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Zauberland

Alternate Titles:Pacy-Face And His Adventures - Zauberland
Author:Phillip Köhn
Genre:Fantasy
Released:1985
Review:

The English translation of the title is "Pacy-Face and His Adventures - Magicland". To play this game, you should have a working knowledge of German. A a brief synopsis in English: The player guides Pacy-Face through a simple, childish treasure hunt with arbitrary deaths, arbitrary puzzles and very poor descriptions.

Du hast in einer Schenke vier Männer belauscht, die von einem Schatz sprachen, der in der Umgebung versteckt sei. Deine Aufgabe ist nun, diesen Schatz mit Hilfe von Pacy-Face in einer Fantasy-Welt zu finden. Ein winziges Spiel mit spartanischem Parser, so gut wie keinen Raumbeschreibungen und völlig willkürlichen Toden, was auf das Alter des Autors (damals 13 Jahre) zurückzuführen ist. Die C 64-Version biete immerhin ein Bild von Pacy-Face...

Rating: *

Reviewed by Matthias Oborski (03 Jan 2003)

Related Links:Phillipp Köhn's Commodore C64 Nostalgia
Downloads:
zauberland (7.13 KB)
Commodore executable in German
zauber.zip (8.44 KB)
BASIC source code in German (ported by Bob Newell, compatible with QBASIC)


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