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Mindscape-Catalog MINDSCAPE PRODUCT 1...ATALOG~ INC MINDSCAPE INC MINOSCAPE IN( Mindscape is a unique company located in the Silicon flatlands in Illinois. Housed in an award winning post-modern building, we have attracted some of the most creative and motivated people in the software industry. Out of this challenging and fun-loving environment have come many of the most innovative software products today. Creativity without compromise. Our ongoing commitment to be at the forefront of new developments in consumer electronics has resulted in top-quality products that use current technology to its fullest. With a strong heritage in education and entertainment products, Mindscape has recently expanded its product line to include distinctive business and home productivity products. And now, Mindscape is expanding its scope with an exciting new array of VCR strategy games. Dedicated to making excellence affordable, Mindscape specializes in: • Entertainment • Business Productivity • Cinemaware (interactive movies) • Personal Productivity • Home Educational New ventures •VCR Games •The Logo Shoppe (quality apparel) Scarborough and Mindscape are all trademarks of Mindscape, Inc. All rights resen>ed. Apple is a trade_mark of Apple Computer, Inc. IBM is a registered trademark and PCjr is a trademark of lnternauonal Busmess Machmes, Inc. Commodore 64/ 128 is a registered trademark or Commodore Business Machines, Inc. Macmtosh IS a registered trade­ mark of Apple Computers, Inc. Atari i a registered trademark of Atari , Inc. Amiga is a registered trademark or Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Cinemaware is a registered trademark of Master Designer Softw.ire, Inc. and distributed Mindscape, Inc 3444 Dundee Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062 exclusively by Mindscape, Inc. Photo <C 1987 Wayne Cable, Cable Studios. 1-800-221-9884 312-480-7667 Gauntlet™ Gauntlet™: The Paperboy™ Into the Eagle's Nest by Atari Games Deeper Dungeons by Atari Games by Pandora by Atari Games ••.11,., ,,l-.': ,e,;r.rr,. .._- - 1111 e. '"" 1•lt · l .i." • ~ li.. l.' ..-.-~w. I .J- i- --- Mindscape takes the Once you've run the Mindscape takes the Briefing: Three allied saboteur have been arcade home! Gauntlet, the danger has arcade home! captured and are being held in the Eagle's Thi i it. The game everybody' been just begun. It's time to Pick up your old Push Bike, put on your Nest , the top secret Nazi fortress. Intelli ­ waiting for. Gauntlet, the most successful delve into The Deeper peaked cap and imagine your elf braving gence indicates troops massing in the area. arcade game of all time has come home. Dungeons! the streets of an American suburb in this Orders: Penetrate the Eagle's est. Rescue And it brings with it all the characters, You thought it was over, didn't you? Well , arcade classic! Only superb riding skills captives before they break. Destroy the dungeons, traps, treasures, and excitement dust off your a,xe, Thor. Sharpen up your and a steady throv.~ng arm can get you Eagle's est using hidden explosive caches. yo u loved in the arcades. word, Thyra. Re-string your bow, Questor, through yo ur seven day week of hilarious In the proces , save as many art treasures Featuring and pol ish up tho e card tricks, Merlin, action. Avoid cars, workmen, drunkards from destruction as possible. Good luck ! . Thor, Th)ra, Questor, and Merlin together 'cause it's reall y only begin ni ng . and lawnmowers all out to get you. Features again Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons adds Score points by delivering to all your · High-resolution full-scrolling graphics . All the levels you know and love from more than SOO of the nastiest, most treach­ usual customers, and get sneaky bonuses · Eight challenging levels the arcade erous, and deadly dungeons we could come by breaking the windows of non-subscribers. · Action , danger, excitement, and surprises . 1Wo playe r, join at any time, play system up with . Get ready for the ride of yo ur life! · The popular, top-down perspective Ami/able for the Amiga, Atari 800 XE, Requires the original Gauntlet game disk. Available for the Atari Sf and the Com · Available fe1· the Apple II series (coming XL, Atari Sf' and Commodore 6-1 / 728 Ami/able for the Atari 800 XE; XL and modore 6-1 / 128 soon), Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore Commodore 6-1 / 128 64 128 and IBM (coming soon) 4 ENTERTA INMENT EN TE RTA INM ENT 5 Infiltrator II Balance of Power™ Trust and Betrayal: Infiltrator by Chris Crawford by Chris Gray by Chris Gray The Legacy of Siboot by Chris Crawford Chris Crawford, creator of the award­ You are Captain johnny "Jimbo Baby" You are still the one and only Captain Step beyond the theories and concepts, winning Balance of Power, brings a radi­ McGibbits-The lnjiltrat01: Your mission is johnny "Jimbo Baby" McGibbits, The and experience first-hand the pressures and cal new approach to computer games. For to fly into enemy territory and carry out Jn.filtrato1: But, intelligence reports indicate challenges of superpower leadership in a the first time ever, interact with char­ operations which will completely disable that the Mad Leader has risen from the nuclear age. Test your savvy with what the acters so fully-rounded they display their the Mad Leader's plans for war. You will smoldering ashes in which you once left New York Times called "one of the most own drives, ambitions, and emotions in a be required to fly your chopper through him. sophisticated strategic simulations in round-robin of political maneuvering. enemy airspace, reach important target You 'll fly your Gizmo™ DHX-1 Attack America other than Pentagon war games." Also for the first time, interact with a areas and carry out specific missions to Chopper behind enemy lines in search of This simulation lets you assume the game that requires neitl1er strategy nor help destroy the military force. the Mad Leader's new headquarters. Once office of President of the U.S. or General there, you' II begin an all-new series of Secretary of the U.S.S.R. As you manage reflexes, but instead calls on yo ur intu­ Features ground missions to thwart the Mad Leader's overt and covert actions, insurrection and ition, ethics, and social abilities. And, for · The ultimate, realistic helicopter flight revitalized troops. But be careful! This political deceptions, divisions of troops and the first time, interact with a program that simulation time, the Mad Leader knows what he's up diplomatic efforts, your nation's prestige uses a revolutionary icon-based language · Exciting animated land-based graphic against! will rise or fall. You have eight years to to achieve full , unambiguous expression adventures win. without the limitations of typical parsers. Am ii.able far the Apple II series. Commo­ Ami/able far the Apple 11 series. Atari 800 1 dore 6-J 128 and IBAI A1 ailable far the Amiga, Apple II series, Ami/able far the Macintosh XE, XL. Commodore 6-1 128 and JB,11 Atari ST. IBM and Macintosh ENTERTAINMENT 7 6 ENTERTAINMENT Bop'N Wrestle Bop'N Rumble Superstar Ice Hockey Superstar Soccer by Melbourne House by Beam Software by Ed Ringler/DesignStar by Ed Ringler/DesignStar Consultants Consultants .A You·\'e seen 'em flying into the ai les. Grannies under attack' Yes, helpless little Superstar Ice Hockey is Superstar Soccer is the most compl ete, ow you get to climb into the ring with old ladie can't walk the streets in safet): the first complete hockey realistic, outdoor soccer simulation avail­ 'em and join the mayhem of professional With hordes of yo-yo Ii ke new-wave gang­ simulation! able! You have total con trol of your own wrestling at its best. Bop'N Wrestle puts sters, motorcycle madmen, break dancers, It 's actually three games in one. You soccer tea m as you play, coach, and act you in the ring with 10 of the meanest, gorillas and other creeps that threaten the can pl ay, coach, and manage. As a player, as the general manage r. baddest. biggest. ugl ie t pro wrestlers streets, we need a hero. But where. oh take the ice as center or goalie. Fire slap Take the field as a player and run , mu ·\'e eYer seen fly off a turnbuckle! where can such a hero be found? shots, hip-check opponents, make slick shoot, pass, and defend. You 'II practically · This fast-paced ·action game for one or You got it - the world champion, macho passes, block shots. As a coach, set up feel the con tact. As a coach, choose your two pl aye rs takes place in a three­ man of Bop' Wrestle ... Gorgeous Greg. and rotate your players' lines. As a general lineup, make subst itutions, and ca ll on­ dimensional arena so realistic you 'll swear Maneuver Greg in Bop'i Rumble as he manager, trade and draft players. Build a fi eld strategies. How well your players you can hear the bodies hit the canvas. faces down an array of turkeys so big and weak franchise into a contender. You choose execute depends on how good a team you've Ami/able for Apple If series, Atari 800 bad they make pro-wrestlers look like the level of complexity! put together as the general ma nager. Xh'. XL. Commodore 6-1 728, and IBM Sunday school teacher . Fight your way Available for the Amiga (corning soon), You 'II need to make trades and recru it new through all level to save the grannies and Apple II series, Atari ST (coming soon), players as your existing players age wi th become the hero of the city! Commodore 64/ 128 and IBM each new season.
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