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million, you become Elizabeth
Archer, 19-year-old femme
fatale. who has problems with
the boys. Nigel's a wimp but is
after you. Tim ignores you.
but you fancy him.
It's end of term at the Tech.
and you have to earn your
keep throughout the summer
!lois. Should you look after the
sheep.tend the pias,or feed the
chickens? If on pig duty. shall
you arrange for one to escape
into the village. for Elizabeth
to fall in the slurry, or get
bitten on the ankle? You are
writing the script —
remember?
Scripted by real Archer's
scriptwriters and produced by
Level 9, this game feat ores the
now familiar Level 9
adventure format, except that
input is by number, selecting
from the list of choices
offered.
If you're an Archers fan.
you'll enjoy this game.
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It's the 28th century. and the
workrs population has
expanded to such a degree that
it has been decided to relocate
the people living in the
overcrowded cities into
massive City Domes.
To allow for the
construction of the giant
domes, existing cities have
been demolished and deserts
formed between the domes.
Most people were happy
with the relocation. However,
there were a few who disliked
the change, and were allowed
to start new lives in the desert.
The 'Desert Rebels*, as they
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Long ago, in the first age of
the Ringmaster. a Falcon staff
fell into the hands of Drakon,
the wizard of Valonia.
Because he did not destroy the
staff. Drakon was turned to
the dark side of evil and
ancient magics of old.
With his new found
strength, he set forth to
conquer all before him, but
was vanquished by Ashmeard,
the wizard of Dral
As time went by, Drakon's
strength grew once more, and
again threatened to destroy
the land. Now the task of
defeating Drakon lies with
you.
I began my quest in the
valley of Dial. and almost
immediately found myself
trapped in a cave where a
force field prevented my
escape. Luckily! had managed
to learn the ancient art of
reading magic symbols, and I
soon found my way into a dark
and dismal place where,
among other things. I came
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I was trapped at the bottom
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d turtle to crime to survive.
This is where you step in.
You are a Dome Trooper
based in City Dome Alpha.
Your job is defence of the
dome against the rebels, who
plan to take over an entire
dome and use it as a
stronghold,
They intend to do this by
injecting a poison into the
dome's water supply.
The text display offers a
choice of standard Spectrum
character set, or a far neater
futuristic set. Having made
your choice, you find yourself
outside the dome. Movement
to any of six city levels can be
made from a nearby
of a button
transporter i m i• press t
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of a pit which turned out to be
a rather crushing experience.
However, the old adventure
saying: 'If you want to get
ahead, get a plank'. proved
invaluable here.
One narrow escape later
saw me on my way to even
more unpleasant places. Can
you imagine having to wear a
piece of slime on your face?
The choice was simple, no
slime— no life.
With the few items! had
collected on the way, I moved
down into the darker depths.
Before much longer I
wondered what on earth I was
doing carting around a dead
rat.
Using one of the spells
collected on the way, the small
rodent was brought back to
life, and sure enough, I was
rewarded for my efforts
further on in the game, by the
creation of a rather unusual
bridge.
Many more puzzles and
problems besieged me on my
quest. A dog with three heads
halted my progress for a while,
but the best way to keep a dog
happy is to , .?
Stumbling across a jar of
cold cream had me beaten
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atmosphere somewhat. These
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text window. m
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though, is that for isome
reason
I could not discover, the city's
reactor blows up after
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inputs! However hard ' I just
could not do anything to
prevent it. Can you do better?
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obvious i I almost missed it —
sometimes t you must take
things M literally.
My 5 journey took me past
demons and dragons, and all
manner of other nasty little
creatures just waiting to bring
about my instant demise.
Using my thinking cap to
best advantage. I finally came
to the ultimate confrontation
with the Dark Lord himself.
Once more, a companion
found during the adventure
proved to be of immense help.
Although Demon from the
Darkside is Quitted, it has
70 locations, with graphics
thrown in at 28 of these. It'
by far the best example of an
adventure created this way I
have yet come across, and
goes to show that with a little
thought, a very fine adven
can be turned out.
Available by mail ordcr from
Compass Software, 36 Glove
Place. Norwich N1122S0
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