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From the sort of game adventure
enthusiasts would
contemptuously switch off
after just five minutes of play,
Martyn has turned Dead End
into a highly playable adventure,
full of atmosphere.
Inspired by the 1944 MO
film Farewell My Lovely, the
game has all the atmosphere
of an old black and white private
eye movie, particularly
on the ST version, which includes
digitised stills from
the film itself. There are
other differences
between the ver-
Si S, too
, the much faster
nota response time
on the ST (even
when bly
graphics
and in the -
structure
itsert. For
example, on
the 8 bit
verstom your
gun is
in your
inventory
start, wh
-the ST, y
pick up yo
raincoat (nonexistent
on 8 bit) to
reveal your holster
with gun in it
underneath.
With the cassette
or disk comes a
professionally
printed handbook
with glossy cover,
containing loading
and playing instructions,
together with the
background to the story.
The whole package is
so well executed and
presented, that in happier
times for the adventure market,
Dead End would undoubtedly
have been
snatched up by a publisher
and be on sale in the shops.
As it is, Martyry has set up his
own company, Interactive
Technology, through which
to sell the game. And already
two more titles are planned:
A Dark Sky Over Paradise,
and the first of a fantasy
series, Doom, due in March.
A little pricey for the 8 bit
versions, but superb value for
what you get on the St. Dead
End is available on cassette
for 48k Spectrum, Commodore
64, at 7.95, and on disk
for Atari ST at 9.95. Order by
mail direct from Interactive
Technology, PO Box 146,
Sheffield 513 ny.
Note: The ST version
comes on double sided disk_
It MUST be run from Drive
A, and the computer MUST
NOT be connected to a hi-res
monitor, or it will cause a sys-
tem crash when executed. If
you have an internal single
sided drive plus an external
double sided drive, you will
not be able to run the game
without a utility that enables
Drive B to become Drive A.
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