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United Microware Industrial ( U M I ) h a s A l i c e i n Video land (based o n the book Alice in Wonderland) in an advanced state of preparation. and should release it in the UK It is o graphic adventure game that will set new standards for sound and graphics on the Commodore 64, but the bad news is that it will be priced around E30_O? l 0 0 0 Com data, which distributes many of its titles in the UK via Rabbit Software, has recently announced Firing Line, Pegasus Odyssey, a killer bats battle in an attractive hires landscape, Ape Craze, and Supercuda.

CILIODEI One o f the USA's Time/Sinclair producers Softsyne is bounding into Commodore 64 software with Mothership, an action game in 3D with various battle scenarios. In the pipeline are Red Alert. Circuit Runner, Cosmic Guerilla, and Tunnel-vision.
Rumour has it that Datasoft is planning a version of Zaxon for the Commodore 64-watch this space for further news! OLIEJCICI Other releases for the 64 include: Frogger (disk), Moon Shuttle (cartridge) again from Datasoft, Repton (disk) and jump man from Epyx; Pharaoh's Curse from Synapse; Fort Apocalypse, Shamus ,  Protector, Survivor, and Forbidden Forest from Cosmi Sammy Light foot and Apple Cider Spider from Sierra; Arex from Adventure international; and Parallax from London Software.
The Atari owners among you will recognize many o f the titles since they are straight conversions from Atari to Commodore 64.
CIDEID Ultimate has released two new titles for the Spectrum— Lunar Jet Man, the follow up to let Pac, and Atic Mac , a haunted house adventure. For Vic 20 owners Ultimate has converted one of its best- selling titles, Jet Pac. Games are rapidly invading the video shops, but one shop, The Video Palace in Oxford Street, London, has gone one step further — it's producing its own. distribute-Not satised withing over a thousand games, Palace Software (a subsidiary of the same group) is getting in on the act. They have produced a set of arcade style packages for the Spectrum, On e , B B C Micro, Electron, Commodore 64, and Vic 20. The games should be on the shelves and in the catalogs around the beginning of next year, at between E5.99 and 0.99. The Video Palace claims that all the games are original fast-action games, although some of them will be based on film themes.
The i d e a o f marketing games to fi t in with feature films is really taking off, particularly in the USA. 20th Century Fox Video Games has just acquired the rights t o Porky's B a r — a recent cinema release. This is a five-screen encounter game where you attempt t o stop Pee Wee. Wendy, and Ball breaker from destroying Porky's Bar. Imports of the game should come soon for Collection, TI 99/4A, Atari and Vic 20.

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