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Like it says on the box, this text-plus-key-points graphics game is for "seasoned Spectrum adventurers". You start off empty handed, as usual, at the edge of the forest and have to rescue the Princess from the evil wizard. Along the way you encounter the inevitable baddies (Elves? What would Tolkein say?) and some friends, particularly an old man who turns up once in a while with advice.

Just as well, because the Help command is as useless as it always is in adventure games! Nasty sense of humour some people have.

There are five main obstacles, starting with a chasm, and various more or less useful objects scattered about. I'd say this was pretty standard stuff if I wasn't stopped cold about halfway through. Interceptor aren't gamesmiths of Level 9's standard but, unlike most they hit the difficult balance between playing fair and not giving anything away.