From: tc26@quads.uchicago.edu (Tim Clark)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: DRWHO:Computer Game
Summary: Information on IBM, WHO COMPUTER GAMES
Keywords: computer games ibm u.s. availability
Date: 1 Jan 93 20:52:14 GMT
Reply-To: tc26@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago

I am posting this for my friend Chris Ratliff, who does not have
New access:  Please e-mail responses to me at <tc26@midway.uchicago.edu>

========================Chris RASSILON Ratliff says====================

	It seems that my original post brought more questions than
answers. So, I'va decided to include the original article.

	From: DWM Issue 193 page 6 (along with two fantastic stills
from the game; opening sequence with TARDIS with blue and black
background, and a scene from the game, 7th Doctor, K9, and an Ogron.)

DALEK ATTACK

	At September's big Doctor Who convention in Coventry, PanoptiCon,
Alternative Software unleashed an early version of their new Doctor Who
computer game, DALEK ATTACK on an unsuspecting public!
	Like most arcade-type games, the new adventure is set on various
levels and pits the Doctor (choose from Patrick Troughton, Tom Baker, or
Slyvester McCoy, complete with individual title sequences!) against Davros
and his marauding army of Daleks, Ogrons, and Robomen. Companions available
to assist the computerised Time Lord are Ace, a UNIT solder or, K9.
	The game travels from London to Paris, New York, Tokyo, and even Skaro
itself and involves the characters collecting the various tools and weapons
needed to thwart the Daleks. At PanopitiCon self-confessed computer game
illiterate DWM editor Gary Russell spent many fruitless hours desperately
attempting not to get blown to pieces by aggressive Ogrons and when on one
occasion he finally blew up two Daleks, he was dismayed to learn that he had
only completed a fraction of the adventure! Needless to say younger and more
experienced folk were soon zapping their way around the game. "It's brillant"
said Matthew Lewis of Harpenden, whilst Luke Joesph and Sue Reynolds from
Liverpool reckoned it was "one of the very best we've played. Better than
the Turtles! with far more realistic graphics- the characters and monsters
really look like who they're meant to be!"
	The reaction from the PanoptiCon attendees was very important to
Alternative Software. Sales Manager David Watkins was overjoyed at the 
positive response the game received and was surprised how many stopped off
to play it. "The response was quite amazing," he said,"it totally surpassed
our expectations."
	DALEK ATTACK can be played as either a one person (Doctor) or
two-person (Doctor and Companion) game and comes in two formats; a 16 bit
version at (** I don't have a pound note sign **) #16.99 and a cheaper 8 bit
version at #7.99. It will be available on most home computer formats,
including IBM PC, Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad, Atari ST and Amiga.
	Dalek Attack is to be launched on November 29th, just after the
show's Twenty-Ninth anniversary and to help celebrate, in the next DWM
you can win not only copies of the game for the system of your choice
but our first prize... well, just wait and see! 

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	Well that's it. Also I went to my Egghead software store and the guy
looked at me like I was a deranged maniac. So please help me find it!

Or I'll have to go back to sleep in the Dark Tower. 8^)
	Please, please help me. Rassilon
 
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