Kingdom o' Magic
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Sales Curve Interactive's $49.99 Kingdom o' Magic adventure game is a parody on role-playing games and integrates an adventure game engine with a substantial amount of sarcasm. Billed as a "comedy epic," Kingdom includes impressive interactive sequences and entertaining character dialogs. Users can play the game as Thidney or Shah-ron. Thidney is a human-size, bipedal reptile with a Scottish accent. Thidney's behavior is warrior-like and his dialog is belligerent. Shah-ron is a female blond adventurer who is excellent at trading and persuading to obtain what she needs. Although Kingdom is intended to be humorous, it does contain all the critical elements of a sword-and-sorcery epic. Users are provided with a variety of offensive moves, including the Spell o' Airstrike and the Spell o' Kick. The entertaining opponents include ninja bakers, an Elvis-impersonating golem and satanic gingerbread men.
Publication Name: PC Entertainment
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 1093-295X
Year: 1996
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The Residents' Bad Day on the Midway
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Inscape's $49.95 Residents' Bad Day on the Midway presents a mystery with deep secrets, shifting personas, a Psychotic Killer and an amazing mixture of overall imagery and ideas. Its characters are more believable than those in the earlier, truly bizarre Freak Show CD-ROM. The full-motion video does much to capture the sensory-overload atmosphere of the carnival setting. The game revolves around an innocent boy named Timmy, who interacts with other characters and must switch places with them at various points to save the carnival from the IRS Man. This switching may be a serious design flaw, leading to inevitable confusion from the constant role changes and weirdness, but Bad Day on the Midway provides plenty of information that helps the player win and get used to the role-shifting. The graphics are excellent, and the sound effects are superb.
Publication Name: PC Entertainment
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 1093-295X
Year: 1996
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Great Naval Battles IV: Burning Steel, 1939-1942
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SSI's Great Naval Battles IV: Burning Steel, 1939-1942 lets players command heavy World War II naval ships and is the most advanced PC-based naval combat simulation ever. The player can choose from hundreds of different ships, both British and German. There are two command levels: task force, where players order about groups of ships, planes and even submarines during large tactical engagements, and manual mode, where the player runs navigation, damage control and other lower-level tasks. Great Naval Battles uses artificial-intelligence technology to simulate crews carrying out duties when the player prefers to manage the big picture as an 'armchair general.' It has exceptional customization features with dozens of adjustments and comes with 19 Atlantic and Mediterranean scenarios. Great Naval Battles IV is an excellent value at $45.
Publication Name: PC Entertainment
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 1093-295X
Year: 1996
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