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Tass Times in Tonetown

Your grandfather has invented a device which makes real everything he can see in his dream. All the strange places and creatures he can dream about really exist in an alternate reality. One of those creatures…

31 December 1986

Tass Times in Tonetown is an adventure developed by Brainwave Creations, released 31 December 1986 on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS and Atari ST/STE.

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What Tass Times in Tonetown is

Tass Times in Tonetown is an adventure game developed by Brainwave Creations and released in 1986. It was published by Activision. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and Mac.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your grandfather has invented a device which makes real everything he can see in his dream. All the strange places and creatures he can dream about really exist in an alternate reality. One of those creatures, named Franklin Snarl, traveled through the device to our reality and kidnapped Gramps, teleporting him into the crazy world of Tonetown. He hopes that Gramps will always remain asleep, which assures Snarl's own existence! Now it's up to you, the hero of the game to travel to the alternate dimension of Tonetown and to rescue your grandfather. You interact with the environment by either typing in commands, or choosing one of the action icons available as interface. The game, therefore…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Tass Times in Tonetown launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.

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When did Tass Times in Tonetown come out?
Tass Times in Tonetown was released on 31 December 1986 for Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and Mac.

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