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From: ojwb1@cl.cam.ac.uk (O.J.W. Betts)
Subject: Re: This Is The Jewels of Darkekness
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 18:22:47 GMT
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In article <1993Apr26.160451.22850@ra.oc.com>, earendil@wizard.etsu.edu (Allen Garvin) writes:
|> 
|> About Rainbird (Magnetic Scrolls?), I had one of their games for Amiga, it
|> was called (I think) "Guild of Thieves". It was a very nice text adventure,
|> with pull-down pictures. I came very close to solving it, but never figured
|> out how to get into the bank vault. Anyway, my amiga is dead as a doornail.
|> It hasn't run in a couple of years, and I stick to ms-dos these days. Would
|> it be out of the question if someone could get me the game for MS-DOS if
|> it were made? Technically I suppose it is pirating, but I've been unable to
|> attain the ms-dos version from any stores. I still have the book, which is
|> neccessary to play the game. 
|> 
|> Did that company make any other good adventures, besides 'The Pawn'? I bought
|> some orc game from them, but it was pretty boring.
|> 
|>       -Allen
 
They did Fish which was pretty good if a bit daft. You play an intergalactic
agent warped into the body of a fish. Lots of bad fish puns. Never managed to
finish it tho'.

Ol
