The Legend of William Tell | |
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Developer(s) | Electronic Zoo |
Publisher(s) | Electronic Zoo |
Series | Crossbow |
Platform(s) | Atari ST, Amiga |
Release | 1990 |
Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
The Legend of William Tell (also Crossbow: The Legend of William Tell) is a 1990 video game published by Electronic Zoo, based on the TV series Crossbow . It was released for the Atari ST and Amiga.
The Legend of William Tell is a game in which the player is William Tell traveling through the English countryside and into the fortress of Austrian tyrant Gessler. [1]
Allen L. Greenberg reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "The Legend Of William Tell is a very limited product for adventure gamers and offers only a modicum of appeal to the action gamer." [1]
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