Tass Times In Tonetown Activision

Finally, Finally an acute turn away from the doom, gloom and wizards with the cover to Tass Times

In Tonetown, the bizarre mish-mash of alternate universe Eighties pop culture that is something of a cult classic today. Starring a fluffy white dog as a newspaper reporter together with a host of other peculiar characters, the player’s mission is simply to locate their missing grandfather. Throughout the eccentric world of Tonetown there are some obscure puzzles to solve as the game bridges the text and graphical adventure genres, and the cover is a real visual treat. The flying reporter dog is centre stage, leaping across the picture on another story hunt and there’s lots of extra detail upon further viewing. Who is that small figure that is wandering out from the Tonetown Times? Why is that man dancing while his non-plussed friend looks on? And just what are those two creatures in the bottom left and right of this fantastically angular picture?