Microzine #4
Moby ID: 148310
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Microzine is an educational disk-based magazine published by Scholastic between 1983 and 1992. Each issue generally contains a simple adventure game, often with a Choose Your Own Adventure Style. Issue no. 4 contains: What's Inside - A preview of this episode of Microzine*
- Adventures in the Microzone - The player is somehow shrunk to 2 inches in size when they use their computer in the early morning. The player must explore either their own or their grandfather's room in search of the computer manual to return themselves to size. Along the way, the player might have to explore a maze of straws, avoid the dangers of caffeine, and trying not to get lost in their messy closet.
- Computer Stuff - A program to create data disks for Scholastic programs
- Ask Me - An interview with Tom Snyder, the player types in questions for computer programmer Tom Snyder about creating computer programs
- Log-It! - A program designed to create databases
- Traps - A 1 or 2 player game where the player must trap Green Meanies (green squares) within a maze. The player or players must try to place the enemy square in a position they can't move without being trapped themselves.
- What's Next - A look at the next episode of Microzine
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Game added August 7, 2020. Last modified March 9, 2023.