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  *                  --- "WEIRD TALES" ---                        *
  *            New from Interactive Technology!                   *
  *                                                               *
  *  Two full-length stories from the legendary American pulp     *
  *  magazine - available on the ST/STE for œ14.95                *
  *                                                               *
  *  Enter a psychopathic institution on a stormy night and       *
  *  take the role of the intern intrigued by a new patient...    *
  *                                                               *
  *  Encounter a chest, brought across the continents and into    *
  *  the world of Samuel Trowbridge.....                          *
  *                                                               *
  *  Weird Tales features Zen, the most advanced interface ever   *
  *  used in a text-based adventure, with hints, auto-mapping,    *
  *  interactive characters, artificial intelligence and more!    *
  *                                                               *
  *  (See next frame for ordering details...)                     *
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  *      --- More adventures from Interactive Technology ---      *
  *                                                               *
  *           --- "A DARK SKY OVER PARADISE" ---                  *
  *                                                               *
  *   An SF-based adventure set on the MoonBase at the time       *
  *   of great economic and ecological problems on Earth.         *
  *                                                               *
  *                --- "DEAD END" ---                             *
  *                                                               *
  *   Written in the style of Raymond Chandler, you must          *
  *   attempt to solve the mysterious death of Miles Dunbar.      *
  *                                                               *
  *   Both games are now reduced in price to just œ4.99 each!     *
  *   There's never been a better time to buy them....            *
  *                                                               *
  *   Send cheques/POs payable to S Medley to:                    *
  *   SynTax, 9 Warwick Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LJ              *
  *   (Please add œ1.00 P&P overseas)                             *
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  *                --- THE BLAG ST ---                            *
  *                                                               *
  *  Question witnesses and suspects. Examine evidence,           *
  *  interrogate collator, criminal and vehicle files.            *
  *  Telephone the specialists. Watch your Police Dog as he       *
  *  chases his victim. Go to court and watch the trial unfold.   *
  *  Digitised graphics, Free Blag Pen, Free competition.         *
  *  Free help file - Trivia Quiz + Digitised colour graphics.    *
  *                                                               *
  *  "Having looked at it I can see what people are raving about" *
  *  March issue of Zero. "Brilliant" Sept. issue of Syntax.      *
  *                                                               *
  *  THE BLAG ST costs œ7.99 + 50p postage and packing.           *
  *  Cheques or postal orders to AW Woolcock, 30 Lyndhurst Road,  *
  *  Ashurst, Southampton, SO4 2DU.                               *
  *  (Please state if single- or double-sided version required)   *
  *                                                               *
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  *      The Golden Fleece : The Holy Grail : The Mission         *
  *                                                               *
  *          Three text-only fantasy adventures from              *
  *              the keyboard of Jim MacBrayne.                   *
  *                                                               *
  *  These games, all in classical Infocom style and a true       *
  *  challenge to the most experienced of adventurers, have       *
  *  received wide acclaim from Amiga owners, The Holy Grail      *
  *  being voted by Adventure Probe members as "best 16-bit text  *
  *  adventure of the year". All have now been converted for the  *
  *  ST and are immediately available. The Golden Fleece will     *
  *  run quite happily in 512K but the delights of the others     *
  *  are restricted to the owners of 1 megabyte machines.         *
  *                                                               *
  *  Send cheques/POs for œ7.50 per game to: Jim MacBrayne,       *
  *  27 Paidmyre Crescent, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 5AQ        *
  *  (Overseas orders please add œ1.00 P&P)                       *
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  *                                                               *
  *                --- ASTEROID ADVENTURE ---                     *
  *                                                               *
  *  On a trading run at the edge of "known space", your ship's   *
  *  computer picks up a distress call......                      *
  *                                                               *
  *  Features include: full sentence input, multiple commands,    *
  *  RAM/disk save/load, inventory graphics, spot sound FX,       *
  *  no disk swapping!                                            *
  *                                                               *
  *  STE-compatible. Please state if colour or mono version is    *
  *  required when ordering.                                      *
  *                                                               *
  *  ASTEROID ADVENTURE costs œ8.95.                              *
  *  Please make cheques/POs payable to SoftTouch                 *
  *  and send to:                                                 *
  *  J A Ure, 6 Oak Avenue, Runcorn Road, Birmingham, B12 8QT     *
  *                                                               *
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  *                                                               *
  *      --- NEW ST ADVENTURES FROM RIVER SOFTWARE ---            *
  *                                                               *
  *   Into the Mystic - œ2.95                                     *
  *                   Enchanted Cottage and Lifeboat - œ4.50      *
  *                                                               *
  *   All games are text-only. See the reviews in this issue      *
  *   of SynTax for more details.                                 *
  *                                                               *
  *   UK orders are sent post free. Elsewhere please add œ1.00    *
  *   to cover extra postal costs.                                *
  *                                                               *
  *   Please make out your cheque/postal order to J A Lockerby    *
  *   and send it to:                                             *
  *                                                               *
  *   River Software, 44 Hyde Place, Aylesham, Canterbury,        *
  *   Kent, CT3 3AL                                               *
  *                                                               *
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  *                                                               *
  *         --- THREE NEW ADVENTURES FROM ZENOBI ---              *
  *                                                               *
  *    CORTIZONE by High Voltage                                  *
  *    A futuristic tale on TWO disks                             *
  *                                                               *
  *    BORDER WARFARE by N Clark/G Tonner                         *
  *    A fantasy/futuristic tale                                  *
  *                                                               *
  *    THE MAGIC SHOP by J Taylor                                 *
  *    A mouse-driven graphic adventure                           *
  *                                                               *
  *               Each game costs œ3.99 each                      *
  *                                                               *
  *   Send cheques/POs (made payable to Zenobi Software) to:      *
  *   Zenobi Software, 26 Spotland Tops, Cutgate, Rochdale,       *
  *   Lancashire, OL12 7NX (Please add œ1.00 for overseas orders) *
  *                                                               *
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  *                                                               *
  *       --- RIVER SOFTWARE ADVENTURES FROM ZENOBI ---           *
  *                                                               *
  *         --- " Two For One" ---                                *
  *   The Challenge and The Thief                                 *
  *   Two STAC text adventures on one disk                        *
  *                                                               *
  *         --- "Three of the Best" ---                           *
  *   Hammer of Grimmold, Mutant and Domes of Sha                 *
  *   Three more STAC text adventures on one disk                 *
  *                                                               *
  *   Both packages now reduced to just œ3.99 each!               *
  *                                                               *
  *   Send cheques/POs (made payable to Zenobi Software) to:      *
  *   Zenobi Software, 26 Spotland Tops, Cutgate, Rochdale,       *
  *   Lancashire, OL12 7NX (Please add œ1.00 for overseas orders) *
  *                                                               *
  *                                                               *
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  *    --- YET MORE 16-BIT GAMES FROM ZENOBI SOFTWARE! ---        *
  *                                                               *
  *   All these games have also been reduced in price to          *
  *   œ3.99 each!                                                 *
  *                                                               *
  *   WHIPLASH AND WAGONWHEEL - Authors Ulterior Motives          *
  *   A text/graphics adventure                                   *
  *                    THE JADE STONE - Author Linda Wright       *
  *                    A text/graphics adventure                  *
  *   SOULDRINKER - Authors Tower Productions                     *
  *   A text/graphics adventure                                   *
  *                    THE ADVENTURER - Authors S & D Gray        *
  *                    A text adventure                           *
  *                                                               *
  *   Send cheques/POs (made payable to Zenobi Software) to:      *
  *   Zenobi Software, 26 Spotland Tops, Cutgate, Rochdale,       *
  *   Lancashire, OL12 7NX (Please add œ1.00 for overseas orders) *
  *                                                               *
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