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FIEND while you try to outwit
that most feared resident of
Faringdon — Beneath the Folly!!
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RONNIE GOES TO
LLY WOOD
AUTHOR PROFILE
Michael White
hooked on adventures
m when he bought a
icopy
of Velnor's Lair, obtained
cby
mail order years ago from
Derek
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Brewster's software
company.
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But what got him
into writing adventures was
what e he still regards as his
favourite l adventure — Level 9's
Adventure W Quest.
h Some four years ago Michael
formed i 8th Day Software, now
with some 11 titles behind it.
8th
t
Day first became known to
the e adventuring public with get rid of the rotten eggs
some g of the very first Quilled thrown when he ventured
adventures, o in a series called onto the balcony!) Ronnie
Games t Without Frontiers. retrieves his toy submarine,
All 8th Day adventures are puts On your surgical truss
sold by mail order from his (enables him to carry more
home. His most recent before objects!) and heads
Ronnie Goes To Hollywood, downstairs for the press
was HRH, with which he conference in the foyer.
attempted to 'go commercial' Unperturbed by the
and market the game through explosion upstairs that blows
distributors. "It was the the top floor of the White
salesman in me, I suppose," House away, he reads his
said Michael.
speech, and leaves to get on
with the job of running the
USA. What's your next move,
Ron?
0 SUPPLIER:8TH DAY SOFTWARE
0 SUPPLIER: ITH DAY SOFTWARE
0 MACHINES: ALL SPECTRUMS
0 AVAILABLE FROM; 8TH DAY
SOFTWARE, 18 FLAXHILL,
MORETON, WIRRAL,
MERSEYSIDE, L46 7UH
0 REVIEWER: MTH
You are lying in bed under
thick covers in the master
bedroom of The White House.
The blankets are crocheted
with tiny motifs showing tanks
and aeroplanes ...-
Getting up, Ronnie notices
that there is a limpet mine
attached to his bed better
get out of here in a hurry! But
where are his trousers?
Dressing has its hazards,
since the trousers turn out to
be down the corridor in
Nancy's powder room — a
naked security guard in a
wardrobe hands them over.
Stopping briefly to bath (must
Ronnie Goes To Hollywood
is an adventure in which you,
as Ronnie, act very much along
the lines of your Spitting
Image. The opening sequence
N•w• Nonni•?
is a little confusing to play,
since only when Ronnie is fully
dressed will Nancy present
you with the speech. This
involves having a bath after
you have been out onto the
balcony with your trousers.
This is a graphics adventure,
although there are only
relatively few pictures. in
addition to the pictures, a
novel presentation system is
used to operate the White
House computer terminal.
Overall, here is a highly
amusing adventure, well worth
the £3.99 mail order asking
price.
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