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Return to Zork
(Activision, 1993)
This controversial game put the classic text adventure series
into the mouse-only, graphic adventure world. The result was,
both at once, a great interactive movie yet not quite as "classic"
as the text adventures of the same name. At the very least, puzzles
were far better than most other adventure "puzzles"
released in the early '90s. It was also fun to see depictions
of classic Zork locales
for the first time. The classical music score was excellent as
well, and your newfound friend in the game, played by A.J. Langer
(most recently in ABC's "It's Like...You Know"
sitcom) was fun to see over and over. Other cameos include a
fairy played by Robyn Lively, and a hunter played by Sam Jones
(1980's Flash Gordon). However, the animation for
the regular PC version was pretty horrid, and is almost
slide-show bad. This was because the game design team, for the
PC version, spent more time on making an MPEG version of the
game for the over-rated "Reel Magic" card (one of the
first attempts to bring video-quality, full screen video to
the PC). The MPG version was far superior to the aformentioned
"regular" PC version, with still pictures showing characters
whose mouths moved...barely! However, the Mac version, "Quicktime
Enhanced," was great...and this game's rating
is based on that better version. Hunt up this version for your
iMac!
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