{fh200AA00Quickie PD Game Reviews
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by Mike Williams

{fb1FF5555             ROM

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Stephen Mander

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 It's a text adventure.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 It seems to be quite large, but there doesn't seem to be a lot happening. A major part of the game would seem to involve trying to guess useful words to SAY to the various characters that you meet.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 None

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Save Game

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 Weeks


{fb1FF5555             RTF{_PRO
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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Umpire of OUCH

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A Tetris variant. The higher levels of the game include shapes made of five squares instead of four. Unlike many Tetris variants, each level of RTF{_PRO only requires a small number of lines to be cleared, but there's a tight time limit.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 It's a pretty decent version of Tetris.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Not bad.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Redefinable keys. High score tables - top ten scores of all time plus top five scores today.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 6 minutes.


{fb1FF5555             RUBIKCLOC
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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Geoff Gibson

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A simulation of Rubik's Clock. It also knows a method of solving the clock, and will take you through it step by step. The solution plan is independent of the starting position.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 The Rubik's Clock puzzle is extremely difficult. The clock can be in one of about 82,500,000,000 states, so fiddling around at random would typically take several thousand years to reach a solution. The only way to solve it is to work out how the movements interrelate and solve one wheel at a time.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Simple

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 Following the plan takes about 3 minutes.

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{fb1FF5555             RUBIKCUBE
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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Geoff Gibson?

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A simulation of Rubik's Cube.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 The peculiar technique of dragging the cube faces takes a bit of getting used to. There's no built-in solution technique this time.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Simple.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 Forever, unless you know a solution method.


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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 The Sleeping Sphynx

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A text adventure in a garden.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Not bad. There are some nice touches, for example a nice little harvest mouse that runs between some rocks.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 None

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Save game

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 Weeks

