Micro Adventurer, #2

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Dec 1983

Infocom Plans New Fantasy Series

ENCHANTER, the first in a new series of fantasy games from Infocom, takes players into a magical world of perilous predicaments.

Zork authors Marc Blank and Dave Lebling have used a similar formula but put Enchanter in a different setting.

Infocom's product manager for entertainment software, Michael Dornbrook, says that the game requires players to use high levels of skill and logic in overcoming Krill the evil warlock.

"In the Zork trilogy the emphasis is on finding treasure and fighting the characters you meet while in Enchanter the focus is clearly on magic," Michael said.

"During Enchanter players will explore an abandoned castle filled with strange and magical trappings.

An important element was the passing of time, Michael said. As the days passed in game time, players would have to eat, drink and sleep or they'd reach a point where their powers started to fail.

Enchanter is available for the Apple II, Atari micros, the Commodore 64 and the IBM PC.

Another new release, Infidel, is the first game in Infocom's Tales of Adventure series.

It is set in the Sahara near the banks of the Nile. Players are challenged to unearth the buried entrance to the last of the great pyramids and to seize the priceless treasures that have been buried for thousands of years.

Another two new products available from Infocom are Planetfall and The Witness. Both cost £32.95 plus VAT.

Infocom adventures can new be played on the TI99/4A and machines running MS-DOS version 2.0, making its games compatible with 15 micros.

All Infocom games are presently available for the Apple II, Atari, Commodore 64 and the IBM PC.

Hint booklets and maps are designed to help players complete their adventures.

They can be obtained from software distributors for Infocom.

This article appeared in
Micro Adventurer
Dec 1983

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