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Mindfighter 
Developer(s) Abstract Concepts Publisher(s) Activision Designer(s) Anna Popkess, Fergus McNeill Platform(s) Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Sinclair Spectrum.[1] Release date(s) 1988 Genre(s) Text Adventure Mode(s) Single-player Media/distribution tape, floppy disk Mindfighter is a text adventure game published by Activision in 1988 for the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST, MS-DOS and the Sinclair Spectrum computers.
Contents
Plot
The year is 1988 and Robin, an 11-year-old boy with an unusual psychic gift, has awoken from a long sleep among the ruins of his former home in Southampton, which has been devastated by a nuclear war. The last thing he remembers is falling asleep as normal in his room. His family and friends are missing and Britain has become a fascist state.
In reality, Robin is living in 1987 and this is a vision of the future. Robin has fallen into a trance from which he cannot wake. He must somehow discover the causes of the disaster that will befall the world, and awake to warn his contemporaries of their possible fate.
Overview
The game is a text adventure with basic graphics to set the scene. The package includes a 160-page book, Mindfighter by Anna Popkess, which lays out the background of the story, and provides hints for play.
Gameplay
The player must guide Robin through the hazardous environment of post-apocalyptic Southampton, surviving famine, desperate mobs, radiation sickness, and the violent agents of the "The System", the dictatorial government which now governs Britain. Robin must survive and somehow prevent the war from happening.
Background
The premise of the game is a prophecy by Nostradamus that at the end of the 20th century there would be a major world war, beginning somewhere in the Middle East. The game was produced at a time of escalating violence in the Persian Gulf due to the Iran-Iraq War.[1]
Reviews
- Your Sinclair: "It's a golden age for Spectrum adventuring..."[2]
- Sinclair User: "An intriguing story. May send shivers down your spine!"[3]
References
- ^ a b Game manual
- ^ "Mindfighter Review", Your Sinclair, August 1988
- ^ "Mindfighter Review", Sinclair User, August 1988
External links
- Mindfighter at World of Spectrum
- Mindfighter at Lemon Amiga
- Mindfighter at Lemon 64
- Mindfighter at MobyGames
Categories:- 1988 video games
- Amiga games
- Amstrad CPC games
- Amstrad PCW games
- Atari ST games
- Commodore 64 games
- DOS games
- ZX Spectrum games
- Interactive fiction
- Post-apocalyptic video games
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