Game Players Encyclopedia of PC Games Volume 2

213 Pages·1991·57.6 MB·

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the death of his family and friends.
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ou have heard the tales of Conan’s adventures. Only
now will you have the opportunity to live the life of
this fierce barbarian from the land of Hyborea.
Our odyssey begins with murder most foul. When
Conan’s village is massacred by the ravening hordes of Thoth
Amon, high priest of the vile cult of Set, Conan vows to avenge
the death of his family and friends.
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THE EDITOR'S 52 116
CODE NAME: ICEMAN ABC MONDAY NIGHT
NOTES FOOTBALL
57
HARPOON 118
BALANCE OF THE
FEATURES 62 PLANET
SILENT SERVICE
120
7 67 BREACH 2
INDIANA JONES ULTIMA VI: THE
AND THE FATE FALSE PROPHET 122
OF ATLANTIS BUDOKAN
72
10 WAR OF THE LANCE 124
FALCON 3.0 CIRCUIT'S EDGE
77
14 DAS BOOT 126
HARE RAISING HAVOC THE COLONEL’S BEQUEST
81
19 ELVIRA, MISTRESS 128
MARIO ANDRETTI’S OF THE DARK COMMAND H.Q.
RACING CHALLENGE
85 130
23 EYE OF THE BEHOLDER CONTINUUM
THE SECRET OF MONKEY
ISLAND 89 132
HEART CRIME WAVE
28 OF CHINA
KIDS AND COMPUTERS: 134
PC GAMES THAT 93 DEATH KNIGHTS OF
MAKE LEARNING FUN KING’S QUEST V: AB- KRYNN
SENCE MAKES THE
HEART GO YONDER 136
THE GAMES DRAGON LORD
97
QUEST FOR GLORY II: 138
33 TRIAL BY FIRE F-15 STRIKE EAGLE
SIM CITY
101 140
38 RISE OF THE DRAGON HARDBALL II
MEAN STREETS
105 142
43 SIMEARTH HOVERFORCE
MIGHT & MAGIC II
109 144
48 SPACE QUEST IV: ROGER JONES IN THE FAST LANE
JOHN MADDEN WILCO AND THE TIME
FOOTBALL RIPPERS 146
LEISURE SUIT LARRY III:
50 113 PASSIONATE PATTI IN
LAKERS VS. CELTICS WHERE IN AMERICA’S PURSUIT OF PULSATING
AND THE NBA PAST IS CARMEN PECTORALS
CHAMPIONSHIPS SANDIEGO?
CONTENTS
148 178 196
MIDWINTER ALTERNATE LIVES: GALLEONS OF GLORY
WIZARDRY — A NEW
150 LOOK FOR THE ’905S 197
OVERLORD WAYNE GRETZKY
180 HOCKEY 2
152 VIRTUAL REALITY:
PRINCE OF PERSIA SUTURE SELF 198
DINOWARS
154 182
REVOLUTION ’76 ALTERNATE LIVES: B.A.T. 199
— A FRESH APPROACH TUNNELS & TROLLS:
156 TO ROLE PLAYING CRUSADERS OF KHAZAN
SECOND FRONT
184 200
158 VIRTUAL REALITY: BATTLETECH: THE
TEAM YANKEE CHUCK YEAGER’S AIR CRESCENT HAWK’S
COMBAT — FLYING THE REVENGE
160 UNFRIENDLY SKIES
TIMEQUEST 201
186 TROIKA
162 ALTERNATE LIVES:
WARLORDS ULTIMATELY, MARS 202
THEME PARK MYSTERY
164 188
WOLFPACK LEMMINGS 203
CALIFORNIA GAMES II
166 189
ALTERNATE LIVES: COME MICROLEAGUE BASE- ; 204
FLY WITH ME BALL: THE MANAGER’S STREET ROD II
CHALLENGE
168 205
VIRTUAL REALITY: ALL 190 THUNDERSTRIKE
WORK AND NO PLAY? STELLAR 7
206
170 191 ZELIARD
ALTERNATE LIVES: ON BUSHBUCK CHARMS,
THE (MIAMI) BEACH VIKING SHIPS & DODO 207
EGGS SPACE 1889
172
VIRTUAL REALITY: 192 208
PARDON THE INTRUSION LEXI-CROSS BILL ELLIOTT’S NASCAR
CHALLENGE
174 193
ALTERNATE LIVES: LORD ARACHNOPHOBIA
OF THE RINGS — LABOR
OF LOVE 194
LIGHTSPEED
176
VIRTUAL REALITY: 195
LUNAR EXPLORATIONS NIGHT SHIFT
EDITOR’S NOTES
GAIVIE PLAYER'S
ENCYCLOPEDIA
“PC GAIVIES
Welcome to Volume 2 of very popular titles, includ-
Game Player’s Encyclopedia ing Falcon 3.0, Hare Raising
Volume Two of PC Games. We think Havoc, Mario Andretti’s Rac-
you'll find that this publi- ing Challenge, The Secret of
Robert C. Lock, Editor-In-Chief
cation is an excellent re- Monkey Island, SimCity, Mean
Amy L. Pruette, Senior Art & Design Director
source for both new and Streets, and Might & Magic
Richard T. Mansfield, Executive Vice President, Editorial
veteran PC game players. II.
Selby Bateman, Executive Editor
Lance Elko, Editorial Director The contents of this Allin all, we have 81 PC
Tom R. Halfhill, Senior Editor encyclopedia are taken games covered in this vol-
Stephen Poole, Associate Editor
from our Game Player's PC ume. Note that we've in-
William R. Trotter, Senior Writer
Leslie Mizell, Associate Editor Strategy Guide magazine cluded selections from Al-
Phill Powell, Associate Editor (recently renamed Game ternate Lives and Virtual
Gary M. Meredith, Technical Editor
Player’s PC Entertainment), Reality, two of our regular
Lisa M. Bouchey, Assistant Editor
Brian Carroll, Assistant Editor a regular publication that magazine columns in which
Richard Lashley, Assistant Editor focuses on all PC enter- our expert columnists get
Jeff Lundrigan, Assistant Editor
tainment titles, including insidea game and offer some
Arlan Levitan, Contributing Editor
Neil Randall, Contributing Editor arcade action, fantasy role revealing insights. You'll
Margaret Ramsey, Copy Editor play, educational games, find these beginning on page
Melanie Poloff, Editorial Assistant
graphic adventures, puzzle 166.
Irma Swain, Production Director , games, war games, simu- So if you’re an avid PC
Edwin C. Malstrom, Art Director
lations, and so on. gamer, check this volume
Laura C. Morris, Senior Graphic Artist
Scotty L. Billings, Graphic Artist In this volume, you'll out — we think you'll find
Kelly E. Pinter, Graphic Artist find coverage of a number that it’s a valuable resource
Jan J. Sebastian, Graphic Artist
of games from the past you can come back to time
James A. Casella, Publisher couple of years as well as and time again.
Lawrence A. Fornasieri, Senior Vice President, Finance
games just recently re-
Tom Valentino, Vice President, Controller
Michael Romano, Vice President, Advertising Sales leased. You'll find exten-
Jean Marie Duffy, Circulation Manager sive coverage, with lots of Lance Elko
John G. McMahon, National Sales Manager
color screen shots, of some Editorial Director
Kathleen H. Ingram, Marketing Manager
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Leslie Mizell
ou may have thought mythical Atlantis — and have example, one of your first tasks
Indiana Jones had hung up his actually acquired artifacts from is to locate the Lost Dialogue of
hat and whip for good when the lost city — they know that Plato. The book is somewhere
George Lucas, Steven Spiel- they must beat the Third Reich in Indy's own Barnett College,
berg, and Harrison Ford tothe ancientsite. If the legends but it could be in one of three
decided not to make a fourth of Atlantis prove true, an ore different locations. Where the
movie in the now-famous could be mined there that dialogue will be when you play
series. But a good man is hard would hasten the arrival of the the game depends on a clue
to find, and Lucasfilm Games Atomic Age. With more you receive in the Azores.
has picked up where the movie potential energy thanuranium, It’s after you find the
studio left off. the metal could make Nazi dialogue that you arrive at the
For Indiana Jones and the Fate world domination a very real various courses the adventure
of Atlantis, Lucasfilm Games has possibility. can take. During a conversation
developed an original adven- The Fate of Atlantis journey with Sophia, you decide how
ture for the full-time archeology takes you from Iceland to the you want tosolve the rest of the
professor and part-time Azores, from Monte Carlo to game. If youagree to let Sophia
adventurer. Naturally, there’s Knossos. It’s Lucasfilm’s most join you in the search for
a woman involved: In this complex game to date, and the Atlantis, you follow a path
game, she’s Sophia Hapgood, only one that truly offers consisting equally of puzzles
once an academic, now a alternate game paths — you and conversations. If you
professional psychic. can play several times without decide you’d rather go into
When she and Jones realize repeating anything but the action by yourself, prepare for
that the Nazis are hunting for most basic sequences. For plenty of fighting and not much
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