(including one set in the US Old West). The (real world) game show, The Crystal Maze, makes an appearance in The California Voodoo Game, with two of the "superbowl" teams challenging each other in a futuristic version as a warm-up for the titular Game. Theme park In the mid-1990s a real company (Dream Park Corporation) took the Dream Park name to try to realize many of the ideas in the books. Their stated goal was a large theme park with ongoing minor events in which attendees could participate. They would also run the sort of immersive games described in the books. The company made a number of adjustments for limits to existing technology. Instead of holographic weapons, players had foam-rubber weapons. Plans were to attach sensors to the weapons and players. The sensors would beam information about strikes to computers that would track a simulated health for each character. Players would wear headsets, a radio allowing the computers and game masters to inform players of important status information. A head-up display on the headset would display special effects like a dragon's fiery breath or a magical spell. The complete theme park was never built, though a fantasy dungeon was created and tested. The company eventually went bankrupt in 1997. The new attraction MagiQuest in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina follows a similar combat-less approach using electronically enhanced wands that interact with objects around the attraction. Role-playing game A tabletop role-playing game was also produced under the title Dream Park (making it a role-playing game based on a book about a role-playing game). The book was written by Mike Pondsmith and published by R. Talsorian Games. Reception Greg Costikyan reviewed Dream Park in Ares Magazine #11 and commented that "Dream Park is Niven's best novel in a long time. It shows flair and imagination not evident in, for example, The Magic Goes Away; the multi-level plot is more than intriguing enough to hold the reader's attention." Reviews Review by Baird Searles (1981) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 16, 1981 Review by Jeff Frane (1981) in Locus, #243 April 1981 Review by Chris Henderson (1981) in Dragon Magazine, August 1981 Review by Spider Robinson (1981) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 17, 1981 Review by Debbie Notkin (1981) in Rigel Science Fiction, #2 Fall 1981 Review by Paul McGuire (1982) in Science Fiction Review, Winter 1982 Review by Brian Smith (1982)