Weird Dreams (Commodore 64)

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Description

A severely ill man is on the operating table when a Daemon named Emily trapping you in your own subconscious. To escape you must find four orbs, which are trapped within a selection of esoteric mini-games set within the darkest Dali-influenced recesses of the mind.

Weird Dreams is a third-person game with action and puzzle elements. The game contains bizarre levels and unorthodox activities, including feeding a wasp cotton candy, beating up hopping totem poles with fish from the sky, and an encounter with a baked chicken in a haunted house. The game comes with a "short novel" that explains the plot in detail and serves as copy protection.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Games with included books (fiction)
• Genre: Cinematic Platformer

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Critic Reviews

The Games Machine (UK)	May, 1990	57 out of 100	57
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Mar, 1990	6.6 out of 12	55
Power Play	May, 1990	53 out of 100	53
Zzap!	Apr, 1990	52 out of 100	52
64'er	May, 1990	4 out of 10	40
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Apr, 1990	36 out of 100	36

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Trivia

Inspiration

Designer Herman Serrano said he wanted to "paint" the computer screen instead of a canvas. He thought up all the strange level themes while on vacation from art school. The novel is by Rupert Goodwins.

Awards

• ST Format
  • January 1990 (Issue #06) - Included in the list 50 Games of the Year

Related Web Sites

• Amiga Longplay (A full walkthrough of the Amiga version, in video format)
• Retro Reading: The Game Novella's Homepage (Has an online version of the game's novella.)