The Neverending Story II: The Arcade Game

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Description

The Neverending Story II is a platform game which is largely based on the movie. The concept is simple: you're Bastian, and are called forth once again by the Childlike Empress to save Fantasia, the Land of Dreams.

The game itself is indeed a platformer where you have to outrun giants (as in the movie) or push them over ledges. With every level you will be awarded with another advancement in the plot, usually a few pages written on a "book".

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Alternate Titles

• "回到大魔域" -- Chinese Title (Tradition)
• "Päättymätön Tarina 2" -- Finnish Title
• "La Historia Interminable II" -- Spanish Title
• "Die Unendliche Geschichte II: Das Arcade Adventure" -- German Title

Part of the Following Groups

• Inspiration: Movies
• Neverending Story licensees

User Reviews

The game is even worse than the movie.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4643)
Why do games based on movies suck ?	DOS	Daniel Albu (252)

Critic Reviews

Play Time	DOS	Apr, 1991	78 out of 100	78
Play Time	Amiga	Apr, 1991	78 out of 100	78
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1992	74 out of 100	74
Commodore Format	Commodore 64	Oct, 1991	58 out of 100	58
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Feb, 1991	6.8 out of 12	57
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Feb, 1991	6.8 out of 12	57
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	Sep, 1991	6.4 out of 12	53
Power Play	Amiga	Mar, 1991	45 out of 100	45
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Oct, 1992	43 out of 100	43
Amiga Action	Amiga	Mar, 1992	39 out of 100	39

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Trivia

Developer's message

Programmer of the DOS version Ste Cork left the following message in one of the game's files:

Another Ste Cork Creation, but what a sod to write!
Don't work for LINEL, it's lousy money, flies everywhere, the whole place stinks of shit - human and cattle -, there's NOTHING to do but work, no TV or anything, no pubs, nowhere to go, no car - despite what he tells you, you're always hungry, 'phoning home costs you nearly all your wages, if you need medical treatment you're in trouble 'cos you're working there without a permit, your wages are late EVERY month.
I could go on but I've only got 640k ram after all.

Extras

A large poster is enclosed with the game.

Information also contributed by B.L. Stryker