***************************************************************** * OKLIB'S REVENGE ST/PC/AMIGA * * * * by Sue Medley * * * * Originally an 8-bit, text only adventure written using * * Gilsoft's Quill for the 48K Spectrum and titled Staff of * * Power, an enhanced and expanded version is now available * * on all 16-bit formats, written using Softwork's AGTBIG and * * renamed Oklib's Revenge. AGTBIG has been str-etch-ed to its * * limits to write this game which has over 120 locations, more * * than 700 metacommands and an extensive vocabulary. * * * * How will you survive in an unfriendly land with only your * * wits to aid you? Will you be up to the ultimate challenge * * or will Oklib have the last laugh? * * * * Send cheques/POs for œ5.00 (payable to Sue Medley) to: * * 9 Warwick Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LJ. * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * Borphee Computers Presents ST/AM/PC * * --- THE FOUR SYMBOLS --- * * * * A text only adventure for all formats - a seemingly simple * * quest, but with a sting in its tail! * * Can you prove yourself innocent of witchcraft? * * Will you curse the day you encountered the black cat? * * Will you survive? * * Only time will tell as your wits are challenged to the * * utmost in this, the first adventure from the Grue. * * Send cheque/PO for œ5 made payable to Borphee Computers. * * * * Also available, PD PC emulator for the Amiga, runs all text * * adventures tested so far. Needs two drives and DOS, œ1.95. * * Not 500+ or 600. * * * * Borphee Computers, 64 Country Rd, Ormskirk, * * West Lancs, L39 1QH * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * Special Offer!! ST/PC/AMIGA * * * * Buy both * * OKLIB'S REVENGE * * and * * THE FOUR SYMBOLS * * for * * just .... * * œ7.50! * * * * Available for the PC, ST and Amiga * * * * Send Cheques/POs for œ7.50 (payable to Sue Medley) to: * * 9 Warwick Road * * Sidcup * * Kent * * DA14 6LJ * * * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL THIEF PC * * * * by Joel Finch/Electric Sheep * * * * Joint winner of the 1991 AGT contest, THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL * * THIEF has been reprogrammed by the author using his own * * utility TGC, The Text Game Compiler. It can be played as a * * text adventure or mouse controlled using icon buttons and * * by selecting any text on the screen to create inputs. * * * * As a thief at the top of your field, you aspire to join the * * Multi-dimensional Thieves' Guild. Offered a provisional * * membership, all you have to do is pass a simple test in a * * series of rooms which have been "borrowed" from other * * universes - will you be able to escape? * * * * Send cheques/POs for œ10.00 (œ8 + œ2 P&P) payable to * * Sue Medley to 9 Warwick Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LJ. * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * EXCUSE ME - DO YOU HAVE THE TIME? ST * * By Jean Childs * * * * A text and graphics STAC adventure that takes you not just * * from place to place but through the boundaries of time. * * * * Can you interpret the scientist's enigmatic clues? * * Are your three friends, who travel with you, going to be a * * help or a hindrance? * * Will you be able to complete your task and return in a time * * machine that has a digestive problem? * * Can you survive my sense of humour? * * * * Send cheques/POs for just œ3.00 (payable to Jean Childs) to: * * 24 Waverley Road, Bagshot, Surrey, GU19 5JL * * * * or see next frame for a special offer! * * * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * WYSIWYG ST * * By Jean Childs * * * * And the Wizard laughed...... * * * * "Come into the land in which I dwell. * * Release the castle from my spell. * * Use your eyes, the scene is set. * * What You See Is What You Get." * * * * Features graphics for each locations rather than room * * descriptions - hence the title. * * * * Send cheques/POs for just œ3.00 (payable to Jean Childs) to: * * 24 Waverley Road, Bagshot, Surrey, GU19 5UL * * -------------------------------------------------- * * | OR order both WYSIWYG and EXCUSE ME for just œ5.00 | * * -------------------------------------------------- * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * THE OBSCURE NATURALIST ST * * Written and illustrated for the Atari ST by Peter Hague * * * * Humour, drama, nature, fantasy, monuments, mud and buses * * all rolled into one - UNROLL IT IF YOU CAN! * * * * Perhaps the most adventurous adventure ever ventured upon. * * This game took three years to write - Can you finish it * * in your lifetime? * * * * "Excellent graphics - very well written text" ST REVIEW * * * * "Well crafted. The writing is fairly rich too - appealing * * graphics." ST FORMAT * * * * The full game and four page hint sheet for only œ5.00. * * Cheques/POs payable to Peter Hague, 32 Chancet Wood Drive, * * Sheffield, S8 7TR * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * GRUE-KNAPPED! ST/PC/AMIGA(emul) * * from * * Fictitious Frobishire * * - - - - - * * Can you escape from the Grue's lair before he wakes up from * * his post-prandial nap and turns his attention to YOU? * * * * An enhanced conversion by Neil Shipman of the light-hearted * * text adventure by Bob Adams. * * * * Extra text - Additional puzzles - Dual format ST/PC disk. * * Runs on a 520ST (Please advise if single-sided disk only) * * * * Officially approved by the game's original author! * * * * Send cheques/POs for just œ3.00 (payable to Neil Shipman) to: * * N. Shipman, 1 Heath Gardens, Coalpit Heath, Bristol BS17 2TQ. * * * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * PC/ST(emul) * * --- JACARANDA JIM --- 3.5" disk œ6, 5.25" disk œ5 * * * * Following an attack on his cargo-ship by a crack squad * * of homicidal beechwood armchairs, Space cadet Jacaranda * * Jim is forced to crashland into the strange world of * * Ibberspleen IV. "Luckily" Jim is rescued from the burning * * wreckage by the mysteriously smug creature, Alan the * * Gribbley. Can you help Jim escape back to the safety of * * Earth? * * * * Why is the deckchair attendant so miserable? * * Who taught Mavis the cow to tapdance? * * What would you do with a cucumber, a gin-spitting pirate * * and a piece of gristle? * * * * No, don't answer that. * * See next frame for ordering details. * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * PC/ST(emul) * * --- HUMBUG --- 3.5" disk or 5.25" disk œ9 * * * * You, Sidney Widdershins, are sent to your Grandad's for * * the Christmas holidays. Lurking in the shadows is * * Grandad's evil neighbour - Jasper Slake. Jasper, a * * particularly sadistic dentist, is after Grandad's * * crumbling manor. * * * * Who is the computer junkie in the anorak? * * What would you do with a trombone, a terrapin and half a * * pound of lard? * * Yes, quite. * * * * To order either game, contact: * * Graham Cluley, 'Malvern', Seaton Road, Camberley, * * Surrey, GU15 3NG * * * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * Gerbil Riot of '67 PC * * By Simon Avery * * * * Arguably the daftest, most stupidly silly text adventure * * ever. Converted with tender loving care from the 8-bit * * original and playtested by Jean Childs. * * * * Written with TADS, Gerbil Riot will run on 99% of all PC * * compatible machines (refund if it doesn't). * * Enviromentally friendly! (Recycled ideas) * * Large help system included. * * * * Send cheques/POs for œ3.00 (payable to Simon Avery) to: * * Hamlyn's Cottage, * * Old Exeter Road, * * Chudleigh, S Devon. TQ13 0DX * * (Please state whether 3.5" or 5.25" floppy disk) * * (Please add œ2 for overseas orders) * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * UNNKULIA ZERO:The Search for Amanda PC/ST * * An Unnkulian Unventure by D.A. Leary * * * * In "Unnkulian Underworld", a mysterious message carved in * * the top of the oak table in the Hall of the Valley King read * * "V.K. luvs Amanda"... Then in "Unnkulian Unventure II", a * * similar message appeared - some vandal had scratched it on a * * branch in the oak tree! * * Who is Amanda? * * Now you can learn all about her as your search for the * * true love of the Valley King takes you across Unnkulia! * * You are living in a quiet age, the era of the Second Valley * * King when the Unnkulian menace has been driven into hiding * * ... but that doesn't mean there's not still evil out there! * * * * Available for PC (5.25" 1.2meg or 3.5" 720K), Mac, ST and * * Falcon for $26.00 including shipping. US funds only. * * ADVENTIONS:PO Box 851, Columbia, Maryland 21044, USA * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * THE HORROR OF RYLVANIA * * By D.A.Leary * * * * "The Horror of Rylvania" is true gothic horror in an * * interactive fiction setting. A radical departure from the * * light-hearted Unnkulian series, "Horror" is not for the * * faint-at-heart. * * What you expected would be a fun outing in scenic Rylvania * * turns into a gruesome nightmare, with *you* playing the * * starring role. Find out what it's like to be alternately * * the source and challenger of evil in the tiny Eastern * * European province. Test your very moral fiber as you decide * * to damn yourself and save others -- or vice versa. "The * * Horror of Rylvania" will grip you like no interactive * * fiction ever has before. * * Available for PC (5.25" 1.2meg or 3.5" 720K), Mac, ST and * * Falcon for $21.00 including shipping. US funds only. * * ADVENTIONS:PO Box 851, Columbia, Maryland 21044, USA * ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** * PERDITION'S FLAMES PC * * A fantasy text adventure game by Michael Roberts * * * * You've died and gone to Hell! Explore a land that no living * * mortal has ever seen. This innovative game has all the usual * * great TADS features and it may be one of the friendliest text * * adventures ever written. Being dead has its advantages - you * * don't have to eat or sleep, you can carry as much stuff as * * you want and, best of all, you can't die! Plus this may be * * the first text adventure ever to be certified 100% maze free! * * * * The game package includes the software, game manual and hint * * book, a full fold-out map of the game and the Official * * Tourist's Guide to Hell. * * * * The cost? $25 plus $4 shipping to UK/Europe by cheque/money * * order (US dollars), VISA or MasterCard. * * High Energy Software, PO Box 50422, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA * *****************************************************************