The Worm in Paradise

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Eden has been successfully colonised, by creating several domed cities. Society is rigidly functioning, unemployment, crime and poverty all non-existent. The economy functions on fines rather than taxes, making for a plethora of petty rules and no penal punishment. Robot employees make everything run cheaply. Body part reselling allows hospitals to turn a profit. Robots can even control human reproduction. The end result is a society in which humans have no useful role. Who would live in a 'paradise' like this?

The Worm In Paradise is the culmination of the Silicon Dreams series of interactive fiction. The game relies on strict timing and a day/night cycle (using a decimal clock with 10 100-minute hours) – return to your home before darkness falls, and don't expect robots to help with tasks which will not be finished in the day. Vital buildings can be located using colour-coded co-ordinates, but these change every time you load the game, so be careful to write them down.

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• Silicon Dreams series

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Popular Computing Weekly	BBC Micro	Jan 09, 1986		100
Popular Computing Weekly	Atari 8-bit	Jan 09, 1986		100
Popular Computing Weekly	Amstrad CPC	Jan 09, 1986		100
Popular Computing Weekly	Commodore 64	Jan 09, 1986		100
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Mar, 1986		100
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	MSX	Apr, 1986	9.5 out of 10	95
Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Feb, 1986	9 out of 10	90
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Feb, 1986	90 out of 100	90
Amstrad Action	Amstrad CPC	Feb, 1986	87 out of 100	87
Computer Gamer	Commodore 64	Feb, 1986	17 out of 20	85

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• Computer Gamer
  • February 1986 (issue #17) - Included in the list Spectrum Collection (the best Spectrum ZX games since 1985 by editorial staff choice)

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