Mindscape, Inc
3444 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062, (312) 480-7667. This is a
suburb of Chicago.
Mindscape games were, at least originally, released in folders
looking like hardcover books that measured 7 3/4" X 9". They
featured a 7 1/4" X 8 1/2" browsie manual tucked into a slot on
the right side and a sealed envelope of either plastic or
cardboard with a cellophane window containing the disks and the
rest of the contents.
Mindscape is now part of The Learning Company.
Mindscape, Inc has a homepage at http://www.mindscape.com/.
They distribute Angelsoft, Inc, Eldritch Games Ltd, ICOM Simulations, Inc and Melbourne House.
For more information, see The Learning Company.
Brattacas
Type: Interactive graphics
Written by Psygnosis.
Runs on:
Notes: This was a port of the unfinished Sinclair QL port of
Bandersnatch, the unfinished Spectrum "MegaGame" Imagine
Software was working on when it went bust in 1984. Sinclair
Research was going to release the QL version, but apparently
it fell through at the last minute and it appeared as
Psygnosis' first ST game instead. Apparently, one could tell
it was intended for the QL from the color palette
(red/green/white/black) and the fact that it only used the
middle 512 pixels of the screen (at least in the version shown
at the 1985 PCW Show).
Racter
Written 1982, 84, 86 by Inrac Corporation.
Notes: Not an adventure, really.
Comments: As Eliza was an early computer program that simulates artificial
intelligence, so Racter is a program that simulates artificial
insanity [...] A program that interviews you, tells you stories
and anecdotes, etc.
The Colony
Written 1988 by David Smith.
D-Generation
Aliens
Written 1995.
Runs on:
Notes: Based on the comic book series based on the "Alien" movie
series.
Dragon Lore 1
Written 1995.
Comments: You play the orphaned son of a dragon warrior (a clan of
warriors who ride dragons into battle). You must uncover you
heritage and defeat the evil forces who killed your father.
John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles
Type: Point-n-Click
Written 1998 by Bob Bates.
Runs on:
Notes: Based on a novel by John Saul.
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