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[U. S. A.]Phoenix Software

They were located on 64 Lake Zurich Drive, Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047, USA. Phone 312 438-4850.

They are or have been distributed by American Eagle.


Adventure in Time

Type:
Text only Written 1981 by Paul Berker.
Runs on:

Comments: Travel through four different locations in time via the help of a robot to find and kill the evil Nostradamus before he can take over the world.


Birth of the Phoenix

Type:
Text only Written 1981 by Paul Berker.
Runs on:

Comments: Tutorial adventure. It's just an ordinary (easy) treasure hunting for the beginner, much different than the other popular tutorial of the time, Mission: Asteroid from Sierra.


Dodge City

Type:
Bitmap graphics/Multiple choice Written 1984 by Fraser Orr.
Runs on:
Notes: I have seen claims that it was published by Phoenix Software Ltd, Middlesex.

Comments: You must complete arcade on A to get code for adventure on B.

Here is a review of Dodge City


Queen of Phobos

Type: DG (black and white) Written 1982 by Paul Berker and Bill Crawford.
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Comments: Travel on board a Martian spacecraft to locate the mask of Kuh-Thu-Lu, while avoiding the ship's evil occupants, in this science fiction adventure.


Sherwood Forest

Type: G (some animation) Written 1982 by Dale Johnson and Dav Holle [graphics].
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Notes: Advertised as "Sof-toon #1" but it might have been the only one. Probably only for Apple II.

Comments: Parody of Robin Hood, and featuring Friar Tuck, Maid Marian and Little John. Hardly any plot, but still amusing and well drawn, for the time.


Masquerade

Type:
Bitmap graphics Written 1983 by Dale Johnson and Rick Incrocci [graphics].
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Notes: Distributed by All American Adventures. There was a $1000 prize for the first person to solve it. The $1000 prize was a parody of the treasure-hunt prize offered by Kit Williams' book of the same name, which after mass hysteria over three years, had finally been solved shortly before this game game out. I have also seen this game as by American Eagle. The graphics were done using Penguin's Graphics Magician.

Comments: Private eye is set up against knife-throwing bad guys and bombed hotels - as well as toilets for using bad language! - while exploring a zoo and more.


Fraktured Faebles

Type: BG (some animation) Written 1985 by Dale Johnson and Rick Incrocci [graphics].
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Comments: Parody of fables and other bedtime story stuff. You get to meet Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, one of the 3 Little Pigs, the rabbit, the Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding, the Wolf and Grandma, all with essentially no plot at all!


Adventureland was created by Hans Persson and is now maintained by Stefan Meier.

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