| Review: | The portal in the name is a booth capable of teleporting you at
random to various other booths like it throughout the galaxy.
Thus, an exploration of various planets (eight in all). Atmospheric
in some places, funny in others.
It is possible to win without visiting a planet twice, but only if you
know what you're doing. The author shows some disdain for mazes, but
still includes outdoor mazelike areas. Suffers badly from early AGT
parsing - many objects can only be referred to with the right verb,
and some verbs are unintuitive (for example, the only way to use a
swiss army knife is to "open" the appropriate tool.)
A few time limits, a smattering of death, two GAGS monsters, and one
riddle. One of the few games with convincing cave scenes.
Rating: ***
Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)
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