Questbusters™ Award -- the Earthquakes, Heat Waves and Other Fu Fighters to Precisely Animate Their Golden Parser, the Crowther, the Disasters Devastate Khantun
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QUfST1'USTfRS™ The Adventurer's Newsl'etter Vol. 111, # 2 February, 1986 Did you waltz through Wishbringer ducks out the door as you scramble and sail through A . Mind Fore·'i!.er off the stage -- only you can stop the Voyaging? Or maybe you're one of evil force that is interfering with the the hard-core adventurers who magic upon which your civilization's passed them by completely because survival hinges. they didn't offer the nlliidgrinding If only you could get out of this challen~s,.y(m finally solved in the place, which proves to be the first Zork series? Then the final problem, one that reminded me of installment in the Enchanter trilogy Sorcerer's first stage. Oh, you can was designed with you in mind. bound right out the door, but Spellbreaker is full of ingeniously the beer tastes like grues have been traveling further than the courtyard constructed puzzles that are hard bathing in it -- and that without will take more than putting one foot enough to reduce even Mr. Spock's proper magic there won't be any in front of the other. You might logical mind to a pathetic pile of more Miller Time in the Great consult the spell book, which burned-out synapses. Underground Empire -- the gravity of contains the frotz, gnusto, rezrov, It begins at a clamorous meeting in the situation sinks in. and other familiar spells as well as the . Enchanters Guild Hall at But before everyone rushes out to some new ones. Jindak will detect B orphee, a meeting atten ded by the bar to finish off the last keg, the presence of magic, while blorple guildmasters from across the land. Ardis of the Poets Guild suddenly enables you to explore the mystic They want to know why the magic turns into a large orange newt, and connections of an object; others tum spells of the enchanters are backfiring the rest of the guildmasters are up as soon as you get out of town. or simply not working at all. In a transformed into frogs, lizards and The unseen force that is eroding the world founded on magic, this spells other creatures. Only you remain power of magic in the Great disaster for all. When Hooly of the unscathed by the spell, only you can Underground Empire affects even Brewers Guild threatens that latel track down the shado fi ure that your spells. They may have odd side effects, forcing you to recast them Moebius: The Orb of Celestial Harmony several times until they finally work, or you learn they won't accomplish Origin Systems has begun In addition to the customary the desired effect. publishing ole-playing games by character attributes of body, mind A tip for anyone still trying to gain independent designers and and dexterity, Moebius introduces entry to the Governor's House programmers (perhaps giving Lord karma, which affects your magical outside the Guild Hall -- blorple the British more free time to concentrate prowess and is determined by your Continued on page 2 on Ultima V), and Moebius is one interactions with the people of of the first. It was created by Greg Khantun. After creating a character, Best Adventures of '85 Malone, who did the action game you'll have to train in sword What were they? It's up to you to Minit Man for Penguin. That fighting, karate and divination before help decide. So let us know your background is reflected in Moebius, embarking on the adventure. In the choices for best games released in where keyboard dexterity during the combat sequences your character 1985 in the following categories: All combat phase is even more crucial faces another, each a good three text Adventure, Graphic Adventure, than your character's dexterity rating. inches tall and colorfully portrayed Fantasy Role-Playing Game, Non It's a single-character game set in with crisp graphics on a white Fantasy Role-Playing Game. Also, the Oriental land of Khantun. You background. name the most innovative game in are a disciple of Moebius the each category, which may or may not Windwalker, a martial arts and Zen DYNAMIC ANIMATION be your choice as best game of that master. Moebius' mystic orb, which Get set for some serious sword type. Two other categories: Best keeps the cosmic forces in balance, flailing, for these are the most Music in an Adventure and Best has been stolen by Kaimen, a effectively animated battles yet seen Music in a Role-playing Game. renegade disciple. The result is an in a role-playing game. Malone Include your suggestion for the name imbalanced environment, as employed videotapes of actual kung of the QuestBusters™ award -- the earthquakes, heat waves and other fu fighters to precisely animate their Golden Parser, the Crowther, the disasters devastate Khantun. You kicks, punches and sword-thrusts. A Hack and Slay Award, etc. If your must track down Khaimen and bring circle of seven keys are used to select name is chosen you'll win a free back the orb. Continued on page 3 adventure or role-playing game. SPELLBREAKER ADVENTURE HOTLINE Continued from page 1 Mysteries Muscle In on strange white cube you find at your feet and move on to the real garne Adventure Market stoppers. The cube teleports you to a Disk drive detectives can count on a remote part of the GUE, where you'll busy year. Telarium plans to do encounter an ogre with a horrible some adventures based on Agatha t~iUUi~Lr\th& a; sneeze, a hermit high on a hill, and a duor hu b.:Jort: lJUl4. Christie's novels. No titles have GO rtOf<TH serpent so huge its body completely ljuu c~n · I &JU Ln U~I d.uU"U.Dn. been announced, though !v!urder on nt.:r 11our fills the circular hall in a crumbling A '-l>Lfll ~-ou:.:: wh~pi:•~. ·· khta.&.luuU . .. M the Orient Express seems like a A. wuw.L bWw~ und IJUU tile ~uvhc1t: . temple. In each problem you must l~"' '"em Ll ~u.bu:n'-'tW.Un t:1~pa. b.: Jene 1.wu uon '4>ur!. Vu.~ natural. If Case of the !v!andarin 1JP W~I Qrwi eu.61 . , obtain a similar cube. Each cube, if !v!urder gets a thumbs up verdict blorpled under the right conditions, from the audience, Telarium will Crimson Crown for the will zap you off to another location continue the Perry Mason series. where a couple of other rooms and One of Dick Francis' novels, High Mac, Amiga & ST progressively tougher problems Stakes, will soon be rounding the Penguin's Macintosh adventures await. It's like Hitchhiker's Guide in far tum as an all-text game from now differ dramatically from their this sense, with the cubes serving the Mindscape. You'll play the part of a first,Transylvania, as shown in this same function as the Improbability wealthy English horse owner out to screen shot from Crimson Crown. Drive. foil a plot to cheat you. (They're Mac owners with 512K will The puzzles are even more difficult following up their first James Bond appreciate another aspect of Robert than in Hitchhiker, the preceding adventure, A View to a Kill, with Hardy's implementation: the graphics games in this series and maybe even Gold.finger for the Apple and IBM.) load into RAM when the program is the Zorks. Most of them are booted, practically eliminating disk interlocked as tightly as a wooden Send in the Clowns access throughout the game. Chinese puzzle: you can't solve get Infocom's next game will also be a Penguin's Mac adventures feature a past the ogre without an object mystery, Ballyhoo. As in Suspect, scrollable text window for reviewing obtained by getting the cube from the it has a contemporary setting and text. Programmed with Comprehend hut -- however, you don't use it on doesn't cast as a detective. Instead, system, they also utilize a high the ogre but to reach a distant location you're just an ordinary citizen caliber, full-sentence parser. In the and solve a different problem, thusly attending the circus for some fun. Atari ST and Amiga versions of obtaining an item that will help When a kidnapping goes down, you Crimson Crown, the graphics exhibit circumvent the Big Sneeze. Rarely is become involved in solving it. The sharper detail and more colors. there an obvious connection, though standard level game is supposed to The Atari 800 conversion of the some answers -- a hermit who says feature lots of circus jokes, game is now scheduled for release in "it was perfect" when discussing his apparently popular with Jeff ONeill, late February or early March. By hut -- are in plain sight. I haven't the game's author. It's the first then Oo-topos should also be out. seen puzzles so convolutedly dove adventure from ONeill, who has tailed since Zork II. There are just been programming at Infocom for a Return of Son of Sequel enough spell scrolls and items lying year-and-a-half. around in plain sight to get you off to Can't get enough of a good thing? a good start and keep you motivated. ·New York on a Disk Then you'll be glad to hear that At least one major mapping challenge Douglas Winston Woods is presently is part of this package deal, an What was I going to say? Wait, it's dreaming up and programming coming back to me now: Electronic P hantasie II for Strategic Continued on page 8 Arts is readying its first all-text Simulations.