A humorous superhero story, patterned after the likes of The Tick. Your intrepid team and their unlikely powers are up against a German film-director-turned-supervillain. But before they even can begin, they face challenges like finding the keys to their house and figuring out which bus to take. Very funny, but poorly designed; puzzles late in the game depend on having collected random detritus in the beginning, with the result that you'll probably have to page through some longwinded oratory multiple times.

Rating: ***

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)

frenfive.gam (212.85 KB)

TADS executable (version: Release 1.0, original competition entry)

frenfive.sit.hqx (513.28 KB)

Macintosh executable (version: Release 1.1)

frenfive.zip (241.81 KB)

Windows executable (version: Release 1.1)

frenfive.gam (244.85 KB)

TADS executable (version: Release 1.1)

frenfive.sol (1.48 KB)

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