What is Tass Times in Tonetown?

Playing Tass Times in Tonetown is similar to playing such games as Déjà Vu, Uninvited, and Mindshadow. Clicking the appropriate points on a compass (or the Up and Down buttons) controls directional movement. Icons represent Get, Drop, Hit, Look At, Talk To, Buy, Tell Me About, and Enter actions. You can also type any command or series of commands in the text box. To pick up an object, you simply click on it; it then appears in a special inventory box beneath the scene. To drop the object, simply click on it in the inventory.

Tass Times lacks the familiar Operate command of Déjà Vu and Uninvited. You cannot, for instance, operate a key on a lock to unlock a door. You must type Unlock Door or Unlock, then point and click on the door.

You may save up to ten games in progress and load any one by selecting its number from the Load Game menu. Typing Quicksave any time you sense danger saves you from having to restart the entire game every time you make a fatal move.

The game's graphics, although imaginative and professionally constructed, sometimes lack detail and are relegated to a small part of the screen. A zoom feature that could expand the graphics to full screen would help. Occasionally animation graces some screens, but it is minimal. In any case, you can choose to play the game without graphics in a text-only mode.

Macworld. (June 1987). Stranger in a Strange Town. (pg. 165).

Download Tass Times in Tonetown for Mac

Architecture

Motorola 68K

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Mini vMac