Never heard of Quetzalcoatl? Well, you could be an expert on this and all the other Aztec gods after playing the adventure game Aztec Gold.

Set on the lost island of Tencoatl, you find yourself the sole survivor of a shipwreck. After salvaging a few belongings washed ashore, you set off to explore the island in search of precious statues hidden by the Aztecs.

Progress is very slow, as no list is provided of commands in the computer's vocabulary and there's no HELP. One good feature, however, is that you can SAVE your current position when frustration sets in.

The suppliers offer to provide clues or a solution should you become permanently stuck in one location - I'd have been very tempted too if I didn't have the copy to review!

The program itself is a master for any adventure because it is entirely data-driven, the program being loaded first then data read from files.

Although you pay £6.95 for this cassette, other adventures will be available at a later date which will contain data only and, the suppliers claim, cost only about half the price.

J.W.