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Zzzzz

Authors:Les Hogarth and Clive Wilson
Publishers:Mastertronic, Zenobi Software
Released:1985
License:Former commercial
Review:

A primitive, crudely-illustrated, and mostly linear game concerning a jaunt through a dreamworld - a premise which is probably supposed to justify the game's general incoherence. Has a severe case of guess-the-verb, despite a small collection of verb icons (selectable with the C64 joystick). For example, the verbs "lift" and "raise" are both required at different points, but are not synonyms. A walkthrough is a virtual necessity for making any progress, even with the occasional hints provided by the "help" command. Plays irritating beep music that, in one case, is an essential clue, so you dare not turn it off.

Rating: *

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (13 Feb 2003)

Downloads:
C64adv.zip (2.78 MB)
Commodore executable
zenobi48k.zip (7.11 MB)
Spectrum executable


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