Previous Next

Adventure International has now added film adaptations to its Marvel Comics tie-in adventures. Based on the recent Gremlins film this is a fairly simple adventure that seems to have been aimed at those who may not have ventured into this field before, and of course anything that helps to bring more people to adventuring is to be welcomed.

The plot of the adventure is simple: you must prevent the gremlins from overrunning your home town. To do this you assume the role of the film's young hero Billy Peltzer as you visit the various locations.

This is a fairly simple adventure and as far as I can tell, seems only to have around 40 locations, but these all have excellent graphic representations, including some limited animation (the tavern location has a flashing gremlin, just as in the film) and others change in response to your actions. In one location, GET SWORD will show that a sword has been moved, and KILL GREMLIN will show a picture of a dead gremlin in place of a live one.

The sentence parser is very sophisticated and will accept full sentences, and this helps to make the game more playable for those who are new to adventuring, but I am not sure how challenging it will prove for more experienced adventurers as many of the puzzles are fairly straightforward (especially if you've seen the film).

Still, it's nice to see that Adventure International is bringing a new audience to adventuring.