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Gunslinger Moonmist The Adventurer's Newsletter Vol.IV,#1 January, 1987 Gunslinger Moonmist by Bob Guerra A Gothic ghost story, Moonmist is Gunslinger is a graphic adventure that one of Infocom's most ingenious and puts you in the role of an · ex-Texas unusual mysteries. It was written by Stu Ranger named Kip Starr. It seems your Galley and Jim Lawrence, who also best friend, James Badland, has gotten collaborated on Seastalker (The Witness himself into a. jam and needs you to was Galley's first mystery). The setting rescue him from a Mexican jail. He'll be is Tresllyian Castle in Cornwall, hanged in two days if you don't intervene. England. An American private eye, you Your trip south could be a rough one, have just arrived to attend a memorial however, because the six-shooting Dalton birthday dinner for Lionel Tresllyian, the Brothers have escaped from jail and are deceased father of Lord Jack, to whom gunning for you and your incarcerated your friend Tamara Lynd is engaged. The friend. Only by reaching Badland in time purpose of your visit is to solve the the medieval and the contemporary, from and freeing him will you be able to ta1ce mystery of a spirit that is haunting the an iron maiden to an aerosol device-and on the Dalton Gang and finally settle the house and trying to kill Tamara. Is it the the first brass lantern I've seen in a score. real thing, or someone dressed as a ghost? mystery. (Zorkers will feel right at In the process of identifying the ghost home.) A multi-level affair, the castle you may uncover evidence of a murder has numerous rooms and even a secret and discover a hidden treasure. It is this passageway to investigate, though you trio of goals that distinguishes Moonmist won't get much done until after dinner. from previous Infocom mysteries, for Things get off to a strange start when these are independent goals: you can find the butler announces that, according to the treasure without having identified the Lionel's will, all the servants are to leave ghost, or arrest the killer without finding the castle before his memorial dinner and the treasure. So if time runs out, you'll stay away until morning. Then, before still feel a sense of accomplishment-and you've hardly had a bite to eat, everyone will be encouraged to try again. is startled to hear Lionel's voice, which Character interaction is important, and you realize is coming from a tape As the adventure begins, you find Dr. Nicholas Wendish, the flirtatious Iris, recording he made before he died. yourself stranded in the desert with a dead Montague Hyde, Vivien Pentreath and Lionel tells of a "valuable artifact" that horse. Before you can even enter a three other dinner guests are glad to tell is hidden somewhere on the grounds, and command (beat horse, for example), a you their ghost stories as Tamara shows sets the group off on a treasure hunt by friendly stranger comes by and gives you you around the castle. Some say it a lift to Dawson. From here you're on reminds them of Deirdre, the woman who Continued on page 9 your own. was engaged to Jack years ago, and fear Gunslinger uses a simple parser that her ghost seeks revenge on Tamara. can't handle any sentence more than four They're not as helpful in furnishing >Inventory words long. Commands may be either information about each other. When News & Mail ........... 2 entered via the keyboard, or, if you don't asked about another person, the usual Titanic ............... 3 particularly like to type, selected with a reply is "I don't indulge much in idle Destiny ............... 3 joystick from a scrolling, on-screen word gossip." Throughout the game they Fairlight ............. 4 list. To make it easier to find words, the amble about the castle, so you're rarely High Stakes ........... 4 word list is divided into verbs, nouns and lonely in this adventure. As you would Walkthru: Moonmist .... 6 prepositions. expect from a Gothic tale, creaky doors, Walkthru: Ultima IV's To move in any of the four compass cobwebs, and eerie sounds heighten the Stygian Abyss ......... 7 directions, you can enter the appropriate atmosphere. Keys to Kingdorn ...... 10 The array of objects in the castle spans Continued on page 9 Swap Shop ............ 11 Letters to the Adventure Hotline Editor Q-Link in Peril! New Releases Dear QuestBusters: Infocom's Hollywood Hijinx, a comedy No, QuantumLink is not in trouble. Q­ Why don't you run lesser known games following up on the success of Leather Link in Peril is the name of their latest like Se-Kaa of Assiah, Monty Python, Goddesses, takes place at an estate you text adventure, which can be downloaded Gates of Dawn, Hydrax, Lords of have just inherited from your Uncle from the public domain files. Written by Midnight, Ripper and Standing Stones ? Buddy Burbank, a Hollywood mogul Frank McMahon, who manages Q-Link's famous for his "B" movies. But to claim game message boards and the software We have reviewed several of the titles you your inheritance you must fmd ten hidden libraries, it challenges you to enter Q­ mentioned. (Send SASE for a list of treasures. Link headquarters and find an ancient spell games reviewed in back issues.) Or did King's Quest III is out for the IBM book. The first goal is to get inside Q­ you mean walkthrus? We focus on (256K, double-sided drive required). Link, where you will interact with the recently released games and usually stick Another King, CinemaWare's King of staff and system operators. Then you with those that are available on several Chicago, looks impressive on the Mac, must rescue MiLady and fmd the spell computers so they apply to as many though we had to upgrade to the new book before XVector does, or Q-Link is reader as possible. double-sided drives to play it Good doomed. reports are also coming in on their Dear QuestBusters: Defender of the Crown, out for Amiga Ronan the Barbarian? You should inform readers of the memory and ST. SSI is working on a Wizard's In Ronan, Broderbund's next Electronic requrirements of certain adventures. I was Crown sequel. Ultima I, Destiny Knight Novel, you play a master samurai hired very disappointed to learn King's Quest and Bard's Tale 2 are fmally out. to reSc:ue the kidnapped daughter of a II requires 256K on the IBM, not to Recent conversions: IBM and Amiga feudal lord. Richard Sanford promises mention MS-DOS. versions of Alternate Reality, The City, this one will have a "different look" from Byron Byrd are set for February. King's Quest is the their previous all-text games. first adventure we've seen on the Apple We usually state memory requirements, IIG, but more will follow from other Universal News but apparently forgot it in this case. ~ompanies. - booking -for a newsletter a bit more - You1Lbe glad ..to laww~.uc..edito1:_justgot specific than QB? Vidcomm is the a memory upgrade (he snow got an BK Origin to Market "Resource Guide" for Omnitrend's brain!), so this isn't as likely to happen All-Text Adventures Universe 1 and 2. Lots of tips on all in the future. aspects of these games are featured. Michael and Muffy Berlyn are doing a Copies of the first issue are being sent to Dear QuestBusters: pair of games that Origin should have out registered owners by Modem Day Please enter my name in your monthly by mid-year. RAGER is a science Publishing, 10822 Copperfield Dr., contest fiction story, and Greenleaf is a fantasy. Pineville, NC 28124. Mangar the Dark They could turn into a series from the Berlyns' design house, Brainwave, Inc. EMail Your Keys Our random drawing for a new game is now limi.ted to people who have sent in If you've got a tip for Keys to the Infocom Scraps a clue to the Keys to the Kingdom Kingdom, you can now send it to us via Categories section in the past 30 days. Your clue EMail: Compuserve # 72267,601 or doesn't have to be published that month, QuantumLink: JB Chalmer. lnfocom plans to do at least six titles in but it must be one that has not already 1987, but they will no longer be appeared in the newsletter. categorized as Science Fiction, Fantasy, W alkthrus on the Way Etc. Instead, the author's name will go We11 soon be pu]?lishing solutions to the on the cover. And Infocom games will QuestBusters ™ following games: Tass Times, no longer state the difficulty level, unless Editor: Shay Addams Phantasie 1 and 2, Essex, Nine Princes in one happens to be as hard as Spellbreaker. Contributing Editors: Ron Wartow, Ken Amber and Shard of Spring. If you have The three games in the Enchanter series St Andre, Tim Snider, Stephen King, a walkthru for another recent adventure, have been packaged as a $69.95 set. Brian Smith, Bob Guerra let us know and you may get the game of Same deal for the 'Zork trilogy. your choice for it. This month William QuestBusters is published monthly by the Carte gets Ultima I for his solution to Addams Expedition, 202 Elgin Ct, Top Sword Moonmi.st. The people who sent the . Wayne, PA 19087. Annual subs, $15. lnt'l, $24 (US funds). Contents lntellicreations just announced the Abyss walkthru, since it didn't cover an winners of their "Awesome Alternative Copyright Shay Addams, 1987, All entire game but focused on the end game, Rights Reserved.
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