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Amstrad Pcw Games: Tetris, Silicon Dreams Trilogy, Fun School, Planetfall, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Colossus Che
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-06.
ISBN 9781155656700
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Publisher description
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Tetris, Silicon Dreams Trilogy, Fun School, Planetfall, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Colossus Chess, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, Suspect, the Lurking Horror, List of Amstrad Pcw Games, Enchanter, Lords of Time, the Fourth Protocol, Sorcerer, Match Day Ii, Fairlight, Batman, the Pawn, Southern Belle, the Guild of Thieves, Academy, Graham Gooch's Test Cricket, Mindfighter, Corruption, Starglider, Jinxter, Gnome Ranger, Lord of the Rings: Game One, Time and Magik, Jewels of Darkness, the Last Mission, Lancelot, Fish!, Ingrid's Back, Myth, Scapeghost, Fairlight Ii, Countdown to Doom, Bounder. Excerpt: Academy Academy is an action /simulation computer game for the ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC and Amiga . It was released in 1987 by CRL . It achieved critical success in the year it was released. Gameplay It is the sequel to Tau Ceti and written by the same author, Pete Cooke . The gameplay is similar the player pilots a 'skimmer' through a 3D world but with many extra features. Instead of a single, large gameworld, the storyline is mission-based (but allowing the player some control over the order of play). The world physics of the original game are expanded on, as these missions take place on different planets under different suns; for example piloting under a dark red-dwarf provides a different play experience to a bright yellow sun. In addition, the player may design their own skimmers; customising engine and weapon strengths, equipment payloads, and arranging the on-screen control panel. The skimmer design screen. The game's interface is the same distinctive cursor-and-menu system used in Pete Cooke's other creations, such as Micronaut One , A Whole New Ball Game and Tau Ceti . Storyline From the game's instructions: After an incident on 61 Cygnus in 2197 when a rookie pilo
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