In a far off land a good and fair King ruled his loyal subjects with the help of five magic objects. These five enabled peace and prosperity to be maintained in the Kingdom.

Suddenly the tranquil life of the Kingdom was shattered by the arrival of a stranger from beyond the mountains who tricked the King and stole the magic objects. The objects in turn then fell into the evil hands of the Black Wizard who was then able to cast a spell over the land enslaving its people.

Your task is to recover the five objects, and take them to the temple of Zolton, for only there will their ancient magic be powerful enough to overthrow the Black Wizard.

To load this adventure, simply place the cassette in your recorder and ensure that the tape is fully rewound. Now type: CHAIN"" and press RETURN. Let the tape run and answer NO (N will suffice) to the question as to whether you wish to load a prior game or not. The adventure will then load as the second file on the tape and start automatically.

Should you wish to save the game so far at any time, then simply type in SAVE as your response to the prompt. Note that many useful words which the game understands are set up for you so that a single press of a function key will produce the full response.

Playing this 'adventure classic' is easy, but it may take you many months to solve. The computer will describe locations to you and ask you for instructions. You can move in all the main compass directions for instance, and the program will understand short forms (such as N for NORTH) as well as in fuller form. In general though, the computer will soon tell you if it doesn't understand what you ask of it.

If at any time you should feel at a loss, then typing HELP may lead to the computer supplying you with some useful information of hints and tips. Then again it may not...

Do not think that the task before you is an easy one... Many before you have tried and none have yet returned.

Another superb adventure by David Featley and Mark Cook for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro. This is but one of adventures classics by Brainstorm marketed exclusively by Softek International.