Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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If you don't know anything
about the leading sci-fi and
fantasy writer then now is a
good time to start. Quite
simply Moorcock has
written some of the best
fantasy books around. Eh-lc
At The End Of Time
transports Moorcock's
brooding and reluctant hero
through the six dimensions
of chronology and space to
the bizarre world at the End
Of Time. Here, the
inhabitants dwell in bloodsucking
cities which draw in
power from the rest of the
Universe, enabling them to
create illusions at will. Elric
is soon made to feel
welcome, but the vapors
produced for him do not
always have the happiest
results.•
The story is illustrated
superbly by brilliant artwork
by Rodney Matthews whose
atmospheric floating landscapes
with their aweinspiring
cadaverous
inhabitants complement the
text perfectly. This unique
this then
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gures,
collaboration between an
acknowledged master of
science-fiction and an
internationally renowned
fantasy artist has produced
an extremely good looking
book.
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hing to do with Fantasy. It could be a role plyaing games, or
i-tech gadget that can turn fantasy into reality. Anything
ation in fact. This issue we look at a sculptor who creates
k book, and a new IAD style TV show,
You've probably seen
Matthews' work on posters
and record sleeves. Ile's
done stuff for Thin Lizzy
albums in the past. Eiric at
the End of Time is published
by Paper Tiger Books at
t 12.95 hardback and a
bargain ,C7.95 soft-back. You
should be able to find it all
good bookshops, otherwise
write to Dragon's World Ltd,
Paper Tiger Books, -
19 Hereford Square, London
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Forget The Price is Right and
Buliseye — here's a game show
for the computer generation. And it
doesn't involve a wrinkly old hasbeen
or an audience from the local
looney bin! Called Knightmare the
show starts on ITV from September
7th. The eight-part series, blends
the computer game with TV
special effects. Knightmare
involves competitors in a quest
with a set of perils and puzzles,
backed by a professional cast of
monsters, wizards, warriors and
other "supernatural" apparitions.
The action takes place in a multichambered
electronic dungeon,
ranging in appearance trom
conventional rooms to huge
underground caverns. The effect is
created by use of sophisticated
colour separation overlay, already
successfully employed for
television drama but never before
attempted in a non-rehearsable
game show.
Game designer Tim Child chose
the technique in preference to
conventional set design or even
the use of a real dungeon, both of