New Products
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but assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of these notices or the
performance of the products listed.
ZORK TRILOGY
(text adventure)
Infocom, Inc.
125 Cambridge Park Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 492-6000
$59.95, 48K disk
For the first time, all three stories in the Zork Trilogy are together in one package at a savings of almost 50% off the individual purchase price. The Zork Trilogy takes place in a vast underground labyrinth-the remnants of the Great Underground Empire. Zork I takes you into this fabulous land in search of its incomparable treasures. Zork II sends you on a journey to a long-hidden region of the empire, dominated by the frivolous Wizard of Frobozz-who pops up from time to time for the express purpose of annoying you. Zork III draws you into the deepest and most mysterious regions of the empire and features encounters with Dimwit Flathead and the Dungeon Master.
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PRINTER CONNECTION
(printer interface)
ICD, Inc.
1220 Rock Street
Rockford, IL 61101-1437
(815) 968-2228
$59.95
The Printer Connection is a high-quality printer interface on a 10-foot cable. It fully supports Atari graphics, using the same custom chip as the $89.95 P:R: Connection. It is an inexpensive way to use the same printer with both XL/XE and ST computers. (Atari 1200XL computers require an internal modification.)
ICD's industry-standard six-foot Modem Cable ($14.95) connects standard 25-pin modems to the P:R: Connection or 850 interface, and the Printer Cable ($14.95) does the same thing with parallel printers.
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BOP 'N WRESTLE,
INFILTRATOR,
TRAILBLAZER
(action software)
Mindscape Inc.
3444 Dundee Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
(312) 480-7667
$29.95 each, 48K disk
Enter the ring with the meanest, grungiest pro wrestlers ever built. In Bop 'N Wrestle you'll use the joystick or keyboard to chew up and spit out such opponents as Molotov Mike and L.A. Bob as you claw your way to the top.
Infiltrator sends you in your helicopter through enemy airspace
toward strategic targets designed to destroy the Mad Leader's military
force. This animated graphic adventure combines realistic helicopter flight
simulation with exciting military ground action.
Trailblazer offers a series of soccer ball races through hyperspace networks of changing color grids. One or two players race through the 20 fixed courses on a split screen or travel through a random course.
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WHITE BAG SOFTWARE
(entertainment software)
TK Computer Products
P.O. Box 9617
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(312) 382-5244
$14.95, 48K disk
TK has released eight new discount titles at $14.95 each. Money Spin is the 8-bit Atari's answer to "Wheel of Fortune," the only thing missing is Vanna White. You can even put your own puzzles onto data disks. In Balloon Pop, use joysticks or paddles to help clowns bounce higher and higher to pop hundreds of red, white and blue balloons. Barnstorm brings back the challenges of the biplane pilot era, in 26 difficulty levels.
Play backgammon in Gammon with colored dice, doubling cube and screen-wide playing field, or go on a space mission to destroy all enemy missile launchers in Laser Fed. Air Hockey is a fast-moving, computerized version of the table-top game. Lottery tracks winning lottery numbers and gives probabilities of future winners. The Character Set Utility does all the programming work to let you create your own alternate characters on the Atari.
Also from TK is the Monday Morning Manager Team Disk ($20), containing 128 teams not on the master disk, and Bowling (Version 2, $20), featuring arcade action for up to four bowlers, with sound and graphics.
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PHANTASIE
(fantasy role-playing)
Strategic Simulations Inc.
1046 N. Rengstorff Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
(415) 964-1353
$39.95, 48K disk
In Phantasie, a party of one to six characters search the Isle of Gelnor for nine rings that will rid the land of the Dark Lord. Players can creatively combine the eight races and six classes of characters that include humans, elves, dwarves, thieves, warriors and wizards. Over 80 types of monsters are fought and many puzzle challenges must be overcome in the quest through 10 dungeons.
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