Archeoshot #003: Temple of Terror (Commodore 64, 1986)

Front

Front, Top close up

Back, Close up

Instructions

Instructions, Illustration close up

Instructions, Illustration close up

 Instructions, Hint Sheet coupon 

 Instructions, Credit close up 

Tape, Side B (Extended Game version)

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: Advertising (1984)

I have tried to find a full page of advertising of the The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Videogame but disappointingly my research ended just with this. 

Fighting Fantasy Software Packs
full page advertising,
Sinclair User, January 1984, p.16 

For some reasons Puffin decided not to dedicate a full page adv only to The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Software Pack and instead they decided to mix the FF's Korth Trilogy with the fantasy one. I personally think that from a marketing and advertising perspective was a really a bad choice especially because the main visual reference only to the Sci Fi Game books. The TWOFM is instead barely noticeable in the bottom right corner. 

I still think that the evocative power of the Temple of Terror advertising is difficult to beat and the idea of launching a new fantasy software pack series in this was massive a car crash. However I will try to scan all my resources to see if there is any other press adv around. Submissions are welcome. 

Fighting Fantasy Software Packs: an example of Fantasy medium crossover.

Take two different mediums, one book and one videogame and here's the Fighting Fantasy Software pack. 

Fighting Fantasy Software Packs were an interesting effort to promote two different mediums which contained similar contents. In fact both elements shared the gaming and fantasy component translated in different aesthetics and language. Additionally this project allowed people to get literate about the Puffin's game books and approach in the same time the new video game experience. 

Definitely a very interesting early attempt to combine two different mediums, which now look closer than they were before.

 

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Software Pack, 1984

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Software Contents, 1984

Source: http://fightingfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Warlock_of_Firetop_Mountain_(computer_game)

Temple of Terror, Advertising (1987)

Even if most of the Fighting Fantasy videogames produced were adventures and not CRPGs, I always liked all the related visuals and all the artists involved in the FF project. The advertising below is referred to Temple of Terror which was released for C64 (tape/disk), Spectrum 48k (tape) and Amstrad (tape/disk) in the 1987. The game itself was based on fourteenth Fighting Fantasy Book with the same name written by Ian Livingstone and it's nothing more than a text adventure.

From a visual point of view, the style of the illustration is pretty old school fantasy from the eighties/nineties, where a quite rich use of the colour was mixed wisely with the classic Western/European Medieval iconographical style. The artist name is Christos Achilleos who designed many of the FF artworks and related publications as well. 

Advert in a 1987 not confirmed Magazine showing the U.S. Gold/Adventure Soft (UK) release.

Source: http://fightingfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Temple_of_Terror_(computer_game)