Black Tower is a text-based adventure game of the rescue-the-damsel variety.

There are ten locations to visit, so far as I know, and of course you must be in possession of the right articles or pieces of information in order to proceed to the next one.

Defeat can come in many different ways and I must have found them all. When this happens, it's back to the old castle gate and start again.

Commands are entered in the usual verb-noun form, though short sentences are also accepted.

If your input is too wordy, however, it may cause the program to fail, as I discovered right at the start.

I thought "look for a door" was a good idea, but it was too much for the computer, so the game stopped right there. Oddly, enough "look for door" was accepted.

I managed to solve this game after three to four hours spread over a couple of days. Since this is my first attempt at an adventure game I take this to mean that Black Tower is easy to beat. The alternative is that I am very talented.

I found this game quite enjoyable, though once solved, that's it. Instructions are adequate, but a list of keywords would be nice.

C.E.