Powerplay: The Game of the Gods 1985
Developed by Arcana Software Limited
- Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Fantasy
As one of the four great Gods Apollo, Hermes, Hecate and Aphrodite, choose a team of four mighty warriors to fight for you in the Powerplay tournament to prove who is the greatest. This battle will be fought out not using swords or knives, but with knowledge - gameplay takes the form of a complex quiz on a chess-like board.
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Plot-driven, cool, grave and warm.
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- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Platforms
- BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
- Developer
- Arcana Software Limited
- Publisher
- Arcana Software Limited
- Released
- December 31, 1985
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Third person, Bird view / Isometric
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