Retro Games instore Promo circa 1986 (PART 3)

Here's part 3, with more dodgy accents and also rans. Note the voiceover artist seems to have a moment of clarity and just give up halfway through the promo for 'Elite'. Games featured :

Strikeforce Harrier (Mirrorsoft)
Zyto (Rabbit)
Highrise Horror (Rabbit)
Scarabaeus (Ariolasoft)
Scalextric (Leisure Genius)
Doriath (Rabbit)
The Great Fire of London (Rabbit)
Willow Pattern (Firebird)
Chimera (Firebird)
Elite (Firebird)
Wizardry (The Edge)

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• 1986
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• promo
• commodore
• 64
• amstrad
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• 48k
• compilation
• commerical
• advertisment

[gurtygurt64]

Also, I just flicked through Zzap! issue 7 - I definitely can't see where Zzap! said "Wizardry is pure magic" in their review.

But in a preview in issue 6, John Minson said, "Naturally, Tim [Langdell - boss of The Edge/Edge Games] wanted to know my reaction to the game. Would ZZAP! like it? Well, I explained, I can't speak for the reviewers, ZZAP! being a model of democracy, but as far as I'm concerned Wizardry is magick!"

Sounds like he borrowed that as an endorsement. Interesting.

[gurtygurt64]

Dracula and his friends live in a block of flats apparently and can be eradicated by balloons.

[melissacarl2002]

That is not Chris Barrie!

[norm7446]

Thats Chris Barrie from Red Dwarf doing the voice over.

[MightyBowser]

great stuff!

[marcusmalone]

'Then, race against a friend... OR THE COMPUTER!!'

[marcusmalone]

I remember people being totally blown away by Scarabaeus. I think it got 99% or something in Zzap 64.