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                        ISLAND OF LOST HOPE

ADVENTURING

  In an adventure game you  play the role of a  character in a story. You  must
  manipulate the story in such a way that you can continue your quest. This  is
  done  by  finding  certain objects  and using  them in  a particular  way for
  solving puzzles. Carefully chosen actions should allow you to reach your goal
  or eventually the  conclusion of the  story. Communication with  the story is
  done by typing in commands  that determine what happens next.  These commands
  usually   involve   an   action    word   or   verb   such    as   "Examine",
  "Get","Drop","Throw" or "Attack" and the object or noun you want to act  upon
  such  as "Room","Book","Key","Stone",or"Man".  Commands may  be more  precise
  than simple  two word  inputs and  may include  adjectives and  words such as
  "the". This  allows players  to type  in commands  that are  more natural and
  descriptive. The simple commands may not always be enough to tell the program
  what you exactly want  to do. You may  have to specify the  "object" that you
  will use to commit  this action, as in  "Unlock the door with  the iron key".
  You may also  need to specify  what to do  with the object,  as in "Throw the
  coconut  into  the  ocean". Words  such as  "the","a" and  adjectives may  be
  omitted, so "Unlock the wooden door  with the iron key" becomes "Unlock  door
  with key". In this case if you possessed more than one key the program  would
  prompt you  to pick  which type  of key  "Iron or  Silver". Some actions only
  require one word such as "Look" and "Inventory". If you use "Look" by  itself
  it will print the room description while "Inventory" will give you a list  of
  objects that you are currently  carrying. Not all actions have  good effects.
  Some may get you killed, stop you from solving a puzzle, or may do nothing at
  all.  Not  all the  commands  you type  will  be understood  by  the program:
  remember the program  isn't a person  and can't possibly  have that large  of
  vocabulary  and  under-  standing.  If  you  encounter  a  phrase  that isn't
  understood, act  according to  the error  prompt you  receive. If the program
  doesn't understand  a verb  then try  others that  have similar  meanings, if
  those fail then it is reason- able to think that the verb is not used in  the
  story. The  program under-  stands the  most commonly  used verbs. To examine
  something  you  can  use  words like  "look","search"  or  "examine"  but not
  "peruse". The program  understands quite a  few words, but  remember the most
  commonly  used  words   throughout  any  adventure   game  will  usually   be
  "go","look","drop","get", and "open".  If a noun  isn't understood then  that
  object isn't  in the  game or  you spelled  it wrong.  If the  sentence isn't
  understood then try to reword it in a more logical order and simplify it into
  the format shown above. If you are prompted with an error message like  "with
  what" or "You can't unlock the box with nothing" then retype the command, but
  remember to include the  object with which you  wish to perform this  action.
  Always remember to look at everything for clues and use your understanding of
  how  an  object may  be  used, no  matter  how bizarre,  to  solve a  puzzle.
  Following is a typical sequence from an adventure game:

  "You walk down into  a room in the  basement. Acounter surrounds three  walls
  and on the counter are various objects. An Amiga computer and monitor sit  on
  the middle counter. An exit leads south and stairs lead upward".

  Examine the computer

  "On the computer is a switch."

  Turn on computer

  "The screen lights up and prompts you to insert a disk."

  Get disk

  "The disk is not here."

  Go South

  "You go south. You are inside a  small messy closet. Garbage is all over  the
  place."

  Search the garbage

  "You find a particularly interesting small blue square object."

  Get the disk

  "You get the disk."

  Examine the disk

  "The label says 'Island of Lost Hope'."

  North

  "You go north. A  computer surrounds three walls  on the counter are  various
  objects. An Amiga  computer and monitor  sit on the  middle counter. An  exit
  leads south and stairs lead upward."

  Put the disk into the computer

  "The screen lights up and you sit down to play."

  This is a fairly simple example, but it is a good starting point for  playing
  an adventure. Expermenting with various words usually has to be done in order
  to solve a puzzle.

GETTING STARTED

  For those with a megabyte(1024k)of memory  or more please note that when  the
  second disk begins  to load, the  graphics file will  be loaded into  memory.
  This will  increase the  intial loading  time by  about 50  seconds but  will
  greatly enhance  the playability  and speed  of the  game. Although  we recom
  - mended extra  memory, those with  512k will still  get these features.  The
  last few graphics are stored in a ram buffer,so the graphics won't have to be
  re- loaded every time you move between adjoining areas. If you have at  least
  one and a half megabytes of memory,  then as the sounds are loaded they  will
  be stored in a ram. The animators  will still load from disk even with  extra
  memory, but they are only played  once at specific times in the  game. Please
  leave the second  disk inserted in  the drive at  all times unless  otherwise
  prompted. Those people with the early Amiga 100 computer systems should  note
  that the  program uses  extra halfbrite.  Although the  program works fine on
  these machines the graphics  lose some of their  depth. You can contact  your
  local dealer if you want to get your machine upgraded.

THE STORY SO FAR...

  You are a young captain searching  for the lost treasure of forgotton  souls.
  unfortunately, in your quet you ran  into a band of cutthroat pirates  led by
  the infamous Captain Black. They sink your ship, killing all of your crew and
  stealing your  cargo. You  were thrown  overboard in  the battle  and drifted
  until washed upon  a nearby small  island. Now you  stand there watching  the
  pirate ship, anchored within sight, as they gloat over their victory. All the
  resources you had at hand are now lost and only your wits will get you out of
  this alive. The treasure seems so  distant now and your only thoughts  are on
  survival and revenge.

NUMBER KEYS

  To move from one area to another you can type in the direction, click on  the
  movement gadget as described  above or press the  number keys. "8" is  north,
  "4" is west, "6" is east, "2" is south, "5 is down and "0" is up.

DELETE AND BACKSPACE

  Backspace moves the cursor  back one space and  erases the character at  that
  location. Delete deletes  the current character  the cursor is  on. Like back
  - space, all  the characters after  the cursor are  moved back one  space. If
  after deleting,  two spaces  or periods  are back  to back  then one  is auto
  - matically erased.

RESTORING/SAVING A GAME

  The second disk should  should always be write-enabled  so you can save  your
  games to that disk (use a backup copy). You can get to the store/restore menu
  by using different methods. Use the F10 key as described in the special  keys
  section, type "save"  or "restore" into  the text window  or press "R"  after
  ending or quitting a game.

  Ten games  can be  saved at  any one  time. labelled  0-9. To  restore a game
  simply click on the saved game or press the corresponding number of the  game
  you wish to restore.

  To save a game, pick the number  you wish to store into(the previous game  in
  that location will be erased). A cursor will appear at the save position, and
  you will be prompted to type in the  name of the game you wish to save.  Most
  of the special keys are disabled when inputting the name of the game, but you
  can edit the text as usual. Pressing shift with the right of left cursor will
  now move the cursor to the end or beginning of the line respectively. The  up
  arrow will  print the  previously saved  game name  for that  position. Press
  return to save the game or ESC will take you back to the save game menu.

WHEN THE GAME IS OVER

  When you are killed  or exit the current  game you will be  prompted to "Play
  Again?(Y/R)". Use the right and left cursor keys to highlight your choice and
  press return, or press the coresponding  key. Press "Y" to play again  or "R"
  to restore a saved game.

THE SCREEN LAYOUT

THE TOP HALF OF THE SCREEN
 
  The top half of the screen contains the following:

  On the left side is a port hole through which a graphic representation of the
  area you are currently in will be shown. On the right side of the screen is a
  map which shows your current location  represented by a blue sphere. It  also
  shows you  all the  areas you  have visited  on this  level and  the possible
  exits. In the middle of the screen is a graphic of a skull surrounded by  the
  letters  "N E W S U D"  (each  one  represents  a  direction).  Click  on the
  specific letter with the  left mouse button, by  using the mouse to  move the
  pointer (sword) to that particular letter. The bottom half of the screen will
  inform you whether or  not the move is  possible. If you were  successful the
  graphic will change and a new room description will appear. You can also move
  around  by hitting  various keys,  please read  the next  sections  for  more
  information.

THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SCREEN

  The bottom half of the  screen is the text area.  In this area the text  that
  you type will be displayed along with the descriptions, responses and prompts
  from the game.  On the right  half of the  screen you will  see a box labeled
  "Inventory". All the objects you  are currently carrying will be  dis- played
  here. A maximum of six objects can  be displayed at once, but by clicking  on
  the up and down arrows you  can scroll through your entire inventory.  Moving
  the pointer over the name of the  object will highlight the text and then  by
  clicking on that name  will perform the following.  If your current input  is
  empty then  a description  of the  item will  be printed  in the text window.
  Otherwise, if there are enough characters in the line to accomodate the word,
  the  object's  name  will be  inserted at  the current  cursor position.  For
  example if you had typed "Throw" and clicked on the word "Coconut" then  your
  input would now read "Throw Coconut". A space is added if one is not  already
  there. For a better understanding of how to input your commands read the next
  section. You can also list the items you hold by typing "Inventory".  Instead
  of using the inventory gadget you may type the object's name. Before you pick
  up an object you will have no choice but to type in it's name, if a list  was
  displayed of all the objects  in the room, it would  be too easy to find  the
  items.

HOW TO INPUT INTO THE TEXT WINDOW

  When the cursor appears  on an empty line  the program is waiting  for input.
  Type whatever  commands you  want to  enter into  the program,  and they will
  appear in the window. You  can type in upper or  lower case, there is no  dis
  - tinction  between them.  The maximum  you can  input for  any command is 52
  letters. When the cursor reaches the end of the line, the program will accept
  no more input for that command.  Apart from the letters, the only  characters
  that are accepted for input are "&" or "'" or ".". You can in- clude  numbers
  in your save game names, otherwise  the number keys serve a differnt  purpose
  as described in the  next section on special  keys. The cursor can  always be
  repositioned at any part of your typed command using the cursor keys.

  If you notice a misspelling in a  command you just typed, use the left  arrow
  to move the cursor to the mistake. Use the backspace or delete key to  remove
  the misspelling and  anything you type  will be inserted  at that point.  The
  program automatically formats the text as you type. Only one space or  period
  is allowed  between words.  A period  is used  to separate different commands
  just as "and" is used.  You can type "get book  and go east" or "get  book.go
  - east", both  work the same  way. The program's  parser allows for  multiple
  commands, and  with some  verbs multiple  nouns can  be used.  With "get"  or
  "drop" you can  specify "get key  and pen" or  even "get all  but knife". The
  text window displays a  maximum of eight lines  at once, when full,  a prompt
  will appear for more. Press any key or the mouse button to scroll the text to
  the next section.

SPECIAL KEYS

  HELP - The help key displays a brief explanation of what each special key
         does, much like this section.

FUNCTION KEYS

  The  first  five  function keys  (F1-F5) are  macros. Press  shift with  that
  function key to define the key. These keys are predefined but can be used  to
  store any frequently used commands.  When you are defining the  function keys
  most of the  other special keys  are dormant but  the cursor keys  will still
  allow you to  edit the text.  The previously assigned  function for that  key
  will be displayed above the input prompt. To keep the same macro press return
  without  typing  anything, otherwise  press  the return  key  after you  have
  entered the new function.

  Pressing  function  keys  F1-F5 will  insert that  function's macro  into the
  current command, starting at the cursor. If the length of the macro plus  the
  length of the command exceed the maximum size of input, then nothing is added
  to that command.

  The other function keys are defined below:

        F6 - Takes you to the restore game menu.
  Shift F6 - Takes you to the save game menu.
  (READ THE RESTORE/SAVE GAME SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION)

        F7 - Clears the screen and moves the cursor to the top line.
  Shift F7 - Clears the line and moves the cursor to the beginning of the
             line.

        F8 - Clears the text after the cursor.
  Shift F8 - Clears the text before the cursor and shifts the remaining text
             to the beginning of the line.

        F9 - Moves the cursor to the end of the line.
  Shift F9 - Moves the cursor to the start of the line.

        F10 - Turns the graphics on.
  Shift F10 - Turns the graphics off.

CURSOR KEYS

  The left cursor moves the cursor back one character. Using the shift with the
  left arrow will move the cursor to  the beginning of the current word or  the
  beggining of the last word.

  The right cursor moves  the cursor forward one  character. If you are  at the
  end of the current input then  the cursor won't move until another  character
  is typed. Pressing shift with this key  will cause the cursor to jump to  the
  end of the current word or the beginning of the next word.

  The right  and left  cursor keys  are also  used to  select between different
  objects. If the program isn't sure which object you want to use, for  example
  "iron key or silver key", it will give you a choice between the two  objects.
  Use the cursor keys to switch between the objects and press return when done.
  Select abort if you don't want to use that command.

  The up cursor key  actsmuch like pressing the  first five function keys.  But
  instead of inserting  a defined macro  it inserts the  last command that  was
  followed with a return. So if you make a mistake in typing a command,  simply
  press the up arrow and edit the command.

  The down cursor key  is similar to the  up cursor key. It,  however, does not
  insert the  last command  but erases  the line  and prints  the last commands
  entered. The  second to  last command  is printed  first and  by continuously
  pressing the  down arrow  the previous  five commands  are scrolled  through.
  Please note that your current input will be erased when using this key.

MISCELLANEOUS KEYS

  ESC -  Allows you  to quit  your current  game and  restart. A prompt appears
  asking if you really want to quit.  Just press the "N" key if you  accidently
  pressed escape.

  TAB -  Dims the  colors of  the screen  to half  the intensity  of the normal
  palette or returns the  palette to normal if  it was laready dimmed.  This is
  helpful for reducing eye strain when playing in a dimly lighted room.

  (.) Turns the sound on/off.
  (=) Turns the wipes on/off.
  (') Switches between two available fonts. 



Rešitev


 The Island Of Lost Hope (Digital Concepts)  solution by Odd Magne
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u,  signal ship,   shake tree  (the coconut  falls down  and knocks  the pirate
unconscious), d, undress get pirates clothes, wear pirates clothes, drop ragged
clothes, enter boat, w, n, n, d, n, w, get knife, e, s, s, w, strangle  pirate,
get key, e, e, n, unlock trap door with key, open trap door, d, s, s, pull trap
west, pull trap north, pull trap north, pull trap north, examine rat, cut  rat,
look into rat, get diamond, s, w,  s, get hammer, look into crate, get  string,
get straw, e, e, n, u, s, w, n, u, w, s, w, get nail with hammer, drop  hammer,
e, n, n, look  into net, cut net,  e, e, s, d,  tie string to nail,  bend nail,
catch fish, untie string,  drop nail, drop string,  u, s, s, s,  w, turn wheel,
get ring, w,  n, n, n,  e, ring bell,  d, s, e,  s, unlock door  with key, open
door, s, give ring to man, get ring,  n, close door, lock door with key, n,  w,
n, n, give fish  to pirate, get coin,  drop key, drop knife,  s, u, s, s,  open
door, s, look behind painting, get  key, unlock trunk with key, drop  key, open
trunk, look into  trunk, get chest,  get ink bottle,  n, e, s,  throw coin into
sea, n, n,  w, u, wait  (several times until  someone shouts 'Land  HO!', d, e,
drop all, get cannon ball, s, put cannon ball into boat, n, get cannon ball, s,
put cannon ball into boat, n, get cannon ball, s, put cannon ball into boat, n,
get all, w, w, s, enter boat, w,  dig, get horn, n, w, throw chest over  cliff,
s, w, n,  blow horn, n,  e, look into  chest, get key,  e, look behind  bushes,
unlock door with key, open door, s, close door, lock door with key, s,  examine
slab, read markings,  pour ink on  markings, read markings,  examine scale, put
ring on  right bin,  get ring,  put ring  on right  bin, s,  get torch, examine
chest, read inscription, examine hole, put diamond into hole, n, n, unlock door
with key, n, get ring,  n, n, w, drop straw,  light straw with torch, drop  ink
bottle, drop key, get cannon ball, w, s, s, e, e, e, blow horn, enter whale, n,
put cannon ball  into cannon, light  cannon with torch,  e, light captain  with
torch, open door, s, untie woman, give ring to woman (YOU WIN!!!!)



Dodatno:
Originalna verzija (IPF)
WHDLoad trdi disk verzija (LHA)

Opisi:
Amiga Format, #11, June 1990, Screenplay, Tim Smith, Overall 80% 


THE ISLAND OF LOST HOPE

DIGITAL CONCEPTS 24.99 pounds

Mouse and Keyboard

  Nothing  tastes as sweet  as a well-rounded  revenge ragout with  treasure to
follow – and that is top of the  menu in this new adventure. You are out  to do
some severe sea-going damage to  the unimaginatively named Captain Black.  This
pirate has  caused you  so much  heartbreak in  the recent  past, the upshot of
which is that you are stuck on a desert island.
  The first section of the  game serves an interesting purpose in that  it goes
nowhere near setting the tone for the rest of the game. Hints are flung at  you
like  flowers to  a prima  ballerina. In  fact "hint"  is slightly  misleading,
unless you consider yelling "your flies  are undone!" at the top of  your voice
when someone has their zip at half mast to be a subtle clue.
  Once you are off the island however, the game moves up a gear. The trip  from
islet to ship,  for example,contains a  little animation in  the small graphics
box and the sea swirls mellowly  from the speaker. If you have  done everything
you should have, the  pirates will not notice  as you come aboard  and begin to
explore.
  On the top left of the screen is a panel which, at the outset of the game and
at each enw stage, contains a small brown square with a tiny blue sphere in the
middle. This, me hearties, is your map – and jolly handy it is too. Map  making
is always  one of  the more  irritating parts  of playing  adventures and  this
little gem  allows you  to concentrate  on looking,  taking and  killing things
stone-cold dead... in a caring way of course.
  Due to the fact that the plot is a little weak – all you really know from the
scenario is that you have to  get revenge and collect some treasure,  no racing
against clocks or being chased by ghouls – there is no real feeling of  urgency
to the game. This can work in your favour if you belnd in with the corsairs and
only violently end people’s lives when things are quiet.
  In the top centre of the  screen is Jonny Skull. Aside from the fact  that he
(or she... might be a woman) is  rather nicely drawn, it is not really  of that
much use.  It purpose  in life  is to  allow you  to point  your mouse-sword at
various areas around it labelled N, S, W and so on. Beause text is entered from
the keyboard into the lower  half of the screen, it  becomes a pain to use  the
skulll and mouse-button for movement. It might have been of more use to see  an
expanded graphics window but never mind, Jonny Skull is OK.
  So, the  basic plan  of action is  to not give  yourself away, carry  out the
occasional assassination, make a friend  and prepare for a final  confrontation
with the despicable freebooting captain. Fine and dandy and er... that seems to
be it.

  GRAPHICS AND SOUND
  Atlast,  at  long  last, an adventure  with sound. The  sea wishes and washes
around and is your companion for most of the game. Every so often its  relaxing
swish is punctured  by keys clanking,  doors creaking open  and a heartbeat  or
two. Death is  greeted by the  classic, doomy "ha  ha ha ha"  in a deep throaty
voice. Turned to about quarter volume these sounds are pleasingly effective and
serve to lock your concentration into the task. With no pimple rock soundtracks
to break that concentration, the audio is an addition – thank goodness.
  Graphically,  The  Island  of  Lost  Hope  is nicely  formed.  The occasional
animated section crops up but for the most part what you get are static  images
in the window, top right of the  screen. They are all cleanly-drawn and do  not
eat up time when they flick on and off as if appearing through Venetian blinds.
The rest of the screen, including Jonny Skull the dead direction deliverer,  is
bright and clear.  The mapping is  fast and even  if mixing brown  with blue is
considered tonal suicide in some quarters, my dear, it all works for me. 

  LASTING INTEREST
  Well, put it this way – you  might like to come back to it now and  then when
your joystick finger grows weary but, unless you are a true adventure freak, it
lacks a suitably gripping plot to keep you staying up all hours.
  It is not that it is boring – anything but – there just seems to be a lack of
incentive, no real bite. There are witty elements now and again – the fact that
the captain only communicates via his parrot – and this give soms flavour.  But
the puzzles tend to the obvious and  the other pirates seem a tad, well,  thick
as two short walking-the-planks.
  Happily, death does not nit you too illogically or from all angles unless you
do something really dumb, like hacking at the captain with a coconut early  on,
you should be able to keep going.  All in all a relaxing outing which  is worth
playing just to see how much more intelligen you are than the opposition. 

  JUDGEMENT
  Not guilty on any  counts such as illogicality or super-easiness,  The Island
of Lost Hope is a well-rounded game  which could do with a follow-up to  really
test your mettle. At no point during the game can you relax totally – there  is
always a chance of giving yourself  away and the rat, for example,  really does
kick some ass until you conquer it.
  The  only weighty omission  is a lack  of plot to  grip you. The accompanying
reading matter  concentrates on  the use  of function  keys and commands rather
than setting you up with some sense of avenging yourself or even knowing  where
you should be going. As Dustin  hoffman might pontificate, "It is real  hard to
relate your character,  man". Generally, The  Island of Lost  Hope is eminently
playable, not too far off the mark  and capable of supplying a few thrills  and
brain teasers. 

GRAPHICS        8 
SOUND           8 
INTELLECT       6 
ADDICTION       7 
OVERALL         80%


Amiga Joker, July 1990, M. M. , Red. Urteil: 57% 


Umsonst gehofft...

  Der Titel sagt  es schon fast: Lassen Grafik  und Sound anfangs noch auf  ein
Super-Adventure hoffen,  schwindet dieser  Eindruck leider  im weiteren Verlauf
rapide dahin... 
  
  Die Story ist das übliche Seemannsgarn: Ein junger Kapitän (der Spieler)  ist
auf der Suche nach dem  Schatz der "Vergessenen Seelen". Dummerweise  wird sein
Schiff von blutrünstigen Piraten gekapert; die plündern seine Ladung,  meucheln
die Besatzung und wollen zuguterletzt auch noch dem Captain an die Gurgel - das
gilt es natürlich zu verhindern!
  Ein  originelles  Intro macht  Lust auf  mehr, und  tatsächlich ist  auch die
übrige Grafik weitgehend animiert und nicht von schlechten Eltern - glaubt  man
dem Handbuch,  ist es  sogar die  erste Adventure-Grafik  mit 64  Farben (Extra
Halfbright-Modus).  Auch das  digitalisierte Wellenrauschen  und die  sonstigen
Geräusche sind nett gemacht. Selbst  die Benutzerführung im Stil von  "Déja vu"
und  Konsorten  ist  nicht  übel,  allerdings  muss  hier  schon  noch  einiges
eingetippt  werden.   Dafür  gibt   es  Automapping,   um  einem   das  lästige
Kartenzeichen  zu  ersparen.  Nur:  Die Grafik  ist  zwar  hübsch,  aber leider
ziemlich klein. Under der Parser erinnert stark an den von "Pirate Adventures",
der hat nämlich auch nie was  verstanden. Schließlich und endlich ist noch  die
Story reichlich dünn -  für Anfänger mag es  ja gerade so ausreichen,  aber der
wahre Adventure-Profi wendet sich da lieber echten Abenteuern zu!

Grafik:         72% 
Sound:          66% 
Handhabung:     61% 
Spielidee:      52% 
Dauerspaß:      61% 
Preis/Leistung: 52% 

Red. Urteil:    57%

Für Anfänger 
Preis:          ca 84,- DM 
Hersteller:     Digital Concepts 
Bezug:          International Software 

Spezialität:    Zwei Disks, es muss aber  nur zweimal gewechselt werden. 512  K
                reichen, bei  1 MB  verkürzen sich  die Nachladezeiten  auf ein
                Minimum.


CU Amiga, May 1990, Screen Scene, Keith Campbell, 61% 


ISLAND OF LOST HOPE

  Washed  up  on a  deserted island,  with nothing  more than  the rags you are
standing  in,  only  two things  drive you  on, survival  and revenge.  Revenge
against the pirates who destroyed your ship and left you to die.
  The parser is the first let down: in keeping with the Cruso-esque plot, it is
a bit washed up.  It will accept complex  sentences, but the game  construction
mainly only lends itself  to verb/noun input. The  replies are fairly flat  and
basic, and they are devoid of any personality.
  Another distraction is the black on blue text which appears occasionally.  No
matter how  the colour,  contrast, and  brightness controls  are veried,  it is
almost impossible  to read  on a  TV screen.  If you  use a  TV as opposed to a
monitor,  and  are  considering  buying  this  game,  make  sure  your   dealer
demonstrates it, and decide whether you can live comfortably with this problem.
  The screen  is laid out with  graphics area, on-screen map,  direction icons,
inventory icons, and a text window.  The graphics area is a circular  porthole,
occupying considerably less than  one quarter of the  screen. This does give  a
cameo-like picture. But its tiny size does mean a fast response.
  The move  from 8-bit to 16-bit  machines led to adventures  becoming not only
technically  sophisticated in  presentation, but  to lengthier  stories of  far
greater  complexity. Unfortunately,  here is  a game  that, for  all its  sound
effects, animation, and icon facilities, plays very much like a pretty  mundane
8-bit adventure dressed up in 16-bit clothes.

GRAPHICS        62%
PLAYABILITY     45%
PUZZLEABILITY   69%
OVERALL         61%
   

ACE, #33, June 1990, Adventures, Pat Winstanley, ACE Rating 775
Amiga Action, #9, June 1990, Doug Johns/Alex Simmons, 70%