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After reading the other day to review the retro Murder on the Mississippi of Wutosa because I got the screenshots shown in the game MAG! to mind. For Murder on the Mississippi itself, I had never played for lack of C64. But in MAG could look at old reviews from game magazines, and then one of these games was just Murder on the Mississippi. Object of the game was in fact his own game magazine in the period 1986 - 1995 to bring to market. For the authentic atmosphere provided original sales figures and names former magazines and editors.

retro charm

I my version of the game in my collection stack unfortunately could not find, I had to look a little on Amazon has to offer whether or not there someone MAG still needed. Lo and behold, I was really lucky because someone had in fact offer the game, including box and manual for a very low price. Since I just had to have access for nostalgic reasons. I can already say that have some € for the retro fun that I had been worth it. But as the just the way it is with the old games. In today's computer systems, bring the old beads unfortunately not so easily walk to. What was needed, then, of course, the emulator for old DOS games par excellence, the DOS box. The DOS box emulates a complete PC, including all nx86 hardware that is needed. Although I had several years ago, ever engaged in the DOS box, but then again lost interest, so I had to download new to me again and I deal with it. In the case of MAG I can say is, I feel the box is now much more stable would run. To increase the comfort for me, I have loaded me also as a front D-Fend Reloaded down. The Name D-Fend was I was still in memory of my first attempts. And here I can only say that the program has evolved since then, great. Much better view in the menus and great setup wizard. As a special Schmankel as I think you can also record right from the games video and create screenshots and even allows the sound to record separately. More than exemplary. To install one may be only once a hard drive on the mount then the game data can be stored. In order for the CD of the game but can be read correctly, you have to have to mount the CD drive. Here one must make sure that you set up the drive that actually explicitly as a CD drive, otherwise the installation fails, namely, because the game can not find the drive. If all this is done the game beautifully and without significant problems in the DOS box and the retro fun, nothing more stands in the way.

Life as editor in chief

But what really turns out now the life of a chief editor at MAG? Ultimately, through the scanning of objects in the picture as it was at that time economy simulation standard. There are several drawn backgrounds are kept in a comic style, and to represent the editorial rooms. In each room you can perform certain actions, such as the incoming test pattern distributed among the editors, change the layout of the magazine call the manufacturer to ask for exclusive reports and much more, which is part of the management of a games magazine. Of each month from running this in accelerated real-time, depending on the difficulty of the month then has a playing time of 5 - 13 min. This is to simulate the stress part have done to press to have. Basically, the gameplay is very simple. You can also choose from a horde of potential editors of a few, then distributes the test pattern so in qualification of the editor and is still in additional categories such as hardware part, letter etc. corner along a notebook. This all takes place on small Menus to see something really you do not get there. No Game Cover Issue no pages or the similar. You get only the name of the game, from which manufacturer it is and what genre it is classified.

final conference

waiting at the end of each month, then the highlight. In the editorial closing conference you can now make the final compilation of the booklet. Here, new proposals for sections will be introduced. If the issue as reported in the future about what's going on game shows or if it is awarded an award for outstanding games and the same. Nor can it Here again adjust the page number of the magazine. Have the editors say, 20 pages written for the hardware part, it makes little sense to inflate course, the booklet contains 200 pages, so really any item can be accommodated. So you have to find a mix of editorial content and gaming tests. This is also important, especially for the calculation, for each printed page, especially any color printed page, right costs money. Then to print a circulation of 100,000 books, but sold only 20,000, then you broke faster than a love can be. The sales figures of a booklet sit here together from a variety of factors, which are based on reasonably credible data. Because for the game period of 1986 - 1995 were original databases of publishers entered into the database, then based on the basis of the potential buyers and sales of the competitors Magazine. How to play and the spirit of the time a very important role. A pure PC Magazine in 1986, is a hopeless task, because the spread was too small easy. Here it makes sense to bring a C64 magazine at the start.

atmosphere

It is this accuracy of the data provides an uncommon atmosphere bonus. Attempts thereby always put in the skin of the Gamers of the time. There are also many funny little details, so you can decide for example, as the score of a game comes together. Either the tester can decide alone, he makes a preliminary decision and the others give their two cents, or there is a completely democratic decision consisting of the opinions of all writers. If you want you can also as head of any rating, and so enter the game of XY, which has an exclusive given to a review, provided with a 90% rating. For added atmosphere, the game stops every now and again provides the opportunity to look at old reviews from former games. If you have at the end of the month Booklet produced finished you get a table of contents with the contributions. Some are then marked with a star. These can then click and you get an original report from the old Amiga games to see. They must be read today are incredibly funny, my previous highlight was previously Smantha Fox Strip Poker. It seems almost satirical, where are discussed the advantages and disadvantages of green and color monitors. There are even drawn comparisons with the previous "Nude Girls", the same had a significantly weaker Poke AI. Quote: "... because Sam and her features carefully analyzed after two to three games noted that you (yes you is really big written bluff) or not. I got Sam only after 3 hours and 27 minutes to your (also capitalized) to drop cases. "God is so funny, but this test was the purchase of the game worth it. I have made the extra effort and have pieced together the test times of several individual screenshots. Because due to the low resolution of the game can never be the old reports as a whole and must examine the pages with the mouse. By the way, the game got on a scale of 1-10 for a 10-game motivation.

simulator games

In recent years, have bred gamblers often wondered about the phenomenon of simulator game. How is it that sell games such as the agricultural or the simulator bus simulator as sliced bread. So to me it is thanks to MAG a whole lot clearer, because even though MAG is presented clearly loving this simulator as cucumbers, it is based on exactly the same game principles. Simply click the profile name is composed of some employees, which consume a monthly salary. Then click on small bars represent the games and moves them to the editor bar. At the end is asked then produced a booklet, which consists only of a table of contents, a certain Sum of money and calculating until a profit is used for rum. And month after month after month after month after month. Again and again just to get in the end sales and increasing its cash position. By contrast, the agricultural simulator when mowing of the field not only varied but also provides even more visual feedback. However, I've really spent much time again with MAG and was bored for a second. The reason lies in my imagination.

When I call the game from the manufacturer LucasFilm and demand for the exclusive review of Maniac Mansion and get this too, then I clicked in the game just two names and the demand button is pressed, whereupon a text window will appear. In my imagination I got an incredibly important phone call led to a company which is applied in the near future to gain worldwide recognition for Adventures and then renamed in Lucas Arts will. And the scoop is about a game that has reinvented the classic adventure genre almost. Therefore, those who always wanted to be a farmer or bus driver who is in this simulator games do not pay a second on the limited game mechanics, but in his mind to do the most amazing things he can not do in real life easily. In this sense, let your mind wander.

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