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| Developer(s) | Beam Software Pty. |
| Publisher(s) | Melbourne House |
| Designer(s) | Paul Kidd Geoffrey Evans |
| Programmer(s) | Richard Woodcock Anthony Burkitt |
| Artist(s) | David O'Callaghan Russel Comte |
| Platform(s) | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
Doc the Destroyer is a 1987 role-playing video game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It was published in the United Kingdom by Melbourne House. The game offers keyboard or joystick input for multiple choice adventure.
The story follows Doc, a time traveller. As Doc is searching for adventure by traveling to different time periods, he stops in Domed City. Doc thinks he'll find some adventure here, but somehow loses his time machine and can't escape from this era. You make decisions for Doc as you help find his long lost machine. [1]
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| Publication | Score |
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| Crash | 41% [2] |
| CVG | 23/30 (64) 21/30 (Spec) [3] |
| Sinclair User |   [4] |
| Your Sinclair | 7/10 [5] |
| Zzap!64 | 32% [1] |
Rick Dangerous is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The game was released in 1989 and published by MicroProse on the Firebird Software label in the UK, and on the MicroPlay label in America. It was also published in Spain by Erbe Software. Later, it was released with two other games, Stunt Car Racer and MicroProse Soccer, on the Commodore 64 Powerplay 64 cartridge. The game was followed by a sequel, Rick Dangerous 2, in 1990. Loosely based on the Indiana Jones film franchise, the game received mixed reviews from critics.
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