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Reviewing adventure games is always a problem. Like the questions on Mastermind, they are easy if you know the answers and difficult if you don't! Therefore, al that reviewers can really do is to point out what they subjectively feel to be their virtues and weaknesses, and remember that one man's meat is another man's poison.

This is a traditional text only adventure with all the magic, witches, dragons, etc. one usually expects of such programs. In fact, if I had one criticism it would be that it doesn't take the idea of adventures any further along the road.

Since it's written entirely in machine code, there are a large number of locations and the response of the computer is very fast indeed.

The range of commands is extensive, and there are some areas where you must choose only one of a suggested pair of responses. You tend to make your mistakes only once - it's no fun being a frog!

The clues range from the obvious to the subtle and I'm reliable informed that there is a fiendishly difficult maze near the finish of the game.

The screen display is attractive and uncluttered with a good use of colour.

D.C.