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Cloak Of Death is no newcomer to the adventure scene, having first appeared some two years ago, released by Argus Press Software. Argus have bought up the now defunct Bug-Byte name, and use it for their budget games.

As this adventure begins, you find you've had just a little too much of that old falling down water from your local.

Why else should you have been dumb enough to make a bet that you would spend the night in a creepy old house? After all, it's only been empty for 30 years.

Strange things started happening, and I worried, but it was over the vocabulary rather than the house! I was facing a door that insisted of slamming shut when I walked through it, locking me in the cellar with no means of escape.

The obvious answer was to wedge it open with a suitable object, but after trying umpteen different verb-noun combinations and not getting very far. I decided to drop everything I was carrying and go in search of a bacon sandwich.

Bingo! One of the objects I had dropped just happened to fall in the doorway - a strange way of doing things I am sure you will agree.

All things considered, I found this adventure quite interesting to play. It has only 26 locations, but each is packed with some very sneaky puzzles, the answers to which may have a deeper meaning that you might, at first, realise.