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Contents Ignition and Following Authentic Pointing to Where Police Procedures in the Adventure Road Th~ Abvmtwr~r·s )OMnta1 Vol.X,#8 Septemkr. 1993 Not sold in stores 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.
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