Genre: Illustrated Text Adventure
Cover Art Language(s): English
Machine Compatibility: BBC Model B, BBC Model B+, BBC Master 128, Acorn Electron
Release: Professionally released On 5.25" Disc
Available For:
BBC/Electron
Compatible Emulators: BeebEm (PC (Windows))
PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS))
Model B Emulator (PC (Windows))
Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows))
An illustrated text adventure in which you have travelled to Raven Wood Manor after receiving a troubling letter from a childhood friend about recent goings-on there.
Original Release Date: 21st Jan 2017
Original Release Price: Unknown
Market Valuation: £4.00 (How Is This Calculated?)
Weight Boxed: 64g
Box Type: Cassette Single Plastic Clear
Author(s): John Blythe
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"A thoroughly enjoyable old-style text adventure with remarkable illustrations to accompany the text, both in quality and quantity. Recommended, especially for lovers of interactive fiction." (Read Full Review) ... 8 Bit Annual |
Reviewed in the annual 8 Bit Annual 2019.
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The year is 1862. You received a letter from your old childhood friend Raynard. You have kept in touch on and off since you left your village for the city to find work and a more interesting lifestyle. Raynard elected to stay and eventually moved to a neighbouring village called Raven Wood to take over the running of his fathers' Blacksmiths. He would carry on his fathers work for the great estate after which the village was named. The new head of Raven Wood manor (Lord Elgan Wood) was a strange fellow, who only recently arrived to take control of his now dead fathers' legacy. Rarely seen outside of the manor the new Lord is a strange and mysterious fellow. Soon after his arrival strange events started to befall Raven Wood.
First, was the disappearance of several children in the Sirens' Wood. Then when the Priest of the village church went to the manor for help he was never seen again. The appearance of strange creatures and now some sort of strange snow storm which has beset the village are making travel impossible.
It's now been over a month since you heard from Raynard, his last message was disturbing and he pleaded for you to return to help him put a stop to these events. He was going off to confront Lord Elgan who he believed to be at the heart of this dark trouble.
After braving the mountain pass you arrive at Raven Wood and its an eerie scene, snow is falling, but its July! The air is chilling to the bone. The villagers are keeping indoors for fear of freezing to death.
You stable the horses and return to find the driver has disappeared!? It's time to find out what's going on and what has happened to Raynard....
This is a text adventure with graphics. You type in commands and take part in an interactive story or adventure. These are simple Verb/Noun combinations. Things like - GET ROCK or USE KEY or TALK BARMAN. You can move around the game using simple directions like N, S, E, W, IN, OUT, U, D. All inputs get shortened to a 4 letters maximum. This makes it quicker to type them in, for example: TALK BARM or UNLO DOOR are all you need.
Examine everything! or EXAM for short. Some objects can not be seen, but can be discovered when you examine objects or locations.
TALK to everyone you meet. Except hostile monsters ;-) After solving a puzzle or achieving an important task it's worth talking to people again as they may have different information to tell you!
Make a map! It's best to make a map as it helps to remember where people and objects are later in the game. You may need to return several times to the same location, so it'll make that job that bit easier.
A few important and useful 'verbs': TALK, EXAMine, USE, LOOK, GET, TAKE, SAVE, HIT, OPEN, UNLOck, North, South, East, West, Up, Down, IN and OUT. Obviously there are other words to discover, but I don't want to give too much away.
Happy adventures!
Before you leave for Raven Wood you scrabble around in a selection of old chests. You find your father's old maps of the neighbouring lands. He was a bit of an explorer in his youth. He did indeed draw a map of Raven Wood! Obviously he could not get into the estate, but it looks like he did a thorough exploration of the village and its surrounding landmarks....
Here are some useful hints for The Darkness of Raven Wood adventure game. Things you might not pick up on in the game and some useful Lore that might help you in your quest.
Hold down SHIFT and tap BREAK to load the adventure.
Alternatively, type: *EXEC !BOOT (RETURN) from the BASIC prompt.
The Darkness Of Raven Wood is Item ID 11408 in our database. Last modified on Saturday 27th February 2021 at 06:53:36 PM.
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