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Encyclopedia > Abandoned Places
Abandoned Places: A Time for Heroes
Developer(s) ArtGame
Publisher(s) Electronic Zoo, International Computer Entertainment
Release date(s) 1992
Genre(s) RPG
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) N/A
Platform(s) Amiga, PC (DOS)
System requirements 1MB RAM (Amiga)

Abandoned Places: A Time for Heroes is a computer role-playing game for Amiga and PC/DOS in which four[citation needed] heroes must save their world, Kalynthia. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (480x632, 181 KB)Found here: http://www. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Computer and video games are generally and popularly categorised into genres. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The original Amiga (1985) The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation (motto: ) as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ... ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Look up RAM, Ram, ram in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The original Amiga (1985) The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation (motto: ) as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ... ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

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Designers: Ferenc Staengler, Fabian Istvan The Hall Of Light (HOL) is an attempt to catalogue all games that were released commercially for the Amiga. ... MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging computer and video games, both past and present. ... MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging computer and video games, both past and present. ...


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