, as well as the corresponding mat- Two. those high scores and those medals wanted it to climax in a single shot tes. All blends between live action an d Of course, what makes this boo k pile up — in short, if you ve been that started with a tight close-up of th e painting, and all color correction, were special is the help it gives you in beat- wondering what could make thes e heroes and then slowly pulled back to done with the computer. The memory ing Lawrence Hol- great games even the widest long shot possible, reveal- required to store the data was stagger- land s flight simu HINT YOU NEED? better, you want ing a square-mile view of the airpor t ing — the equivalent of 13,000 3 1/2 lators. You want to Call new number 1-900-740 - this book. Don t emergency scene . floppy cassettes ." win the darned JEDI and good hint you ll get, yes , take off without Shots like this, if filmed live, woul d The astonishing result, as yo u games, right? Th e yes. Most will find new number it. ES C be prohibitively expensive — wha t know if you ve seen the movie, was authors reveal cheaper. 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B Y P A M E L A E . R O L L E R Death Star. The second view is "top- help or hinder the player's ability to down," watch your Landspeeder rac e master the game . That's part of the ith the click of a switch, through the Tatooine Desert or your challenge. The player must determine your television blinks X-wing fly through the Death Sta r which characters can accomplish tasks to life and transports trenches. most effectively in different situations . Wyou to a galaxy far, far The third view is the most unique For instance, Luke is very nimble; he away. You find yourself in a Land - and technically spectacular—a tru e can jump high, run far, move quickly, speeder with Luke Skywalker. Togeth- first-person view . You actually sit in and he can utilize the lightsaber. On er, you maneuver across the Tatooin e the cockpit of a craft and look out its the other hand, Han is bigger and Desert through a gauntlet of Banthas , window, simula enemy landspeeders and radar towers. e ting a 3-D-typ You search for the wise Obi-Wan effect. Can you Kenobi, who can teach you the ways o f imagine the thrill the Force . You rescue Han Solo an d of actually man- recruit him for your quest to save ning the pilot's seat Princess Leia and destroy the Death and navigating the Star. Only you can help Luke and his Millenium Falcon intergalactic sidekicks conquer the evil Wan Kenobi, C-3PO and R2-D2 . through an aster- power of the Dark Side . Are you pre - Your enemies include a nasty array oid storm or flying pared for the challenge ? of Stormtroopers, Imperial officers , an X-wing fighte r The new Star Wars game car- sandpeople, bounty hunters, droids , into battle? tridge, designed for the Nintend o plus many more evil surprises The space duels Entertainment System ® by Lucasfilm that wil l and chase scenes Games provides a mission fraugh t aren't the only with danger and aspects that mak e the Star Wars game a special entry into the Nintend o market. A good share of the fu n of Star Wars, the movie, was the unusual cha racters and their well-defined per- slower than Luke, but he's much more Top Left : C-3P0 and R2 - sonalities . Those characters are durable and has better forward-firing D2 on the Tatooine Desert brought to life once again for th e capabilities . And Leia is perhaps the Above: Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Han Nintendo game . best of all, she has better mobility than Solo in the cockpit of th e Unlike most games available Luke and the firepower of Han — yo u Millennium Falcon . might not survive the Death Star with- Middle Left : From a top - out her. down perspective, navigate Star Wars Nintendo will take even Luke in his Landspeede r across the Tatooine Desert the best players 20 to 30 hours to com- in search of Obi-Wan plete. The unique scoring system Kenobi. Only Obi- Wan shows you a continuously update d can give you your percentage of tasks you've completed , lightsaber — your most excitement that puts you in the middle so you can always check your progres s powerful weapon . While in the desert, explore caves to see how far you've come (and how of the action. for vital supplies, but Even the most accomplished Jedi far there is to go) . And the best players beware of treacherous knight might flinch at his prospects fo r will have the lowest score at the en d giant rats and nasty triumph. But if you have always want- since they completed the minimu m Jawas! ed to "take your best shot" at the number of tasks in order to destroy th e Bottom Left: In Tatooine s spaceport, Mos Death Star, now is your chance . You Death Star. Eisley, seek out Han Solo Pipe Dream: an action/strategy must use your best skills and cunning , to help you on your mis- as well as a little help from the Force , game, and Maniac Mansion® a graphic sion . Enemies lurk around to overthrow the Dark Side . adventure, which were first developed every corner, especially The Star Wars Nintendo game for personal computers, are Lucasfilm stormtroopers, determined to stop Keep you r remains true to the concept of the Games' only other entries, besides Sta r you. blaster ready . movie. The action begins in the test your courage as a rebel. to the Nintendo player, the Star Wars Wars, in the Nintendo market. Both Tatooine Desert and its many caves It's your turn to pilot a Landspeed- game allows you to control more than are award winners, and Maniac Man- and the Jawas' sandcrawler, and the n er, the Millennium Falcon, and an X- one character . The player may utilize sion has been transformed into a televi- moves to the town of Mos Eisley wit h wing fighter. Luke, Han and Leia to score, whil e sion series. its spaceport, cantina and hangars. If The Star Wars game offers Ninten- special-purpose characters like Obi If Star Wars lives up to all of ou r you have embodied the bravery of a do players a variety of opportunities Wan Kenobi and R2-D2 have special expectations, which we fully believe i t true Jedi knight, you will ultimately they've never had before. First, the powers the player may find very help- will, we're almost certain to do more in find yourself navigating the maze of game gives the player three vantage ful. The ancient Jedi offers his specia l the series . trenches that encircle the Death Star , points : There is the traditional view, mind powers that can resurrect dead Let that statement serve as a notice where you will attempt your fina l where you see the character on the characters, while everyone's favorit e to all of you Nintendo garners and Jedi task—dropping the fatal missile that screen from the side, and he's runnin g droid offers the player his talents as a masters out there: Be prepared. The destroys the Dark Side's headquarters . up and down the street or corridors . translator . battle to overthrow the Dark Side has Along your journey, your allies are The player experiences this The strengths and weaknesses of just begun. May the Force be with THE ADVENTURER those characters who first came to life "side to side scrolling" viewg when explorin the game's characters match those of You! ESC on the screen: Luke, Han, Leia, Obi- Mos Eisley and the interior of the their movie counterparts . These traits 11 You ll hear pro- pellers turning, A Sound Addition to Your engines running, guns firing, an d rockets explod- ing as you fly System: The AdLib Music your campaign. Synthesizer Card
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Yesterday, at the start of their shift, their fore- The Adventurer man made i t painfully dea r that if they missed their Olive FIONA FRED quota again, Puzzle #2 they would be Turquoise fired. Burgundy Green
ors (burgundy, olive green, and turquoise). Their joint quota was to Night Shaft produce at least six dolls of each typ e B Y H U M P H R E Y D U D L E Y by the end of their shift. After half an hour of their shift had red and Fiona Foulit work the been squandered in petty bickering , night shift at Industrial Loot Fiona challenged Fred to a contest . and Midgets, Ltd ., a small bu t They would keep track of the doll s F hopelessly obscure branch of they each made in separate charts and Lucasfilm. Each night they are left i n whoever made the most dolls woul d charge of the BEAST (the name stands get to sock the other on the arm ten for "Boy, 'Ere's A Strange Thinguma- times. In case of a tie, they'd count had been counted, each box of each You can win a copy of Night Shift o r jig"), the complex machine that crank s each kind and color of doll as a sepa- chart contained a number from one to any other Lucasfilm Game of your out the adorable little dolls, calle d rate category, and whoever won in the nine; no two boxes of the same char t choice if you can correctly reconstruct "Midgets," which our company sells majority of the nine categories would contained the same number. the charts and tell us who won th e for a lot of loot . win overall . 2. Fred and Fiona didn't tie in any contest. Send your complete answer Each night the two workers have a Spurred on by the contest, the pair category; that is, they didn't produce (both the charts and the name of the quota to meet, and each night the two worked hard, cranking out dolls as fas t the same number of dolls of any give n winner), along with your name , spend so much time squabbling tha t as they could. And when their shift color and kind . address, and telephone number, on a they never reach it. Yesterday, at the was over, they discovered that they'd 3. Fred made more olive green postcard (no envelopes, please) to start of their shift, their foreman mad e made many more Midgets than ever Indyettes than Fiona did . Adventurer Puzzle #2, P.O. Box it painfully clear that if they misse d before. Unfortunately, they also dis- 4. Fiona made three times as many 10307, San Rafael, CA 94912. (You their quota again, they would be fired. covered that, amid the bustle in th e Diaper Droids as Fred did . don't have to specify now which game "It's your fault, you know," Fre d last minutes of the shift, someone ha d 5. Fred made three times as many you want; we'll contact you if you muttered after the foreman had left . knocked the charts off the wall and turquoise dolls as Fiona did . win.) All entries must be received by "You never make anywhere near your into the vat of olive green dye . 6. The number of burgundy dolls July 31, 1991 . After the deadline, we'll fair share of the dolls ." Fred and Fiona spent another half that Fred made was half again as many randomly draw 25 of the correct "Is not," retorted Fiona . "I make an hour squabbling over which o f as the number of Junior Zeke entries we receive, and award each of plenty more midgets than you do." them had accidentally destroyed th e McFreakens that Fiona made. those 25 solvers a game of their That night's assignment was to pro- records that they'd so carefully kept al l 7. The number of Junior Zek e choice. We'll give the answer to the duce three kinds of Midgets (Junior night. All they had left to go on were McFreakens that Fred made was eithe r puzzle in the next issue . ESC Zeke McFreakens, Diaper Droids, and these few random recollections : one more or one less than the number Indyettes), each in three different col - 1 . When all the night's productio n of burgundy dolls that Fiona made .
maneuver — called the Gravity Whi p — has saved many a commander's Star Control hide. Of course, if you miscalculate from Accolade and ram into the planet at high speed , it can ruin your whole day — not to REVIEWED BY GREG HAMMOND GAM ES F mention your whole crew . Don t tell anyone we admitted OR The designers' somewhat warped this, but — some great enter- sense of humor is very much present tainment software actually AFTER HOURS here. The special powers include para- comes from The Competition. And we d like you to know sitic limpets that retard movement , about it. So in each issue of The and hypnotic songs that lure crew Adventurer, one of our game from the opponent . My favorite ship i s designers will recommend a III and Fred Ford . Like Paul's other mineral planets can be mined fo r the Spathi Discriminator, whic h new game from another pub- games — which include Mail Order income, and life planets can be colo- appears to be constructed of Tinker- lisher that s been a favorite Monsters, Archon, and Archon II: Adept nized. Players take turns moving thei r Toys. Its special power is its Back- with us after hours. — the style of play in StarCon can b e ships from star to star, developing wards Utilizing Tracking Torpedo — n the late '70s, video game summed up in three words : Strategize, mines, colonies, and fortifications, an d or B.U.T.T. — that fires from the ship's arcades became popular Mobilize, and Pulverize . building ships . rear. So although the Spathi ship i s haunts for many teenagers , You and a friend command the two The combat system is elegant and good at maneuvers, its best tactic is myself included . I remember fondly a sides of an ongoing war between the beautiful . Combat occurs when enemy really running away ! little-known game tucked into the cor- Ur-Quan Hierarchy (the bad guys) and ships end a turn in orbit around the The fluid feel of the controls (two ner of my local arcade . Unusually, the Alliance of Free Stars (the good same planet. As soon as the ships can play on one keyboard, a neat fea- Space War had no one-player option : guys). Each fleet includes seven types appear against the backdrop of space , ture, or the game can support joy - two players tried to blast each other's of ships, each with its own performance players assume control of their ships, sticks) and the ships' responses t o ships into space dust. The vector mance traits, weapons, and special thrusting, turning, and firing weapons. them put StarCon in league with the graphics — a nice way of saying stick power . The scale of the playing field varies best arcade games. And although the drawings — and simple sound s You can play StarCon three ways . depending on how close the ships ar e game has many complexities, it's easy weren't much, but few games since The practice mode lets you and your to each other, and the game tracks th e to learn, thanks to a very carefully bal- have given me the adrenaline rush I opponent choose any two ships for a action and keeps it centered . anced game design . It's best with two used to get from competing side by fight. Once you have a feel for the vari- You can make good use of the plan- players, but StarCon also provides a side with another person . ous match-ups, you can move to eithe r et itself in a battle. For example, if variety of good computer opponents . But now I can play Star Control, the melee or the full game mode. your ship is big, slow, and clumsy, like I hope Accolade creates a sequel . If which has all the elements that mad e The screen displays a rotating sta r the Earthling Cruiser, and you're they do, I know a bunch of people Space War so gripping while jumping field of as many as fifty stars. Each has under attack by a small, fast ship like who are going to get in trouble at work THE ADVENTURER light-years ahead of it in sophistica- one planet of one of three types : life, the Androsynth Guardian, you'll wan t — all over again! ESC tion. Star Control — or StarCon for mineral, or dead . Dead planets are to increase your speed by flying pas t short — is the creation of Paul Reiche only good for strategic purposes, but the planet as closely as possible. This
appreciated and well used . Thank yo u England during World War II. This and happy new year ! b game brings back a flood of memo- Pipe Dream has I had arel en Lt. Col. Robert W. Scott Loom y Loom gott the han ries. If I could, I would give each and super graphics, when g Saudi Arabia brother had found that m every one of you a well-deserved pat easy instruc- Letters to the park my lit- the We sent Lt. Col. Scott several ofour because manual on the back . tions, and no- elissa, Cristina, and I have ha d games. Since then, of course, the war in littlepict he loved th M.D. Cautha n the ures of the men e hassle move- Mmore fun with Indy than any the Middle East has begun and ended, spells, and he left it Jacksonville, FL other game we own . We ve played the s would t ment — but and our best wishes go to him and hi could really appreciate ifhere y . I recently purchased Battle f Britain game almost every Sunday since we fellow servicemen. Ed. o I whew! not so send me another uyo and I am very pleased. My uncle was got it. I m old enough, Melissa is 13 , Jamie M man just purchased The Secret ofMonkey ual. a Typhoon fighter plane pilot during easy to master. and Cristina is 8, and we all were abl e Mill Valley to play and enjoy this game together . Island and it s great . This is the first All right, but World War II and he says that it s the I love it! this computer game that made me laugh. ONE, — Ed is your most realistic simulator he s ever seen. Steve Richardson Thank you ! . LAST Joplin, MO P.S. Melissa says I can t spell bu t I really like the twist of comedy , My dad doesn t like buying us com- don t belive [sic] her. Look for your- adventure, and a touch of honor . puter games, but when I told him that selves. Make more games! Let me you could fly the Messerschmitt 163 Reggie Mitche n Maybe I ll see my letter in the next hank you for the job you rocket fighter in Secret Weapons ofthe St. Joseph, M I issue of The Adventurer, maybe, did on The Secret ofMonkey Island. Luftwaffe, he said, "Let s buy it." Aren t maybe. (Please.) The ending alone was worth the price . adults weird? was excited to see your company P.S. By the way, where did you get I loved the in jokes, and the way yo u Nicholas Antoine newsletter The Adventurer. It was your name, Lucasfilm? It s a goo d provided for strange possibilities (look Nairobi, Kenya well-written and entertaining. The name. at the sun, talk to the dog, etc .) . I also Well, yes. But let s not tell them so . If most impressive part, though, was the Mike Limberg appreciated the sequence in the gover- adults ever stop being weird, we here at good review of Railroad Tycoon by Grove City, PA nor s mansion. If we only could se e Lucasfilm will have to find real jobs . MicroProse. It is refreshing to see tha t Gladyou like the name, Mike . It just what goes on behind that wall ! Ed. kind of honesty from a software manu- came to us somehow. Ed. Two questions remain . What in facturer. Can you imagine what would I have only one criticism of Pipe wonder if your engineers might hav e heck is the staple remover for? And happen if that attitude caught on in how do you get a job like yours ? Dream. The final section that you the business software marketplace ? any other flight simulators on their can enter with a password is eight lev- design tables? I would look forward to Daryl Gibson Timothy J. Grant Springville, UT els deep. Is that a mistake on my disk ? a simulation relevant to the duel for In all the other sections, you only hav e Portland, OR Get with it, Daryl! The function f the Guadalcanal from August 1942 to to work through four levels before you Yes, we can. We can imagine a new age staple remover is so incredibly, blinding- February 1943 involving land- an d get a new password. My wife and baby ofpeace and harmony prevailing ly obvious that we're not even going to throughout the industry, where software sea-based aircraft . That South Pacifi c missed me many evenings late, late event was a seesaw of crises . insult our readers intelligence by pub- developers march hand in hand toward lishing a hintfor it. into the night, especially when I kep t f J.C. Meng trying to clear all eight of the last level s the bright, golden sunrise in a spirit And to get a job like ours well, there s fellowship and cooperation. We can also Mullan, ID in a row without screwing up . Our Battlehawks 1942 recreates four a matter ofthree tiny trials to consider... imagine that we are the King fEngland. Ed. I love the game but it is just t0000 Nevertheless, we keep trying. — Ed. battles in the South Pacific, though addictive for my lifestyle. Guadalcanal isn t one ofthem. We re purchased IndianaJones and the Last Von Kobzev considering the possibility ofanother Crusade and really liked the game . I Kapaau, Hawaii recently purchased The Secret fMonkey Island. It s truly a game set in the South Pacific, but we made a lovely map of the tunnels No, it s not a mistake in your dish. Our delightful game, and does indeed bring back memories of haven t made any decisions about that under Venice, so I could scoot around sadistic programmers actually designed the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at DisneyWorld, which our yet. — Ed. like a cockroach and not get lost. it that way. Hey, did we ever say it family visited a couple years ago . am quite impressed with the design Then away to the castle . Honey! would be easy? Ed. I was also very surprised when I read the name of the do g land execution of Loom. Unfortunate- Let me tell you, pushing 70 is exercis e in the bar (in the end credits, which I viewed by stumbling ly, my family and I have not been able enough! I am completely exhausted upon the control-W combina- to get past the waterspout scene near trying to fight those dumb Gestapo tion). Our family has a cock-a-po o the beginning of the game . guards. Your graphics are great and dog, and we thought we d come Your 900 number for hints is not the idea is great, but holy cow, kids, up with a truly unique nam e accessible from Canada, nor, probably, have mercy on an old lady . When I when we got him. So it was hilari- anywhere else outside the Unite d stick to Sierra Games, my blood pres- ous to see that the dog in the bar States. Is there a way that those outside sure behaves itself better. had the same name. the 900 number system may still enjoy I am a stubborn ole gal, so I will Enclosed is a picture of the real the advantages of getting hints by tele- probably still be trying to get around Spiffy ! phone? the castle at age 105 . Rob Hanson Donna Snyder The Adventurer Ian Friskney Number 2 Spring 1991 Stratford, Ontario Brampton, Ontari o Jacksonville, NC for the information. You Thanks We ll tell you what, Ian. Since you re liv- Hey, Donna, those Gestapo guards are Publisher Editor should be hearing from our lawyers ing outside the United States, we ll make dumber than you know, and Indy s a Doug Glen Scott Marley any day now. Ed. clever guy. Try talking your way past an exception in your case and let you call f Art Director Artists our technical support number at 1-415 - some them. — Ed. Mark Shepard Steve Purcell 721-3333for hints. Living, breathing Lisa Star represent a large number of troops Why in the Battle of Britain, can you operators are on duty from 8:30 am to deployed to Saudi Arabia since 1 1 only have four planes in th e Company Store Design August. My unit flies C-130s that aeri- 4:30 pm, Pacific Time. But please don t German campaign, but six in the RAF? Annette Morin tell yourfriends in the States about this, Is this due to memory restrictions ally refuel helicopters at night . Our ? Producer Print Production because we need that linefor customers Andrew Fogg mission is to assist the helicopters to Stacey Lamiero Carolyn Knutson get behind enemy forces to rescue with technical problems, and we can t let Doha, Qatar Special thanks to downed airmen. Christmas has come it get tied up with too many callsfor Yes, partly, and also to provide game George Lucas and gone and we wait for the war . We hints. balance. The program can handle up to The Adventurer is published by have trained hard but find very little to People living in the U.S. can get hints by 16 planes at a time, so if you could have Lucasfilm Games, P.O. Box 10307, phone by calling 1-900-740JEDI. It s 75 five German planes, the computer could San Rafael CA 94912. Subscrip- distract us from the day-to-da y f monotony in a country that allows us cents a minute, so from most parts the only provide eleven enemy planes, and tions are free upon submission of very little interaction with the local cit- country it s actually cheaper than a long that would make the game less challeng- the registration card from any hours. izens. All we have now is desert with distance call during business ing. While designing Battle of Britain, Lucasfilm game . 1991 Lucasfilm lots of camels, books, and letters . Ed. Larry Holland discovered that the most Games. All Rights Reserved . We recently acquired an IBM-com- Help! We have managed t interesting and well-balanced campaign s Lucasfilm Games, game titles, characters, were four Germans attacking against and all elements of the game fantasies are patible computer, but we have no way ate our way to Monkey o navigIsland but trademarks of LucasArts Entertainment British, to get any software that might allow us are having trouble befriending th e twelve and six RAF defending Company . and © LucasArts Entertain- a little entertainment . We were wo hyperactive monkey . As we cannot cal l against ten Germans. Ed. ment Company . All rights reserved . IBM is a trademark of International Busines s r ndering if you might find it in you your hint line from Australia we d like t seems to be a common belief tha t Machines, Inc . Apple II and Macintosh are heart to help a lot of servicemen take a to buy a copy of your hint book. Iold folks are not supposed to be trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc . Tandy break from the waiting . Support from Peter Marshall interested in computer games . But I is a trademark of Tandy Corp. Commodore 64 and 128 are trademarks of Commodore THE ADVENTURER home can really make a change in th e Sydney, Australia have spent hours and hours complete- f Electronics, Ltd . Amiga is a trademark o f way troops prepare for the unknown . The monkey is hungry. Very hungry. ly absorbed and engrossed in Battle Commodore/Amiga Inc. Atari and ST are A small diversion can do wonders . Clue books are $12.95 each. Check out Britain. Part of my fascination with it i s trademarks of Atari Corp. 14. Any donation would be thoroughly the Company Store in this issue. — Ed. because I was stationed in Reading, the bunches of bananas or the twisted oa k coupons are at #2 . The jelly beans can't b e The games are buried at #4, by the Adventurer would be at #3 (clue 3); but the bunches o f at #1 (clue 7), so they're at #3 and the floo r twisted oak . Okay you bar- bananas can't be there (clue 5), so the cushions are at #1 . In summary, the loca- The rubber chickens are buried at #5, Puzzle #1 Results twisted oak would be; then the pollute d tions of all the chests and landmarks are : by the scary cave. baric makers of spring and the weird boulder would have The floor cushions are buried at #1, by The bunches of bananas are buried at all that is vile The Treasure of Blinky Islan d to be at #4 and #5 respectively; the haunted the polluted spring. #6, by the rusty rudder . ES C shrub can't be at #6 (clue 5), so by elimina - The expired coupons are buried at #2 , and destructive, olution There is one treasure ches t tion it would be at #1 and the rusty rudder by the haunted shrub . The jelly beans are my pal Max Sand one landmark at each of the si x would be at #6 ; and the bunches of buried at #3, by the weird boulder. would like to spots . The rubber chickens are buried a t bananas would be at #4 (clue 5), which i s either #2 or #5 ; if they were buried any - impossible (clue 4) . So the scary cave isn't make a plea for nners The first Adventurer puzzle asked readers to deduce th e where else, you would never have to pass at #2, but must be at #5 . peace. by them going from one spot to anothe r Either the rusty rudder or the expire d Ilocation of a treasure chest full of games on a map of Blinky Island . (clue 2 — note the word "must") . The coupons must be at #6 (clue 2), as must We got hundreds of entries, and most of them had the right answer : locatio n scary cave is either at #2 or #5 for the same either the twisted oak or the bunches of #4, by the twisted oak . This was a tough puzzle, and everyone who got th e reason (clue 3) . bananas (clue 3) . If the expired coupons — right answer deserves a hand . The most common error was to overlook the If the rubber chickens were buried at and hence the twisted oak as well — wer e word "must" in clues 2 and 3 : to get, say, from #2 to #4, you might go #2, then the jelly beans and the floor cush- at #6, then the haunted shrub and the through #5, but you don't have to. 1 ions could only be at #1 and #3 in som e bunches of bananas would have to be at # Our lovely receptionist Lex Eurich skillfully selected 25 postcards at ran- order (the only way to satisfy clue 1) ; #3 and #4 respectively (clue 5) ; the jelly beans dom from those bearing correct answers . The following readers will receive couldn't be the site of the expired coupons , and the floor cushions would have to be at the Lucasfilm game of their choice : John Berti, Edmonton, Alberta; Adam then, so the rusty rudder would have to b e #1 and #3 in some order (clue 1), and by there (clue 2) ; the scary cave couldn't be a t elimination the games would be buried at Blodgett, Franklin Lakes, NJ; Kip Bowser, Berrien Springs, MI ; Pau l #2 (because neither the twisted oak nor th e #2, which is impossible (clue 7) . So it must Campeau, Fort Kent, Alberta ; Lily Chan, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; Aaron bunches of bananas could be at #3, as clu e be the rusty rudder and the bunches o f Drussel, Ramsey, NJ; John Dunkerly, Etters, PA ; Peter Erbland, Boston, MA; 3 would require), so it would have to be a t bananas which are at #6 . Roger Fingas, Orleans, Ontario ; Regis Gmuer, Allison Park, PA; Stephe n #5 (clue 3) ; the polluted spring and the The haunted shrub is at #2 (clue 5) . Gorman, Lansing, NY; Chad Hurst, Wayne, NJ ; Teresa Johnson, Memphis , weird boulder would then have to be at # 1 The polluted spring and the weird boulder TN; Ben Jones, Amherst, MA ; Peter Langston, Santa Monica, CA ; Hank and #2 respectively (clue 6) ; and by elimi- must be at #1 and #3 respectively (clue 6) , Loyd, Tulsa, OK; John Musgrave, Waterloo, IA ; Mike Norris, Conroe, TX; nation the haunted shrub would have to be so by elimination the twisted oak is at #4 . at #4 or #6, which is impossible (clue 5) . The jelly beans and the floor cushions ar e M . Reynolds, Vero Beach, FL; David Rohrl, San Francisco, CA ; Danny So the rubber chickens aren't buried at #2 ; buried at #1 and #3 in some order (clue 1) . Simon, Miami, FL ; Don Smith, Livermore, CA ; Mike Uges, Pompton Lakes, they must be at #5 . The games can't be buried at #2 (clue 7), s o NJ; Chris Vaughn, Parker, CO ; Mr . and Mrs. Conrad Virant, Temple City, CA . If the scary cave were at #2, then either they're at #4 and by elimination the expired
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Contents MONKEY ISLAND ACTIVITY PAG E page 2 LUCASFILMTHE EVOLUTION GAMES OF page 4 COMPUTER CONFIDENTIAL page 6 THE COMPANY STORE page 7 THE "FORCE" STRIKES BACK IN NEW NINTENDO FORM page 1 1 AQLIB SOUND C ARD page 1 2 THE ADVENTURER PUZZLE #2 page 1 3 GAMES FOR AFTER HOURS page 1 3 LETTERS page 1 4 SAM AND MAX page 15 823316- 2
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