Two For One - River Software/Zenobi œ4.99
                  (Two text adventures)

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall? Who's the busiest software house of
all?" asked the curious adventurer.

The mirror clouded over, then cleared again. To the adventurer,
it seemed as though he could reach into the glass and find it
went on, and on, and on.... Slowly a series of symbols appeared
in the depths of the mirror and rose towards the watcher.
"Z-E-N-O-B-I" he read and gave a knowing smile.

Not content with having what must surely be the largest range of
Spectrum adventure software for sale, Zenobi recently branched
out into 16-bit games - specifically ST ones, mostly written
using STAC and of the so-called "homegrown" variety, sometimes
ignored by certain glossy magazines but often avidly purchased
and enjoyed by adventurers in general who know a good deal when
they see it.

Following Zenobi's acquisition of the marketing rights to River
Software's Domes of Sha Tri-pack containing Domes of Sha, Mutant
and Hammer of Grimmold and now renamed Three of the Best (which
they are), they have lost no time in also taking on River's
latest offering, The Challenge and The Thief - now known as Two
For One.

The two games were reviewed in the last issue of SynTax but now
they are an even better deal. At that time they sold for œ4.95.
Now, for an mere 4p extra, you get the disk in a snazzy, black,
PVC folder with a neat Zenobi label on the outside in gold on
black. Inside the folder are two pockets. One holds the disk but
as that only takes up half the pocket, there's enough room to
keep your save disk in there too. The other pocket contains
several leaflets including the instruction sheet for the game, a
list of the current Zenobi catalogue and several flyers including
one for reasonably-priced blank disks.

Zenobi promise a 24-hour turn round of orders which is an added
bonus. Like me, you probably wonder why some firms take 3 weeks
or more to put a game in a bag and post it! Not Zenobi - order
from them and you'll be loading the disk before you know it.

I was very impressed with The Challenge and The Thief when I
played them and said at the time what a bargain they were. If
you're serious about text adventures, you really shouldn't miss
out on these games so why not peruse the Zenobi adverts in this
issue and give them a try? It's true, you know, you ARE getting
two great adventures for the price of one.

                                               Sue