Questbusters.] Improbability Drive for the Same Purpose

·. QUfST1'USTfRS™ The Adventurer's Newsletter Vol. Ill,# 11 Novemb3r, 1986 Leather Goddesses of Phobos Despite the titillating title, Leather the cheap paper on which they were around for the experiments; luckily, the Goddesses is more risque than R-rated, and printed. So sex was the obvious angle for cell door is unlocked and you can escape is far from X-rated--unless you've got a this parody, which at times reminded me of without a severe cerebral struggle. You'll thing about kneecaps and toe-sucking. a certain Robert Crwnb comic book. (If soon meet another prisoner, who will be Instead this is Meretzky's madcap hwnor you remember its name, congratulations, male or female depending on your sex at its unbridled best, and he often pokes as your score just went up 12 points.) In this (which is cleverly determined in the much fun at some familiar aspects of story, the Leather Goddesses are plotting to opening scene). Upstairs you'll find an adventuring as he does at the Fifties' pulp invade earth and "turn it into their sexual observatory with a grand view of the science fiction he takes aim at in this all playground." Your goal is to stop these Goddesses' Pleasure Palace. On the floor text game. Even so, Meretzky's theme for fiends--and have a good time while you're you'll notice the first of many strange this parody is "adult-oriented." If it were a at it! You enter the story in 1937, when black circles. film, Leather Goddesses would be rated PG you are teleported from a· bar in Sandusky, even in the most forthright of its three Ohio, to a cell on the miniscule Martian Going Around in Circles "naughtiness levels. moon of Phobos. These are teleportation portals. Step on In case you weren't around in the Fifties, You have been snatched by the Leather one and you might suddenly have to outrun sex was a major fixation with science Goddesses, who have been kidnapping and a huge Venus fly-trap plant through the fiction authors and the artists who so experimenting on humans to prepare for steamy Venusian jungle. Another black luridly illustrated the covers of paperback the invasion. Wearing only a brass circle sends you to the Martian desert, novels. They were called pulps because of loincloth, you will not want to hang where you can ride a royal barge down the canal to one of the red planet's polar caps. locations per planet, which adds up to over The black circles give the game a similar a one and a half billion. [That's one map feel to H.itchhiker, which used the Starf light 4 you won't be seeing in QuestBusters.] Improbability Drive for the same purpose. Right away you'll notice that Starflight They are scattered throughout the game to by Stephen King is very colorful, something that's seen far connect distant locations, and you can use Have you ever wished your were Captain too infrequently in IBM-compatible games. , them like an instantaneous subway to Kirk of the Starship Enterprise? Or The array of lava planets, ice planets, ocean return to the cell, jet over to Venus and perhaps Commander Adama of the worlds and at.tier exotic destinations are visit other places. Battlestar Galactica? If the answer is yes portrayed with mediwn low-resolution Your travelling companion suggests the then you will be pleasantly surprised when fractal graphics because of the nwnber. of Leather Goddesses' plan can be thwarted you discover Starf/ight, the new fantasy colors necessary (color becomes very with a "Super-Duper Anti-Leather role-playing game from Electronic Arts. It important at the planetary level), but the Goddesses of Phobos Attack Machine." puts you in charge of an interstellar space encounters with alien creatures of the Much of the game is spent collecting the spaceship in the year 4619 and turns you seven different races are beautifully done in machine's bizarre components: things like loose to explore the biggest universe ever extreme hi-res. Sound effects enrich the a white mouse, six feet of rubber hose, and funneled into a computer game. atmosphere as you walk around, teleport, Continued on page 8 Programmed in Forth by Binary Systems, maneuver an · all-terrain vehicle and Starflight represents the equivalent of participate in other engaging activities. fifteen man-years in development time. If you're beginning to get the idea that > inventory This statement becomes less incredible as Starflight is literally studded with all the you begin to realize the breadth and details that make games interesting and News & Letters ........ 2 complexity of the universe that unfolds exceptionally playable, you're right! There Labyrinth ............. 3 when you head out into space. There are alien artifacts with special properties to Trinity Walkthru ...... 4 you'll find 270 star systems with a be found on the various planets, as well as Mercenary ............. 5 whopping 800 planets to be explored. messages from ancient civilizations. Space Bard's Tale Walkthru .. 6 Some of them look tiny from space, but seems filled with fluxes, which are a kind Hacker 2 .............. 9 even the smallest would take hours of real of interstellar gateway. Who knows? Keys to the Kingdom .. 10 time exploration to cover completely. Waiting for Duffy .... 10 There are 1.9 million unique Continued on page 8 Swap Shop ............ 11 Letters to the Adventure Hotline Editor Wrath of Who? character--Ennio the dog does not appear in the graphics. He is referred to in the text, Dear QuestBusters: Sierra has released their first RPG in a long but this is no way to treat a legend, I realize you want to review just new time, Wrath of Denethenor. Denethenor, a especially in his own time. adventure games. But I think it would be figure from an ancient Nordic myth, was a really great if you could begin reviewing prince who made a pact with the devil so he one "oldie but goldie" in each issue. There could take over the kingdoms that This Way to Mad God were many very good, very playable games neighbored his own land. Written by 20- In part one of our Bard's Tale solution in produced from 1980-84, and many of us year-old Christopher Crim, it is a single the last issue, the AP AR location of the didn't have computers back then. character game that covers both sides of two Mad God's Statue was incorrectly stated as Karen M. Lee disks and may be the first of a series. 1 north, -1 east, 1 up. The correct Sierra's John Williams calls it "an honest location is 1 north, -1 east, 2 up. We Now that we've got 12 pages to work with, to goodness hack and slash, have a good overlooked mentioning it last time, but the we will have space for occasional reviews time fantasy role-playing game." Wrath maps in the walkthrough were done by Brad of classic games. Any suggestions? will be selling at unusually low prices: Wright, who is getting AutoDuel for $29.95 for the Apple, $19.95 for C64/128. sending them in. Mike Bagnall contributed Dear QuestBusters: Sierra is wrapping up final bug-checks on the actual solution, and he got Ultima N. Shard of Spring should have been rated a King's Quest III, which will be shipping If you've got a complete solution to a Novice level game in your review. It's one for the IBM any day now, and the Mac recent game, let us know about it and you of the easiest rve played. version of King's Quest I is already out. may win the game of your choice. Aaron Chou So is Space Quest, a $49.95 graphic adventure in the KQ style for the IBM and Right, it was. Determining an adventure's MS-DOS compatibles. The first title in Wizardry V? the series is called "The Sarien Encounter, " Strange as it seems, Wizardry v is going difficulty level is often the hardest part of which will eventually be converted for the into beta-testing before the long-awaited the review. But we usually pin it down ST, Amiga and Apple's new IIGS. Wizardry w. Another surprise: the first pretty closely and will publish updates on version is for the IB~~ !1~t the ~pple. _ __this _and _ other_ ___ aspects _ of__ a _ new game. Detectives Needed Dear QuestBusters: Accolade has a new twist on the murder More New Games I wish you would print some hints for game. In Killed Until Dead the goal is to Gemstone Healer is SSfs latest sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide in the next "Keys to the prevent a murder rather than solve one. It Warrior. The first batch of the C-64 Kingdom." has over 20 plots, joystick & icons version of Roadwar were so flummoxed by interface, and a 24-minute time limit. And a disk duplicator that the program would Billy Lage in order to break into a room to search for crash after about an hour. SSI recalled the clues, you must first answer mystery-related games, but if you've already got one you We focus on clues for games whose trivia questions. The C-62/128 version is should return it to SSI's Customer Service solutions have not yet been published. already out; Apple is set for March. for replacement Datasoft is bringing over [Check "Passport to Adventure" to order some British games: Swords & Sorcery, a books with walkthroughs to older games.] maze-based RPG; Saracen, an arcade-style If you've got any tips, strategies or outright Clarification adventure; and Black Magic, also an action answers to share with other adventurers, Contrary to an item in the October issue, adventure.

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