Wonderland (computer game)

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Wonderland
Studio Magnetic scrolls
Publisher Virgin Games
Senior Developer David Bishop
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 1990
platform Acorn Archimedes , Amiga , Atari ST , MS-DOS
Game engine Magnetic Windows Engine
genre Text adventure
Subject Alice in Wonderland
Game mode Single player
control Keyboard , mouse
medium Floppy disk , CD-ROM
language English

Wonderland is a text adventure game developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Virgin Games in 1990 .

action

Wonderland is based on the children's book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll . The player takes on the role of Alice, who follows a white, talking rabbit into its den and from there arrives in a strange world full of strange, talking creatures. No elements from the sequel Alice Behind the Looking Glass are used.

Game principle and technology

With this game, Magnetic Scrolls introduced a new control system called Magnetic Windows . The player's inventory, map, graphics etc. are all displayed in separate windows and can be moved and scaled as required. It is possible to move objects back and forth between the windows using drag and drop , for example to manage the inventory; there are also context menus for individual objects. As a third control variant , the interface also has the option of entering commands via a drop-down list instead of having to type them in manually, as was the case with other text adventures to date. The developers wanted to simplify accessibility and give the game an additional incentive.

Another special feature is that you can interact with almost all possible objects and receive corresponding feedback from the game, since the developers paid special attention to ensuring that the player never gets to a point where he has to read that a Idea and possibility were not considered.

Production notes

Development began in 1987, when David Bishop presented the first drafts to the company's founder, Anita Sinclair. Bishop then became a project developer. In retrospect, Rob Steggles, a former employee of Magnetic Scrolls, suggested in an essay that Wonderland was the main cause of the financial ruin at Magnetic Scrolls, because too many people were working on the project and the sales figures were far below expectations .

reception

reviews
publication Rating
Amiga DOS
ASM k. A. 11.2 / 12
Amiga joker 92% k. A.
Power play k. A. 88%

Wonderland received mostly very positive reviews. The ASM has named the play of his time to the "Game of the Month" and awarded the then very rare distinction of "mega-hit". PowerPlay awarded the seal "particularly recommendable" and rated the fun of the game with 88%. The Amiga Joker awarded the "Hit" award and scored 92%.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.lemonamiga.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemonamiga.com/reviews/view.php%3Fid%3D319
  2. ↑ http://msmemorial.if-legends.org/articles.htm/robmemory.php ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / msmemorial.if-legends.org
  3. ↑ a b Max Magenauer: Wonderland . In: Amiga Joker . July 1991, p. 51.
  4. ↑ a b Eva Hoogh: Wonderland . In: ASM . January 1991.
  5. ↑ a b Anatol Locker : Wonderland . In: Power Play . October 1990, p. 42.