News

Sierra News: There will be another two new Sierra games released
-----------  in the autumn. I still haven't caught up with the
             last six! The recently announced games will be Police
Quest III and a second game in Christy Marx's 'Conquest' series,
Conquests of the Longbow. Not surprisingly, this will feature
Robin Hood and will use the same icon interface as Space Quest IV.
Most of the icons will be the same as those in SQ4 but 'smell' and
'taste' will be replaced by 'weapon' and 'map/travel'.

Also from Sierra: Mark Crowe, who with Scott Murphy designed the
----------------  above-mentioned Space Quest series, is leaving
             Sierra to work for Dynamix. However the possibility
of a fifth Space Quest adventure hasn't been ruled out
entirely .....

Leather Goddesses II: As mentioned here last issue, Activision
--------------------  have had the follow-up to Steve Meretzky's
             hilarious adventure on hold for a l-o-ng time. It now
looks possible that it will be released as an Activision game
rather than as an Infocom game.

DIY Bard's Tale: PC owners can expect to see Interplay's Bard's
---------------  Tale Construction Set sometime in July and can
                 then design their own games. Meanwhile, ST owners
are still waiting to see Bard's Tale II....

Budgie from Barnsley!: John Barnsley's Adventurer's PD Library now
---------------------  also contains the whole range of Budgie
                 Licenceware disks for the ST. One new addition is
Dark Wars, an RPG with 3D view looking v-e-r-y similar to Dungeon
Master but costing a mere œ2.95. For details of John's PD service,
see his ad elsewhere in this issue.

The RBA continues: Those of you who subscribed to The Adventurers
-----------------  Club Ltd will know that it recently closed for
                 ever - sad news. The GOOD news is that 3 of the
original reviewing team are starting The Adventure & Strategy
Club. The Reference Book of Adventure will continue to be produced
bi-monthly from September '91 and members will have access to a
helpline, discounted software etc. For more details contact Hazel
Miller, The Adventure & Strategy Club, 17 Sheridan Road,
London E12 6QT.

Quest for Clues: From reading QuestBusters it looks as though the
---------------  first Quest for Clues book has been deleted. It
                 seems a strange bit of marketing as the
adventures covered in it are still played a lot today. So if you
want to get Clues 1, you'd better be quick - if you see it, buy
it, because you may not get another chance.

Further releases: No format news on these but some games due out
----------------  later in the year are Star Trek - The 25th
                 Anniversary Edition, Ultima VII and a follow-up
to Bane of the Cosmic Forge.