This is a graphics adventure for the standard machine which not only provides a continual display of your status but shows a 3-dimensional outlook of your location.

Since the adventure is set in London, this includes some of the landmarks such as Trafalgar and Leicester Squares and the Strand.

You have a spectacular mission to accomplish, but you must first discover for yourself what this is.

The computer has been given a fairly limited vocabulary and your instructions are not input as complete words. The first three letters of the verb followed by the first three of a noun, with no space between, is the only format accepted.

This takes some getting used to at first, but eventually you see the advantages of not having to type out long sentences only to be greeted by "do not understand".

Adventuremania is not a difficult game to play. Unlike some adventures, your progress is not impeded by cryptic clues that take hours to unravel.

The game usually ends as a result of your own misfortune and at least if you don't manage to complete it you do have a score, given as a percentage, for consolation.

J.W.