Posted By
Csabo
on 2012-08-31
18:51:42
|  Rebel Planet
 Let's imagine that one fine sunny day in 1986, a young Plus/4 fan visited his C64 and/or ZX Spectrum owner friend. At their place, he saw a new exciting game called Rebel Planet. While reading the cover, his eyes picked up on the following words: "When loading REBEL PLANET for a Commodore 16 or PLUS 4 computer, ..." He held the piece of paper high and after a triumphant exclamation, he rushed out the door and towards the nearest software shop, much to his friend's bewilderment. "I must have this game!" he murmured. However, store after store the answer was the same: we don't have this title for the C16/Plus4. Once reality started to sink in, our young Plus/4 fan started wailing...
Dry up your tears dear imaginary youngster, for the long awaited day is here! Rebel Planet is a GTW (Game That Wasn't) no more, it now exists on the Commodore Plus/4 (unfortunately it requires 64K RAM extension on the C16). So, after that lengthy intro, what are we really dealing with? It's a standard text adventure with hires graphics, and not an easy one. The story is based on the Fighting Fantasy book. The game also contains a built in manual (which in turn contains some info necessary to complete the game). Give it a try if you're so inclined. Enjoy!
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Posted By
KiCHY
on 2012-08-31
18:51:42
| Re: Rebel Planet
Bravo!
I'm always happy when a new game appears on plussy!
Thank you!
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Posted By
Degauss
on 2012-08-31
19:19:55
| Re: Rebel Planet
Great!
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Posted By
MIK
on 2012-09-01
04:56:05
 | Re: Rebel Planet
After reading that excellent write up I was expecting the real genuine game to show up. Anyone know what the story behind the mag print really was? No way would it of been a GFX version running on C16. The title screen alone would of made sure of that. 
Very nicely done Csabo. Many thanks. 
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Posted By
Csio
on 2012-09-01
06:39:27
| Re: Rebel Planet
Oh yeah! Fantastic game and nice intropics!
Good work gentlemen!
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Posted By
gc841
on 2012-09-01
14:29:29
| Re: Rebel Planet
Very nice graphics and an interesting game! thank you.
I used to read this series of books but hadn't seen this one before.
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2012-09-01
17:23:10
| Re: Rebel Planet
I was also a big fan of these books back in the day. In Hungarian, we called them "lapozgatós könyvek" (literally: page-turning books). I'd say they were the precursor to computer adventure games: make your own choices, maintain stats and keep track of inventory...
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Posted By
retroscener
on 2012-09-01
20:55:03
 | Re: Rebel Planet
Great. A new game for my to-play list
I used to love the Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks. Being a bit of a trekkie, my favourite gamebook was Starship Traveller.
Here's a great website with lots of fan gamebooks to play online.
Fighting Fantasy Project
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