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Another encounter with death in your continuing quest for treasure when you play this latest adventure from the Tansoft stable.

Five treasures are hidden around the House Of Death. As you'd expect from its name, this place is no Home Sweet Home - it was once used as a set in such wonderful films as 'An American Werewolf in Guernsey' and 'Dracula Bytes'. If you find any treasures, they must be returned to the starting point. Scores are given as a percentage of how much of the game has been completed.

The game gets off to a lively start when you find yourself outside the house. Ringing the bell produces a knocking sound while rapping with the brass knocker elicits a 'ding dong'. Before long, the finding of garlic, a werewolf mask and a mad axeman soon alert you, sensitive soul that you are, to the fact that this is no ordinary house. A large ballroom and a trapdoor that isn't a trapdoor confirm your suspicions. Finding a witch stirring a cauldron in the kitchen clinches the matter - this is definitely not Coronation Street.

You start the adventure at 18.30 - a digital clock at the top of the screen keeps the time. It chimes on the hour. You can bet your boots that something particularly unpleasant is going to happen at midnight.

There are quite a few puzzles to test you and the program has a nice sense of humour.

A traditional style of adventure with a pretty meaty content. Good puzzles and an interesting environment, so in you go.