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The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World (video game)

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133:#61, and stated that "I borrowed two SF/Adventure buffs and watched in awe as they swiftly solved the first challenge (basically, you have to do the obvious thing quickly or get zapped). The second scene halted my trusty suckers. They complained that the wretched program wouldn't let them go anywhere or do anything interesting. They sat admiring its incredibly slow response time, frustrated by the effort to find a command which didn't give 'Try another object/action' or 'You can't do that, Jim/Slippery Jim/James/diGriz/Rat'. . . Eventually the test crew went home, cursing the name of Shards Software (the programmers) and muttering things like 'Harry Harrison should sue'. Perhaps this experience is not typical." 32: 198: 92: 44: 108: 252: 257: 232: 247: 31: 242: 212: 262: 237: 143: 179: 129: 51: 39: 8: 61: 184: 174: 120: 226: 66: 70: 224: 30: 173: 125:The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World 109:The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World 106:is a text adventure based on the novel 104:The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World 88:The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World 25:The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World 225: 169: 167: 95:and published by Mosaic Publishing. 164: 91:is a 1984 video game programmed by 13: 199:"Computer and Video Games 001-126" 14: 274: 177:(January 1985). "Critical Mass". 205: 191: 1: 157: 115: 7: 253:Science fiction video games 213:"Micro Adventurer Issue 16" 98: 10: 279: 258:Video games based on books 136: 233:1980s interactive fiction 76: 60: 50: 38: 29: 24: 144:Computer and Video Games 248:Mosaic Publishing games 243:Commodore 64 games 263:ZX Spectrum games 84: 83: 56:Mosaic Publishing 270: 238:1984 video games 217: 216: 215:. February 1985. 209: 203: 202: 195: 189: 188: 171: 151:Micro Adventurer 34: 22: 21: 278: 277: 273: 272: 271: 269: 268: 267: 223: 222: 221: 220: 211: 210: 206: 197: 196: 192: 183:. No. 61. 172: 165: 160: 139: 118: 101: 93:Shards Software 45:Shards Software 20: 19:1984 video game 17: 16:1984 video game 12: 11: 5: 276: 266: 265: 260: 255: 250: 245: 240: 235: 219: 218: 204: 190: 185:Games Workshop 175:Langford, Dave 162: 161: 159: 156: 155: 154: 148: 138: 135: 117: 114: 100: 97: 82: 81: 78: 74: 73: 64: 58: 57: 54: 48: 47: 42: 36: 35: 27: 26: 18: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 275: 264: 261: 259: 256: 254: 251: 249: 246: 244: 241: 239: 236: 234: 231: 230: 228: 214: 208: 200: 194: 187:. p. 11. 186: 182: 181: 176: 170: 168: 163: 152: 149: 146: 145: 141: 140: 134: 132: 131: 126: 122: 121:Dave Langford 113: 111: 110: 105: 96: 94: 90: 89: 79: 75: 72: 68: 65: 63: 59: 55: 53: 49: 46: 43: 41: 37: 33: 28: 23: 207: 193: 178: 150: 142: 128: 124: 119: 107: 103: 102: 87: 86: 85: 67:Commodore 64 52:Publisher(s) 40:Developer(s) 180:White Dwarf 130:White Dwarf 71:ZX Spectrum 62:Platform(s) 227:Categories 158:References 147:(Jan 1985) 123:reviewed 116:Reception 99:Gameplay 137:Reviews 77:Release 127:for 80:1984 153:#16 229:: 166:^ 112:. 69:, 201:.

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Developer(s)
Shards Software
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)
Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum
Shards Software
The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World
Dave Langford
White Dwarf
Computer and Video Games


Langford, Dave
White Dwarf
Games Workshop
"Computer and Video Games 001-126"
"Micro Adventurer Issue 16"
Categories
1980s interactive fiction
1984 video games
Commodore 64 games
Mosaic Publishing games
Science fiction video games
Video games based on books
ZX Spectrum games

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