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PC Zone, issue 53 (August 1997)

Publishing, Dennis. 1997. “PC Zone, issue 53 (August 1997).” PC Zone, issue 53. Dennis Publishing.

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PC Zone 53 (1997-08)
Original
https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_53_August_1997
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Archived
https://archive.org/download/PC_Zone_53_August_1997/PC_Zone_53_August_1997_text.pdf
Accessed
2026-10-26
Licence
© Dennis Publishing; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Charlie Brooker wrote the Dungeon Keeper review (from p. 74).
Notes
English. The text PDF's layer was read. The review's score isn't in the text: the "76" on the p. 72 index is a page-number column, not a score. The specification panel gives "Release date: July".

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  • Dungeon Keeper

Claims (2)

In a news item dated Thursday 26 June 1997, GameSpot reported that Electronic Arts was shipping Dungeon Keeper for PCs "this Friday", that is 27 June, and that the PlayStation version would follow the next year. Edge's June 1997 issue gave June, and PC Zone's August 1997 issue July.review by Charlie Brooker, specification panelWeb
Charlie Brooker's PC Zone review in August 1997 called it a masterpiece of game design, and listed its first-person sections first among its drawbacks, "more functional than they are exciting".review by Charlie Brooker, p. 74review by Charlie Brooker, "Dungeon Keeper's drawbacks in full"Magazine
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