edwards@cod.UUCP (Sheridan H. Edwards) (04/21/87)
-- Against my intuition, I went out to Federated and bought a copy of Portal (from Activision). Here is a short and biased review: Copy protected? Yes (I did not discern this from the jacket). The instructions warn that copying it can destroy the program. Style? I would call it CAR (computer aided reading). One uses the mouse to step through a SciFi story. The pace is slow, as there are way too many disk accesses. Objectives? Not sure it really has one, except to uncover the story. Replay Value? Not high (which is why I am reselling it) Misc: Nice selection of colors in otherwise simple graphics. Storyline is moderate, if rambling. Who would buy it: Sci-Fi lovers who want to try something different. Action lovers stay away from it; adventurers probably find it boring I am reselling the game: $25/obo, contact me at edwards@nosc.mil Dan Edwards edwards@nosc.mil