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- Review of AMAZON
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- Published by: TRILLIUM
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- Written by: Michael Crichton
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- Price: $22.95-$39.95
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- Reviewed by: Jason DiProperzio
- Rt# 2 Box 953
- Breinigsville, PA 18031
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- AMAZON is one in a series of
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- graphic adventure games from TRILLIUM.
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- AMAZON was written by Michael
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- Crichton, world famous author and
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- filmmaker. He is best known for his
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- novels 'The Andromeda Strain', 'The
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- Terminal Man', and for his films
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- 'Coma', and 'The Great Train Robbery'.
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- You start your adventure in the
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- Communications Control Room at
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- National Satellite Resource
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- Technology, a top-secret, high-tech
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- research consulting firm. You watch
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- your screen as the dreadful news
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- arrives. The expedition your were
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- hired to help has perished. After
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- briefing, you find your friend Paco,
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- an intelligent, witty, and sometimes
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- rude parrot. You proceed to search for
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- the lost city of Chak where you are to
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- find the emeralds needed for national
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- defense purposes. You must avoid such
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- things as jaguars, snakes, alligators,
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- volcanos, and cannibals on your way to
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- preserving world peace.
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- The graphics are state-of-the-art
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- and there are a few special effects
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- added to liven up the game. You may
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- be asked to re-insert disk A of which
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- there are four (two double sided).
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- You will then control the action with
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- your joystick. The action scenes are
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- quite simple, but they serve to add
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- some variety to the game.
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- Unlike other popular adventure
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- games, AMAZON includes a hint book and
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- word list. Paco will supply valuable
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- information if he feels like giving
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- it. The special computer which your
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- character has will also help you
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- complete the game. I strongly
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- recommend AMAZON for anyone who enjoys
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- adventure games. It will challenge
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- even the expert adventurer on level
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- three.
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