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Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen

by Tom Snyder Productions·published by Infocom

1 March 198821
PC BooterCommodore 64Apple II

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About

The year is 2029 and the evil Blubbermen have invaded earth. Only heroic Lane Mastodon can stop them, in a setting resembling science-fiction of the 1950's.

Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen is, along with Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams and the two ZorkQuest games, a part of the so-called InfoComics. The gameplay follows the same system as in the other games: the player reads text and views comic book panels (presented with CGA graphics in a vector format, including automatic zooming, panning, and rotating), occasionally being prompted to make a decision, thus leading the story into a different direction.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Third person

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

5.25" Floppy Disk

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel 8088 / 8086

Min. RAM Required

256 KB

Video Modes Supported

CGA, CGA Composite (16 colors)

Sound Devices Supported

PC Speaker (Tweaked)

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Facts

Publisher

Infocom

Released

1 March 1988

Platforms

PC BooterCommodore 64Apple II

Tags

Fixed / flip-screenVisual novelSci-fi / futuristic