Acornsoft At some point in time, Acornsoft decided not to publish adventure games any more. Some of the authors then took their games with them to Topologika. Countdown to Doom Type: Text only Written 1982 by Peter Killworth. Runs on: BBC Comments: Small science fiction adventure. Your spaceship has crashed on the planet Doomawangara. You must acquire the parts needed to repair your ship before the planet's hostile atmosphere corrodes it away. Package blurb: You set off from Earth in your one-man ship, and are soon orbiting Doom. Doomawangara -- *Doom* for short -- with its weird climate that varies from desert to jungle, glacier to swamp; the home, aeons ago, of the Ancients, whose crumbling dwellings at last begin to show up on your scanners, their images giving you the feeling that they're watching you -- not the other way round. Doom, famed across the Galaxy as a *potentially* lucrative source of income, its surface littered with crashed treasure ships, rapidly corroding in the intensely volatile atmosphere. *Only those known as adventurers would dare to land.* You make one more pass over the enticing planet, wondering if *you* have the courage. The decision is made for you when your ship comes under a sudden and violent attack that sends it tumbling out of control until it hits the surface with a force that could have killed you. You pick yourself up and survey the wreckage, knowing that both you and your ship are well and truly *doomed* unless you can find the spares to repair it in time... GAME SIZE: *Medium.* RATING: *Medium.* For more information, see Topologika Ltd Acheton Runs on: BBC [1980] For more information, see Mainframe adventures and Topologika Ltd Kingdom of Hamil Runs on: BBC For more information, see Mainframe adventures and Topologika Ltd Philosopher's Quest Written 1982 by Peter Killworth. Runs on: BBC Notes: This game had the most evil and unfair first puzzle of all time. The Acornsoft version of this, Killworth's first text adventure, sold 25.000 copies. Package blurb: Peter's best-selling adventure sees you wishing you hadn't waved that old magic wand you found in the junk shop off Market Street. For when you did, the atmosphere turned inside out, taking you with it. And when it turned back again, the shop -- and the shopkeeper were no more... GAME SIZE: *Compact, but with unexpected twists.* RATING: *Difficult.* For more information, see Mainframe adventures and Topologika Ltd Sphinx Adventure Type: Text only Runs on: BBC Castle of Riddles Type: Text only Runs on: BBC Notes: Some of the puzzles in Castle of Riddles came from the original version of Philosopher's Quest and now appear in the Topologika version of Philosophers' Quest. It had an incredibly unfair maze. Quondam Runs on: BBC [early 1980s; By Peter Killworth.] For more information, see Mainframe adventures The Seventh Star Type: Text only Runs on: BBC Gateway to Karos Type: Text only Written 1983 by D. L. Haslam. Runs on: BBC Spooky Manor Runs on: BBC Mini Runs on: BBC Notes: Only available in a compilation with Caves and Roman. Caves Runs on: BBC Notes: Only available in a compilation with Mini and Roman. Roman Runs on: BBC Notes: Only available in a compilation with Mini and Caves.

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