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t ue~!~~~stersTM- ~ Vol. vrn,#3 March, 1991 $2:50 CinemaWare sale sunk, company still djlQat t was the best of times, major projects was so high, on MSDOS. It's supposed to nine titles that went I it was the worst of times we couldn't do it with a staff . have over 100 worlds, Platinum, three were quest - it was the computer our size. desigtl and interface oriented games: Bard's Tale games industry. It was "All our sales are fine," enhancements, and three (407,000), Starjlight CinemaWare and Jacobs says, refuting rumors former employees in each (264,000) and Populous MicroProse "retrenching" by of impending bankruptcy box. Also produced at (292,000). freeing a total of 55 and a garage sale at his Paragon is Twilight 2000, employees from the burden house next Tuesday. "We another pencil and paper Railroad Tycoon: and pain of having to show have five computer games in RPG converted for MSDOS. The Book up at work every day. production for Amiga and A post-WW3 scenario, it is QB publisher and "real Neither company attributes mM, and five videogames." expected this spring. railfan" Shay Addams has the actions to declining HecallsCW The Amiga version of Bane written his first game book software sales. "nondenominational, " of the Cosmic Forge arrived, that's not about a quest. His meaning they'll support all in ye official box (we saw strategy boOk on Railroad the videogame machines. Dirty Dancing dozens of beta versions). Tycoon is on the way from CW cut loose 25 employees, SSI's Mac version of Azure Firings at CinemaWare Osborne-McGraw Hill, so · of which 14 were in product followed several Bonds also showed up. accept no soybean substitute. development, "mostly in unsuccessful attempts to sell (Addams is so far the only multi-media," leaving a staff the company. First Columbia Ceccola on cable person to beat the game at of about 15. (the motion picture Ace QB reviewer Russ 100% while blindfolded, company, not the South Ceccola will soon be basing all his moves solely American country) MicroProse opens haunting you on TV too. He on the sound effects.) approached CinemaWare, Mideast office just signed up to do the but that deal dissipated after Meanwhile, on the East games segment on Software Collectors item several months of talks. Coast, MicroProse released Review, a cable show. (We Then, says Bob Jacobs, Origin will not be reprinting 35 hostages from their work tried to convince them to the first volume of Quest for CW president, Electronic stations, mainly from the call it The Pe,e Wee Ceccola Clues, so this will soon Arts tried to buy the coin-op, marketing, sales, Show, but no go.) become a collector's item. company. So they danced and play test departments, You can, however, obtain with EA awhile, but plus a few from the Sierra delays copies of individual ultimately - though EA's "warehouse." CD-ROM package solutions directly from key people, including Tripp This was due to poor sales QuestBusters. See page two Hawkins, favored the deal of a·coin-op arcade machine June is the new target date for Sierra's $750 "multi for details. - the board of directors based on one of their flight turned it down. (That's what simulators. With the war media" board that will have happens when you go going full blast, MicroProse CD-ROM capability, a public: you might make a sales (especially their jet Sound Blaster and other 'next year's state of the art' bundle on stock, but lose fighter simulations) have 2: Adventure Road control of your own actually soared. features. They'll wait and 3: Lord of the Rings I company.) reconfigure it for fully 5: The Prognosticator Jacobs says they realized New quests coming compatibility with 6: Russ reports on CES Microsoft's "Level Two last year the company would This month, 8: DarkSpyre Multimedia Standards." have to cut back, due to the synchronistically enough, 9: Walkthru: Dark high cost of developing press releases arrived Heart of Uukrul. pt 2 technology that hasn't yet heralding two imminent Adventures still #1 10: Tunnels & Trolls paid for itself because games releases by MicroProse. Electronic Arts just 11: Spellcasting 101 employing it haven't reached MegaTraveller II: Questfor announced they have sold 13: Keys to ye Kingdom the market. "And the cost of the Ancients is set for April over 15 million games since 15: starting up in 1982. Of the Shay Addams' TM No more Apple games Several times a week, people write Letters Adventure Road QB to express their outrage that the to the industry is no longer supporting Editor Before passing along the latest batch Apple. Most stopped doing Apple of rumors, I am compelled by the games because of the machine's canons_of Ethical Journalism to report limited memory and graphics Dear QuestBusters: at least one fact: other magazines capabilities. Many users have Assuming a lot of subscribers are on don't publish rumors. At best, they upgraded their machines, but Prodigy, maybe you could put publish press releases that haven't compatibility problems with the people's ID numbers in Swap Shop been typed up and mailed to the assorted hardware brands still bar the ads to speed up contacting them. magazines yet, and call them rumors. way for new Apple games. Norman Hughes S.o when you read a "rumor" If it's any consolation, game somewhere else, you can be SUJ,ie it's companies are suffering as a result. Ok. we'll give it a shot. CIS and Many people with C64s and Apples, GEnie members. do the same. !lle~e~y information the company or mdivIdual wanted to publicize u~able to upgrade to an mM, get anyway. Often a company will vIdeogame machines. That deprives Your decision to eliminate previews " reward" an edit or or reviewer. by developers of an entire market of is a good idea, but I very much enjoy giving them such news before consumers, one that generated steady your in-depth reviews. Don't change releasing it to the competitiofi. But if not spectacular, sales. ' them. But put the coded clues back not in QB, where we publish all the With CD-ROM appearing on the inU like to get only perhaps that one rumors that fit (though I have to file horizon as next year's "must have" word or clue at a time. down the comers on a few to make piece of hardware, the chances of Jim Hale them fit). ' upgrading to an MSDOS system will And that's not all. The inSidious recede into the distance. Already, you Thanks for getting rid of the coded computer games industry even has an need a VGA adaptor and monitor, a clues in Keys to the Kingdoms and underground system, LEAKFAX third-party sound board, and a mouse the walkthrus. It always drove me dedicated to supporting this nefarious to get the most from an mM games. crazy having to decode them. Larry Dempsey ~smission of "rumors" to "journalists." When someone has a Quest for Clues I story they want "leaked" to the media, Yes, it's history. But you can still get I just read a terrific article in a back they transmit it via LEAKFAX. genuine photocopies of solutions issue, "Death in Adventure Games: is (Considering the way things have from the book, available exclusively it really necessary?" I was extremely been going lately in the industry, from QB. They are $2 each. Postage pleased to see a "commentary" type LEAKFAX may soon be followed by is included on USA and APO/FPO article in QB and would love to see RESUMEFAX.) orders. Canada: send fifty cents extra more from truly literate people with for the first one, fifty cents extra for valid points and opinions. Globo Strikes each additional pair of solutions. Joe Terwilliger Since QB isn't wired into the Overseas: same formula as Canada LEAKFAX network, this one but a dollar instead of fifty cents. ' Ok, Ken St. Andre and others are qualifies as a genuine rumor. Seems In case you missed one, available busy sharpening their points for that Allen Vamey Games is on the soluti~ns are: Amnesia, Rambo, future essays, commentaries and verge of licensing Gloho, and may LabyrInth, Ballyhoo, Roadwar 2000 "think pieces" on adventuring. have a five-cartridge deal with Bard's Tale 1 & 2, Lurking Horror, ' Nintendo. Borrowed Time, Space Quest, Spellbreaker, Might & Magic, Road Commander Rolls On Bureaucracy, Destiny, Stationfall, QuestBusters" One of last month's rumors said Moebius, Goldfinger, Universe 2, The The Adventurers' Journal Origin is doing a game based on the Pawn, Voodoo Island, Wrath of Editor: Shay Addams Mad Max character in Road Warrior. Denethenor, Phantasie 1,2 & 3, Managing Editor: Dora McCormick Turns out they're not seeking such a Hollywood Hijinx, Fractured Faebles, News Editor: Nuyu license, though Chris Roberts is Indiana Jones Revenge of the Contributing Editors: Stephen King, working on Road Commander, a Ancients, King's Quest 2, AutoDuel Ken St. Andre, AI Giovetti, Rich follow-up to Wing Commander. (A Rings of Zilfin, Leather Goddesses, ' Heimlich, Bernie Yee, Russ Ceccola, . fresh rumor says the next sequel will Shadow gate, Shard of Spring, Steven Payne, Bruce E. Wiley, Brian Mercenary, Breakers, Brimstone, Star ~ ~cudd Commander.) It will employ Smith, Duffy, This Reviewer sImilar technology in a post WW3 Trek 2, The Mist, Moonmist, Essex story. Trinity, Ultima 4, Gunslinger, High' QuestBusters is published monthly by Stakes, View to a Kill, Wizard's Casey Jones. Annuals subs: $19 Quest for Clues III: The Bug Crown, Nine Princes in Amber Three regular, $24 for 1st Class. Canada The apparent flaw in the Bad Blood Princes in Corduroy, Neverencting $26, Int'! $36 (both in US funds). solution, mentioned last month, is Story, and Tass Times in Tonetown. Textual contents Copyright Eldritch, apparently not a bug after all. A LTD., 1991. All Rights Reserved. letter from another subscriber says so, Renewals: check the mailing label on Copying without express permission anyway. Now we're just waiting for this issue and renew if it's due to is prohibited and punishable by letter number three .... expire soon. Special thanks to casting an "mM into Apple" spell on Michael Metzger for his recent five your computer. year renewal. Best Quest ofye Month: Lord of the Rings

several attempts at computer the Ring when Bilbo found it. playing. You must be very careful S games based upon J. R. R. which eight skills you choose. And Tolkien's classic fantasy works The quest commences you also have to leave open spots for have preceded this one. Some were The Fellowship of the Ring begins spells, skills and items as you travel, fair, some were bad, and all failed with Frodo inheriting the ring from lest you not have room to acquire an miserably at capturing the chimeric Bilbo when Bilbo disappears. Gandalf essential item, spell or skill due to the imagination of Tolkien and the wizard warns Frodo that Sauron lack of an open slot. . transferring it to electronic media may know of the Ring, and that it Lord has no character generation Finally, someone has done the old should be destroyed in Mount Doom. routine. Instead, you recruit pre-rolled boy justice by creating a game worth The story continues as the nr---r.~'r-""'~~-- playing. hobbit travels east to meet new Volume One is based upon the frrst friends and find adventure on of h

QuestBusters 5 Best quests at CES, and exclusive party update

s usual, the Winter CBS was in The Deadlock Files will flnally be the mouse for the fust time. Add "sin city," Las Vegas, from released in 1991. The game puts you scaled monsters, and speech and AJanuary 10-13, 1991. There were in the role of an ordinary citizen everyone's happy. plenty of adventures, mostly on the accused of killing a CIA agent. The The Magic Candle II from IBM and Amiga Very few are on the game has an intricate plot and point Mindcraft should be out anytime way for the C64, and assorted and-click interface, but the graphics soon. The most signiflcant conversions will come along are its most interesting feature. Most modiflcations are the ability to truly sometime. I won't make any promises of the scenes are actual digitized split up your party in any way you about release dates, but most of these locations in and around the Big want and control them all .J. games will be out before June. But Apple. Looks captivating. flrst, let's talk about the parties. Accolade is also importing four games from U.S. Gold, one Russ Best party awardsfor 1991 of which should appeal to all of Ceccola, J, Lucasfl1m gets awards for coolest us questbusters. The Gold of the after I party, but Interplay and NEC ran very Aztecs has gruesome graphics sampling close seconds. Depends on your and lots of screens, animation punch at mood, really. NEC's party, and sound to grab you and not Lucasfilm announcing the release of Sherlock let go. Though it appears to be party, tries Holmes for their CD system, took mostly an action game, the adventure elements are more torecaU place in an elegant mansion, where I location of received my very flrst Sherlock than enough to keep you happy. Holmes-type hat andmet some of the next party actors and actresses from the game. I Broderbund independently, the inclusion of a actually got to play the flnished A Macintosh Prince ofPersia is on notepad for scribbling anything you product (a rare occurrence at these the way, but Broderbund has no true need to remember during the game unveilings). Hats off to everyone at adventure games coming out. Watch and the addition of all of the Bohle and Nintendo. for Sports Simulated Boxing, an commands to the game screen. It Then I ventured into Lucas-land. absolute knockout. keeps the spirit of the original alive. These people certainly spend money Finally, SSI has a couple of games on parties. It would have been enough CinemaWare coming out in their AD&D series. to have Darth Vader walking through, Enemy Within is a spy game in Death Knights of Krynn, the sequel to escorted by two storm troopers in which you have a female Champions of Krynn, improves a bit authentic costumes. But it didn't stop partner/buddy and must knock out a on the system. All the menus will there. There was a Vader ice deranged man trying to take over the now be on the screen, the combat sculpture, the band wore Canteen government. The graphics are like graphics are better, and it will support creature masks from Star Wars, a most of their other games, and it most major sound boards. mad scientist's contraption a la looks as if the gameplay will be as The nicest game at CES was Eye of Maniac Mansion towered behind the good as in Came from the Desert. the Beholder. Everything you've bar, and glass cases held the actual heard about this game is true. It takes Yoda, the Millennium Falcon and place entirely in the dungeons more props. And the ftlms were Electronic Arts underneath the AD&D world and is showing in the background. Sue I spent little over an hour checking the fIrst game to use AD&D Second Seserman, take a bow! out EA's affiliated labels - and Edition rules. The graphics are Next was the Interplay party for the paying $1.35 for a can of Diet Coke beautiful, and the monsters can be release of Castles, appropriately held from the CES vendor - what a viewed from any side - depending at the Excalibur Hotel. What a place! ripoff! New World Computing has on how you approach them. Look for I Walking down the halls of the hotel two games that are going to sizzle up this one to be adventure of the year! 4 makes you feel like you're in a game. the sales charts. Planet's Edge puts At the party was yet another ice you in charge of recovering the Earth sculpture. This time it was a castle, after its disappearance, by exploring Interplay and Castles was running on an IBM, over 60 completely unique worlds Interplay was happy to announce while wenches, lords and at least one and flnding pieces of an alien device their status as an independent knight cavorted amongst all the press to restore Earth to our reality. developer and distributor, but even and unfamiliar leeches who were just Graphics are beautiful and speech is happier to show your (by now) there to get taken to the show at the incorporated into the game. thoroughly partying reporter their Excalibur. Now, on to more pressing And Might & Magic III is on the new stuff. The two new ones to look thing: new games! Ha-zaaa! way! With better-looking monsters out for are Castles and Cruise for a and larger graphics than ever, M &M Corpse (not like Toxic Avenger at Accolade III takes the popular system a all). Castles is the fIrst game that Accolade will produce at least two tremendous leap forward. The allows you to build, defend and that I saw at this show. Conspiracy: interface has been cleaned up a lot, campaign around a castle of your own without removing any of the essential design. You don't have to play the ingredients, and the game supports game at all. You can just sit back .and By Russ Ceccola 6 QuestBusters watch the peasants build your attempting to alter historical events. and extremely simple to play: I creat;ion ... but who would stop there? With some very creative time travel picked up on it while the Cruise for a Corpse is not about a puzzles, great graphics, historical demonstrator walked away to get a necrophiliac singles bar. It's a characters and the interface drink. Taking fifteen months of mystery game from Delphine introduced in SpeUcasting 101, there's design time by one person, Captive Software (Future Wars and Stealth no question that Timequest will be a puts you in charge of four droids you Affair) set on a cruise ship. The lot of fun. Look for this company to must use through remote control to variety of views and screens keep it be the next Infocom. break yourself out of prison. refreshing, and the animation and You send them to infiltrate various character drawings look wonderful. Origin bases on planets to get closer and Martian Dreams, the next game in closer to your goal. Their testers take Konami the Worlds of Ultima series, combines about three weeks to finish a game, Never a big adventure company, the best elements of Ultima VI and and it is physically impossible to Konami has one on the way that is Savage Empire in a game set on weird and puzzling. Theme Park Mars, with characters from Castles: a Mystery throws you into all types of Victorian England. You, the strategy lands to search for keys and other Avatar, mustjoumey through game & objects to avenge your uncle's death. time and space to track down The different worlds are creative, and Rasputin, the mad monk, and simulator the gameplay is easy enough for the meet such people as Sigmund with a game to be addictive. Look for this to Freud, Thomas Edison, Teddy fantasy . be a sleeper hit. Roosevelt and a bunch of others theme along the way. It should be a lot Mediagenic of fun and the interface, Though they had no new graphics and sounds are better complete all the scenarios. This one is adventures to show, I am happy to than either of its predecessors. truly a different game every time you report that Mediagenic is back to stay Wing Commander II: Vengeance of play. Looks very promising, as both a computer game and video the Kilrathi takes the game a lot especially with the intuitive interface. game company. Each of the games further - into the realm of movies. that they were showing were well With a VCR interface for putting Spectrum Holobyte made, creative and fun. Now, if together "movies," a lot of speech and Yet another import from they'd only get some adventures sounds, more characters and missions Mirrorsoft, Cadaver is my kind of ready, I'd have more to say. and a cinematic presentation, it game. (Just look at the title.) Cadaver should grab your attention. Designer puts you in the role of Kardoc, a MicroProse Chris Roberts is appropriately happy. knight sent into a castle with five A new adventure from the kings of levels of over 70 rooms each, to track simulation games may surprise a lot Sierra down a mass murderer. of people. Darklands takes place in Not much new to see here, except Billed as an action/arcade game, medieval Germany and uses a menu from Dynamix, but I picked up some Cadaver has a variety of rooms, based system for all choices. The news nonetheless. First of all, Roberta objects and monsters,and the Williams is as endearing a gruesome, colorful graphics certainly Blasting off person as I've always heard. It made me drool. It reminds me a lot of was a pleasure to meet her and for Mars in The Immortal, but with all its features listen to her explain her work multiplied a thousandfold. Martian on the CD version of King's Dreams, Quest V, her current project. Virgin Mastertronic from Origin Right now they're trying to If Spirit of Excalibur kept you busy find local people to audition for for many hours, Vengeance of the voices in the game. There Excalibur will do more of the same. will be no text, and all the In this sequel, the titular sword has graphics will be scanned from -':'~I.-L.-'-.I...I.~"' ______the original art for the game. been stolen and taken to Spain. Using the same interface, you have to game looks very easy to use, and The new interface will remain intact. recover the sword and perform other what is most impressive, is the degree Rise of the Dragon from Dynamix It of realism in the characters, locations should be out by now and is a lot of tasks along the way. looks just as large as the original. and goals. You lead a band of fun to play. The graphics are really Involving more side views and less characters and confront appropriate sharp. Heart of China is still in enemies: covens, dragons, alchemists production. Last bit of news: there historical. locations, Conan uses a and knights. As a new direction for will be no Leisure Suit Larry IV. The similar interface to Excalibur's, but with more action elements. The MicroProse, it looks like they've done series will jump straight to V. It looks graphics are grittier and gameplay a it right. like our favorite nerd misplaced the From Legend Entertainment, one disks for IV! No kidding! little faster, but the epic proportions of the companies MicroProse of the game are still there. Overlord (formerly called Quasar), distributes, Bob Bates brings us Software Toolworks an outer space colonization and Timequest. The second Legend game, Before long, a hit game from conquest game, should be out soon it takes you through nine time zones Europe should be here. Another (see our last CBS report for details). and six geographic locations, trying sleeper hit, Captive is very addictive to undo the work of an evil man It's not a quest, but look out for Space Shuttle. It lets you use every control will fail. And unless you solve the- - objects, inspect character statistics or on the panels of the shuttles and puzzles and advance to the end game, object condition, or activate ~e perfonn missions around the Earth, you will fail. Failure means the activities of the game such as m even with the disastrous Hubble destruction of your people, your combat. I found the keyboard telescope (maybe you can get it to planet and your way of life. interface smooth and efficient. work!). Spyre is a one-character game. Combat is real-time, with no auto Your champion is generated via a combat. As in Dungeon Master, you click icons or press hot keys to Post-games wrap-up standard character generation scheme. You get to choose which hand you activate options like swing, bash, and Well, that's enough for now. As are best with, and your sex. The cast or ready spells. To end combat, you can see, there are hundreds of computer rolls up attributes, which you move away from the foe by hours (and dollars) to be spent in the you can assign, or let the computer do punching cursor keys. coming six months to keep these so. Strength and endurance seem to Arrows and thrown objects move game companies alive and creative. be the most important attributes. through the air and can be dodged. Special thanks to everyone at all the Weapons and related proficiencies Thrown objects rebound off walls and software companies who showed me are divided into seven groups, with come to rest when their momentum is games at the show and kept me away no overlapping of proficiencies. spent; then you can pick them up. In from McDonald's with food and drink Weapons are found on the ground or some situations you can throw the at their suites, parties, etc. bodies of defeated monsters. same object at an opponent Picks of the show are (drum roll, Weapons break, so carry spares. repeatedly simply by picking it up please, Anton): Eye of the Beholder, Like weapons, armor is found in after it falls to the ground. Castles, M&M III, Timequest, the maze. There are shields, helms Captive, Martian Dreams, and a combination breast plate and Rune for your life! Conspiracy and Enemy Within. Happy grieves (referred to as armor). Found in the questing and blood and guts for all! "Annor" can become maze, the runes of worn and loose its ,....T_y_p_e_:_F_an_ta_s_y_R_o_le---P-la-ym-.-g---, Spyre are at once protection. Helms and frustrating and shields do not wear Systems: MSDOS (512K interesting. Runes DarkSpyre out. You must check required; CGA, EGA, Tandy & are small coins yourarmor .:.color VGA-, Ad Lib, Roland with runic writing he first game from a small, periodically to see 16 on them endowed T Pennsylvania-based software how worn it is, and and Sound Blaster, mouse, with certain company called Event Horizon replace it when joystick & keyboard interface; powers. Without Software, DarkSpyre was released in necessary. d d) the runes, you competition with the Christmas Magic and magic hard disk recommen e cannot save the blockbusters of the major companies. proficiencies are Planned conversions: Amiga, game or use the Surprisingly, it was professionally divided into six ST automap feature. i..;;;...;;______This added an extra done, bug free and fun to play. groups. Magic is The philosophy of the company, essential, and you will dimension to the says president, James Namestka, find it impossible to finish the game game, but one I found very fonnerly of Paragon Software, is to without developing proficiencies in unpleasant. The ability to use the produce real-time games that are fast all types. Found on scrolls, spells can auto-mapping feature and to save moving and, like Dungeon Master, be incorporated into your spell book, games should not be based upon very realistic in style of play. Faithful or used up to cast their powers finding objects in a maze. Runes can to this philosophy, Spyre is a success. directly from the scroll. Spells are also be used for performing magic It gives us the same old "save the readied in advance and activated and increasing attributes. universe from the evil wizards" plot. quickly via a hot button or by Potions can be found in the maze, In this case, the universe is your clicking on an icon with mouse or or made with an appropriate spell home planet and the evil. wizards are joystick. called 'liquify," and in some cases the supreme gods of intellect, war and The interface is simple and easy to with an appropriate gemstone. Some magic. You are the last chance of use once you get the hang of it. You potions pennanently increase . your people (sound familiar?). have a full screen 3-D overhead map attributes, others heal and cure, while · The evil wizards have placed the with your character in the center. A still others poison. DarkSpyre on your planet as a test of character screen can be accessed by its worthiness to survive. Only one dragging with a mouse or joystick, or champion needs to complete this test, Drop it! spacebar toggling the use of cursor Spyre has a sophisticated object though many have tried and failed to keys to move a pointer or the traverse all 50 levels of the Spyre to management system. Objects dropped champion. The keyboard interface in the maze remain where they are save the world from destruction. uses hot keys effectively to perform The object of Spyre is to survive to dropped and can be picked up again all functions, including the later. I have not observed other explore and accumulate the five runes manipulation of the character screen. of strength, accuracy, talent, characters picking up objects and You use the joystick like a mouse, carrying them off. This type of object endurance and agility. You must also and can drag the screen upwards to solve the puzzles of the maze, management system is a good feature obscure more of the overhead map, in any game and shows the specifically the puzzles of the five and click on the icons to move runes and the puzzles of intellect, sophistication of the Event Horizon magic and war. Without the runes you programming and design team. By Al C. Giovetti 8 QuestBusters illustrations are simple VGA graphics that are as colorful as 16 Walkthru: Return, then take the east door in colors can get. It is really a pity that the northeast comer of the room. the 256-color VGA is not supported. Dark Heart of Follow this path to an empty room The program supports Soundblaster, five by five squares in size; it smells Ad Lib, Tandy 3-voice and ffiM 1- Uukrul, part two of ozone and is full of traps. To cross voice music. The sound effects and the room safely, move: N, W, W, S, music are adequate to the task, but w, S, W, S, S, E, E. Once you get the nothing to write home (or by C. F. Shaffer, medal and visit the teleporter Melas, QuestBusters) about. edited by AI C. Giovetti you can return as often as you like for Spyre is strewn with traps and another medal. Medals can be used only one time and are not replenished puzzles. You not only must traverse Urlusam immediately after each use. Often the maze, but you also need to find you must wait a long time to get essential items to open doors, and Urlusam is made up of caves, mostly ( running east to west, with smaller another medal from the box, so use sections of to each side including the the medal sparingly. ( Pool of Testing. Exiting the east side To get to Urshas walk east, straight of Urlusam takes you to a north-south through the room with 25 doors into a passage. Orcs with very few treasures second room of 20 doors. Continue are in the south. Via a large cavern, east to the next sanctuary. You can go north to the next sanctuary. There explore north and south to try and is one rule in the large cavern: a find Kiriys tomb and get a Scrying secret door is hidden opposite each Mirror, but it's not worth the trouble. light. Ignore the secret door that leads into blackness, as it goes Urshas, Areth's Plaque, nowhere. Another Heart . East of Urshas is the Dragon and DarkSpyre, the MSDOS version Some rooms have treasures. Use Search at each step to find the many Puzzle region, shaped like a large figure out how to bypass and solve secret doors. The bats are bad here; Diamond. The Kauri mirror is in the run when you can. The cavern most northern central region. When puzzles and traps that bar your you look into the Mirror, you will see progress. There are levers to move, narrows, and you will come to an oak door. To the south you will find the Uukrul mocking your team. It is balls to dodge, walls and balls to puzzle that leads to Sagaris and the important to have your Priest stand in push, plates that are weight-triggered, Pool of Testing. front of this mirror and say the prayer and traps to defuse and avoid. There are five button teleporters of Kuuraoth; otherwise you will be Naturally, you'll also be confronted and a five-letter riddle with clues unable to defeat Uukrul. Solve the with riddles. The game itself is a given in inscriptions and sketches on puzzles here, and you'll get Areth's problem to solve, a clue to find and the walls. For the first teleporter by plaque. Areth's plaque bears a legend correctly interpret. the hangman sketch, press button "C." you need to know to enter the Throne A $9.95 clue book has complete Press button "A" on the second Room of the Palace. maps of all set levels, general strategy teleporter. Press button "D" on the Climbing down a hole in the floor and tactics, listing of the magical third teleporter. Press button "C" on of the center of this large diamond properties of runes, spells and the fourth teleporter. If you want to takes you to an area shaped like a potions, specific solutions for all back out, press It? A C". The answer crossword puzzle. At the end of each levels and an objects list describing to the riddle is faith. word corridor, you will be asked a weapons, armor and special items. From the fIfth teleporter, a secret question. The answers to the For $19.95 you can get a Drawing door leads into the room of Sage crossword puzzles are: (1) Frail, (2) Board program and edit maze levels Sagaris. You must use the above Inside, (3) Need, (4) Dragon, (5) and character icons, creating a new answer to open another secret door to Teeth, (6) Hum, (7) Engrave, (8) game with fresh challenges. It also the Pool of Testing. Your Priest must Knee, (9) Ash (10) Underfoot, (11) includes levels not in the original. reach into the Pool to get a small Renounces, (12) Icicled. black object. Sagaris takes it and give These answers will open secret Conclusions: Spyre is a complete doors which have patterns of game system that gives you realism you the Wand of Potency, which I helps open Secret Doors. Search the diamonds and squares on the wall. and a real-time challenge. Though the cavern to find the Elfin Chain Mail, This inscription tells you how to use 1 professional appearance and excellent good armor for your Priest. the answers: "Where diamonds functioning of Spyre enhance the outnumber squares, use top symbol, game, it is, first and foremost, pure Urran and Heart Three converse use lower." When you reach fun to play, recommended for anyone The most important thing east of the Rhombus Room buttons, push 1, who likes challenges. Urran is the Medal of Escape. The 2, 1, 1, 1,2,2, 1, 2. This lets you medal will teleport you back to the into the Dragon Room at the bottom Skill Level: Beginner location you where you fmd it. Right of the Diamond. A heart and a Protection: In manual next to the medal is the teleporter valuable treasure are here. You will Price: $49.95 Melas. To obtain the medal and stone need a strong party to get the treasure. Company: Event Horizon/Electronic heart number three, go east from When your party gets stronger, you Zoo sanctuary Urran into a large room can come back to Urshas or Ureal with 25 doors. Take the middle door Sanctuary to retrieve the treasure, as in the north wall and go north two long as you do so before Uroqlamn. steps, then tum around and take three steps, to avoid a spinner. Take the Stay tuned for the elevator to the room with the heart. next exciting episode! QuestBusters 9 Tunnels and Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan

lizabeth Danforth's entertaining Khazan, who will restore order to who are short on cash can use the E and well done conversion of Ken your world. NPCs to recruit and loot. St. Andre's tried-and-true pencil A rich game system is reflected in Rogues and Wizards are the and paper role-playing game to the Tunnels, with cities, swamps, oceans, spellcaster, with spells of protection, computer environment has finally mountains, forests and fortresses. offense and healing. There are 63 reached America. Within the game box lurks a different combat and non-combat spells, Along with her own imaginative world, a place with a unique calendar, divided into 11 levels. Rogues can be contributions to the design and story, an organized society of guilds, and taught spells only while in the Rogues Liz worked three solo T & T quests nineteen different languages to learn. Guild, or by a Wizard with the and other elements designed by Ken. Shops close at dusk, when the She also incorporated several taverns open. A certain event in published and unpublished T & T a certain temple in Gull only T&Thas mazes and characters created by works at a particular time of the plenty of others into the Crusades of Khazan night, so the timing of your prose and scenario, which was programmed visits is important. icons, but primarily in Japan. The calendar has its own is weak in Released there last year, it grabbed system of days, months and graphics a large portion of the market. T & T holidays, reflecting the amount is enjoying well-deserved, widespread of planning that went into this ...... 111!!! ... and special ~iflllr."!'I~MfI~~!IJl effects popularity here too, if the high game system. Languages are activity on computer bulletin boards well conceived and thought out...... ----- ...... - ...... ------.....-- .. across the USA is any indication. As you learn them, you begin to Teacher spell. Wizards learn spells understand the writing and talking of only within the Wizards Guild, or the races, which gives the game a with several magic scrolls found in Ye Plot feeling of reality. high-level treasure caches. Rogues For centuries a great Wizard's war Appropriately, "TNT" is the can be taught the first nine levels of raged across the Dragon Continent. command that starts this dynamite spells. Surprisingly, some spells can The great wizard Khazan united the game from the DOS prompt You can only be acquired by Rogues. prejudiced "humankin" of Man, Elf, start by creating up to four Tunnels and Trolls is full of Dwarf and Hobb to make for his adventurers, or selecting four weapons and artifacts. If you are kingdom a golden age of 600 years. adventurers at the various guilds or at careful and search out every square in Then the evil monsterkin found a the tavern in the starting town of the game, you will fmd god-like Gull. Character creation allows you to weapons and armor. Some artifacts . Type: Fantasy Role-Playing choose from four races (Human, Elf, are essential to success, yet Tunnels Dwarf and Hobb), the two sexes, and does not have an advanced object Systems: MSDOS (512K three character classes (Warrior, management system like Dungeon required; CGA, EGA, Tandy, Rogue and Wizard). A balanced Master or Ultima VI. Anything you MCGA & 256-color VGA; Ad party is composed of two Warriors, a drop disappears, so use caution. Rogue and a Wizard, which Essential items can be exhausted, Lib, Roland and Sound Blaster, essentially gives you two spell casters so refrain from using them. These mouse and keyboard interface; and two fighters. Each character include the death wand, crystal skull, hard disk recommended) receives a random amount of the heart of fire, hom of Ulhong (or None seven standard attributes and gold. Lakrimuss hom), demon's eye, Planned conversions: Characters of the three professions Khazan's staff, and bag of winds (can can be recruited in the taverns and only be used two times). A bug in the leader in the death empress, various guilds (Adventurer, Wizard game results in some items being Lerotra'hh, who united the forces of and Thief). Character recruitment described as exhausted when evil and challenged the empire of may occur at any point in the game a identified - even when the item can Khazan. Lerotra'hh and Khazan specific profession is needed, or when still be used many times. forged a peace treaty, and Khazan a character dies. When a new Unfortunately, some of the items was banished to his island of character is selected, he or she enters identified as exhausted are exhausted. perpetual sleep. the game at a level that is average for Tunnels is a minefield of traps and the remaining adventurers. This pitfalls. Demons lie, and even many Wake up call for Khazan makes the character recruitment of the clues given by the gods are Now Lerotra'hh and her lieutenant, function useful even in the end game, false or misleading. You do not need Khara Kang, have broken the peace when your characters are at a very a female dwarf in your group to win and united the evil monsterkin to high level. the game. Some monsters do not wipe humankin off the face of the These non-player character recruits fight fair and cannot be defeated no earth. From a small tavern in the do not have impressive statistics, matter how high your statistics and southern city of Gull, you are called however. You still may be well level. Healers cannot heal the very to lead a band of four adventurers to advised to reboot if one of your worst and unusual afflictions collect the artifacts needed to wake player characters dies. Gameplayers Purposely randomized, combat is often purely unfair for your opponents By AI C. Giovetti 10 QuestBusters d - and sometimes for you. As in real I also spent most of the game advantage. Invisibility was also very life., some situations and people in the thinking the mountains inaccessible, odd. In autocombat, you went game will not take "no" for an since I did not realize you must select straight to an invisible being and answer. You must save the game move, and then climb, from the pop struck him. Conversely, when you often. Unfortunately, the five save up menu to climb up into the were invisible, the opponents could game slots are not enough for the mountains. If you are in horse and not strike you in melee, but were able many dead ends that exist in the climb mode, you move automatically to hit you with missile and magic. game. to walk mode upon entering a town or Conclusions: In spite of ~l its The 16-color EGA graphics are leaving the mountains. But you do problems, I found Tunnels and Trolls pretty but simple. Undoubtedly the not move automatically to climb very enjoyable and realistic. Do you best graphics in the game are the mode when attempting to enter the really expect gods and demons to lead character icons seen with the view mountains or upon leaving a town. you about the game on a leash and command of the interface, and the This seemed illogical to me. It also tell the truth about everything? Do pop-up windows illustrating certain made me feel pretty stupid when I you really expect combat to be special events. There is an interesting found out and had to start the game balanced in all situations? Do you sequence that dresses and undresses over. really expect people to accept you at (within limits of modesty) the your word at all times? Expectations characters eacli time they are viewed. The Good, the Bad such as there are rather unrealistic, Anyone who likes to read will fmd and the Bugly even naive, and their fulfillment the profusion of mood-setting text The automapping feature made the would not necessarily make a better more than compensates for the weak "magic square" game design game. T & T has the unbalanced, graphics. These stories are so well- tolerable. Events are triggered by hot intentional feel of the original pencil . written and absorbing, they could squares. Unless you step on every and paper game, which makes it have easily have been adapted for square of the game, you will miss worth your time, effort and money. I publication in fantasy magazines or a something. The automapping is enthusiastically recommend this quest series of novels. adequate and makes the exhaustive not only to die hard Tunnels and The mouse and keyboard interface task of exploration easy. There is a Trolls enthusiasts, but also to anyone is adequate but can be confusing at lot to do in this game, and I consider who enjoy the computer role-playing times. "Move" was perhaps the most that a big plus. game. confusing command. I spent most of Combat had some very illogical the game walking along leading my aspects that were not worked out. Skill Level: Intermediate horses because I did not understand Characters in the dark knew exactly Protection: Manual that you had to first select "move" where you were and could hit you as Price: $49.95 from the keyboard or mouse, then if it was not dark. If you switched to Company: New World Computing select "horse" from the pop-up menu. autocombat, you have the same

Spellcasting 101: "Son of Infocom" visits the islands ince this is such a wacky and still haven't finished that one and graphics window, like the picture S fun game, I decided to get in learned the origin of the little white itself, a map on which you can click the spirit and try an experiment. house.) to move around, your inventory, a Instead of my normal routine, I think In this new game, you are Ernie room description or status I'll review this game while listening Eaglebeak, trying to maintain a information. I prefer to keep the to music - namely, Aerosmith's normal life in the land of Peloria location picture in the graphics latest album, Pump. Maybe it will while attending Sorcerer University window, but the map is certainly help me speed things up. Drop that - until everybody disappears, and useful for finding hidden rooms, since needle ... now! you have to save the day. Unlike the it is not the standard box-and-line Anyway, this is the latest game hero in a typical adventure with such map, but an overhead view of the from former Infocom mutant, Steve a plot, your character is the exact island or place you're currently Meretzky, author of games like opposite of the typical hero. He's a exploring. nerd through and through, down to The command and object menus, Type: Graphic adventure the pocket protector and tape in the compass rose and function buttons are center of his thick eyeglass frames. geared toward the player who desires Systems: MSDOS (512K to use only the mouse. These required, hard disk Interfacial update interface elements work well recommended, mouse option; Oh, well ... the game has an updated together. I played the game this way and improved interface, with for about 15 minutes before deciding CGA, EGA, 16-color VGA & to bag it and type in all my MCGA; Ad Lib, Roland, everything the graphic adventurer could want, even the ability to play it commands. For me, this was quicker. Realsound as an all-text game. The standard Personal preference definitely comes Planned conversions: Amiga interface has a window for graphics into play here. and animation, a compass rose and You can also get rid of the menus and have text displayed across half of Leather Goddesses ofPhobos, function buttons, command and Planet/all and, his crowning object menus, and a text window. achievement until now, Zork Zero. (I You can put different things in the By Russ Ceccola

QuestBusters 11 the screen. I opted for the standard game, and right now rve got about out are the frat party and the interface because I could always look half of them. Still, I'm told I'm near cafeteria. Read the manual at the object menu to see which the end of the quest. thoroughly, even the 'legal stuff in objects were in the room. Enough on As an apprentice sorcerer, you get the back, for that is where the the interface, let's get down to to use spells in the S 101 course at funniest stuff is located - and in the business! college. These range from the fine print, at that. commonplace to the bizarre. You This is the first game from Legend College-bound acquire these spells by opening boxes Entertainment, so I really didn't know Meretzky has definitely surpassed with the spell names on them. They what to expect. I was very happy with all his previous work with this one, are then written into your spell book. the result of all their hard work in which has the most humor and So far, I ~ave seen four levels of developing an interface that should diversity of any other game of its spells, frOm Levell BIP, which become a standard. All future Legend type. You can actually attend classes produces soft music, to the Level 4 games, including Timequest, the next at Sorcerer U .... where you'll be as BUNDJil~.oT, a spell of r::::iI~ra_rw.""" bored as the other students. Actually, decomposition. The neat thing Legend's General Magic 101 was interesting. about spells is that you can games have But there isn't too much to do at reuse them again and again. If the best the University until everybody you want to levitate an object, graphics disappears and you are knocked out type in "FRIMP(nameof _..... _--rIII ever seen in shortly after your mother shows up to object)." You don't lose a a text hand you a talisman. At this point, 'charge' by casting the spell. A you have to find a means of couple of moves later, after the adventure transportation from the University (a object has sunk down to the surfboard, actually) and visit a few ground, you can FRIMP it islands to fmd more objects and solve again. one, will use the same interface. mini-quests. The puzzles are very creative and What struck me the most about the While at school, you get to attend a some of the best Meretzky has ever game is that it is exactly as I would couple of frat parties, look after the put together. Each island has a have expected Infocom games to be if president's very drunk daughter, and different type of major puzzle. Some the company was still together and seduce your professor's wife. Oh, did are pretty obvious, but others are very the veteran designers were still I mention the game has two modes - challenging. Indeed, I banged my working in the industry. I kid you not naughty and nice. Needless to say, I head against the wall for hours to try when I say to watch Legend over the put it in naughty mode right away. It to use the SKONN spell (increases years. They are the 'son of Infocom.' isn't too bad. The average high bust size). The solution involves not Indeed, Timequest looks like a great school kid has seen and heard worse. thinking dirty. It's pretty obvious follow-up. If you're worried about the naughty from there. Sound effects included the mode, the nice mode doesn't lose any On The Island of Lost Soles, you expected moans and groans, and they of the humor. have to restore 80 souls of people even sounded good on the PC The adventure, like a book, is who were transformed into objects speaker. A sound board makes you divided into chapters. In the first, and animals. Most are common, but feel as if you're really there. which allows you some room to get some people have unusual names that What's left to say? Meretzky has used to the interface, you have to will trip you up. In any case, the struck again and snuck away quietly escape from your mean father to go to feeling of accomplishment after after the kill. I am still trying to finish the University. Appropriately titled tackling a Meretzky puzzle is like no the game and can't wait to see the 'Escape!', it is followed by 'Sorcerer other. That guy is one tricky, end. Keeping with the theme, I'm sure University,' the second chapter. What undermining, dirty dog of a designer. that Ernie will be swarmed by the comes next depends on which island And that only covers the easy women of Sorcerer University. I think you choose to visit. puzzles. Still, the overall difficulty he's/l've been lucky five or six times of the game is intermediate. Just so far. Thankfully, AIDS is no What? No Gilligan'S Island? remember to think clearly and problem in Peloria . There are really only five other logically. Simplicity is the key, for Conclusions: In any case, dig in and main locations: The Island of Horny the puzzles are not as complex as enjoy this one. I'm told that Women, The Island Where Time they seem. This approach is the only Meretzky's already working on Runs Backward, The Island of Lost way you'll solve the mystery of the Spellcasting 202, so hurry up and Soles, The Restaurant at the End of Maize rooms. finish. It looks like we have yet the Ocean, and - stand by for a another nerd hero in Ernie, following mouthful: the Fortress of the evil Meretzky at his funniest on the heels of Larry Laffer and Les people who stole the parts of the The humor is not touched by any Manley. Unlike those guys, Ernie Sorcerer's Appliance and caused the other adventures out there. From the scores a lot morel Now get outta here mystery of the disappearing people. manual to the pictures themselves and go SKONN your favorite girl! There is also an island with a storm (check out the Brit on The Island of cloud pictured on it on the map that Lost Soles), you'll be laughing all the Skill Level: Intermediate comes with the game, but getting way. In fact, anyone who sees you Protection: Manual there is another puzzle entirely. There playing it will think twice about your Price: $59.95 are a whopping 1,000 points in the mental state. Definite scenes to check . Company: Legend /MicroProse)

12 Ques(Busters Keys to the Kingdoms

Lord of the Rings Power, SW of the city, regenerates hit Bag End: Avoid Buckland Bridge. points when wielded by low-level Spellcasting 101 Go to Green Hill Country for characters. Give your Amulet to the The House: Open desk, get all. N. important encounter with Hawkeye. Priestess SE of the city for a helpful Open door. Move potty, open grate, After he says leave, take his sword, as gift. Most fountains, in dungeons and down. Take rock, take key, take rock, he is immediately killed. Also get wilderness, around Thyn, heal all hit hit Beancounter with rock, unlock sword fragment and signet ring. points. Others do nothing. door with key. Open door, west. Take Sneak into Brandy Hall, use G. Franklin Moore and wear overalls, east, east. (In Perception to get pipe in downstairs alley, make sure you have bedroom. Use it in front of ghost to Bane of the Cosmic Forge application.) Frat Parties: get make him disappear. Use Perception An effective party: Lord, Ranger, SKONN at Tappa Kegga Brew. At I in bathtub to find gate key. Priest, Mage, Samurai, Ninja. A Bard Phelta Thi, take girl to room, lie her Weathertop: you need a rope and is also good, since they have magic down and search her. Key opens door someone with boat skill (Merry or powers when playing instruments. to get FRIMP (used to open trap door Aragorn). At end of small stream is a Mter advancing to a new level, use when no one is around). Cast SKONN small hole. Use rope. You must also some of your skill points to increase in library. Up. In stacks, get get by web to reach the chest. magical study and scout, which don't KABBUL. Get DISPAR (to obtain Bill Borre change automatically. Levell: you BUBBA) and surfboard. Maize need a skilled Thief and Knock maze: cast THIS WAY OUT, or go . Money: Willow tree SW of bridge. Knock spell to open all the doors. SE, S, E, E, SW, W, S W, W, D. Get Hill NW of bridge. Hill (crypt) E of Chests are nearly always trapped. DISP AR. Restaurant at End of barn. Stones far E of barn. Dig. From the start, go north into alcove, Universe: Reach for spell box. Enter Goldberry: S to hill. Dig. E to then through left or right door (they restaurant. Order pygmy shark. Cast waterfall. In. Use gold token on go to the same place). Go north along BUNDEROT on shark. Get and open Withywindle. Trade springstone (get either wall to find two chests, one spell box. Exit. Cast MAJJELLO on as close as possible). Bombadil: to with scrolls and Amulet of Life dial to reach Isle of Gods. get him to join, let him handle Ring. (Resurrection), the other with Sword Charles D. Jones Fred J. Philipp + 1. Due north, use fountain. Back of fountain are two sets of stairs and a Tunnels & Trolls Forsaken Inn: buy Green Skull in central door. Go through door to grill, Character tips: 16+ Speed allows Staddle, stand on bed in SE room of open by pushing nearby button. three space movements in combat. Inn to find secret entrance down. Inside, kill snake. Search for Key of When you advance a level, increase Weathertop: cavern entrance at Ramm in northwest comer. Go south Luck until your combat adds are over river's source (lots of orcs and trolls. back to entrance gate. Go east, enter 80. This makes you strong enough for Use "climb" at ruins due south of first south door for another chest. most hand-to-hand battles. Avoid Weathertop to fmd Thadred's Tomb Items in this area are randomized. monsters that have a combat add 30 (you need Rose's Token). Secret door Stay on level one till you've entered points higher than yours, unless you in tomb wall leads to Weathertop all doors and gained experience. The like to die a loti. When a character cavern. Rivendell: at Elrond's house, next area is reached by going dies, use Essensense of Blackpool or get free supplies, healing and skills downstairs in the southeast comer. Funny Once Gem to cast Born Again. from Elrohir, lores from Erestor. C. F. Shaffer Within Galoe's Temple (N7 on Island Lindir the Smith (SW of Elrond's) Chasara( you can restore attributes to will forge Anduril Sword from blade Say snoopcheri to L'Montes (in one of full level. part and broken wing). the towers). Give him stuffed beagle. Red Circle Riders: say redflag. MikePrero Find a rope in the belfry; get hook Dragon in lair at 0.2, K·IO: say from Captain's Den; use "merge" to nepenthes. Spells: learn Elemental Legend ofFaergaile combine them and cross chasm. Earth & Air at E-2, N-15 by selecting Riddle answers: Earth Elemental, Useful passwords: skeleton crew, in order, North, South, both doors. At plough; Dwarven Blacksmith, giant mountain. There's a locked door A-4, C-12, you can learn Elemental Spingo; Air Elemental, Echo; Fire near the Queen's bedroom that can't Water & Fire by choosing East, West, Elemental, Eyes; Water Elemental, be opened, so don't waste time on it. then both doors. Fire; Earth Elemental, Daughter. Find the two secret passages near Mark Koropatkin Other riddle answers: J, something, King's bedroom. Code for Altar near circle, frost, and, stairs. his room is in his diary; the "use" To find the Goddess Goloe, take a Edgar Lasky command in "review" screen lets you ship N from Knor between the Island read it Important keys: gold, silver, of Garr and the shore, try to save an The pre-rolled characters are best spade, Ramm, jailer, dungeon. Note: older lady on a life raft, and she will used by selling all their possessions keys will disappear when you open direct you to her temple. After and giving the money to a new the last door with them. There is an arriving there, go into the water on character. Leave a slot open and, important secret passage in the room the E side of Temple. Investigate the upon leaving Thyn, let Siegurd join with graffiti on wall; you 11 have to bottom at H-7 or J-8. If you enter the the party. Hell resurrect anyone slain "use" cheese to open it. grotto you will be at B-13 or 14; you in his presence (twice). The Blade of R. T. Vicedomini want to reach J-15. There is an

QuestBusters 13 airpocket nearby. Rest in J-lS. Look Kara Krag and Leratra'hh must be Chaos Strikes Back for a hidden door, it will take you to dead before you can seek Kazhan. Beyond the Diabolical Demon the Goddess Goloe, who will give you C. F. Shaffer Director lie four pathways to the four Kazan Wand. pieces of Corbum. After disposing of King's Quest 5 each piece in the Fulya Pit, you'll In the Valdemarton, seek the cellars Gnome: Give spinning wheel to man eventually end up back at the (at H-l). Follow paths to 0-2 to get and get marionette. Give it to entrance to the DDD, so it's advisable the Hero's Sword, then back up to H- toymaker and take sled. Go to fortune to leave most of your heavy chests 3, E to H-7 and S to 0-6-7-8-9, where teller and take tambourine. Scare here. Paths to the Corburn are filled you will find three pools. Drink from rattlesnake with tambourine. At with traps, and speed is essential in the one at 0-3 first, then N-6, then N- Beach: Use beeswax to fix boat Sail bypassing them and the pits around 10. Save first, but if you have the south, then eat to island. Play harp for the pillars. Overweight characters will Heros sword, you can see in the dark, beings. Take shell on way out. Go to slow you down considerably. Next to plus your Con and Strength are man and give shell to him. the DDD is a chamber opened with a increased greatly. Leave if you find Mordack's Castle: Take fish. Use sapphire key. One is found past the the Mushroom patch; do not eat. Go iron rod to open gate. Give Black Flames on the DDD level, or NE to the Gas Chamber at D-14. tambourine to Dink. Mordack's you can use the one floating around Crawl to the SW comer thru a door. presence is randomized. Don't play the pre-DDD NETA path Gust before Then to D-l for an exit. Kazan is organ when going through hallway. the Slime Devil). Inside the chamber sleeping on The Uncertain Isle. Chris Kelly is a slot machine. With coins, you can Lerotra is in her stronghold at D-4 in get items such as magic boxes, magic the Kargash Mountains. The Mage's Island: Get dead fish. To shields and Boots of Speed. password is Empress. Kara Khag is pass Gargoyles, use crystal. To enter Andrew Phang under the city of Khazan. There is a castle, go east, open grate with secret entrance E of the Throne in the crowbar, climb down. In maze, find , Spirit of Excalibur palace in Khazan; you can leave by beast and give tambourine. Get Episode Three: Pick anyone knight. seeking a hidden room at the S end of hairpin. Find door; use hairpin to exit. Leave. Withdraw from giant. Go to the banquet table. Going thru the door Get dried peas from cupboard on map. Locate Bedivere on road to W. in the normal way will take you into right. Give locket to girl. Get Send to Tintagel. Locate the hall. To proceed further before henchmen to capture you. In Prison: Lancelot/Nineve (to W). Send to facing the door, cast Fly and use the use fish hook to get moldy cheese. Almesbury. Send Nineve to St. increase to four times. Then fly thru Girl will help you out. If blue Albam, Lancelot ot Canterbury. the door. You will arrive at another henchman comes after you, use peas. (Note: you must talk to people at all room, search for a door on the NW To capture cat, give fish to cat. Use locations in order give to move comer, use the stairs. You will be in a empty pea bag to put him in. program on.) Have Nineve reenter St. room with a pentagram. After talking Charles D. Jones Albams and use "charm~' on Friar. to Demon, ask all the questions When Bedivere reaches Tintagel, except the one about Kara Kbag; save Savage Empire enter and get shield and armor (use that for last, as the demon will then Hidden City: Opening is just SE of Bedivere's iron key). Send Bedivere disappear. Do not try to go thru the main teleport pad. You'll need Crystal to Glastonbury. Send Nineve to obvious door. Instead, go to 1-8 and Brain and Gold Head to enter. Oxford, Lancelot to Cambridge. Send use the "Oh there it is" Spell. Go Crystal Brain: Inside cave with Nineve to lake N of Oxford; Lancelot south to K-8, then east to K-13. Use Fritz. NW edge of lake. NW of to Oxford; Bedivere to Salisbury. same spell on the North Side. You Pindiro. Gold Head: Tichticatl. N At lake, have Nineve goto and will meet Kara Khag. Kill Him if building. Room to east of parrot. withdraw. Return to lake and cast you can. You need the Wand of Giant Ape: W ~ along edge of river undine. Go to Oxford. Give Excalibur Death, The Spell "Twine Time", Hom N of Barako. Proceed along W bank. to Lancelot. Join forces. To Salisbury. of Lakri Muss and the Star Stone Continue N to waterfalls. Move along (To fight giant, have them withdraw.) Ring, as well as wand of Khazan. falls till you see a boulder above you. When all parties reach Salisbury, Goblin Mountain is in D-4 at D-7 Boulder: Hold bomb. "Attack" just have Bediver give shield and armor to Enter from the south. Don't use side east of boulder to dislodge. Spider Lancelot. Have Lancelot use: tunnels. Go E, then N, then W. At C- webs: disintegrate with torch. Excalibur, shield, armor, then go to 3 go S, not break any eggs with Location of Lab: Go due S from SE Anored (to SW) and kill him. Search. wrinkled shells; they will poison you. hut in Kurak village. Cross river, Use gauntlets. To Camelot to kill Break all others. Return to C-12m go using stones. Go E to opening S. Go S giant. To map. While knights are south to J-12 and kill the Queen, then till blocked. Go E to next opening to gathering troops, have Constantine go back N to C-12. You can go east here S. Go S to clearings. (Eagle Eye will to London to talk to Clariance. Return to G-14, S and out. The Helm is in show these.) Look for horizontal Constantine to Camelot. M-3 at D-4. Hole to treasure is in J-3 green bars (Lab). Tips: to make F. J. Philipp at C-4. Don't put your hand in hole. locations of pads, drop items along Helmet is in D-4 at M-3. path. To conserve pinde, cast Eagle This month Chris Kelly and Charles Lerotra'hh is in the Digs B-4. Go to Eye, then rstore. In Myrmidex D. Jones wen~ randomly selected to N-14, talk to guards, tell them Dudley Caves: send Yunapotli ahead to pave win the game of their choice for sent you. The password is Empress. the way. To scout areas, have Triolo sending in Keys. Send in yours today! Go to 2nd level of Digs. Go S, find go alone to cast Eagle Eye. Then (All clues become exclusive property secret door at K-6 to treasure room, restore when ready to move on. of Eldritch, LTD until October 11, then secret door at 0-2. Then east and Fred J. Philipp 2137, A. D.) S to Bedroom. Save at this point.

14 QuestBusters Selling all C64 software! 30+ titles! Send Empire, Battletech 2; or send list Andrew Swap Shop for free list! Brian Kupfrian, 1901 Pollak, 2002 Regis Dr, Davis CA 95616 Shower Tree Way, Wellington FL 33414 Trade or sell old adventures with a free Sell/trade, both formats: Conquests of ad (adventures only, no pirated software, Selling all C64 software! Want Elire by Camelot, $25. Shawn Lauzon, 29606 41 10 games per ad. Please state system. Firebird. Send SASE to Tommy Earnest St, Salem WI 53168 * indicates cluebook included Jr, 2464 Plum Creek Rd, Christiansburg VA 24073 Sell/trade, mostly 3.5" games. Steve Apple Lake, 90 McKay St, Beverly MA 01915 Sell only, $100 for all or $15 @: King's $lO@,+postage: Azure Bonds, Pool of Quest 2 & 4, Space Quest 1, Larry 1, Rad, Magic Candle, Dragon Wars, more Trade/sell, 5.25" Hero's Quest 1-2, King's Gold Rush, Hitchiker's Guide, Zork Zero, RPGs. Dean Watkiss, 10010 -71 Ave, Quest 1 & 3, Goldrush, Colonel's Champions of Krynn, Manhunter NY. Peace River, Alberta, Canada TSS IB2 Bequest. Both formats: Sorcerian, more. ..I Garth Beagle, RR 1 Box 266-12. Want 3.5" Loom, Spirit of Excalibur, McDonough, NY 13801. MSDOS & Questalikes Dragon's Lair, more. Jamie Mott, 47 Sell/trade: 3.5" T & T, 5: Wizardry 5. Carmelita Ave, Mill Valley CA 94941 2e, $10 E: Wizardry 1,2,35, Deathlord. Buy/trade: Bane of Forge, Champions Ultima 5, $15. More. llGS, $15 @: Krynn, Bard 3. Mark Koropathkin, 52 $15@: Search for Titanic, Magic Candle, Tower of Myraglen, War in Middle Earth, Spring St, Windsor Locks CT 06096 Life & Death, Mean Streets, Questmaster. Dungeon Master, Shadowgate*. Tom M Apgar, 456 Franklin St, Napa CA Norwood, 6162 South St, Halifax, NS, Trade (5.25"): Spellcasting 101, Ultima 6, 94559 Canada B3H 1T5 Les Manley, Trial by Fire, Champions Krynn. Want: King's Quest 5 EGA, Trade/sell, 5.25:, $1O@: Hero's Quest, $9 @: Beyond Zork, Breakers, Caves of Altered Destiny, Buck Rogers, Savage King's Quest 4, Keef the Thief. $30 @: Olympus, Critical Mass, Crystal Caverns, Empire, Secret Monkey Island. Steve Ultima 6, Quest for Glory 2 (1.2 meg Earthly Delights, Apshai Trilogy, Clarke, 3673 Wyoloa Dr, Newtown disks). $5 @: Space Quest 2, King's Transylvania, Zork 3. Byron Blystone, Square P A 19073 Quest 3. Trade one or more for Savage POB 1313, Snohomish W A 98290 Empire, Buck Rogers, Spellcasting 101. Trade/sell, all 5.25" unless noted. $15 @: Al Ibm, 94 Briarwood Dr E, Berkeley Sell only, complete set of Eamon Pool of Rad* , Keef the Thief, Manhunter Hgts NJ 07922 adventure (1-98), $60. Bruce Smith, 9244 NY*. $17 @: Hero's Quest*, Journey*, Timberline Lane, B. Cucamonga CA Knights of Legend, Police Quest 2, M & Sell only: King's Quest 1, new 512K 91730 M 2, King's Quest 4*, Mean Streets version, $25. Conquests of Camelot, $20. (3.5"). $23 @: Ultima 6*, Wing Space Quest 1, $12. Chris Kelly, 3709 $8 @: Questmaster 1 (Dondra), Bronze Commander, Altered Destiny, Ultima 4* Sandal Lane, Cincinnati OH 45248 Dragon: Seekers of Storm. GS, $12@: & 5* (together). $30@: King's Quest 5*. Keef the Thief, Larry 1, Last Ninja, Want: Alternate Reality: Dungeon, Rise Will buy: Enchanter Trilogy (separate or Hacker 2, Dream Zone, Pirates, Defender of Dragon, Eye of Beholder, Stealth complete). Thomas Mullen, POB 81-691. of Crown. David Mitchell, 78 Henry St, Affair. Russell Greenspan, 1 Swanston Taipei, Taiwan ROC Burlington VT 05401 Lane, Ardsley NY 10502 Want: The Witness, Suspects, Sherlock & M & M 1*, $18. Roadwar, $9. Planetfall, 5.25", sell only: Savage Empire*, $28. Crown Jewels, Border Zone, Zork 3, $5. Bard 2*, $15. More. Tim Prokott, 849 Space 1889*, $24. T & T, $20. Postpaid. Infidel, Cutthroats, Enchanter. Prefer to SE 23rd Ave, Minneapolis MN 55414 Richard Robillard, 52 South Main, buy, write 1st L. A. Urness, 1454 N 1600 Baldwinville, MA 01436 E., Logan UT 84321 Mac: will buy The Mist, Lurking Horror, Moonmist, The Lurking Moonmist, The Sell/trade, $15 @: Megatraveler 1, Will sell, prefer to trade: Knights of Witness, Beyond Zork, Stationfall, Populous, Centurion, King's Bounty. Legend, Phantasie 3, Magic Candle, Enchanter, Sorcerer, Seastalker, Frank Scalis, Box 1091/712th, APO NY Wizardry 1. Cluebooks for Bard 2, Magic Bureaucracy, Plundered Hearts, Starcross, 09458 Candle, Wasteland, M & M 1, Pool of Zork 2, Border Zone, Hollywood Hijinx. Rad. Joseph Lore, 34 Woodford St, Steven Ghislen, 1523 E Valley Pkwy Trade only: Ultima 6, Dragon Wars, Worcester MA 01604 #208, Escondido CA 92027 Neuromanc~r, Champions Krynn, Star Saga 1, Azure Bonds, Drakkhen, 3.5" only, for trade: Ultima 6, Silver Commodore Battletech 1, Bard 1 & 2, more. Steve Blades, King's Quest 4, Rise of Dragon, Amiga, sell only. $15 @: Faery Tale, Pratt, 1247 Fairview Ave, Greenville MS Spellcasting 101, Keefthe Thief, Quest Journey. $12 @: Bard 2*, Roadwar, 38701 for Glory, Hero's Quest Want Lord of Barbarian, Terrorpods, Spellbreaker*. Rings, Magic Candle 2, Eye of Beholder, $1O@: Suspended, Ogre. $9@: Sinbad. Trade, 5.25" only: Quest for Glory 2, other new 3.5". Tom Page, 96 Haddon PI, More. Tim Prokott, 849 SE 23rd Ave, Ultima 6, Keefthe Thief, Hero's Quest 1, Upper Montclair NJ 07043 Minneapolis MN 55414 I,Gng's Quest 4. Want to trade them for 3.5: Spellcasting 101, King's Quest 5 Sell only, mostly 3.5" games. Steve Sell only, $15@: Sentinel Worlds*, (Tandy 16-colorversion), or Savage Lake, 90 McKay St, Beverly MA Champions of Krynn*, Azure Bonds*, Empire. Al Ibm, 94 Bard 3*, Neuromancer*, Magic Candle*, ST Carmen Sandiego Europe. $1O@: Project Trade: Buck Rogers, Ultima 6, Crime 35+ game, $20 @. Tom Page, 96 Haddon Firestart, Legacy of Ancients. SASE for Wave, Fool's Errand, Bad Blood, PI, Upper Montclair NJ 07043 more. Robert Reitz, 218 N Fourth St, Codename Iceman, more. Want Sunbury P A 17801 Countdown, Wing Commander, Savage

QuestBusters 15 Amiga Missions II PasspOrt t~dventure MSDOS Quests II (please specify your system's disk Elvira $40 Books & Map Kits format and amount of memory.) Dragon Wars $40 Quest for Clues 2 or 3 $25 Eye of Beholder $40 King's Quest 4 $45 Official Book of Ultima $15 Hard Nova $40 Police Quest 2 $45 King's Quest Companion $15 Spirit of Excalibur $40 Savage Empire $45 Apple Outings QB Map Kit (includes US/APO Rise of the Dragon $45 Dragon Wars IIGS $40 shipping, Canadians send $3 US King's Quest 5 VGA $55 funds; no overseas sales.) EGA $45 C64 Seek & Slays Kit A: (for text/graphic games) $8 Quest for Glory II $50 Kit B: (for role-playing games) $8 Buck Rogers $38 Bane of the Cosmic Forge $45 Ultima VI $45 (100 sheets of mapping paper in each) Elvira $45 Lord of the Rings $45 With each game you get a free pack Amiga & MSDOS DarkSpyre $45 Psi-Mutant Priestess $40 of mapping paper & 3 issues added Tunnels & Trolls $45 to a regular sub (2 for 1st Class & Future Wars $40 Altered Destiny $50 Canada, 1 for overseas). With Drakkhen $40 LesManJey $50 Quest for Clues, you get the Champions of Krynn $40 Battletech 2 $47 number of same free issues; other Escape from Hell $38 nGS&MSDOS books entitle you to 2 issues for Secret of Monkey Island $45 Transylvania 3 $32 regular subs, 1 for others. Space 1889 $45 James Bond: Stealth Affair $45 US addresses, add $3 shipping for Conquests of Camelot $45 Assorted Systems each book or game, $2 @ if (Due to the maze of disk format, King's Bounty (all but ST) $35 ordering more than one. APO, memory and graphic considerations, QuestMaster (aU but Amiga) $35 Canada, $61$4: No credit cards or please include this information with Starflight C64 $35 bill meso AZ residents, add 5% sales Mac, Amiga, MSDOS $40 tax. Please send street address, not orders for MSDOS games.) POB.

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