Free D.C!
{{Short description|1991 video game}}
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}}Free D.C! is a 1991 video game published by Cineplay Interactive.
Gameplay
Reception
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Charles Ardai reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Cineplay can do better than this — and almost certainly will. Free D.C! is ambitious, well-intentioned and promising, but it is also a failure."{{cite magazine |last=Ardai |first=Charles |authorlink=Charles Ardai |title=Popcorn Not Included V: Free D.C! |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=May 1992 |volume=1 |issue=94 |pages=24, 26, 28}}
Duncan MacDonald for Zero praised the character portraits and the storyline, calling it "an adventure game for people who are crap at adventures."{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-32/page/n35/mode/2up|title = Zero Magazine Issue 32|date = June 1992}}
Joyce Worley for Electronic Games gave the game a B− and praised the sci-fi premise and its simple interface.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1994-08/page/96/mode/2up|title=Electronic Games 1994-08|date=August 1994}}
William R. Trotter for Game Players PC Entertainment complained that the game was a fizzle rather than a delight: "Given the kind of talent assembled for this project, game players had every right to expect something much better than this drab exercise."{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/game-players-pc-entertainment-volume-5-issue-3-may-june-1992/page/n63/mode/2up|title = Game Players PC Entertainment Volume 5 Issue 3 ( May June 1992)}}
Amiga Power called its chances of success "Slim, to say the least" but offered the possibility that "The PC version wasn't too hot but it's said improvements have been made for the Amiga so there's hope for it yet."{{cite web|url=https://amr.abime.net/amr_popup_picture.php?src=amiga_power/magscans/ap18_1992_10/053.jpg&c=58540&n=1&filesize=399951|title=Amiga Magazine Rack|website=abime.net|access-date=September 5, 2023|archive-date=September 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905115502/https://amr.abime.net/amr_popup_picture.php?src=amiga_power/magscans/ap18_1992_10/053.jpg&c=58540&n=1&filesize=399951|url-status=dead}}
Reviews
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - May, 1992
- Datormagazin Vol 1992 No 12 (Jul 1992)
- Play Time - Jul, 1992
- Power Play - Jul, 1992
- PC Joker - Jan, 1992{{Cite web|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=11352|title=Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!|website=www.kultboy.com}}
References
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