====================================================================== ADVENTURE:MAGIKAL MYSTERY TOUR THROUGH TIME ====================================================================== HAVE YOU BEEN ADVENTURING LATELY? Are Adventures new to you? If they are let me explain a little. Do you like Adventure stories or thrillers? Computer Adventures are certainly, for the most part thrilling stories with one major difference from the written ones. YOU are the main character. Pitting your wits against the dangers lurking around every corner. You have a mission, wether it be to rescue the fairy princess or gather as many treasures as you can before escaping from a dungeon. Ever enjoyed a book so much you wish it hadn't finished? The beauty of an adventure is that you can 'play' as many times as you like but the story-line is never the same. You will be in familiar surroundings with familiar people, objects and themes, but the action will differ, depending upon your moves. Play it cool, play it rough, play it nasty, or play it sweet, it's all up to you. Can you escape from the maze of dungeons and what about the dragons? Indeed, the first classic Computer Adventure was called the Colossal Cave Adventure! Written for and played on a mainframe computer. LEVEL 9 Computing were one of the first Software houses to scale down this adventure to run on the micro-computer. LEVEL 9 and Mandarin Software have recently released a trilogy for the PCW, with three potential classics, all released before on other micros and all three on one disc: "TIME AND MAGIK" has three independent adventures "The Lords of Time", "Red Moon" and "Price of Magik." At just #14.95 this represents excellent value. TIME AND MAGIK IN LORDS OF TIME your challenge, given to you by 'Father Time' himself, is to defend history and time from the evil Time Lords. In your travels you visit nine time zones - collecting an object from each, which must be cast into the cauldron - in your attempt to 'save time'. Each time zone is entered through your grandfather clock by climbing inside and turning the cog on the pendulum. There are 18 treasures to be collected on your way through time. Can you save world history and beat the Lords of Time? If you find it all too much there are 'official secrets' clue sheets available. Impressive digitised graphics help to set the scene and show your surroundings, they add dramatically to the flavour of the adventure. If you have tried text-only adventures of yester-year then you will be delighted with this impressive package from LEVEL 9 Computing. Time and Magic was developed using Level 9's revolutionary KAOS development system which uses many sophisticated and powerful features like Undo, data compression (to squeeze every possible location, picture and description into an Amstrad 3" disk), and Ram Save & Ram Restore. It also uses a Picture cache to save wear and tear on your drives. When you have saved civilisation from the Time Lords there are two more magical adventures just waiting for you to solve. Time and Magik comes with a paperback booklet setting the scene and a guide for adventurers. This includes three short stories by Peter McBride introducing you to each adventure. At #14.95 Time and Magik represents unrivalled value for money and many, many hours of thrilling adventuring for YOU, the leading character. But be warned, once hooked adventures are VERY addictive!