mother of all quests! - Museum of Computer Adventure Game History

Vol. VIII, # 6 

QuestBusters" 

The Adventurers' Journal 

June, 1991 $2.50 

Might & Magic III: mother of all quests! 

A 

s Bernie Shaw 

reported on CNN last 

week, the real reason 

for the Allies' quick victory 

over Iraq was not control of 

the air or technological 

superiority. It turns out that 

Saddam Hussein was 

distracted from directing 

Iraqi war efforts because he 

was secretly beta-testing 

New World Computing's 

Might & Magic III: Isles of 

Terra. As a result, Saddam 

won a major victory on 

Terra but lost the war in 

the Gulf. 

In a related story, New 

World President Jon van 

Caneghem has reportedly 

hired General "Storming1 

Norman" Schwartzkopf as 

international sales director, 

and is rumored to be 

changing New World 

Computing's name to New 

World Order Computing. 

Might & 

Magic 

III clues! 

And in an unrelated story, 

we managed to round up 

some clues for anyone stuck 

in the opening stages of 

Might & Magic III. Found 

on page ten, they should be 

particularly useful for 

staying alive in the early 

days of your quest. 

One Brother from 

Andromeda? 

Mark Crowe, and this is no 

rumor, is leaving Sierra to 

become art director at 

Dynamix (a Sierra 

subsidiary). He expects to 

make the move this summer. 

With his "other brother 

from Andromeda," Scott 

Murphy, Crowe designed 

some of the funniest 

adventure games ever, but it 

looks like there won't be 

another Space Quest. As 

Crowe said, however, "never 

say never." 

Amiga Monkey 

Lucasfilm's Amiga version 

of their hit game Secret of 

Monkey Island is out, and an 

ST version is on the way. 

Infocom bites 

the dust? 

Where do they get these 

guys? The new management 

at Infocom, in deciding what 

to do with Steve Meretzky's 

sequel to Leather Goddesses 

of Phobos, is considering 

publishing it under the 

Activision label rather than 

as an Infocom game. Well, 

why not? After all, they 

have essentially killed the 

company and the great 

games Infocom was known 

for, so they may as well 

finish it off by killing the 

name itself. Activision may 

publish one other adventure 

this year, probably 

Battletech III, but the 

company is still in transition 

(apparently to another 

dimension), so stay tuned. 

Magic Candle II 

As we went to press, Ali N. 

Atabek said volume two of 

his Magic Candle epic is 

being fine-tuned and tested. 

It is expected to ship for 

MSDOS at the end of June. 

Rules of Engagement, an 

Omnitrend game that 

interlocks with Breach 2 to 

provide special missions, 

should be out by now for 

MSDOS, with Amiga soon. 

Les enhancements 

from 

Accolade 

The upcoming sequel to Les 

Manley will replace the 

type-in parser with a point 

and click interface. And 

Accolade is following up 

Elvira with another 

Horrorsoft game. This one 

will take place entirely on a 

movie studio lot. 

Sierra update 

This fall, look for Police 

Quest III and Conquests of 

the Longbow (featuring 

Robin Hood). The Conquest 

sequel is being directed as 

well as written by Christy 

Marx time. Christy called 

the other day to point out 

(and click on) the fact that 

Sierra's new icon interface 

will not always use the 

Smell and Taste icons, as 

Russ Ceccola surmised in 

his Space Quest IV review. 

All the icons except the 

two in the middle are 

standardized. These two are 

left open for each designer 

to customize for their own 

games. (Her Conquests of 

the Longbow uses them for 

Weapon and Map/Travel.) 

Walkthroughs 

wanted 

Solved any good quests 

lately? We are looking for 

solutions to recent games, 

especially Might & Magic 

III, Magic Candle II, 

Lightspeed, Covert Action, 

MegaTraveller 2, and 

Twilight 2000. Write first. 

(For each solution, you'll get 

the game of your choice.) 

2: Adventure Road 

3: Might & Magic III 

5: The Prognosticator 

6.-B.A.T. 

7: Theme Park Mystery 

9: Death Knights 

ofKrynn 

10: Clues and Tips for 

Might & Magic III 

ll:Walkthru: 

Hard Nova 

13: Keys to ye 

Kingdom 

15: Swap Shop

Shay Addams' 

Adventure Road" 

As the industry grows more cyclical, 

releasing more and more of the new 

games for Christmas, we see fewer 

new titles in spring and early summer. 

But this has been the slowest ever. 

Until Might & Magic III arrived, I 

was actually playing BuckRogersl 

Summertime Questing 

Several new releases, however, 

should show up in time to brighten 

your summer. TimeQuest will keep 

most of us occupied till October. 

Author Bob Bates says it is twice the 

size of Spellcasting 101, and that the 

record for solving it is 60 hours. He 

also revealed that Steve Meretzky is 

wrapping up Spellcasting 201: The 

Sorcerer's Appliance for September. 

Paragon's MegaTraveller II is 

scheduled for mid-June, Twilight 

2000 for July. And New World 

Computing has a June release, their 

science fiction RPG Planet's Edge. 

By July you can build your own 

Bard's Tale scenarios (MSDOS) with 

Interplay's Bard's Tale Construction 

Set. (They got the license back from 

Electronic Arts, so don't be surprised 

if a Bard's Tale IV is in the works.) 

Interplay has three more biggies 

lined up for summer: Castles, Star 

Trek: The 25th Anniversary Edition, 

and Lord of the Rings, Volume Two: 

The Two Towers. They cleaned up the 

interface on Rings, and the Star Trek 

game will blend adventure, roleplaying 

and flight simulation. 

Martian Dreams, the second in 

Origin's "Worlds of Ultima" series, is 

supposed to be out by now. Ultima 

VII is planned for the fall. The second 

in Sir-Tech's Bane of the Cosmic 

Forge series is also in the fall line-up. 

It will feature 256-color graphics and 

a new graphical-type interface. 

Amiga and Mac update 

Amiga gamers won't have to wait for 

the new releases, for several 

conversions arrived recently: 

Accolade's Les Manley, Sierra's Quest 

for Glory II: Trial by Fire, and New 

World's King's Bounty (yes, it is 

really out there now). And 

MacAdventurers can get Sir-Tech's 

Bane of the Cosmic Forge in color as 

well as black and white. 

Top MSDOS Games of March 

According to the SPA, the top ten 

games, from number one through ten, 

were: Eye of Beholder, Space Quest 

IV, King's Quest V, Wing 

Commander, Death Knights ofKrynn, 

SimEarth, SimCity, Flight Simulator, 

Links, and A-10 Tank Killer. 

Rumors of ye month club: Richard 

Garriott is teaming up with Kevin 

Costner to do a western-based RPG 

called Dances with Ores. Ok, I made 

this one up...but there is a rumor 

going 'round that he'll soon be a guest 

on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. 

Another rumor making the rounds 

is that Sybex Books is buying Prima 

Books. According to Prima's Ben 

Dominitz, this one is completely 

unfounded: "We're in publishing and 

communications for the long run, and 

I have never even spoken to anyone at 

Sybex." (Prima will soon publish its 

first computer game strategy books.) 

The most controversial rumor of 

Planet's Edge, from New World 

the month is that Jon van Caneghem 

is teaming up with Ali N. Atabek to 

design the ultimate role-playing 

game: Might and Magic Candle. 

Down in the Darklands 

Most companies strive for "top 

secret" status on games in 

development. Not Microprose, which 

is planning to dive into the roleplaying 

field with a game set in 

medieval Germany. They are even 

sponsoring a one-day conference on 

role-playing games at Origins in July, 

inviting a number of reviewers and 

other pros to attend and discuss their 

plans for Darklands. It is tentatively 

planned for a 1992 release. 

Editor plugs own book — again! 

Yes, time for that monthly message to 

anyone who ever even dreamed of 

playing Railroad Tycoon. The 

definitive book on the subject, 

Railroad Tycoon: Master Strategies 

for Empire Builders, was recently 

published by Osborne-McGraw Hill. 

To celebrate the first day of summer 

(what kind of excuse is that for yet 

another blurb?), we are extending our 

deadline for ordering it directly from 

QB without paying the usual $3 

shipping to USA and APO addresses. 

That's right, all orders postmarked no 

later than July 15 will qualify. And 

the first 150 books ordered will be 

autographed by the author. 

—-/* 

Letters/f 

to the I 

Editor X| 

Dear QuestBusters: 

Last month you published the SPA's 

top games of 1990, and the list from 

the Game Developers Conference, 

and told how those decisions were 

reached. But when you published the 

list of QB's top quests, you didn't. 

What did you do, flip a coin? 

Cory Nichols 

Yes, at first we did flip a coin. But it 

was snatched in mid-air by a lowflying 

dragon, so we had to call our 

contributing editors for their opinions 

(the usual method, which we were 

trying to avoid this year in order to 

cut back on the phone bill). This time 

we also gave considerable weight to 

reader mail, and Bane got more 

enthusiastic, unsolicited raves than 

everything else combined. (Though 

we also got several complaints about 

the copyprotection .) 

Dear QuestBusters: 

NoJ long ago you said something 

about having trouble freeing up 

enough memory to play some of the 

new MSDOS games. QEMM-386 

works great. I cleared 70K of RAM 

and can run VGA, mouse and so on 

with no problems. It allowed me to 

run PCCache, Ansi.sys, Mouse.sys, 

40 files, Lastdriver, DOS-Print, 

Append and Graphics from DOS 4.01 

in high memory. 

Roland C. Coutu 

QuestBusters 

TM 

^ The Adventurers' Journal 

Editor: Shay Addams 

Managing Editor: Dora McCormick 

News Editor: Fred Willard 

Contributing Editors: Al Giovetti, 

Rich Heimlich, Bernie Yee, Russ 

Ceccola, Ken St. Andre, Stephen 

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Brian Smith, Duffy, This Reviewer 

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Ye Interface 

A glowing blue gem replaces the 

"game commands" function found in 

typical RPGs. You click on it to 

bring up the menu for saving, loading 

and so on, which makes you feel 

more like you're drawing on the 

powers of a magic orb than merely 

choosing a menu selection. 

You'll always see each character's 

number one factor — health — 

reflected in the color of a gem below 

his or her picture. Click on the 

character's face, and a full-screen 

picture shows icons and and numbers: 

a bulging muscle represents Might, 

with the number 17 beside it. Click 

each of the 64 map areas enjoys a 

unique look and feel, underscored 

dramatically by the variety of 

imaginative monsters. 

Ranged spells and weapons are 

animated with flamboyant 3-D 

effects, like spiralling orange and red 

flames. Deftly animated monsters 

abound, from the rampaging Scorpia 

monster to Skeletons that move like 

dancing death. 

Though the program was wholly 

redesigned, many elements of the 

magic system, presentation scheme 

and other facets still shine with a 

familiar gleam. The inner workings 

of the game, however, are so different 

that you cannot import a character 

created in previous games. But you 

can easily roll up and customize your 

own characters, as well as recruit 

NPCs, for a party of up to eight. 

and undwarved. 

Even then the isles of Terra were 

portrayed with brilliant 256-color 

graphics and distinct details that 

Ye VGA version 

bestow genuine personality on the 

people, monsters and places they 

represent. From the town of Fountain 

Head to the Cathedral of Carnage, 

By Shay Addams 

Inside thepre-alpha dungeon 

A month ago, New World started 

sending pre-alpha copies of the game 

to QuestBusters, where I've been 

playing regularly updated versions as 

its myriad pieces are intricately fit 

into place. On my first visit, I found a 

freshly created world filled with 

monsters but still unpeopled, unelved 

Major changes in gameplay 

"Designing it on the IBM opened 

up worlds we're just beginning to 

tap," van Caneghem emphasizes. 

"The major change in game play is 

the 'what you see is what you find' 

approach. In previous games, you just 

stepped on squares and events 

occurred. Now you see everything 

that's in the game in the 3-D window: 

if there's an altar in the room, you'll 

see it (...and when you kill something, 

it stays dead. No leaving the room 

and returning to kill the same monster 

or find the same treasure.) 

"That changes Might & Magic 

from a kind of text-based numbers 

game to an interactive graphics game. 

You don't have scores of numbers and 

messages: instead of just reading that 

'50 monsters attack,1 you'll see all the 

monsters in the 3-D window." 

Besides lots of monsters, you'll face 

another of those maddening end game 

puzzles for which van Caneghem's 

quests are famous. "In fact," he says, 

"lots of those kinds of puzzles are 

found throughout the game. 

"But they're much simpler. And 

previously the clues were scattered 

around so much that some people 

never found enough of them to figure 

out the puzzles. These are more 

centralized, so you can find all the 

clues to 'puzzle x1 in the same maze." 

You talk with NPCs via menu and 

button options, and the conversation 

appears in a large text window. Some 

puzzles ask you to type in a 

codeword, for instance, but dialogue 

isn't emphasized as in an Ultima. 

the main events." With the game's 

growing complexity, the number of 

people working on Might and Magic 

has doubled since //. "Mark Caldwell 

is our key programmer, who's making 

it all work. 

began switching over from the eightbit 

mindset in the areas of 

programming, art and game design." 

First came the new technology. 

"This was the first Might & Magic 

specifically designed for the IBM, 

VGA and sound, and it has digitized 

speech, different sounds for each 

monster, 256-color graphics, an icon 

interface—even the conception of this 

kind of product would be impossible 

on an eight-bit machine. Unpacked, 

it's over five megs." (The first M & 

Ms were written on the Apple.) 

Next he dreamed up the general 

story and drew the first maps around 

it "I designed the story and maps and 

events," he elaborates, "like 'the 

wizard will be here with a scroll you 

can deliver to someone in town three, 

who'll give you 1,000 gold.' I write 

that on the map and in my notes, 

which I give to one of our writers to 

turn into game text. He adds all the 

lively adjectives and so on. 

"All the sub-events are then 

invented around the maps, and the 

fine details are added as we're playing 

Type: Fantasy Role-playing 

System: MSDOS (640K and 

hard disk required, mouse 

recommended; VGA, EGA; 

Roland, Ad Lib, Sound Blaster, 

Tandy 3-voice & DAC) 

Planned conversions; Amiga 

All-new technology 

"It has taken about a year to 

develop Might & Magic III" van 

Caneghem recollects, "from when we 

jj o you thought you killed Sheltem 

at the end of M & M III Well, says 

author Jon van Caneghem, "that was 

just a hologram of Sheltem." Sheltem 

is back in Isles of Terra, and so is 

Corak, whose soul you may have 

reunited with his body in M & MII. 

Believe me when I say there is no 

Don Ho on these islands, where in 

pursuit of the legend of Terra's 

creation, you must collect the clues 

Corak scattered across nearly every 

area of the planet's thirteen isles. 

Eventually you'll catch up with him 

to defeat Sheltem (hopefully not 

another hologram this time!). The 

story is far from linear, for you can 

start in the middle of the path, or skip 

some of the clues. 

The Making of Might & Magic HI: Isles of Terra

on the icon. and you get more details. 

such as a literJl definition of the 

number: low or great. for instance. 

When a character's inventory 

screen is displayed. you can click on 

another character's face icon and 

switch over to his inventory. This 

simplifies reviewing everyone's spells 

and possessions. 

Even more helpful was the 

. advanced automapping system. which 

shows an overhead view of tiles 

depicting doors and terrain features. 

and a red arrow indicating the party's 

position and compass heading. A 

smaller auto map can be constantly 

displayed in the top-right comer. 

where it scrolls and the red arrow 

turns as your party moves, which 

made thorough exploration easier. 

Version 2.38234 

Beyond exploring the town of 

Fountain Head and the rest of the 

island, I was able to do little more 

with the first version of the game. 

When the next one arrived a week 

later. I discovered the "point and 

slay" combat system was operational. 

(Formerly I had relied on a "cheat 

key" installed for the play testers: hit 

the escape key, and all the monsters 

vanish.) 

During combat, the monsters move 

in front of. behind and all around 

other things in the room , providing a 

feeling of depth that's rare in roleplaying. 

Another special effect shows 

spouts and splatters of blood coming 

from a character's face icon, and also 

from the monsters you attack in the 

3-D window. 

At last I got to hear the swordslashing 

and whip-cracking sound 

effects and the Renaissance Fair-style 

music (which had been in the first 

version: "Mr. Expert" here had 

forgotten the Roland was plugged 

into the headphones, not the 

speakers). Jon van Caneghem calls 

the music and sound effects his 

favorite part of the new system. 

Elemental)' Magic 

Combat magic spells are based on 

Elemental forces. Every kind of 

attack does a specific type of damage: 

a sword does physical damage, a 

Fireball does fire damage. And every 

weapon and attack has a given 

characteristic. If it's physical, you go 

through the normal "hit points, dice 

rolls, armor" combat system. 

But the effect of other types of 

damage depends on the target's 

4 QuestBusters 

resistance to the Elements: if the 

party's hit with a 20 point Fireball, 

chamcters with 10 points of resist:U1ce 

to fire damage get only 10 points of 

danlage. while one with 20 points 

resistance to fire would get none. 

Monsters are subject to the same 

resistances, so learning which spells 

to use on different creatures is vital. 

Another innovation allows even a 

level-one Sorcerer to cast high level 

spells, for there are no "spell levels." 

A low-level Sorcerer who tricks 

someone into selling him a powerful 

spell like Fireball, or who buys it or 

learns it somewhere, can cast it as 

long as he has the spell points. 

So if you're resourceful enough to 

solve the right mini-quests and find 

the spells, you can get an advantage 

early on. And if you don't, the more 

advanced spells still become available 

at the Guilds as a spellcaster gains 

character levels. 

Point and click and roll 'em up 

The most outstanding aspects of the 

interface are its highly visual nature 

and its provision for using keyboard 

commands (which exist for most 

icons) in conjunction with mouse 

clicks. This proved handy while I 

was rolling up my own characters and 

equipping weapons and stuff. 

It's easy to customize a character 

whose initial stats are highjn several 

categories: when creating a Knight, 

for instance, with a character who has 

Might of 4 and Personality of 21, I 

clicked on the Might icon , and was 

prompted to click on another attribute 

icon with which to exchange stats. I 

quickly transposed my Orc Knight's 

Personality and Might stats (after all, 

an Orc with personality is a 

dangerous thing). 

Another design feature streamlines 

character generation: the names of 

each class for which a character's 

stats qualify him or her are 

highlighted; when three or more light 

up, the stats can be juggled around to 

create a powerful character for almost 

any class - and it's easier to keep an 

eye on the names than on the list of 

numbers. 

Later on, mini-quests and special 

encounters can accelerate boosting 

atttributes, skills and spells. There's 

even a place that sells experience 

points, as in M & M II. 

The game of a thousand faces 

In a battle or in a bar, you'll 

frequenty witness your characters' 

expressions change to reflect the 

effects of poison, different spells, and 

so on. With initial versions of the 

game, I could hit a play tester key that 

cycled through their expressions so I 

could see them all. (Another key let 

me see all the monsters.) 

Still, seeing them like this was 

nothing compared to watching their 

expressions change in battle. For 

once, I actually enjoyed watching my 

characters get hit by the enemy's 

spells, because their resulting 

expressions were often so amusing. 

The worst possible situation for a 

gamer - death of the entire party - 

was even made entertaining, for you 

see the green, gaping jaws of a 

monster clamp tight (and loudly!) on 

the screen. Then, without rebooting, 

you can start a new game or load a 

saved game. 

Veterans of former M & M quests 

will appreciate the ability to save a 

game anywhere in the world (except 

during combat) in this game - a first 

for the series. And if you save it in a 

no-win situation, a thoughtful "Mr. 

Wizard" option teleports you back to 

the town you last visited. 

Version 3.239 

I had barely managed to escape the 

second version of the game with my 

party intact, when an improved 

version arrived the next day. For the 

first time I saw the events of the story 

begin to unfold. Now I could visit 

shops and guilds and banks, 

encounter some of the many special 

events such as a mysterious gold card 

(VISA or MasterCard, it didn't say 

which) locked in a glass case. 

Soon I was on the trail of my first 

of countless mini-quests, and while 

Sheltem is leagues ahead of me at the 

moment, it's only a matter of time, 

orbs and gold before we meet again. 

Conclusions: Without vision - the 

designer's ability to see his or her 

game world and its people and events, 

a game is doomed to be just another 

clone. Jon van Caneghem clearly 

displays such vision, for the best 

illustrated, most atmospheric 

dungeons, castles and creatures you'll 

encounter this summer are found on 

Terra - and Isles afTerra is the 

latest landmark on Adventure Road. 

Skill Level: Intermediate 

Protection: keyword in manual 

Price: $59.95 

Company: New World Computing

QuestBusters 5 

Rich Heimlich is President of 

TCSC, Inc., a quality assurance 

testing firm specializing in 

entertainment software. 

By Rich Heimlich 

Not very long ago, some Prodigy 

members were reportedly discussing 

the network very frankly, and 

basically asked Prodigy for help in 

resolving their questions. Apparently 

Prodigy officials decided the best 

course of action was to simply 

eliminate all negative discussion. 

The users were asked to use a 

private location supposedly designed 

for such feedback, but were soon 

shocked to learn they had to pay extra 

to use the new area. Those who 

complained were reportedly removed 

from the system. 

Now a new storm is brewing. The 

Wall Street Journal reports that when 

you install the Prodigy software, a 

strange file named STAGE.DAT gets 

installed and continually updated. 

Seems the file contains all kinds of 

personal information about your 

system, which gets uploaded every 

time you call Prodigy. 

Is market research getting too 

expensive to do the old fashioned 

honest way? Has Prodigy taken it 

upon themselves to find out all about 

you, your system, and your data 

without ever telling you about it? 

Finally, if you read the small print 

on the Prodigy Starter Kit, you will 

find that you relinquish all rights to 

your computer and its contents 

directly to Prodigy (who refused to 

comment on this situation). I think 

another definition of "prodigy" 

applies here: something abnormal or 

monstrous. I'm going to pass on 

Prodigy, and recommend you 

consider doing the same. 

Prodigy: a marvelous 

example... 

The above is one definition of 

"prodigy." It's obvious why Sears and 

IBM chose that name for their online 

computer information system. The 

commercials and hype all paint a 

fantastic picture. People are 

continually asking my opinion of the 

Prodigy network, so stand by: 

Prodigy hasn't been with us very 

long, yet you see it almost 

everywhere. Just looking at some of 

the messages on Prodigy, you get the 

feeling that these folks are saints. Not 

a single bad comment can be found 

anywhere. Enter truth, justice and the 

Prodigy way. 

He did promise to return 

"I'll be back," were words no one 

could take very lightly. Unless you 

recently returned from another planet, 

you know that the phrase came from 

none other than the Terminator. 

Well, he's kept his word. Terminator, 

the computer game should be 

available shortly. Bethesda Softworks 

has done a good job bringing a game 

this complex story to the PC. 

You can play either Reese or the 

Terminator. Either way, your key 

task is survival. From the moment 

you zap into existence somewhere in 

Los Angeles, your enemy is hunting 

you down. The game uses an 

extensive 3-D playing area. If you see 

a car, hop in, start it and drive away. 

You'll want to head straight to the 

nearest gun shop or drug store for 

supplies if you want to succeed. 

Deja Vu? 

SSI is well underway with a new set 

of adventures. Their next series will 

start with Gateway To The Savage 

Frontier. (Why is it I can never say 

that without thinking of Savage 

Empire!) Also in the works is the 

finale to the Pool games, Pools Of 

Darkness. 

out your various quests. If you get 

stuck, try asking anyone you see for 

help, or even enlist the help of any of 

the several bands of gypsies (for a 

price, of course). The graphics are as 

good as ever, and the story is much 

more interesting this time around. 

Virgin is also finishing Conan, 

which uses a variation of the interface 

seen in Vengeance and Spirit. The 

major change is that all the action is 

seen from an aerial-view, obliqueangle 

perspective. As Conan, you'll 

meet characters out of Robert 

Howard's classic novels. 

Strikine Back 

with a Vengeance 

Virgin Games is putting the final 

touches on the sequel to Spirit Of 

Excalibur. The new game, called 

Vengeance Of Excalibur, is a 

refreshing update that addresses most 

of the problems associated with 

Spirit, most notably the story line. 

You will find it much easier to figure 

Wing Commander 2 

After months of negotiations, "The 

Management" at Origin has finally 

acknowledged the existence of Wing 

Commander 2. And just in time for 

me to finally let you know what's 

happening with the sequel to one of 

last year's hottest games. 

Even better new is that the new 

version, unlike the original game, will 

merit a feature length review in 

QuestBusters: it's going to be much 

more of an adventure than the first 

one. The word is that it is completely 

interactive. Now you can get to know 

your fellow flyers or dig into areas 

that were previously "off-limits." 

The first thing you'll notice is the 

game's improved look and sound. If 

you have a Sound Blaster, you'll hear 

complete, digitized speech instead 

merely reading the textual script. 

Even the soundtrack has been 

dramatically improved. 

In this story, you start off on a 

normal mission. After defeating the 

enemy, you return to find that the 

Tiger's Claw has been completely 

destroyed. Also, your equipment 

seems to show that you were directly 

responsible for destroying the ship! 

Obviously there is some foul play 

here. After getting kicked out of the 

Air Force, you swallow your pride 

and join the Coast Guard. It is from 

here that you must find out where 

things went so terribly wrong. 

It doesn't take long to discover that 

the Kilrathi possess a new cloaking 

device, which must have been what 

allowed them to sneak in undetected 

and wipe out the Tiger's Claw. You 

also find out that the Kilrathi Prince 

and his battalion were responsible. 

As June approaches, things are really 

beginning to heat up in the 

entertainment world. The COMDEX 

and CES shows are just around the 

corner, and everyone is in a mad 

frenzy to polish some their upcoming 

releases so they will shine at the 

shows. Obviously, we've been quite 

busy at the test center. 

The Prognosticator

Bureau of Astral Trouble shooters: B. A. T. 

A.T. is a strange game, with a 

strange interface and strange 

graphics. Even the story is 

strange. B. A. T. is so strange that I 

and another QB reviewer initially had 

trouble getting far enough into the 

story to do an adequate review (but I 

finally managed after receiving F. J. 

Philipp's solution). 

A disorienting experience, B. A. T. 

will make you feel like you've been 

standing on your head too long. But 

unlike standing on your head, 5. A. T. 

grows on you. Stick with it long 

enough, and eventually you'll begin to 

like the strange interface and strange 

graphics. 

In the persona of your B.A.T. alter 

ego, you are transported to another 

world, that of the Agent of the Bureau 

Type: Science Fiction Roleplaying 

Adventure 

System: ST, Amiga, C64, 

MSDOS(512KandVGA 

required, 640K for Tandy 

graphics or mouse; mouse 

optional, hard disk 

recommended; no third-party 

sound support; 5.25" disks in 

same package 

Planned conversions: none 

of Astral Trouble Shooters. Your 

assignment is on faraway Selenia, in 

its most important town, Terrapolis. 

You have ten days to find and kill the 

evil scientist Vrangor and his 

henchman, small-time hood Merigo, 

before they explode nucturobiological 

bombs (Hey! You got to read the 

documentation to understand this 

stuff!) that will destroy Terrapolis. 

Terrapolis and Selenia are the sole 

source of elements essential to space 

travel, and their destruction would 

destroy interstellar commerce, 

resulting in chaos in the rest of the 

galaxy. 

Running from robots 

During the course of your 

adventure you will encounter killer 

robots and others who will attack you 

in the streets. You are no match for 

the robots, and ammunition is 


expensive, so run (click on the upper 

left hand icon in the battle screen) 

from your attackers and pick your 

battles carefully. 

Running can be very helpful for 

other reasons beyond avoiding the 

death of your alter ego. Two essential 

items in the game are located in areas 

I was unable to reach without 

running, which also enabled me to 

reach the area of the police station 

without getting arrested and wasting 

two days of the ten needed to win. 

The game is vast, so it's essential to 

map the different locations from the 

city to the underground town, the 

desert and the artificial park. There is 

no automapping, and the maps are of 

the graphic adventure type. 

Orientation is odd, sometimes 

requiring you to go out of rooms by 

clicking on side doors, rather than 

backing out the way you apparently 

came in. Once you get the hang of 

getting around, things get easier. 

Within this vast world are 

physicians, water fountains, 

museums, a desert, nightclubs, 

arcades, armorers and weapons 

merchants. B. A. T. has a full 

featured 3-D perspective flight 

simulator called the "drag," which 

you must learn to pilot. 

Implanted in your arm is a 

Biodirectional Organic Bioputer 

(B.O.B. for short) that controls body 

functions, translation from alien or 

robot speech to human language, 

monitors your statistics and level 

advancement, and allows you to 

program special functions you may 

need to enhance your game 

performance. 

B. A. T. has a haunting and 

beautiful futuristic atmosphere that 

only the French can portray through 

their artistic background renditions. 

(B. A. T.'s beautiful graphics remind 

me of another French adventure 

game, Future Wars.) The 300 

graphics and animations are portrayed 

in 16-bit high resolution, 256-color 

VGA on the IBM. The highly detailed 

and busy graphics are confusing until 

you start to understand what they 

portray. 

By Al C. Giovetti 

UBI Soft designed B. A. T. as a 

totally rethought concept. It's what 

they call a "distributed adventure." 

The plot of is totally non-linear and 

can be solved in a variety of different 

ways by completing branches and 

side plots of parallel solutions. All 

Split-screen graphics put afresh 

face on adventure 

parallel plot paths converge upon the 

game conclusion. The screens are 

graphical, flowing and cartoon-like, 

"designed to make the game come 

alive." 

The game is totally mousecontrolled 

with a smart mouse 

pointer. As you move the mouse 

around the game board, the mouse 

pointer icon changes into different 

icons portraying move in a direction, 

talk, access the B.O.B., interact with 

a non-player character, enter a 

building, and the question mark. If 

you click with the appropriate icon, 

the computer will execute the 

command selected. The mouse is very 

sensitive and can change icons with 

movement of one pixel. 

The screen display depicts 

movement by showing a series of 

illustrations. An inventive "split 

screen" effect give the game an 

unusual feel, with pictures that fill a 

full screen, a half screen and/or a 

quarter screen. Often these are 

simultaneously displayed, overlaying 

each other. The screen must be 

examined and explored mouse to find 

hidden icons that reveal the potential 

for movement and interaction. 

Role-playing aspects 

Character generation allows you to 

set your attributes from a pool of 

points. You may determine Force, 

Intelligence, Charisma, Perception,

the screen and drops to grab a soldier. 

One of the soldiers is a gremlin. The 

problem is that the game is too picky 

about the location of the grabber. It 

took me many games before I learned 

how to pick up one of the soldiers, 

and then I had to find the gremlin. 

Makes you want to toss a brick 

through your monitor, doesn't it? 

Monorail to Dragonland 

You travel to the other lands in 

Theme Park Mystery via monorail. 

Once you get a monorail pass from 

Zoltan, you can travel to Dragonland. 

Here you move a Conan-type warrior 

through scrolling screens (both 

vertical and horizontal) to find 

various objects and weapons, coins, 

gremlins and the coffin. 

After a few tries, you will get used 

to moving around Dragonland, but the 

flying birds will still annoy you to no 

end. Fortunately, the potions scattered 

around the screen and on ledges will 

restore your energy, and still others 

give your character some shield 

strength and boosts the energy level 

of your weapons (both displayed with 

dynamic bars). Once you fmd 

everything you need here, it is only a 

Type: Graphic 

Adventure/hybrid 

System: Amiga,MSDOS 

(CGA, EGA, VGA/MCGA, 

Tandy 16-color 

Version reviewed: Amiga 

Planned conversions: none 

matter of getting through the land 

without losing lives, of which you 

only but five. 

The Quest is the Best 

Dreamland will appeal more to the 

questing instincts in us all. The land 

is one giant chess board with various 

chess pieces, weird creatures and 

obstacles strewn throughout the 

squares. Under each chess piece is a 

box. A key will open the box, but 

there are few keys out in the open. 

One way to get keys is to kill bugs 

that walk across the board. They 

leave behind a key when dead. 

Another way is to drop a coin on the 

board. The coin turns into bird seed 

(yeah, I know it makes no sense), and 

By Russ Ceccola 


a flying origami bird drops keys in 

exchange for the seed. 

In any case, there are many objects 

to find and use correctly, plus other 

monsters and a couple of gremlins in 

the boxes. You have to use your brain 

more in Dreamland, but it is not 

really difficult. 

Mystery Theme Park 

Futureland is just a shoot-'em-up 

arcade game in which a roller 

coaster's tracks scroll by while you 

use another grabber to fire at space 

ships and other creatures, and collect 

gremlins and objects that increase 

your shield strength. The game could 

live without this land and should 

contain in its place a land like one of 

the other three. 

Graphics and sound effects in 

Theme Park Mystery are solid, but 

nothing to write home (or 

QuestBusters) about. I was more 

impressed with the variety of places 

and creatures in the game, the 

atmosphere of each world and the 

overall look of the game and 

interface. One neat sequence is the 

monorail ride. Your character 

changes costume, and the background 

of the car and the scenery outside the 

window transform to fit the world you 

are about to enter. Sound effects are 

average and there is no music. 

Conclusions: As you can see, your 

choice to purchase Theme Park 

Mystery ultimately depends on your 

tolerance of arcade games. I like 

them, so the game was a pleasant 

diversion away from the norm. It is a 

fun game, and each time you play it 

you will get that much closer to the 

real story behind the park. The 

interface works quite well, and the 

only problems are with the grabber 

machine and Futureland. Another 

gripe is that there is no way to save 

the game. It's not entirely necessary, 

but I would like the option of playing 

a game over a few days or weeks 

rather than entirely in one sitting. 

Theme Park Mystery is in a class by 

itself, however. While other "unique" 

games fail in trying to be different, 

this game succeeds despite its 

weirdness and large variety of 

gameplay. So if you like amusement 

parks and some action in your 

adventure, let the monorail take you 

away. Just don't throw up on the 

seats! 

Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate 

Protection: Code in manual 

Price: $49.95 

Company: Konami 

Quest for Clues: II & III 

Here they are, complete solutions and 

lots of maps for the quests that have 

been driving you crazy. (See page 12 

or 16 to order.) 

Quest for Clues IT 

Arazok's Tomb, Beyond Zork, Dark 

Lord, Deja Vu, Dondra (Questmaster 

I), Dr. Dumont, Dream Zone, Guild 

of Thieves, Jinxter, Leisure Suit Larry 

I & II, Manhunter: NYC, Maniac 

Mansion, Plundered Hearts, Police 

Quest I, Sherlock Holmes (Infocom), 

Space Quest II, Talisman, Twilight 

Zone, Zak McKracken, 2400 AD, 

Pool of Radiance, Alien Mind, Bard's 

Tale III, Colony, Eternal Dagger, 

Faery Tale Adventure, Quarterstaff, 

Questron II, Return to Atlantis, Seven 

Spirits of Ra, Star Command, 

Tangled Tales, Times of Lore, Tower 

of Myraglen, Ultima V, Wasteland, 

Willow, Wizardry IV. 

Quest for Clue ill 

Arthur (Infocom), Circuit's Edge, 

Codename: Iceman, Deja Vu II, Fish, 

Future Wars, Gold Rush, Hillsfar, 

Hound of Shadow, Indiana Jones Last 

Crusade, It Came from the Desert I, 

The Kristal, Leisure Suit Larry III, 

Loom, Manhunter: San Francisco, 

Police Quest II, Space Quest III, 

Transylvania III, Universe III, 

Usurper, Bad Blood, Battletech, 

Centauri Alliance, Chamber of Psi 

Mutant Priestess, Champions of 

Krynn, Conquests of Camelot, Curse 

of Azure Bonds, Dragon Wars, 

Drakkhen, Hero's Quest, Journey, 

Keef the Thief, Knights of Legend, 

Magic Candle, Neuromancer, Space 

Rogue, Starflight I & II, Windwalker, 

Wizardry V


Second Edition A D & D Rules 

Characters can advance to a 

maximum of level fourteen, with the 

exception of Thieves, who can 

advance to eighteenth level. Multiclassed 

non-human characters start at 

lower levels and progress more 

slowly, in direct proportion to the 

number of classes (up to the 

maximum of three classes). 

Character development, 

advancement, and attribute 

enhancement follow the A D & D 

second edition rules to the letter. 

SSI's adherence to A D & D game 

rules is one of Death's best features. 

Depending upon your random 

attribute scores and race, you can 

pick from six character classes, 

including Clerics, Fighters, Rangers, 

Paladins, Magic-users, Thieves and 

three orders of Solemnic Knights. 

Humans can be dual-class 

characters who are one class for the 

first part of their lives and have 

changed into a new class for the 

remainder. Once a character's level in 

the new class exceeds his level in his 

old class, he can use both classes and 

will gain hit points normally. A 

Human Fighter turned Thief could be 

a great asset. 

hack and slash methods of just a few 

years ago. 

This old war horse is still 

feeling its oats 

experience points to boost things such 

as attributes, level and hit points. 

Experience is obtained by 

exploration, killing opponents, and 

making wise decisions while 

adventuring. The method of awarding 

experience is far advanced over the 

By Al C. Giovetti 

Characters and Classes 

Characters can be transferred from 

Champions ofKrynn, rolled up anew, 

or "transferred" by using a unique 

"modify" utility that allows you to 

recreate characters from any other 

computer or paper-and-pencil game 

system. "Modify" can be used to 

change any character's attributes to fit 

any other character's attributes, as 

long as they start the game no higher 

than eighth level. 

Death Knights is basically a game 

of character development, 

accomplished by acquiring enough 

But many of the excellent features 

stand out in contrast to more 

graphically impressive games like 

Eye of the Beholder, which was 

released shortly before Death 

Knights. For the first time in the 

series, a character created in the 

previous game and used in this one 

gets to keep magic items and 

equipment obtained in that game. 

And Death Knights has automapping 

and autocombat. 

There is also a rich plot with 

numerous mini-quests, well workedout 

methods of communication and 

exploration over a wide area of the 

game map, and wilderness travel. Do 

not let the polish and splash of Eye of 

the Beholder take away your lust for 

Death Knights. This is the same game 

engine that you have come to love 

through battle after battle. Yes, the 

old war horse has seen better days but 

this war horse is not ready for pasture. 

If you played Eye, you will have to 

familiarize yourself with Death's 

interface. Remember, this is a linear 

game whose maps are accessible only 

after you complete certain tasks. If 

you come to a ghost town, that means 

you have missed something; you'll 

have to go back and complete a 

related task before that town's map 

will appear. Watch the hints carefully 

and read the paragraphs. Even though 

the game has automapping, drawing a 

full set of maps will help. 

Better or worse than Eye? 

Death Knights is the sixth game 

utilizing SSI's best-selling, awardwinning 

"gold box" game system for 

an A D & D role-playing game. After 

several years out on the market, the 

game system seems a little tattered 

and less impressive than when it first 

appeared. The eight-bit, four-color 

EGA graphics, for example, are far 

from state of the art. 

all those rumors that the sequel would 

be marketed by Wheaties and called 

Breakfast of Champions ofKrynn). 

Before the game is over you will have 

fought hordes of undead death 

knights, ferocious dragons, and the 

evil Lord Soth himself. In your quest 

to stop Soth's threat to the realms, you 

will enlist the help of the gods and 

their artifacts. 

Type: Combat-intensive 

Fantasy Role-playing 

System: C64,MSDOS (512K 

and VGA required, 640K for 

Tandy graphics or mouse; 

mouse and joystick optional, 

hard disk recommended; 

Roland, Ad Lib, CMS 

Planned conversions: Amiga 

(one meg, May) 

t has been a year since you and 

your band of six intrepid 

adventurers, joined by up to two 

non-player characters, won the Battle 

of Kernen and were awarded the 

Special Solemnic Order of the 

Champions of Krynn. A celebration 

of the great victory, with a memorial 

to your fallen comrade and friend, Sir 

Karl, is planned for Gargath Outpost. 

Suddenly, as you and other survivors 

of the battle assemble for the 

ceremonies, a horde of death knights 

comes out of the sky — led by the 

undead remains of Sir Karl astride a 

death dragon! 

Thus begins the story of Death 

Knights ofKrynn, the sequel to 

Champions ofKrynn (laying to rest 

Death Knights ofKrynn 

/

Unadulterated A D &D Magic 

The magic system for Clerics and 

Magic-users is also straight out of the 

A D & D rule books. Spells are 

limited to only a dozen or so types 

per level. Death Knights and 

Champions ofKrynn have a complex 

magic system based upon the 

alignment with the three Dragonlance 

moons: Solinari, Lunitari and Nuitari. 

The higher the level of the 

character, the more powerful certain 

spells are: a twelfth level character's 

Fireball is twice as powerful as a 

It's a bird! 

It's a plane! 

No! It's a 

Death Knight! 

sixth level characters; range and 

radius are also increased. 

In addition to the greater 

complexity for the Magic-users' 

spells, there is a greater complexity 

for Clerical spells. Clerics and 

Paladins align with Krynn's neutral 

and good gods: Paladine, Majere, 

Kiri-Jolith, Mishakal, Shirrion, Reorx 

and Shinare. The alignment with the 

god and attainment in level bestows 

special powers and a full complement 

of spells for each level gained. 

Let the games begin! 

When combat begins, the left side 

of the screen is devoted to a semithree 

dimensional, oblique angle view 

of the battle. The right side of the 

screen flashes combat reports, while 

two lines on the bottom of the screen 

offers combat information such as 

range and key-press prompts. 

Characters can move in any of 

eight directions by using the mouse, 

joystick, or keyboard's numerical 

keypad. Combat is resolved on a 

rounded turn basis, depending on 

relative dexterity of the combatants. 

A turn is composed of phases of 

movement, then attack. There is a 

delayed turn phase that 

accommodates the time it takes to 

10 

cast spells, and permits you to time 

your movement and attack. 

Hot Keys too 

In addition to using the mouse, you 

can also make decisions with hot keys 

and menus. But in many cases, the 

use of a mouse with one hand and the 

keyboard with the other is thwarted 

by the lack of simultaneously active 

mouse and keyboard interface 

functions. The joystick is also 

supported, though it's not the most 

effective interface for this type of 

game. 

Several external 

sound boards are 

supported, 

including the 

Roland, the Ad-Lib 

and the CMS Game 

Blaster. But they 

only play the Secret 

of the Silver Blades 

theme, not the 

actual game sounds. 

These are handled by the PC external 

speaker, which actually does a better 

job reproducing footsteps and the 

clang of sword on halberd. Tandy 

owners will find their three-voice 

sound chip sounds even better. 

The game includes instructions for 

transferring characters, a tri-fold blue 

card with system-specific 

instructions, a 12-page Rule Book and 

a 60-page Adventurers Journal. The 

latter has 18 pages of paragraphs to 

support the story, not as many as the 

other games in the series. The 

paragraphs elevate most of SSI's gold 

box games to the level of interactive 

fiction, significantly enhancing 

entertainment value. 

Conclusions: If you liked any of the 

previous gold box games, from Pool 

of Radiance through Buck Rogers — 

and you were not spoiled by Eye of 

the Beholder's dazzling beauty, you 

will enjoy Death Knights ofKrynn. 

Skill Level: Intermediate 

Protection: Keyword from 

paragraphs book 

Price: C64, $39.95; others, $49.95 

Company: SSI/Electronic Arts 

M&MIII Clues 

We went straight to the fountainhead 

for some clues to Jon van Caneghem's 

latest quest. (See page 14 to decode 

boldfaced clues.) 

QB: What's an effective party? 

van Caneghem: Make the group as 

diversified as possible, with a 

member of every race and as many 

different classes as possible. 

Secondary skills are critical, so get as 

many as possible. You want 

someone with Danger Sense and 

someone with Detect Secret Passages 

right away. Next you need someone 

with Pathfinding and Mountaineering, 

for outdoor adventuring. Read the 

manual and experiment with different 

characters, because some races start 

out with secondary skills. 

QB: How about some "jump start" 

clues for the opening game? 

van Caneghem: First-level characters 

can use the Mr. Wizard option to get 

out of trouble, since they don't suffer 

the usual penalty that lowers each 

character a level. So until your 

characters hit level two, you can 

experiment more freely. 

Finish the mini-quests in Fountain 

Head right away, then go to the cave 

below it. For useful clues and 

objects, take as many skulls as 

possible to the Miser. For gold, b!9h 

the 92c72t will around the corner 

from the Inn (be prepared for a 

battle). There's a dungeon outside the 

first town, just a little bit south, which 

is the next place to check out. The 

Fireball spell is in the Temple of 

Moo there, in a hidden spot in the 

north-central section. 

The Dragonbreath spell is another 

good one: it lets you choose which 

element you want to breathe at the 

enemy. If you know a monster is 

immune to cold, cast Dragonbreath 

and set it for electricity. That spell's 

location hasn't been decided yet, so 

let's just make it up right now. Ok, 

let's put it at w!714ck h311. 

For temporary Hit Points that last a 

day or till a battle, learn Swim (below 

Fountain Head), then go to the island 

in the lagoon south of town. 

NEXT MONTH! 

a full page of clues and more 

exclusive tips from the creator of 

Might and Magic III

Walkthrough: Hard Nova 

Character Development 

Train in the Robomaze on Mastassini. 

At first designate all skill points to 

Aptitude, so you can acquire more 

skills later. After gaining a few levels, 

begin assembling a party. 

The Rest of the Team 

To greatly enhance firepower, recruit 

Rogers Amaro. Go to his home on 

Holbrook (429, 270). Get the fish 

tank and return to city on Mastassini 

(804,427). Make sure the tank is the 

top item in your inventory pool, then 

go to the bar. Find the aquarium and 

stand next to the second tank from the 

left. An option will appear, allowing 

you to get the yellow fish. Take it to 

Rogers' house on Holbrook. Give it to 

him, then talk to him. 

With Rogers, travel to Rouyn. Land 

at (947, 306) for some useful 

equipment, including the Grav 

Blocker. Bring the armor to the bar 

on Tikkor. Give it to Galejay, the 

sober Dattator. Talk, and he'll join. 

Making Money 

To acquire all the money you need, 

accept the most profitable smuggling 

missions at the Mastassini space 

station. The best way to deal with 

enemy ships is to fly right by them at 

high speed, then repair any damage 

later. 

You can avoid paying taxes in the 

Ariel system by using the JI7E ship 

signature. For free ammo, stop off at 

(1186,173) on Mastassini. The ammo 

is in the frrst room, and powerful 

droids guard the rest of this base. 

Kendall's First Mission 

The hijacked ship is in the C3b271n 

system, above and to the right of the 

9t17g1t2 (it doesn't appear on the 

Long Range Scanner). 

ALICE Joins the Quest 

To get ALICE to join, travel to the 

DSRELabs on Tikkor (667, 367). 

After docking, go west a short 

distance from your hovercraft. 

ALICE is in the small room to the 

north. Once you have dispatched the 

guards (Demolitions skill helps here), 

By Dan Ingber 

pick up the circuit board and give it 

to ALICE. Command her to follow 

you, and you've gained an invaluable 

party member who can shoot while in 

Scout mode. If fighting ever gets too 

tough, send ALICE ahead to clear the 

way. ALICE will make Kendall's next 

quest easier. 

Kendall's Second Mission 

After talking to Max Sebastian, go to 

the first base (610,608). Talk to one 

of the friendly soldiers to find the 

location of the second base. Go there, 

and you'll fmd a similar situation. Get 

the coordinates of the third base from 

a friendly soldier. 

The third base is more difficult. 

You must work your way as far east 

of the hovercraft as possible. In a 

room with a blue NPC is the mag 

card 1741. Take it and leave the base. 

Go to the main city on Ariel. 

On the third level on Ariel, use the 

mag card 1741 to enter the restricted 

elevator, then go up a level. Head to 

the southern tip of the level, where 

mag card 391A is found in a small 

room. Take it and leave. 

Now head back to Ciberan and go 

to the base at (907, 650). Your 

starting point on the accompanying 

maps is (1) on Level One. (Note that 

the names of the levels indicate the 

order in which you traverse them, not 

necessarily their true order.) As you 

leave the hovercraft room (1), tum 

north. Travel as far as possible in that 

direction and go down the vent hole 

(2) to the east. 

Head east from the vent at (3) and 

follow the corridor to (4) on Level 

Two. Go up a level. Head north from 

(5) on Level Three into the room 

above the corridor extending to the 

west (6). Go up two levels. On Level 

Four, head west from (7) to another 

down elevator at (8). Go down two 

levels and travel south from (9) on 

Level Five down the hall, following it 

as it turns east. 

The elevator (10) is in the 

southwestern one of the four rooms 

bunched together at the end of the 

corridor. Go up once, and you're on 

the final level. ALICE can be used to 

wipe out all the troops here. General 

Rodgen (the blue person) must be 

killed as well, but it can be difficult. 

You can use ALICE, or scout around 

for a particular floor square from 

which you can shoot her but she can't 

hit you. Take the mag card 942Z that 

she leaves behind, then leave the base 

the same way you came. 

Go to Ariel and land at (1411, 426). 

Use mag card 942Z to enter Altron's 

base. You can get to him without use 

of force. After talking with hiin, you 

cannot leave the way you entered and 

must fight your way out the other exit 

to the east (saving here will replenish 

enemy troops). Again, ALICE will be 

very useful. 

Once you've escaped, fly to Ariel 

City. Go to the bar. Find Skreed in 

the room to the southeast comer and 

tell him about Altron. He'll join the 

party. Now destroy Altron by taking 

Skreed to him. 

The Typhon Invasion 

By the time you've completed the 

second mission, the invasion has 

probably begun. If the main battle 

fleet hasn't arrived yet, you can 

follow Kendall's instructions and 

meet the miners on Rouyn. This isn't 

vital to completing the game, 

however. 

After the invasion commences, you 

must board one of the Typhon 

warships and retrieve the two Viewer 

Disks from the ship. Take them to 

Altron's base on Ariel. Use the 

computer to translate them. 

Now take the disks to the DSRE lab 

on Tikkor (667, 367). This shouldn't 

be too hard, but you must have 

ALICE with you (she's safe from 

attack by security droids). Once 

you've seen the head scientist, go to 

the other DSRE lab on Mastassini 

(1186,173). See the head scientist 

and opt for the peaceful solution. 

Take the material they give you 

and go to the Rouyn system. The grey 

dot at the very bottom of the Long 

Range Scanner is the Bremar 

Astrship. Board it and find the 

Bremen Songmaster. Give him the 

data and talk to him. To get him to 

help, you must go to the bar on Ariel 

and find Orai Volomar. After you 

meet Orai, he'll be glad to help. 

New QuestBusters Code! 

See page fourteen 

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Tunnels & Trolls 

Hero's Sword: available in Knor 

from Fortune Teller at random one- 

To defeat Xanthra, move around a lot, 

never standing still too long. Hit him 

from behind or on the side with a 

weapon, then move out of the way 

before he gets a chance to strike back. 

Keep it up till he's dead. 

Tripper McCarthy 

Spe Special Quests 1-6: One level 1, 

plac place dagger in alcove vacated by 

Alll Armor and Bless scrolls. Level 2: 

plac place daggers in/on the four dragon 

car\m carvings. Level 3: after inserting blue 

gems in all four "idols," remove 

then 

Level 4: from level 3, take 

north ladder. Get dwarf and 

"push" wall completely around 

to obtain key. Return north to 

wall carving. Turn east, then 

south. There are three doors, 

two opened by buttons, one by 

the key. Open all three, and 

close those opened by buttons. 

Return to original carving (note: 

pull arms down on all carvings). 

Go east and south. Pull chain. 

(You can return to the room 

opened by key and find an Ax 

+3 and a chain. Pull chain.) 

Level 5: find pantry (where 

poison is on floor). Put all food 

in alcove. Level 6: find all 

Kenku eggs and put them in 

"nest." 

Levels 10/11: There are no 

ladders from level 10 to 11, nor 

from 11 to 12. Jump into pit 

from 10 to 11. There are three 

passages surrounding the central 

block (holy symbol 

teleportation). To access rest of 

level, press buttons to right of open 

connecting passage. When all three 

are aligned, doors will be present. 

Charles D. Jones 

bon bones that make a good NPC. 10: 

War Wand of Frost. 11: +3 Banded Armor, 

+41 +4 Long Sword, Orb of Power, +2 

Kin Ring of Protection, +5 Dagger, +5 

Rin Ring of Protection. 12: complete set 

of portal p keys, three Orbs of Power, 

War Wand of Magic Missiles. 

YYou 

must save Prince Keirgar 

fron from prison on level 10 and return 

him to Dwarves on 5. Then get the 

Hea Healing Potion from 11 and take it to 

5 so the Dwarves can heal the King, 

whc who will give you the wand that can 

kill Xanthar on 12. 

CC. 

F. Shaffer 

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You need the Stone Items listed 

above to use the portals. The Dagger 

is on level 2, Scepter on level 4, 

Necklace and Medallion on 5, Ring 

on 6, Holy Symbol and Orb on 11. 

The eighth, the Gem, is not really 

needed, as you need a blank space to 

place the missing item on the portal 

to activate it. 

Other objects: Level 3, cursed Stone 

Axe -3.4: +3 Axe (the "Drow 

Cleaver"). 6: +3 Mace. 7: +2 Ring of 

Protection, Scroll of Lightning Bolt, 

+3 Short Sword, +3 Elven Braces of 

Defense. 8: Wand of Lightning Bolt, 

+3 Sword. 9: +3 Dow Shield, human 

Location Destination Stone Item 

(portal/level) 

Level 4 7/7 Medallion 

Level 5 5/7 Necklace 

Level 6 13/10 Ring 

Level 7 15/11 Holy Symbol 

Level 7 2/5 Necklace 

Level 7 11/9 Dagger 

Level 7 1/4 Medallion 

Level 7 Nowhere Gem 

Level 8 12/10 Scepter 

Level 8 Nowhere Scepter 

Level 9 6/7 Dagger 

Level 10 10/8 Scepter 

Level 10 3/6 

Ring 

Level 11 16/11 Orb 

Level 11 3/6 Holy Symbol 

16 Level 12 14/11 Orb 

*: all in same area +: connected 

Portals in Eye of Beholder 

This table tells where each portal is 

located and other pertinent 

information. 

Pick up all rocks you find: your rear 

rank can use them as missiles, and 

they're good for activating floor 

levers from a distance. On doors that 

won't open, look on adjacent walls for 

a button in the form of a small square. 

Save at least one food pack, even 

after a Cleric gets the food spell; you 

need it for access to at least one area 

of a lower level. Don't waste keys. 

Often the only way to reach another is 

by dropping through holes in the 

floors; save first. 

Mike Prero 

southern part of level six are near the 

original stairs from level four. 

Dennis Ewell 

Portal 

Keys to the Kingdoms 

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2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

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15 

Eye of the Beholder 

Level 5: There are several "walkthru" 

walls here, marked with 

symbols. The upper half of this 

level is separated from the lower 

half, and may be accessed by 

going through the walk-thru wall 

on the west edge. Agree to help 

Dwarves in north half, so you can 

obtain healing services of Dwarf 

Cleric. After each partial healing, 

leave the level and return for more 

healing until complete. Get Stone 

Medallion and Necklace, Mage spell 

of Haste. In SW corner, get Platemail 

and Spell of Invisibility 10. Use 

teleporter. Get wand (walk-thru wall). 

Go through teleport maze (use 

teleporter to north, activate switch, 

use teleporter to east, activate second 

switch). Teleporter to north returns to 

start. Use teleporter to north again, 

then middle teleporter to east, then 

teleporter to north. Activate final 

switch, and you can now access stairs 

to norther part of level six. Stairs to 

Vingaard: To find the Dream 

Merchant's shop, (from the 

entrance), go 8S, 3W, 3N, 2W, 

IN, 1W, 2N, 1W, 3N, 1W. The 

Lit Candle is 8S, IE, IS, 3E, IS. 

To find Selas: buy a candle and 

follow the red doors. 

Turef: Wrestle the dwarf in the 

purple hat. Ask locksmith for key 

#88. This opens a secret door in 

NW corner of bar. 

Vivienne Stevenson 

Death Knights ofKrynn 

Most of the monsters are Undead, so0 

it's useful to have at least two Clerics :s 

or dual-class Clerics to turn them. 

3 

Visit the dwarf Gluten's home in the 

valley just east of Throtl. Answer the ie 

riddles (wlt27, hln89,73ng), or winn 

a few fights to get the Girdle of 

Giant's Strength and a Mace +4. 

Maces are especially useful against 

Skeletons. 

Save the Father of Trees, found on 

the southern edge of the map's center. ;r. 

You'll find a Periapt of Proof vs. 

Poison, and Boots of Speed. 

In Throtl: you can find treasure andd 

weapons at 14,13 and 1,11. Rescues 

Sir Michael at 4,2. More loot is 

found on the beached pirate ship, just st 

east of Kalaman. 

Dargaard Keep: to use secret 

entrance to this place, get 931v27 k26 26 

in Kalaman, go to northeast corner of 

Cerebrus graveyard, 

and open coffin. 

R. T. Vicedomini

hour intervals; get for Warriors only. 

Language: Khosht. Learn all. Keep 

resting to change days, then 

reentering. Free Ship: F2, H6. Help 

Kestrel with broken wing. Digs: get 

Deathwand from chest. Enter silver 

and brown mirrors. Equip wand. 

Enter Black mirror. Attack north. Kill 

Lerotra. Get Funny Once gem in NE 

cell. Monument's 6 passwords: get 

on ghost ship by gambling and 

winning. SW: 945n8 NE: 93ght SE: 

h217t NW: m21n3ng E: f2213ng W: 

m3n8 

Fred J. Philipp 

Bane of the Cosmic Forge 

To get a level 20 Bard quickly: start 

with a Faerie Bard. When he hits 

level three, change him to a Thief, 

then back to a Bard, repeating this 

about a dozen times. Your other 

characters will be at or near level 7 

by now. When they reach level 8, 

your Bard will be at level 7 but with 

the spells, spell points, hit points and 

skills of a level 20 Bard. 

Multiple saves: the manual is 

incorrect in stating you need separate 

disks or directories for thise. If you 

specify C:\e game is saved as 

C:\SAVEGAME.DBS. Specify C:\X, 

and it is saved as 

C:\XSAVEGAME.DBS. 

Wes Irby 

To figure out code to the altar, you 

must read the Book of Ramm. The 

buttons you push are 71mm, 71mm, 

47b, wln8,47b. To get the Book of 

Ramm, go to the gate that says 

"closed during service hours." Search 

the sides next to it to open the gate. 

Enter and get Key of Ramm. Go to 

King's room and through the secret 

passage. Open the first gate with the 

Key of Ramm. Open chest and get the 

contents, which include the Book of 

Ramm. To go to the altar, head for 

the gate next to the first gate. Open 

with Key of Ramm. Find a large 

room with two water fountains. The 

one on the right is safe and will 

refresh the party. The altar is in the 

middle of the room. 

Danny Bialecki 

Captive 

Each base has a planet probe, so 

make sure you never blow up a base 

without getting one. Some bases have 

two probes. Once you've found 

enough probes (about 10) to locate 

the Space Station where you are held, 

you don't need to get more probes 

later. Remember to discharge all 

probes you find on the map screen 

after you successfully blow up a base. 

Human guards wearing blue 

uniforms usually have a clipboard 


with a security door password. 

Scientists in white uniforms have 

clipboards with password to 

computer systems. Kill every alien 

in each base, since they might have a 

similar clipboard. 

Before buying better arms or legs, 

buy best chest armour, because the 

chest contains the droid's battery 

packs, and better chests can store 

more power. The number of aliens in 

every base is finite. You won't have 

to worry about random aliens in your 

path, especially when you're racing to 

the front gate after setting explosives 

next to the power generators. 

Andrew Phang 

Buck Rogers 

All characters should have 

microwave gun, sonic stunner, needle 

gun, rocket pistol or rifle, and laser 

pistol or rifle before going to the 

Asteroid Base. When you reach the 

lower level there, you'll fight Hyper- 

Scorps, Hyper-Crabs and Hyper- 

Snakes. Snakes are most dangerous, 

as the only effective weapons against 

them are swords, knives, needle guns, 

and laser pistols or rifle. A good 

tactic is to use a sonic stunner on 

Crabs and Scorps to form a living 

wall between you and the Snakes, the 

pick off the Snakes at will. If 

monsters are in an adjacent room, 

arrange your party to form an upsidedown 

L outside the door and assume 

guard position. When the enemy 

comes through the door, you will 

automatically open fire with any 

ranged weapons you have readied. 

Richard Rasmussen 

Duplicating Items: give all valuable 

items to one character (X), then 

remove him from the party. 

Immediately add back the character, 

transfer the goods to another person 

and remove X from the party again. 

This time, the game will ask if you 

want to overwrite X. Say no, and give 

X a new name (Y). Now add X again, 

who will have the goods once again. 

Transfer them and repeat. 

When attacking a Combat Robot: 

either get rid of it quickly by 

launching as many rockets as 

possible, or surround it completely so 

it will use its needle gun instead of its 

rocket launcher. Unlike in other 

games using the A D & D system, 

you can move your guys around 

without fear of being attacked, even if 

you turn your back to your opponent 

when you move. Therefore, you 

should always be able to saunter 

around behind your foe and let him 

have it, especially if you backstab! 

Andrew Phang 

Altered Destiny 

To get Jewelled Arrow: climb leg 

bone (on far right of screen), drop 

everything on top of it. Carefully 

walk on web to next screen. Carefully 

walk to Jewelled Arrow and get it. 

To open cave in forest: put 

f71gm2nt9 in plate. Wait till it opens, 

then take fragments. Enter cave, put 

f71gm2nt9 on plate. Go to Librarian 

and ask for scroll. Don't forget to get 

f71gm2nt9 on way out. 

Danny Bialecki 

Lord of the Rings 

Brandy Hall: use "sneak" to enter. 

Trade ghost pipe or pipeweed. "Read" 

books. Saradoc: use "perception." Go 

west to bathroom and do it again. To 

cross chasm with Fredd, use "jump." 


Bard's Tale III 

Gelidia's Ice Keep: cast LEVI, 

ANMA, PHDO in room with poem 

about "lift the veil—counter it" You'll 

enter the Crystal Tower, defeat six 

white wizards on the fourth level and 

get the Crystal Lens. Black Tower: 

cast MAFL, SHSP, FEAR, SUEL, 

SPBI in room with "Bright light, loud 

thunder" message. Defeat black 

wizards on level four; get Black Lens. 

Grey Tower: cast INWO, WIHE, 

FOFO, INVI in room with "Wolf to 

sate hunger" message. Defeat grey 

wizards on level four for Smokey 

Lens. Go to marble slab (on first 

level, when you entered Ice Keep). 

Use the three lenses, and a door opens 

to Ice Dungeon. On level two, tell 

guardian clll, and you'll find the two 

items. Return to Old Man for next 

quest. 

Kevin Pelow 

B. A. T. 

Merigo: buy tol ammo for your Haas 

10. Buy force field 8. Use. B. O. B. to 

accelerate. Enter Xifo Club at 0700. 

North. Kill Merigo. Search. Drag: 

enter (with Sloan and Lydia) airlock. 

Enter hangar. Talk to drag operator. 

Say no. Note phone number. On way 

out, check room west of airlock (if 

you have the Technician Card). 


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$15-$20@: Dungeon Master 1-2, 

Populous, Pirates, 30 more. Will trade for 

IBM 3.5". Tom Page, 96 Haddon PI, 

Upper Montclair NJ 07043 

Trade/sell: King's Quest 5 EGA, Elvira, 

Loom (3.5), Space Quest 3, Hero's Quest 

1, more. Want Leisure Suit 3, Lord of 

Rings, Monkey Island,. C. A. Lewis, 201 

Hartford Rd, Amherst NY 14226 

Sell only, 5.25 Hard Nova, $22. $16 @: 

Neuromancer*, Leisure 3, M & M 2*. 

Future Magic*, 12. Wasteland, $10. Mili 

Roberts, POB 6486, Florence KY 41022 

Trade only, 3.5" only: Ultima 6, Kinq's 

Quest 5, Savage Empire, Quest for Glory 

2, more. Want: Magic Candle, any new 

RPGs. Tom Page, 96 Haddon PI, Upper 

Montclair NJ 07043 

Sell: King's Quest 5, VGA, $30. New 

512K King's Quest 1, $20. Space Quest 1, 

$6. Space Quest 2, $10. Chris Kelly, 3709 

Sandal Lane, Cincinnati OH 45248 

Sell only: Bane of Forge, both sizes, with 

one superpowered Priest, $20. 5.25" only, 

$15 @: Sword of Aragon, Warlords. 

Nicholas Aquila Jr, POB 471 Sebastopol 

CA 95473-0471 

Trade/sell, both sizes: Quest for Glory 2, 

Keys to Maramon, Conquest s of 

Camelot, Leisure Suit 3, more. 3.5" only: 

Magic Candle, Spirit of Excalibur. Craig 

Deves, 5 Field Place, Port Chester NY 

10573 

5.25", sell only: Eye of Beholder*, Death 

Knights of Krynn*, $28@. Legend of 

Faerghail, $20. Richard RobiEard, 52 

South Main St, Baldwinville MA 01436 

Trade/sell (both disk sizes): Eye of 

Beholder, Bane of Cosmic Forge, Silver 

Blades, Buck Rogers. Trade/buy: Elvira, 

T & T, Keef the Thief, any new ones. K. 

G. Steinbeck, Mobay Corp, 8400 

Hawthorn Rd, Kansas City KS 64120- 

0013 

Will buy: Starcross, Suspended, 

Stationfall, Trinity, Enchanter Trilogy. 

Jim Dowell, 2614 59th Ave NE, Tacoma 

WA 98422 

Sell/trade, 5.25" only: Battletech 2, $20. 

$15@: Magic Candle*, Dragon Wars*, 

Hero's Quest*, Starflight 2*. $10 @: War 

in Middle Earth, Wasteland. Jeff Peedin, 

504 Powell St, Smithfield NC 27577 

Pirates. Frank Saultz, 12221 Haga St, 

Garden Grove CA 92641-3226 

$20 @: Populous, Starflight 1 & 2, Eye of 

Beholder, Knights of Legend, Hostage, 

Trade 5.25" Monkey Island, Space Quest 

4 EGA, King's Quest 4 EGA, Buck 

Rogers. Also 3.5" Wonderland. Want: 

Rise of Dragon, Heart of China, Elvira, 

Powermonger, Savage Empire. Steve 

Clarke, 3673 Wyola Dr, Newtown Square 

PA 19073 

3.5":, $20 @: Rise of Dragon*, Populous, 

Altered Destiny*. 5.25", Tangled Tales, 

$15. Book of Adventure Games Vol. 1, 

$25. Want Enchanter Trilogy. Paul 

Shaffer, 4735 Roswell Rd NE 17-H, 

Atlanta GA 30342 

Want: Stationfall, Spellbreaker, Border 

Zone, Sherlock, Hollywood Hijinks. Will 

buy or trade, send your list for mine. 

Have 3.5" and 5.25" drives. David 

Goodin, HCR 64 Box 2248, Locust Grove 

OK 74352 

MSDOS & Questalikes 

Trade: all Sierra adventures, plus many 

more, including Ultima 6, Starflight 1 & 

2, Les, etc. Both sizes for all. Jeff 

Bernard, 14526 Juniper St, San Leandro 

CA 94579 

Sell only, most $5. (Amiga software to 

sell/trade.) Richard Goodkind, 4444 W 

Pine #413, St Louis MO 63108 

100+ titles, $5-$15. Also 75 MSDOS 

games, $2-$20. Write for lists, state 

which, send SASE. Lex Strahorn, POB 

87, Bradenton FL 34206 

Sell only: Infidel, Wishbringer, Ultim 1 

& 2 (Sierra) & 4, Adventure 

Construction. Jesse Fallon, 6215 Branting 

St, San Diego CA 92122 

Sell only, $15 @: Sentinel Worlds*, Mars 

Saga*, Silver Blades*, Bard 3*, 

Neuromancer*, Magic Candle*. $10: 

Project Firestart, Dark Castle. SASE for 

more! Robert Reitz, 218 N Fourth St, 

Sunbury PA 17801 

Selling all C64 software. Also C64 

system with some software. Tommy 

Earnest Jr, 2465 Plum Creek Rd, 

Christiansburg VA 24073 

Sell only, $10 @: Bard 1-2 w/maps, Zork 

Trilogy, Legacy of Ancients, Zak 

McKracken. $6 @: Tass Times, Murder 

on Mississippi, Se-Kaa of Assiah, Zork 

Quest, others. Shawn Lauzon, 29606 41 

St, Salem WI53168 

Ancients, Guild of Thieves. Ultima 5, 

$15. Or trade two for MSD^OS Pool of 

Rad, Ultima Trilogy, or Azure Bonds. 

Claude Brouillett, 1795 Baseline Rd #B- 

2, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K2C OC5 

Commodore 64 

$12 @: Moebius, Autoduel, Wizard's 

Crown, M & M 1, Faery Tale 

Adventure,*, Rings of Zilfin, Legacy of 

Want to buy Witness, Cranston Manor, 

Mission Asteroid, Dark Crystal, 

Brimstone. Send asking price. Clyde 

Dodge, 319 Marguerite #A, Corona del 

Mar, CA 92625. America Online: Clyde 

ffl 

GS games, $15 @: Bard 1*, Bard 2*, 

Queslron 2; $10, Alien Mind; $5, Last 

Ninja. Apple, $10 @: Moebius, 

Windwalker, Ultima 4, Wasteland, 

Wizardry 1 & 2 (a set). Dan Young, 295 

Still River Rd, POB 69, Still River MA 

01467 

$25 for Ultima 5 and Stationfal (a set). 

Tom Raddigan, 264 Addison Rd, 

Riverside IL 60546-2039 

Sell/trade: M & M 1*, $14. Bard 2*, $10. 

T. Prokott, 849 SE 23rd Ave Minneapolis 

MN 55414 

Sell only, $5 @: Zork I, Witness. 

Wizardry 1-3, $10@, or $25 for all 3. 

Nicholas Aquila Jr, POB 471 Sebastopol 

CA 95473-0471 

Apple 

Sell, best offer for all or individually: 

Wizardry 1, Witness*, Infidel*, Suspect, 

Nord & Bert, Hollywood Hijinx*. 

Bureaucracy*, Sherlock Holmes 

(Infocom). Want The Book of Adventure 

Games. Raymond Benson, 809 Hemdon 

Lane, Austin TX 78704 

Many classic & new games to sell, send 

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Terrace, Miami FL 33173 

$14 @: Faery Tale, Journey, 

Powermonger, Populous, Dark Castle, 

Beyond Dark Castle, Bard 2 w/maps, 

Suspended. Send SASE for list of more. 

T. Prokott, 849 SE 23rd Ave Minneapolis 

MN 55414 

Amiga 

Sell/trade: M & M 2, Swords of 

Twilight*, Arazok's Tomb, Bard 1*, 

Faery Tale Adventure*, more. Want: 

Hitchhiker's Guide, Leather Goddesses, 

Starcross, Zork 1, Planetfall (original box 

style, not Solid Gold). Jesse Fallon, 6215 

Branting St, San Diego CA 92122 

Trade or sell old adventures with a free 

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