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is a superb package (I dare not call it a "game") that should provide weeks of entertainment. It goes far beyond the traditional "collect the right combination of treasures" adventure, and includes some diabolical arcade-like sequences to frustrate you even more."
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is a superbly crafted adventuring experience. Surely among the more complex computer games, it will repay the involved player with hours of enjoyment in a variety of imaginative, challenging, often humorous scenarios."
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both to interview applicants and train budding spies in terrorist handling techniques" and also claimed that the game had "been used in the psychiatric field to treat patients suffering from paranoia."
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said that "You have been forewarned. The time and patient you devote to delving into the mysteries of the Island will be well spent. Be seeing you."
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said that "A great piece of computergaming from both a design point of view and as a challenge, though the lack of originality is disappointing."
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game, only with updated graphics and a limited number of design changes, several of which referenced other games:
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Most rooms are identical to each other except for a single letter on the wall, which together spell out "
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is now home to the Milgram Experiment, which is now a special event that occurs periodically.
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Rover's appearance was changed from a white ball to that of an entity resembling
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A fence (which the player may attempt to jump over) now surrounds the Island.
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view. In addition to the Apple II, this version was also available for the
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quests. It is a maze of rooms, including some that mimick the look of
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The building that formerly housed the Milgram Experiment is renamed
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In 1982, Edu-Ware released a second version of the game entitled
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was voted the fourth most popular fantasy game in the annual
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Playable version of The Prisoner 2 at the Internet Archive
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task but only as a special event occurring periodically.
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has been moved into a multi-roomed building called the
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Index


lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview

Developer(s)
Edu-Ware
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)
David Mullich
Programmer(s)
The Prisoner
Platform(s)
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
MS-DOS
NA
Genre(s)
Adventure
Single-player
Edu-Ware
The Prisoner
top-down perspective
first-person
Atari 8-bit computers
MS-DOS
Pac-Man
Rubik's Cube
Wicked Witch of the West's
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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