Contents Ignition and Following Authentic Pointing to Where Police Procedures in the Adventure Road

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everal years ago, the highly suc evidence still exist. what appears first as a gun-running cessful Police Quest series was Your father was a policeman too, case develops into a political con Slaunched by Sierra. Three Police and as his sonjake, you will team up spiracy involving one ofJackson Quests followed, all created by Jim with his partner and begin to weave Beach's more prominent politicians. Walls. A fifteen-year veteran of the together the forgotten strands. You will Naturally, you are led closer and California Highway Patrol, he relied patroljackson closer to the killer as on personal experiences to give the Beach in search of the game progresses. series the realism that made it such a clues. Several winner. computer-con The privole eye Wall is now with Tsunami, a group trolled flashback Midway through the formed by ex-Sierra employees. (fheir sequences show investigation, a motor most recent releases were Ringworld what happened the cycle accident lands and Protostar.) Blue Force is the first evening your you on disability leave. installment in a new series, and the parents were killed For the remainder of second game is already undeiway. by an intruder in the game you proceed A much more playable game than their home, and as the game develops without a partner, playing the role of either Police Quest 1 or 3, Blue Force you have to choose between justice will your dead father's police partner. As a does not place as much emphasis on or vengeance. private eye, you are not bound by driving a vehicle and is less stringent The action takes place over a period police procedures and have more on following correct police procedures of five days, and certain events occur latitude in conducting the investiga to keep things moving along - both only on certain days. Moving from day tion. During the course of the adven of which I found nying and intrusive to day also requires accomplishing ture, you will travel, sometimes in those games. certain objectives on each repeatedly, to the marina, Carter's, a You still have 'I day. bar, a bowling alley, the beach, to handcuff and Blue Force offers grandma's house, the police station search suspects, multi-layered game play and eventually to an island off the but that's pretty and intrigue. You will much it. Getting investigate crime scenes, Continued on page 14 around is simply question suspects, arrest a matter of and book suspects and turning on an engage in gunfights, Contents ignition and following authentic pointing to where police procedures in the Adventure Road ...... 2 you want to go. first phase as you play Day of the Tentacle ...... 3 That's the way it the policeman. should be. You will have occasion to arrest Etemam ...... 4 The story focuses onjake Ryan, a extortionists, drunk drivers, suspected Return of the Phantom .. 6 rookie motorcycle cop whose parents gun runners, big time hoodlums, were gunned down in their home ten crooked politicians and killers. You and CES Party Report ...... 7 years ago. This double killing has your partner will even gun down a Legacy: Realm of Terror 8 remained unsolved, but threads of criminal or two. Gamestoppers: Legacy l 0 As you get deeper into the story, Keys to the Kingdoms .. 12 New worlds to explore the entire planet) for only $38 each Dear QuestBusters: plus $2 shipping. Send payment to In response to a recent letter, I lands of Lore landed, and it looks Wmterbauer Illustrations, 1220 cannot justify spending $40-60 on exceptional. The Gateway II: Lyndon St #22, S. Pasadena CA a short game! If I complete a $50 Homeworid package includes a clue 91030 (And for those who need to game in one or two nights, I book Mmdcraft's Ihe Bloodstone, know eveiything possible about haven't gotten my money's worth. relying on an enhanced version of Darkside ofXeen or World ofXeen, I believe most computer gamers the Magic Candle ill engine, arrived. check the stores for New World's would express a similar opinion, So did Crime City from Impres.sions. recently released clue book.) and I personally don't have a problem extending playing time Ultimo VII: Silver Seed Siena's uhimale upgrade over several months, depending Ori.gin shipped an add-in module If you've ever owned any King's on my free time and the difficulty for Serpent Isle. You may embai:k on Quest game, Sierra says you're of the game. Some, perhaps many, the new quest at any point during eligible to buy the CD King's Quest are intolerably frustrating - but Serpent Isle, travelling back to the age VI for only $39.95.Just drop and them out comes the hint book or of the ancient Ophidians. Silver Seed drag your original disk or manual to a walkthrough from QuestBusters! adds new features you can use in the store for proof. Carl]ohnson both Seed and Isle, such as a single button command for picking door Dungeon>Aasler II So the controversy rages on. At least locks and a magic key ring that we were able to use this month's allows you to open doors without Interplay will be doing the next letter to sneak in yet another plugfor searching for the right key. Four sequel in Faster Than light's QuestBusters: The Book of Clues! if more items are weapons, though the DungeonMaster series. No word on you haven't already ordered it, see Ring of Shal provides endless when it's due. Interplay says that page eleven now. reagents. Silver Seed costs $29. Star Trek: judgement Rites will be out in time for Christmas, though. Realms of Mania update CD update Ifyour disk three doesn't woi:k Editor: Shay Addams (there was an error at the duplica Tsunami shipped CD versions of Managing Editor: Dora McCormick tor), call tech support for a replace Protostar and Blue Force. Blue Force Editorial Consultant: Edgar Schrock includes a stereo soundtrack and an ment: (315) 393-6633. While it News Editor: The Amazing Questkin interview with designer Jim Walls. looks a lot like a Might and Magic, Contributing Editors: Russ Ceccola, After floppy sales were weak, the CD Arkania is its own game once you Al Giovetti, Bernie Yee, Fred J. get into it. The character system is Freddy Pharkas bit the dust. Philipp, Clancy Shaffer, Ken St. extremely detailed, like a Wizardry, Andre, Brian Smith, Bruce Wiley, with numerous races, attributes, From TSN to TIN Duffy, This Reviewer skills and NPCs. Sir-Tech just TSN, The Sierra Netwoi:k, is now shipped an Arkania clue book for QuestBusters, ye official journal of the TIN, The ImagiNation Netwoik. QuestBusters Guild, is published $20. The main difference is that it's no monthly by The Bring Back Twin longer a Sierra subsidiary, but a Peaks Foundation. Annual dues: $19 Clouds of Xeen poslers wholly-owned company of which ($6 extra for Adventure Express). Canada/Mexico: $26. Overseas: $36. Sierra is the main stockholder. Michael Wmteibauer, who painted Contents Copyright 1993 Eldritch, the box art for Clouds ofXeen and LTD. All Rights Reserved. Copying Dark.Side ofXeen, has Clouds ofXeen Book of Clues without express permission is prohibited and punishable by a posters for $10 each - or $9 each The book is at the printer and lengthy visit from the log lady. if you mention QuestBusters. Either destined to ship on schedule. way, include $2 ship to US ad Legacy: Realms of Terror was replaced dresses. Also available are signed, Member: with a solution for Realms of South American limited edition posters (only SOO on Arka.nia. D Explorers 1 Club Maniac Mansion D Day 0£ the Tentacle ventures each have and Hoagie (a roadie for a heavy look at the reference card at all. ·their own unique metal band). You watch Purple That's a minor complaint, but one atmosphere. Betrayal at Tentacle and Bernard's friend, that would make game play a little Krondor calls to mind Green Tentacle, go behind Dr. easier if corrected. majestic fantasy worlds. Alone in Fred Edison's mansion, where Tentacle is quite a funny romp the Dark evokes the imageiy and Purple Tentacle drinks from the of a game. The characters are dark, eerie mansions of H.P. contaminated stream and mutates lovable, if not endearing, in their Lovecraft stories, and Return of the into an evil tentacle bent on the awkwardness. Hoagie is the Phantom brings both the Paris domination of all typical "metal Opera House and the Phantom human beings. dude," and legend to life. Now Maniac Dr. Edison Laverne is such a Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle puts realizes the ditz that she a wacky, animated world similar implications of probably forgets to most Saturday morning cartoon Purple's meta her own name shows on your computer screen. morphosis and from time to Tentacle is truly an interactive sends the trio of time. Bernard is cartoon, not just a graphic adven misfits back in smart, but like ture with cartoon characters. Like time a day to stop Einstein could Willy Beamish but zanier, it uses Purple before he stand to learn cartoon sound effects, background drinks the contaminated goo. some common sense. He's a nerd, art and graphics to tell the stoiy of A malfunction of the scientist's but not the type that you'd want three friends, a mad scientist and a Chron-o-] ohns transports each of to beat up for making your life couple of tentacles. Tentacle starts the three friends to a different time tougher in school, just the type off with a lengthy animated period. Hoagie winds up 200 years you'd want to usher away before "talkie" introduction (talkie is the in the past at the signing of the the girls arrive. LucasArts-coined term for spoken Constitution. Laverne's trip ends I'm not sure which is a funnier dialogue rather than text mes- in a future in which tentacles have situation - Hoagie confronting sages). taken over the world as in Planet of our founding fathers, or Laverne The intro the Apes. Bernard strangely reap confused at the hands of the Type Animated adven runs the pears in the present. You must tentacles. In both cases, the time ture game help Hoagie and Laverne find a jumps in the game keep Tentacle credits power source for their Chron-o- fun and interesting to play. System IBM & IBM CD right over J ohns and stop Purple Tentacle Characters can send objects to Required: 386+, VGA, 14 the before he slurps that sludge. each other through time by megs hard disk space (not animation Most people will find the flushing them down the Chrono required for CD version); like a standard LucasArts SCUMM o-j ohns. This ability might Supports: Ad Lib, Roland, movie. interface quite intuitive, with nine frustrate many players who can't Sound Blaster and Pro, Pro They also Audio, general MIDI basic commands, an inventoiy figure out what to transfer and used this window and a text line like other when, so overall Tentacle should neat, SCUMM-based games. You be considered an intermediate cinematic assemble commands by clicking game. The key to solving the technique in Indiana ]ones and the on the command words and the puzzles in the game is to think as Fate ofAtlantis, still LucasArts's objects of those commands, if you are directing the action of a best game and currently the best whether in the inventoiy or the cartoon - cartoon physics, overall game of its type. picture window. Although most stereotypes and tricks apply. The intro sets up the stoiy and players will be able to play the Tentacle is challenging, but introduces you to the three main game quickly, I wish LucasArts ultimately satisfying throughout characters you can control: would put the system options/ because funny sound effects and Bernard (the geeky computer nerd commands (save, load, message animations accompany :r;nost from the original game), Laverne speed, etc.) in a LucasArts icon or things you do in the game. (a ditzy, spaced-out med student) system icon so you don't have to Continued on page 5 m,R~Uccola ETERNAM:A Virtual A~venture Vacation nfogrammes, the French ence. Interior scenes depict your NPCs is frequent but not over development team who character in Sierra style as you done. Most will answer only one I created Alone in the Dark, has move from one scene to the next. of your choices. But repeatedly entered new territory with their There is no scrolling. You can exiting and returning to the room latest graphic adventure, Eternam. move in four directions: left, right, will allow you to go through all This bizarre adventure is some forward, backward. the dialogue choices. Some of what reminiscent of Michael The interface is animated, these choices will lead to another Crichton's 1974 colorful and takes set of choices. I'd advise you to movie Westworld, full advantage of go through every selection available, or you won't get very an artificial world the 256-color far. Also, certain actions on your inhabited by VGA palette to part, and certain items that you human appearing show paintings are carrying will elicit a new set on walls, sculp androids. of conversational choices. Follow tures, machinery, As Space up on every one. There is no time Marshall Don robots, animated limit, but day and night do occur, ] onz, you enter and non-ani both indoors and out. the world of mated characters. The interface is almost full Etemam, a Most of these are screen, with a horizontal Options planetary Funpark with sections very precise and well rendered and Bar along the bottom of the depicting various historical periods many scenes appear like photo screen. Control, as in Alone in the on Earth as well as some not of graphs. Dark, is operated via the keyboard this Earth. Your nemesis, Mikhal only. Icons can be selected to Nuke, has infected this virtual Lois of fighting cany out the various functions, or reality world with a killer virus, Combat usually occurs outdoors hot letter keys can be selected to and your assignment is to find and and is fairly extensive. An achieve the same results. Choices destroy it. It is a time-travelling "ALERT" icon on the bottom of are: Look (L), Take (T), Speak (S), quest that takes you through a the screen flashes when combat is Use (U) an item from your Medieval period, the French imminent. You have an unlimited Inventory, (I) Select item, High- Revolution, ancient Egypt, a future number of fireballs light item, city and even to the moon with to throw, so you can Exit. This Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the latter fight to your heart's Type Animated adventure can be depicted with digitized photos of content if you so somewhat the first moon landing. System IBM (Requires: desire. Or you can 286+, 640K, hard disk, 256- confusing avoid combat almost at first. Virtual reality motion color VGA. Supports: Sound entirely by continu Blaster, Ad Lib, PC (no mouse Your Graphics are hand-drawn, with ing to move around support, keyboard only) last choice occasional digitized photos. so that you do not is Drive Exterior scenes are 3D, first person provide a stationary Planned ports none (D).This view scenes with complete 360- target. For the most allows you degree rotation. Characters you part, that's what I did: run to live to save or load up to 10 saves, meet are animated. There is virtual another day. adjust music and sound, or quit. reality movement that is smooth The only stat you have is Your Inventory also shows any and topographical, so that going Health Points, which max out at gold that you are carrying, your up and down hills gives the 99. Standing in place anywhere heart rate, the time of day, and sensation of actual movement, gradually restores these points, but what percentage of the game you similar to a roller coaster effect. it is most safely accomplished have completed. The terrain is dotted with trees, indoors. Your link with reality is a black rocks, bushes, stationary animals, Conducted by choosing from a and white digitized photo of an ponds and lakes. You can adjust list of questions, interaction with attractive brunette who pops up the size of the main window to occasionally to give you encour three sizes to fit your own prefer- agement or chastise you for some mistake you've made. Usually it is fectly. Richard Sanders - Les the latter. D..~'1 ofTcttt.\Clc ... frott1 3 Nessman of WKRP in Cindnnati Music is simple but appropri - plays the pan of Bernard. ate. It comes and goes, and never Graphics are exaggerated and Veterans of other LucasArts becomes intrusive. Sound effects wacky. Each character has his own "talkie" products play the other occur during combat and now and set of distinguishing facial expres characters. Sanders is quite good then at other locations. There are sions and body language. Another as Bernard, but I like Denny no speaking parts in this adven thing that will Dell<' s Hoagie ture. Apparently the Actors Guild strike most better because of wanted more money to include players instantly his dead-on speech. is the brightness ponrayal of the Movement is controlled using of the colors. character and my the arrow keys. You must map the Tentacle jumps propensiry toward islands, the roads and the location off the screen heavy metal of NPCs, buildings and cities, as like a well-made music. The you will frequently have to return cartoon and is "talkie" introduc to various locations and NPCs as visually very tion is probably you progress through the game. impressive. The enough of a taste animations look like they're of how the game perfectly fits the A few dues straight out of a Warner Brothers "talkie" format that people will go canoon. You will often have to get some out and pick up the CD version. If they buy the triangular CD thing from someone, give it to Talkie works on floppy someone else, get something from package, they'll also get the hint them, in order to gain access to versionfoo book, a valuable asset. Conclusions: Tentacle is not a someone else, who has something As nice as the graphics are, the or knows something that will digital sound effects and speech very large game, but events in trigger the game to continue. are Tentacle's fone. Irul.iana]ones three time periods and about the Make careful note of all you see and the Fate ofAtlantis had so same number of locations per and hear, because in order to enter much more impact in its "talkie" time period will keep most players busy. For those who want even the third Island, which is Future format than the original. The same World, you will have to answer 20 is true here, but the floppy disk more game for their dollar, questions. version is still a wonhwhile LucasArts generously included the Keep a dictionary and encyclope expenditure for gamers. Tentacle entire original Maniac Mansion dia handy also. If you're good at showcases literally hundreds of inside Tentacle. You can play it on Trivial Pursuit you'll have an sound effects, from beeps and Weird Ed Edison's computer in advantage. Puzzles are frequent, bangs to screeches and explosions. his room, and return to Tentacle at ongoing, convoluted, and some The wonderful iMUSE soundtrack any time. Tentacle is a welcome times very difficult. These consist matches the music to the onscreen change of pace from the all-too of talking to the right person in action. The music and sound serious and realism-heavy adven tures out there, as was Eric the the right sequence and object effects together elevate Tentacle to manipulation. a different plateau amongst Unready from designer Bob Bates Conclusions: What at first adventures. - the Mel Brooks of computer appeared to me to be another Throw in the speech from gaming. Give Bernard, Laverne mindless game actually turned out AFfRA actors and actresses, and and Hoagie a try and you 're sure to be a stimulating, very challeng you have a game sounding per- to lose your tentacle as you laugh ing, often fun and frequently at the onscreen antics and cartoon frustrating adventure. I found it to madness! . !l be a unique experience and highly Difficulty; Advanced Skill Level: Intermediate recommend it. Once you get into Company: Infogrammes/Capstone Company: LucasArts it, you'll enjoy it. ll Price: $59 Price: $59 (IBM), $69 (IBM CD) QuestBusters price: $55 QuestBusters price: $55

5 Return of the Phantom hantom is Micro Prose's are very faithful to the book. comer of the screen. Their actions second animated adventure You take the part of French are augmented by the functions of P. and the first game from detective Raoul Montand, who the few items needed to solve the Raymond Benson, who directed happens to be attending a 1993 game, which are shown in a Broadway theater presentations Paris Opera production when a window to the right of the three before moving to the Maryland chandelier falls into the orchestra dimensional picture of the object. based game company known pit seats and kills some theater The screen has many sections mostly for simulations. While less patrons. Raoul agrees to investi that allow the pointer to act and satisfying than the high-quality Rex gate the mystery and soon sees the change the highlighted verbs on Nebular, it introduces upgraded Phantom walking across the stage. the screen, showing some of the animations and background available actions. The novice-game techniques to the Backlolhe mouse pointer highlights all AGA game system. future again possible action words for a A dozen particular item or a location on the amateur actors Following the screen. Such highlighting would were used to create murder of have been welcome in the chal the animated Christine lenging mode of the game as well. characters (Sid Florent, the The interface is easy to use and Meier was unbilled prima donna of very friendly. Phantom is most as the Phantom), the operatic effectively mouse-controlled, but and twelve profes production, can be played entirely from the sional voice actors Raoul is thrown keyboard with hot key equivalents provided the images and the from the to mouse commands. speech that overlay the predomi catwalk and finds himself tele Getting around the very large nantly dark acrylic background ported to the past to the year opera house is very time consum paintings and Bach-inspired 1881, where the Phantom is ing, because the setting is made original score. terrorizing the Paris Opera. Raoul up of very large, smooth-scrolling The rotoscoped actors were Montand is now Raoul, Vicomte backdrops across which the retouched in a meticulous process, de Chagny, patron of the opera "camera" pans when you move allowing the animated characters and friend of the opera into the to meld smoothly into the back manager, Monsieur next ground. Micro Prose uses their Brie. Raoul has a Type Animated adventure area. chance to put history own unique adaptation of the System IBM Required: Moving back on track by classical animation overlaying 286+, 2 megabytes RAM, hard from apprehending the time process, producing a very life-like disk with 8 megs, VGA/MCGA; place to final animation video. Numerous traveling fiend and CD version requires 1.5 MB place digitized sound effects round out saving Christine hard disk space, MSDEX 2.1 or could the experience. Florent and Christine higher; supports Roland. have Daae. Supports: EMS, Ad Lib, Pro been The book and the play The dialogue Audio, Sound Blaster or Sound aug system is improved Master 2 (one of last two Phantom is adapted from Gaston mented over Rex, with more required for digitized effects Leroux' classic 1911 novel and by an lines of text to read and voices). Recommended: Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 interac and hear. Those with mouse, 486, CD drive with 200 stage play, which is still enjoying tive hearing problems will ms access time auto standing-room-only audiences be happy to know that around the world. The Phantom Planned ports none mapping in the CD version you system, in this story is more like the mad can read the text as fiend from the original book and which you listen to the speech of the would allow you to select where Lon Chaney's 1925 silent film voice actors. Ten action verbs are adaptation, and details of the story you want to go from an overall shown in the bottom left-hand map, and then watch your charac- CES Party Report There were more· parties and Wednesday night Adventure showed off their newest science adventure at the receptions than ever bejore at I started things off with a bang this Shedd Aquarium. Microsoft this CES, so I couldn't wait to year at Tradewest's reception, premiered the newest Flight get my 100 pounds of press kits where they had 1Vs set up with Simulator at the Planetarium. I home and write up the CES consoles and their newest games unfortunately missed all three, but Report - especially 1:e Official to play. It was a relaxed, friendly the night soon got better. atmosphere with lots of food, Parfy Report. SSI and TSR hosted a small drink and people. In fact, it was reception for their friends - high much easier to look at games at up in the Sears Tower with a great receptions than on the show floor ter walk there. The opera house view. The TSR people are such itself! Kaneko had a party right was drawn from actual Paris Opera fun to party with because they across the hall. I could only stop House pictures, but in no way always have games going at the in for a second to find out that represents the extent and number parties. My character got killed their Socks the Cat game is not a of rooms in the six-acre, seven quickly, but I still left with a joke, but rather a humorous game, teen-story building. duffel bag full of TSR goodies. and I have the T-shirt to prove it. The novice gamer, a Phantom of Accolade had the hands-down Acclaim had the biggest bash of the Opera fan, or those who have rockingest party. The band, LA's the first party night of CES, with never played an adventure game Lil' Elmo & the Cosmos, were all kinds of industry scb.moozers will enjoy the story and can still lots of fun, people were dancing stopping by their suite to play their finish it at the novice difficulty and carrying on like crazy, and the new games, try out the excellent · game setting. In the difficult place was packed. They set up a food and catch up with all their mode, most experienced gamers Velcro wall where industry folk industry pals. Acclaim's suite is can still enjoy the game, especially like me, Mike Davila,] ohnny usually packed until late at night in the Phantom's maze - which Wilson, Matt Taylor and Steve and is always a fun time that requires meticulous mapping and Honeywell all made our impres people know they can return to has no auto-map system. sions on the wall and ground. each night of the show if there Phantom is a sombre story" as is Aspiring surfers could also get isn't anything else going on, the London stage play, but still their picture on a plexi.glas wave. because those dedicated Acclaim has several elements of American The theme was Bubsy' s Beach people man the suite each night. humor, such as the humorous Bash, and it was the best, most Absolute also had their newest biographies in the theater program enjoyable party of the show. portion of the game manual. The games running at a suite a short manual, a scant 30 pages, is cab ride away from Acclaim' s Friday night supplemented with an equally hotel. This reception was less brief eleven-page summary of the crowded, but populated with the Disney's half-million-dollar Phantom's biography that figures friendly Absolute folks. This is reception topped everything else prominently in the plot. where I finished my night, and I at the show. Disney, Sega and Conclusions: Phantom is primarily was more than happy to go home Virgin had the Hotel Nikko a computer story with few puzzles after the party-hopping. ballroom turned into the market and arti.facts. There are about ten place from Aladdin, and then put important artifacts and two major Thursday night on a dazzling song-and-dance show with characters from the puzzles to solve, a word puzzle Thursday had the potential to be movie before the heads of the and a picture of a mask. Other the longest party night, but respective companies talked about than the lack of an interactive Chicago traffic prevented me from the incredible Aladdin Genesis automapper, Phantom is a high getting to the early parties. Para videogame. This elegant reception quality game with few bugs. ~4 mount Interactive hosted a private couldn't be beat! screening of Sliver and a reception Spectrum Holobyte also had a Difficulty: Novice or Advanced at a movie theater. Knowledge reception on the show floor for Company: Micro Prose Price: $59 QuestBusters price: $54 Continued on page 14

7 THE LEGACY: eliminating the monsters, finding where you're going. Read the text important objects and solving in the message window to puzzles. understand what's happening. Legacy's interface has a lot of intricacies that I can't get into What a characler... here, but it is certainly a game for You pick your character from one which I recommend a mouse. You of eight possible characters. Each can think of the mouse buttons as has a varieiy of statistics and having two main functions: spells, so it's tough to decide performing an action Qeft button) which to use. You can reassign and examining an object (right spell and skill points for any of button). The right button will them, so don't feel bound by the often bring up a menu of associ defaults. icro Prose has released a ated actions when you click on an Skill points may be divided steady stream of good, if object. If you press the mouse among five categories: Strength, M not great, adventures since button in the open area of the Knowledge, Dexterity, Stamina the weakest of the bunch - screen, a system menu will appear and Willpower. The first three Darklands - came out over a year with save, load and other options. have secondaiy skills linked to ago. Rex Nebular introduced their them. As you progress, you gain Animated Graphic Adventure Resizable windows experience points and skill points (AGA) system, most recently used I.egacy is unique because the that you can use to modify your in Return of the Phantom (see interface is divided into windows character's abilities. It takes a few review elsewhere in this issue). that you can resize and move at hours of play to really get a sense Darklands had a unique RPG will. You can save the layout of the of the abilities' effects. Each system, as does Legacy, Micro windows too, for true system character also has a number of Prose's newest and probably personalization. Legacy has five spell points that they use when largest role-playing game. Legacy main windows: the character data/ ever they cast a spell, and which visits the horror genre so popular inventoiy window, the auto-map, must be regained through the use these days and takes players inside the direction of special ciystals. You learn spells a huge mansion full of monsters arrows, the as you find them, and things that go bump in the message win / and some charac Horroristic role-playing night. dow and the Type ters have spells This is a tough game to figure picture window. System IBM (Required: from the stan. out. Not because the interface is You can resize 386+, 640K, two megs RAM, There are over confusing or the puzzles are hard, the message VGA Recommended: mouse fifteen spells but because you don't know window, map Supports: all major sound divided into four exactly what to do. Ultimately, and picture cards types. Icons for you could call Legacy a quest in window with a Planned ports none available spells which the enemies are spooky resizing tool in appear on the monsters and undead creatures the comer, and main screen, so and the setting is an impossibly can move the direction arrows, you can click on large mansion. However, from the but you cannot do anything with them to cast spells immediately. beginning of the game, you're the character window. Inventoiy items go into boxes bound to feel frustrated because The functions of all but the near your character's hand in the the manual and other package character window are intuitive. char-acter data/in-ventoiy window. inserts don't describe a definite Click on the arrows to move Look for bags or other objects that plan of action in the quest. You through the mansion. Look at the Will hold a lot of items. Otherwise, discover that along the way. All map to see where you've been. you can't cariy enough objects to you know is that you've inherited Look at the picture window to see make progress. the game's mansion and must Combat is a veiy frequent discover its secrets, which involves event. The Winthrop mansion is REALM OF TERROR chock full of zombies and other Best features first saw it. MicroProse made a creatures. "HIT" and "AIM" good try at another RPG. The RPG The best features of The Legacy: the buttons are on either side of your elements are truly used, not 3D graphics and the sound effects. character in the character window. simply tacked onto pretty graph All the graphics use hi-resolution. Click on "HIT" to use the weapon ics to put the game into another Your view of the house's rooms is in your band, or "AIM" to use a category than other 3D haunted quite realistic, from the detail in weapon you need to guide and house games on the market. the wood panels to the computer shoot. I found that the best Discovery is a major thrust of rendered monsters. This ultra method for handling combat is to Legacy, which will thrill players realistic view could have been used avoid it until you have a weapon who want to figure out everything to really scare the pants off players, that is powerful enough for the for themselves. I liked the game a but Legacy's monsters are very situation. Othe:rwise, you'll just lot, but I see it's one that's going strange and exaggerated, in many lose too many Health points. to take some time to complete ways like those of 7th Guest. While Accuracy and Magic Strength are and fully enjoy. It will certainly the monsters may detract from the also depicted with bars, so you stay on my hard drive until I do realism, the overall impression is must truly build up characters to and I discover all the secrets of very positive. The digitized sound higher levels before they're really the inherited Winthrop mansion. effects and spooky music reinforce useful, as in most RPGs. Although ll the game's visuals and will delight the game system may have too horror fans who want yet another Skill Level: Intermediate many elements for some players, it haunted house game to play. Company: Micro Prose is really quite unobtrusive and Conclusions: Legacy is a lot better Price: $59 intuitive to conrrol. than I thought it would be when I QuestBusters price: $54

The phone may be your most important tool. You look up L.A. IAW phone numbers in your phone list (included with your documenta Why would anyone want to play a glamorizes the law practice - tion as copy protection) and call game about being a lawyer? I can which makes for better gaming various people to assist you in see being an intergalactic merce than authenticity. trial preparation. After you've nary, a spellcasting wizard or a Your job is to win cases. Win gathered enough information, you general on the battlefield - but enough, and you become a can choose to proceed to trial, playing a game about being a partner. If only it were so easy in where you present an opening lawyer is a bit puzzling, since there real life! You begin with a simple argument. You can select an are so many people out there vehicular homicide: your client is opening argument from a list of today unhappily living as lawyers. accused of running another driver possible "angles," and as your For whatever reason, Capstone off the road. In preparing for the ·opponent begins to examine bas come out with an IBM graphic case, you can consult with other witnesses, you can move for a adventure based on the hit lawyers at the firm, make phone directed verdict, object and do all television series LA. Law . You calls and interview witnesses, or those neat lawyer-things you see play one of three new associates: spend time in the library research on television. If you've gathered Victor Sifuentes, Jonathan Rollins ing legal theories. Spending time enough evidence and present it or Abby Perkins. Since real-life in the library yielded very little in properly, you win the case. If not, law firms are notoriously bad the game, but a new associate your client and your law firm is about hiring minorities and would - in real life - spend all very disappointed in you. women, this is the first cue that her time there! Graphics are very simple and this game imitates art, not life. limited. Your office consists of a And like the hit series, the game Continued on page 14 with open door spells (must have enough magi<: skill to do it, if doesn't work fust time, try again f'~rt'h floor: ~ casting highest power level). G~tt~ral With demon statues from level With five Chinese coins (from one (the entry in the glass case: Always cast body and magic asylum), put four in the four shoot the case), level two (the protection spells before combat. slots around the central chamber numbered rooms), and level If you can't win, or take too walls (removes walls). Pick up three, put each statue on its much damage, avoid the foe. the four coins now on the floor pedestal in the Room of Power, and put all five coins in five removing all crab creatures by bowls (calls the Karcist: make first floor casting Flames of Desolation on sure you have heart from third Get bony arm from the far each statue. With Hand of Gloiy floor). Make no deals with the northwest room where tentacle (from level three) lit and held in Karcist; destroy his heart instead. creature roams - it is especially your hand, you can bypass the If you don't have the heart, you made to kill zombies on the fust formless blobs on this level. Put can kill him the hard way using floor. Never kill tentacle creatures; um (from basement two) and ghetto blaster and your weapons avoid them. Use green gem from short sword (from dungeon) on (ghetto blaster must be turned on the second floor in the hollow of samurai memorial pedestal and repaired with tool kit). In painting in entry. Restore lights (blessing swords, which make telescope room, open skylight on all floors by using tool box/ great weapons). Use metal and have astrolabe (from dun electrical kit on power boxes. crescent (basement 2) on half geon) when looking through Don't wony about a light source. crescent in room with samurai telescope (removes floating god You can see fairly well without armor, getting it. In "right," "left" from dungeon entrances). light until the caves, when you'll and "back" rooms, you must enter alcoves by moving into have a light spell. Bas~m~ttt Ott~ them from those directions (example: room with "back" Wear bullet-proof vest Gevel 2) ~c0ttb floor plate you must move into and cany rifle or other ranged Kill the flying demons with guns. backwards in order to get object). weapon when entering stairs on Kill the ghosts with holy water. A Samurai mask (temple), shuriken far NE corner of level 1. Hide ghost tells you to destroy (third floor), and jade talisman behind alcoves as you approach Melchior's picture. Find portrait (dungeon): you must find the man with the shotgun, stepping and use can of oil on it, then light plates and place them on the out, taking your shot, and it (:removes all ghosts from level). pedestals in order to get the stepping back in until he's In numbered rooms, open and objects. Open other rooms by history. With music sheet Gevel enter each in order (1-6); get the casting open door spells. 1), go to organ room and use statue from the last. Open Door 7 sheet on organ (opens portal). To in main hall, freeing reporter. enter east room, you must free all fift'h floor: T~mpl~ skeletons from their rooms and Enter floor through swinging Thirb floor: Asljl~m kill them with the shotgun (or chain room behind portrait in anything else you can find). You Kill flying things with guns, entry. Enter portal when chains can permanently remove them swords or blunt instruments. To are moving apart, or you'll take using the bags of grave dust on get past invisible barrier, wear damage. Kill mummies with them when they're dormant. crazy lady's straightjacket. Use katana or ranged weapons. To toolkit on safe, opening secret avoid damage from "E" symbols passage to central asylum. Open on walls, wear ritual robes; but if B~m~tttTwo other doors with remote control you just don't face them, it's Entering stairs off of entry or in or electrical kit (you can't open better to wear samurai armor to middle oflevel 1, use ranged doors nailed shut). Kill fireballs take less damage in fights with weapons or katana on devil dogs. with fire extinguisher. mummies. Open locked doors With mirror (dungeon), and

10 meteorite (caves), use mirror on light beam in room with glowing skull. Adjust mirror (raising column of stone) and put meteor AVEN'T GOT ACLUE? ite in column (creating Key of ow about this Agla). You can kill the pois_o~n --+ one-though elves with weapons, but it's it's too late to probably easier to avoid them. If save major you 're poisoned you can cast a u with an advance healing spell or drink some holy order for QuestBlisters: water. In room where you can't The Book of Clues, you move from fright, you can go can still save by ordering sideways around room. To get directly from us. Instead out of one-way rooms, go to wall of the $18.95 suggested with rune (with rune from level 1) store price, you can get and cast dimensional rift spell. the book for a mere Enter portal (save), then enter $16.95. This includes different portal cubes until you Book Rate shipping to get to a level you recognize. USA and APO address; for 2nd Day Priority, 'Dl.ttt5e011s add $3. Standard To enter dungeons, stand on shipping rates apply to trapdoor in basement two, or use overseas ordeIS. Challenge of the Five Realms stairs from basement two after Cobra Mission properly using telescope in Might & Magic: Darkside of temple. Use shotgun with rock Alone in the dark Amazon Xeen & World of Xeen salt on slugs. North section of Daughter of Serpents dungeon: use sword or 44 Batman Returns Day of the Tentacle magnum on flying demons. BetrayalatKrondor Bloodstone Dusk of the Gods Caves Blue Force Eric the U nready Bureaucracy Eye of the Beholder 3 Use katana on octopus priests. Freddy Pharkas Ring gong to open passageway Gobliins 2 south. Wearing the golden tore cubes on the ethereal plane, or (from basement one) walk Hollywood Hijinx by going to the southern exit in through secret wall and pass Inca the caves and stepping off the Melchior (won't touch you if Koshan Conspiracy cliff (with jade talisman from you're wearing the tore). Most sea Lure of the Temptress museum). Avoid floating cubes demons will let you pass. You can Magic Candle 3 (they teleport you out of astral kill them with sword, but it's not Protostar plane), and kill fireballs with fire necessary. In room with jeweled extinguisher or katana. Realms of Arkania dome, use crystal flute (temple) To pass the invisible barrier you Return of the Phantom to break dome and take meteorite must have the Eye of Agla Rex Nebular (will take damage if grabbing it (basement two) in your hand. Ringworld when columns are electrified). Before entering fake wall found in Space Quest 5 SE part of maze, make sure Star Control II £t'hereal Platte health and magic points are at The Prophecy You can get here by entering any maximum. Save and prepare a Ultima VII Part 2: Serpent Isle dimensional portal. couple spells (Flames of Desola Ultima Underworld 2 tion works best) using maximum Veil of Darkness Astral Platte power levels. Enter fake wall and Waxworks rapid fire those spells (must have The only way to get here is from Zork Zero (from Last Trearures 2) the ethereal plane. You can guess golden tore and eye of Agla in your way here by trying different possession) to defeat Belgeroth (this will take several tries). M

11 one character around is very lute that can be used to increase dangerous: the group often takes Realms of Arbttfa minstrel skill. Once the skill is high their own route rather than the one Going from Thoss to Liskor. you enough, you can make lots of you chose, and the group route 'h'ill will see a monument to an Ore money by barding at any inn. Use get them killed more frequently. God Use a raft, cross the river and the practice lute and barding to C. F. Shaffer, F.]. Philipp, Al destroy it, and the Gods will favor improve the skill. C. Giovetti you. In Babson Hostel, Grimm bets In Thoss, Ysma Thinmarsdotter you can't make him laugh. If you Rrnfrn of~ l'hatttom have talked to Sumani, click on the will tell you where to find a map The Catacombs: (Directions are for fragment. She lives in the house "Sumani joke" keyword and a fourth challen~g mode; you follow across the street from the "Lusty button will pop up. Hit it to get 80 almost same route for Novice mode Bull" Inn. She will also refer you to gold. but get to switch panel much more Hjore Ahrensson and Umbrick Talk to Devon in the Strangers quickly. Also, there are no more Sevenstones. Ysma will tell you Tavern in Eggley, and use this catacombs after the switch panel in about the Dark Mage. keyword to talk to the acolyte at the Novice mode.) N. E. E. N. N. E. E. C. F. Shaffer Temple; then talk to "Snake Eyes" E. E. W (at Lake). W. N. N. W. N. Spitzer at Tom's Tavern in W. N. E. E. S. E. E (far side of lake). Tanneurs. Spend the night at Tom's B~tra~al at Krottbor E. E.N. Tavern and run into the Collector; Vital side quests: click on the Paul Shaffer Ganison at LaMut to learn of the you will automatically send him to Grey Waniors and the stolen ruby. justice. The priestess will reward Talk to the Ganison and Sumanim you. Also kill the Quegian Mercenar Vltima 7: s~rp~ttt lsfo who tells you to seek out Keifer ' ies camped outside the Temple of Cheat menu: after booting by Alescook in house four in Loriel. He Silben. typing "serpent pass", push Alt 1 will tell you about Issac, which To stop the assassination or Alt 6 for a sound test. Alt 3: activates the "Isaac Stolen Gem" attempts on Gorath, see farmer choose a number, press enter and click somewhere for visual effects. word. You must return the ruby to Rowe and take shelter in his barn Alt 4: casts Vibrate without using learn that Makala makes secret southeast of the Temple of Silban. This leads to Nago, who, if killed, reagents, mana or spell book F8 payment to Delekhan. allows you to read any scroll, allows the Priests in Sung to sleep In the side quest at the Mac plaque, sign, tomb or book The and will remove most assassins. You Mordain Cadall mines, enter the key left of 1 and above TAB lets can also be fully cured in the pit in the second level. Kobolds will you select status of any NPC. trade ten extra health points for each Temple. suit of Grey Armor. Cross the river In the side quest involving The Create Item menu: 336 = west of Tyr-sog and search the Chanty, a fisherman, you must visit light. 340 = healing potion. 383 Dwarvian battleground. Get the his house to trigger the Black Slayer = helm of courage. 440 = armor (on west side of the river event. Ifyou talk to Devon, mention spotlight. 445 = empty soul south of the bridge) and return ~o the graveyard. A ma~cian will be prism. 456 = flux analyzer. 467 = the Kobolds. 01ris may only wmk in found dead near a crystal trap. He king's savior. 551 =fire sword. Chapter 2 or 3.) has a key; if you use it on the right 559 = a serpent tooth. 604 = Brother Jeremy, in the house house you will get a horn of Algon glass sword 547 = magic sword. 555 = serpentjawbone. 587 = east ofYabon on a side road going Kokoon. ma~c boots. south, wants you to investigate an Chris Payne extra box near the Six Sisters hills Crystal traps: to survive traps, west of Hawk's Hollow and south press "G" and walk between the Monitor: Furnace is east, outside of the road. The reward is a copy of gd.d lines. Use the "R" key to rest Monitor walls. Strip charaaers of Bird Migrations; study it to raise all when a solving trap, so only one all but weapons and bags \\ith skill levels permanently. character has to solve it. In most trap puzzles, walking more than torches so they can survive the The shop in Tyr-sog has a practice heat. Serpent Staff and Serpent

12 Crown are NW of this area. Pick Great Western Tower: (2) Kalindra's Castle: on level three up bodies of pikemen, exchange Great Southern Tower: (2) south of royal bedroom chamber is for monetari in crematorium. the mirror portal. Activate it, and Great Eastern Tower: (2) you can use the mirror portals on Th~ S-wmm0ttitt5 Great Northern Tower: (2) the darkside. East of mirror portal, When discarding unwanted items, Giant King (2): Dl; 10, 5 walk through wall to barrels. don't just drop them. Place them Queen's Brew: permanent + 10 Personality; Knight's Brew: in the character's hand and hit the Skill Locations permanent 10 Might "throw" icon. This builds up hi Swimming: Castleview + Lisa Reagan throwing skills faster. When Cartography: Castleview creating characters, use the direct allocation method from pool. Try Pathfinder: Castleview Th~ BloobstOtt~ for a pool of at least 100 and Navigation: Sandcaster Building a ship: to complete the allocate a score of 20 in every Prestidigitation: Sandcaster quest, you must build a boat and attribute but accuracy, which you travel to Rhorkhad Castle Entemar can ignore for the most part. Linguistics: Sandcaster on Ilaka.5ek, and use the word Joe Semanick Merchant: Sandcaster "Togamak" to open the Door and Bodybuilding: Sandcaster sewer get the·Khamalkhad. (Rhorkhad DarkSibe of Xc~tt the dwarf God lives in the upper Armsmaster: Castle Kalindra chambers of the Ice Caves.) It will Keys and passes to: Danger Sense: Castle Kalindra Castleview: tent outside Castleview take most of the game to arrive at Astrology: Castle Kalindra this point. You will have to use a Sandcaster: Vespar, B-3; 7,1 Spot Secret Door: Cornelius, E-4; teleportal to go to Norw ("Henta Otali-Dunha"). You arrive at 035 x Lakeside: Geoffrey in Sandcaster 5, 12 Necropolis: chest in NW Lakeside 044. Norw is at 17, 12. At the Mountaineering: Freda, B-2; 13, 14 clothing store on the second level Ellinger's Tower: Nadia in Prayermaster: Lakeside sewer of the cliff, he will sell you canvas. Castleview Mike Prero Buy it and go to 100 x 029 on the Temple of Bark: Nibbler, B-4; 3, 12 edge of the mountain to find a Great Western Tower: top enrrance To enter southern sphinx, level 2, telepon house. of Sky Road answer Picard Don't pay for clues Use "Henta-Aster-Otalia" and from either candle on level 2. telepon to 155 x 144. Go to Great Southern Tower: Thaddeus, Greatpyramid: to light all six Denatrius' Camp at 130x102. F-4; 6, 7 torches on level one (you must gain Save the game. Make sure your Great Eastern Tower: chest in SE · enrrance to level two), pull all levers party's leader has the Gold Needle, Sandcaster on level one. Lever 1 is behind canvas, boards and hammer in his Great Northern Tower: Bosco, D- Information Room through VJSitor's possession, then listen to 1; 1, 8 Ani:um. Lever 2 is behind Denatrius' story and offer him Isle of Lost Souls: Demitri, 2nd Overseer's Office. Lever 3 is next to 3,000 gold (If other party mem floor Castle Kalindra stairs, bottom left tunnel. The other bers ar~ holding any of the items, three are through the right bottom he will simply take your gold.) The Dragon Tower: Castle Alamar passage. In top right passage, bash ship will be constructed Castle Blackfang: meet Ambrose door and bottom, then pull this C. F. Shaffer there after completing his quest lever to open a treasure room. Dungeon of Death: Sandro in Leave lever room, go east, then This month contributors ] oe Necropolis south to lots of gold Semanick and Lisa Reagan were randomly selected to receive In great pyramid there is a statue Energy Disk Locations that says total dates and minus 32: the game of their choice - so in & Gremlin King (3): Castleview the answer is 1701, which is the send your clues tips Starfleet Registry Number NCC that today. (All submissions be Castle Kalindra (6): 2nd floor come property of Eldritch, is asked for. Ogre Compound (2): D-3; 11, 5 LID until May 12, 2317 A. D.) BllAC f ~wcc ... fron11 LA L'\w ... fron1 9 coast of]ackson Beach. Marina Sirtis, Counselor Troii of telephone and case file; click on the Next Generation, during show these with your mouse to use Graphics and interface hours at their booth. They seIVed either. Click on the door to go Graphics are hand-drawn 256- blue Romulan ale in collector's into the hallway, and click on color VGA, with digitized photos glasses while Sirtis spoke to the another office door to consult of interactive characters popping crowd. A real nice affair! Dynamix your colleagues. Each person is up in a window when you ques hosted a party at the Chicago represented with a digitized tion them. Your smoothly ani Museum of Science and Indusny television still, while your conver mated character walks around the for Aces Over Europe and their sation follows the "choose the limited number of locations. There submarine simulator, Grau Wolfe. I question from the menu" pattern are only a few areas of scrolling. had the pleasure of chatting with made familiar by games like Ultima Ray Feist and Sound effects are digitized and (Betrayal at Krondor) VII. You can leave the office to add a sense of realism, especially hanging out with all those party visit opposing counsel, go to the when shooting a gun. The original ing Sierra and Dynamix people. police station or head to trial. music is good, but not extensive. Last stop was the Park West All in all, the graphics are fairly night club, where Interplay had Then again, neither are the an non-descript. Nor is the sound number of locations. The recently all-star rock band that included better - the music sounds like a released CD version even features members oflron Butterfly, cheap imitation of the LA. Law an interview with Walls. Sugarloaf and Rare Earth as well as theme music. Apparently, Spencer Davis himself. The party Capstone's lawyers could not get Blue interface marked Interplay's lOth Anniver the rights to the real theme music. sary. While Accolade might have Maybe they should have played The interface is point and click had the best party, Interplay had LA. Law a few times before getting and presents a novel approach to the best band and most people. on their phones. game management. When you And the Clayfighter masks were Gameplay is fairly limited. All right-click on your mouse, an cute. (Some Interplay people you need to do is talk to the right Action Menu represented by a turned them into Brian Fargo people as quickly as possible (you police badge is brought up. masks.) The highlight of the only have a limited time before Clicking on the badge allows you evening was getting to see and your trial, as opposed to the year to Walk, Look, Touch or Talk. A hear In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida played long delays in the real coun click on Tsunami lets you Save, live! The long version! system), so the game is linear. Restore and handle other chores. LA. Law proved to be rather This novel approach adds a degree Saturday night

14- 2 or 3, The Summoning, Legends of Will buy, 3' only: Star Trek 25th with clue Valor. Mark Lain, 4518 Pine St, fil•SIQJ book. Daryl Dally, 621 N Wakefield St, Hammond IN 46327 Arlington VA 22203 FrtJB ads fir members only. 10 Trade/sell: Elvira 2, *Darkland (Version 7), adventures per ad, original Trade only: Loom, Altered Destiny, *Four Crystals of Trazere, *Treasures of Prophecy, KQ 2, 3 and 4, Spellcasting 201, Savage Frontier. $18 each, includes $3 saflwa'8 will boxes only. * = Heimdal, Monkey Island 1, Amazon, postage). T. Dauer, 1816 Lynvale Lane, due book included. *Quest for Glory 3, Gobliiins, Inca, Martian Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Memorandum, Inca, Conan the Cimmerian. Joe Semanick, 303 Hill St, Trade/sell: any CD or new RPGs. Sell, 3', ANY FORMAT Bridgeville PA 15015 $22 each: Star Control 2, Crusaders of Want Deadline and Starcross with boxes Dark Savant, Veil of Darkness. King's and all original goodies. Any computer $20 or less each: Dagger of Amon Ra, Quest 5 CD, $19. Eye of Beholder 3, $25. format. Jack Schlea, 3179 W 14th Ave, Terminator, Manhunter 1 & 2, Colonel's Pete Gedzyk, 502 S. Brookwood Tr, Eugene OR 97 402 I Bequest, more. Send SASE for list. G. McHenry IL 60050 Onuschak, 301 Stanton St, Dupont PA ' APPLE 18641-1342 Trade/sell, $25 each: *Dark Savant, *Ultima 7 with Forge, *Underworld 1 & Sell: dozens of adventures & others for II Trade: Amazon, Lure of Temptress, Indy & *2. Fabio Fernandez Jr, 3438 Bertha Dr, and GS, great prices. Most include hints Atlantis, Sea Rogue, Dagger of Amon Ra, Baldwin NY 11510 or solutions. Will also buy or trade for King's Quest 5 & 6. Want (3' or 5', must Moonmist, Plundered Hearts, have box): Dark Half, Return of Phantom, Sell only, 5', $25 each: King' Quest 6 Crimestopper, Uninvited (GS), Larry (GS), Eric the Unready, Conspiracy, Deadlock VGA, Indy and Fate VGA $20 each: Police Quest 2 (GS) and others. Write now Ries, Curse of Enchantia, Veil of Darkness. Conquests of Longbow VGA, Quest for for prices and list. Shipping included. Have others to trade 3 for 1. Edward Carr, Glory 2 EGA, Larry 1 VGA, Indy & Last Bradley Mogol, 1 Midsummer Dr, Old 216 Shaner St, Boyertown PA 19512. Crusade VGA. More. David Young, 698- Bridge NJ 08857 975 Gold Run Rd, Susanville CA 96130 Sell/trade: 3' Ultima Underworld 2, $30. 5' MSDOS I Quest-allkes Civilization, $25. Sound Blaster Pro w/midi Trade/sell, 3', $20 each: Monkey Island 2, Ultima 6, $25. More. Mike Prero, 12659 interface, $160 or offer. Want Koshan Island of Dr. Brain. $15 each: Castle of Eckard Way, Auburn CA 95603 Conspiracy, X-Wing. Rich Thomsen, 114 E Dr. Brain, Secret Island of Dr. Quandary, 7th ST, Sumner IA 50674 Loom. Want Willy Beamish, Fool's Errand Sell/trade, $15 each: Veil of Darkness, hint book. Jeff Skonier, 2417 Oakland Dr, Elvira 2, Prophecy of the Shadow, Planefs Sell/trade: *Quest for Glory 1, Space Quest Norristown PA 19403 Edge, The Summoning. $10 each: 4 and *5, King's Quest *5 and 6, Police Colonel's Bequest, Heimdal. Magic Candle Quest *1 and three, Island of Dr. Brain, Trade/sell, 3', $30 each or $80 for all: 2, $12. Challenge of 5 Realms, $20. R. A Dagger of Amon Ra, * AD&D Adventures, *Quest for Glory 1, *Space Quest 4, Rosenberg, 79 E Post Rd, White Plains NY Buck Rogers 1, Willy Beamish CD. Want: *King's Quest 5. *Police Quest 1 3' and 10601 Larry 2, Quest for Glory 3 and 4, Police Wizardy 5 5', $35 for both. Fellowship of Quest 4, Oil's Well. TSN mailbox# 68890. Ring, Arctic Antics, Witness: 5', $10 for $20 each: Dark Seed, Ultima 6 or *7, Greg Wright, 63 Furnace Trail S, HR 1 Box all. $2 each: Police Quest 2 hint book, Magic Candle 2, Ultima 7B. Forge of 648, Greenwood NY 10925 Robin Hood hint book. Greg Wright, 63 Virtue, $15. Chris Carlucci, 412 Clearview Furnace Trail S, HR 1 Box 648, Green- Dr, Los Gatos CA 95030 Will trade any two for Spellcasting 301 or wood NY 10925 Gateway: Rise of Dragon, Martiam $25 each: Clouds of Xeen, DarkSide of Memorandum, *Magic Candle 2, *Eye of Trade/sell, $10 each: Out of this World Xeen, Ultima 6, *Dark Savant. Will trade Beholder 2, Megatraveller 1, Twilight 2000, (both sizes), Future Wars 5'. $15 each: for Challenge of 5 Realms. Georgina Fountain of Dreams, Floor 13, Heart of Colonel's Bequest, Clue (both 3'), Martian Jankay, 809 Hatcher St, Montgomery AL China. Paul Kmosena, 5837 Emstan Hills, Memorandum 5' HO $20 each: Willy 36109 Racine WI 53406 Beamish, M & M 3, Indy Atlantis (all 3' HO). Prices negotiable. Want (CD if Will pay reasonable price for original Trade: Amazon, Lure ofTemptress, Indy possible): Dagger of Amon Ra, King's Wasteland. Greg Zeschuk, 14827 - 45 and Fate, Sea Rogue, Dagger of Amon Ra, Quest 6 (CD only), Loom (CD only), M & Ave, Edmonton Alberta, Canada T6H 5R4 King's Quest 5 & 6. Want (3' or 5', must M: Darkside of Xeen, Quest for Glory 3 have box): Dark Half, Return of Phantom, and 4, Space Quest 4 (CD only), Space Trade: *Dark Savant, Magic Candle 2, Eric the Unready, Conspiracy, Deadlock Quest 5, any CD adventures or mysteries. Might & Magic 3 and 4, Savage Empire, Ries, Curse of Enchantia, Veil of Darkness. Michael Robitaille, 9749 Page Rd, more. Want: Ultima Underworld 2, Have others I'll trade 3 for 1. Edward Carr, Streetsboro OH 44241 Serpent Isle, Eye of Beholder 3, Magic 216 Shaner St, Boyertown PA 19512 Candle 3, more. Claude Brouillette, 725 - Sell\trade, 3" HO, I pay shipping, no box, 1845 Baseline Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, Sell, $20 or less each: Dagger of Amon Ra, $23 each: Alone in Dark, Challenge of 5 Canada K2C 3K4 Terminator, Manhunter 1 & 2, Colonel's Realms, Simlife. $15 each: KGB, Monkey Bequest, more. G. Onuschak, 301 Stanton Island 2. Want Betrayal. B. S. Kuo, 1211 $20 each: Alone in DArk, Gateway, St, Dupont PA 18641-1342 Hamida Ct, San Jose CA 95120 ll Ringworld, Uftima 6, Challenge of 5 Realms, Realms of Arkania. $25 each: Sell/trade: M & M 4, Ambush at Sorinor, DarkSide of Xeen, Serpent Isle. Sandra Crusaders of Dark Savant, *Magic Candle Poynor, 10 Adams Rd, Hanscom AFB MA 2, more. Want M & M 5, Veil of Darkness, 01731 Darklands Master Edition, Quest for Glory

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