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  Zelasny's: Chronomaster

   • d********t@***.com
     12/04/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     For those Amber fans out there, which sadly may only be me, since I

     remember when Darryl swiped the Forum copies, right after I recommended

     them to you all way back when, Capstone has just come out with a
     computer

     game called Chronomaster. I've played it and solved it, and I think it's

     one of the better adventure games out there. It's based on some of Roger

     Zelasny's books, dealing with immortality, time travel, space barouches,

     and pocket universes, and features the T.V. Beast, Ron Perlman, as
     Korda,

     the Chronomaster, with an extended cameo by Lt. Commander Data as
     "Milo,"

     pretty much sounding exactly like the vengeful Lore.

     Compared to Zork, or even Colossal Cave, the graphics are excellent, and

     the decent thing about the game is most puzzles have alternate
     solutions,

     neither one of which is better or worse to try. For example, an orange

     door might need an orange key, but the game lets you bash it in with
     your

     hammer, too.

     --Danny--