L-Zone | |
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Developer(s) | Synergy Inc. |
Publisher(s) | Synergy Inc. |
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Release | 1992 |
Genre(s) | Adventure game |
L-Zone is a 1992 video game published by Synergy Inc.
L-Zone is a game in which the player explores the setting in the far future, in a valley by the deserted Dome City of No Name. [1]
Tony Reveaux reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "L-Zone is the embodiment of technological adventure in the future tense." [1]
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