A quick * Preview * of 2 forthcoming Zenobi adventures

             New Arrival (Text/graphics for ST)
          Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Text only for ST)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the classic gothic tale written by
Stevenson back in the late 19th century. The Spectrum version was
programmed by The Essential Myth several years ago. The ST
conversion has been carried out by Jack Lockerby of River Software
and is suitably text-only. The adventure starts when Dr Jekyll is
almost ready to perform his final experiment into the duality of
human nature. The display is nice and clear and, as you'd expect,
the descriptions are verbose and very atmospheric, from the
description of Dr Jekyll's house to the ominous deterioration of
the weather outside and the content of Jekyll's tortured dreams as
he prepares for the culmination of his work.

I don't have any additional information on the second game, New
Arrival, but it has quite a different scenario from Jekyll and
Hyde, being set in the future at a mining operation called New
World Mining. You play Richard Dyson, a Class A employee, and
start the game in your small room. You're instructed to get on
with your work but things don't seem to be quite right .... is
something more sinister going on? Though not as verbose a game as
Jekyll and Hyde due to the addition of graphics, which are
excellent, by the way, there is still a good atmosphere of menace
as you explore.

I have included early screenshots of both adventures to give you
an idea of the style of both. Neither game is completed yet but
they are planned for release around the end of November. New
Arrival will cost œ1.99 and Jekyll and Hyde will cost œ2.99. Both
games will be able to be bought either from SynTax or direct from
Zenobi Software and they will be reviewed here once they are
officially available.