Silicon Dreams
Silicon Dreams is a trilogy of interactive fiction games developed by Level 9 Computing during the 1980s. The first game was Snowball, released during 1983, followed a year later by Return to Eden, and then by…
Silicon Dreams is an adventure developed by Level 9 Computing, released 31 December 1986 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II and Atari 8-bit. It currently starts at $3.00 at GamersGate.
What Silicon Dreams is
Silicon Dreams is an adventure game developed by Level 9 Computing and released in 1986. It was published by Rainbird. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Silicon Dreams is a trilogy of interactive fiction games developed by Level 9 Computing during the 1980s. The first game was Snowball, released during 1983, followed a year later by Return to Eden, and then by The Worm in Paradise during 1985. The next year they were vended together as the first, second and last of the Silicon Dreams. Early advertisements gave it the title of Silicon Dream, but it was pluralised later. As most Level 9 games, the trilogy used an interpreted language termed A-code and was usable in all major types of home computer of the time, on either diskette or cassette. Level 9 self-published each game separately, but the combination was published by Telecomsoft, which…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.00 at GamersGate, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Silicon Dreams launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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