GAC HIGHLIGHTS
SIX OF THE BEST GAC-AUTHORED ADVENTURES TO PLAY
THE LEGEND OF APACHE GOLD
■ Having already produced Quilled adventures such as Seabase Delta and Subsunk, author Peter Torrance was soon in his GAC stride, submitting this amusing Western lampoon for Incentive’s Medallion range. Apache Gold offers excellent graphics, a nicely balanced difficulty level and some humorous asides.
IMAGINATION
■ With Incentive quickly ducking out of the fullprice adventure market, Peter Torrance turned back to budget games, releasing this curious mix of genres in late-1987. Effectively four adventures in one, Imagination begins at a desk, with the player able to select from four parodies of existing games.
WINTER WONDERLAND
■ Released in tandem with Apache Gold, Winter Wonderland is another well-written adventure with a sweet balance that’ll please beginners and veterans alike. The Lost Horizoninspired plot ekes out intriguingly and, like Apache Gold, it boasts some atmospheric pictures to go with its prose.
KARYSSIA: QUEEN OF DIAMONDS
■ Created by the siblings Darren and Robert Shacklady, Karyssia: Queen Of Diamonds was another Incentive Medallion release and one of the few GAC games to feature isometric graphics. Beyond the pretty display, it’s also an articulate, if stereotypical, fantasy adventure.
MATT LUCAS
■ Designed by Alex Williams and released by budget-software house Players in 1987, Matt Lucas is an enjoyably suave adventure inspired by the hit TV show of the time, Miami Vice. Your job is to track down an errant partner, and there are plenty of excellent descriptions and amusing jokes about Miami culture.
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
■ This early GAC creation brilliantly manipulates the utility’s code, resulting in some beautiful digitised stills from gumshoe movies. The player is Sam Spoon, detective for hire, and it’s not long before a beautiful dame enters his office. Exhaustive descriptions and a captivating plot complete this superb budget adventure.