Computer Gaming World Issue 59 (May 1989)
0Computer Gaming World Issue 59 May 1989
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Tough Crowd! New Challenges in Adventure Games
Features:
War In Middle Earth (Chris Lombardi reviews Melbourne House's effort to bring Tolkien's works to the computer screen, giving it a passing grade but adds some reservations about its low difficulty and small replay value)
What Do the "Sim"ple Folk Do? (Johnny L. Wilson gets the honor of reviewing Will Wright's masterpiece of city design, SimCity)
First Over Germany (Hosea Battles flies a mission to drop virtual explosives on Germany for this review of SSI's B-17 bomber sim)
CGW's Top Ad Award Winners (The votes from January's contest have been tabulated, and the envelopes prepared! Fractional Page's top vote earner went to First Row Software Publishing for their ad showcasing The Honeymooners, The Twilight Zone, and Star Empire, while the Full Page winner was none other than New World for their massive, five-screenshot piece for Might & Magic II)
Street Lethal (David M. Wilson puts on his muscle shirt and takes to the streets for an up-close-and-personal look at a trio of vigilante-justice-themed games: Bad Dudes, Double Dragon, and Renegade)
Sodan Impact (Kevin Rohrer unsheathes his broadsword (giggity!) for a walk through Sword of Sodan, a side-scrolling barbarian-style action fighter)
Prophetic Gift (Dennis Owens glances into his crystal ball to review Activision's Prophecy for the IBM, an experience he describes as being the most exciting RPG he's ever played on his computer)
Scorpion's Tale: Guardians of Infinity - To Save Kennedy (Scorpia reviews and provides hints for this mammoth adventure game where the player is tasked with traveling back in time from the year 2087 with five inter-temporal agents in an effort to prevent the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy)
Silent Running (Lt. H.E. Dille orders down periscope and tubes flooded for his review of EA's 688 Attack Sub, which he contends is a strong candidate for his own personal game of the year)
Seems Like Old Times (D&D co-creator Dave Arneson takes a trip down (missing) memory lane to discuss ICOM's Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas, the sequel to their original graphical adventure, Deja Vu, on the Macintosh)
Under the Ice (M. Evan Brooks strikes out to sea to review this futuristic game of submarine combat from Lyric Software)
Scavengers of the Mutant World (Interstel's nuclear wasteland-set RPG is no match for Scorpia, who skewers it with a 'not recommended' rating for multiple failings and annoyances, including its instant perma-death scheme which overwrites your saves as soon as one of your party members dies)
Hoplites On Parade (Fresh from his undersea excursions, Lt. H.E. Dille goes topside to review Ancient Battles, the first entry in the new Encyclopedia of War series from Case Computer Simulations)
Departments:
Letters (Scorpia is the focus of this month's letter column: Softworks' David R. Malmberg writing to add a couple of things to her review of his Adventure Game Toolkit, and Jon Van Caneghem of New World Computing uses the rest of the column space to blast her for her opinions on Might & Magic II. Scorpia gets in the last word with her reply, reminding Jon and the rest of her readers that ultimately her job is to point out flaws as well as good points, and in the end her goal is to help consumers make the best possible decision about where they spend their money).
Taking A Peek:
Police Blotter (Apple II)
Ghosts 'N Goblins (IBM/C64)
Search For the Titanic (IBM/Apple IIGS/C64)
Presumed Guilty! (IBM/C64)
Robocop (C64)
Super Hang On (Mac)
Distant Armies (Amiga)
Project Firestart (C64)
Kings of the Beach (IBM)
Mind-Roll (C64)
The Honeymooners (IBM)
Candyland (IBM/Apple II/C64)
Chutes And Ladders (IBM/Apple II/C64)
Boot Camp (C64)
Prospector in the Mazes of Xor (Amiga)
Tanglewood (Amiga/Atari ST)
Combat Course (Amiga/Atari ST/C64/IBM)
Hostage (Amiga/Atari ST/C64/IBM)
International Team Sports (C64)
Baal (Amiga/Atari ST)
Hometown, USA (IBM/Mac/Apple II/C64)
Chess (IBM)
The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 (IBM/Apple II/C64)
Hidden Agenda (IBM)
[*]CGW Hall of Fame (new additions in bold):
Kampfgruppe
Gettysburg
M.U.L.E.
Mech Brigade
Chessmaster
War In Russia
Empire
Earl Weaver Baseball
Ultima IV
Wizardry
Starflight
Gunship
Ultima III
Might & Magic
The Bard's Tale
Pirates
Music By:
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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