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From: Mandatory Spurt <90404939@vax1.dcu.ie>
Subject: Re: Adventure Game Companies
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In article <JONT.93Jul16112946@ml.harlqn.co.uk> Jon Thackray,
jont@harlqn.co.uk writes:
>There is at least one company in the UK still publishing adventure
>games of the kind you mention. They are Topologika Ltd, in
>Peterborough, contactable on +44 733 244682 (can't remember the
>address offhand). They publish for BBC, Electron, Master, Archimedes,
>PC, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Spectrum +3 and soon Atari ST. The
>catalogue includes:-
>Acheton			Large adventure in the Colossal Cave style
>Hamil			Small adventure with some Mathematical bias
>Philosophers' Quest	Medium sized game.
>Countdown		)
>Return			) The Doom trilogy, Sci Fi adventure
>Last Days of Doom	)
>Monsters of Murdac	Small adventure
>Avon			Small Shakespearian adventure
>Hezarin			Large adventure in Colossal Cave style
>SpySnatcher		Whodunnit adventure in MI7
>Giant Killer		Mathematical adventure for secondary education


I recognise some of these - nostalgia and fond memory overflow - they
brought out Sphinx and Castle of Riddles as well, as far as I recall.

The Diceman's Apprentice.
