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This is one of the Mysterious Adventures and is a veritable thoroughbred. The author is, of course, Brian Howarth, who sticks to short text, hard problems and superb style.

The command format is verb-noun and it is very comprehensive. Almost all the words and synonyms you would want to use whilst playing the game are recognised.

The game even knows the meaning of some choice words that shouldn't be used and replies with a suitable put-down!

The story starts in King Polydectes' palace where you discover your mission which is to slay Medusa and rescue Andromeda. Being too weak to accomplish the task on my own, I called upon the services of the Pink Fairy to help me in this world of Greek mythology.

Leaving the palace, I first came across a thirsty beggar and, on quenching his thirst, was rewarded with a discussion which came in useful further on in the game. I prayed at various temples and some prayers were answered by the Gods. After a while, I had built up quite a large weaponry and got a few tips on killing Medusa.

As usual, Pink Fairy eventually got stumped and was puzzling over an ivory pedestal in the Temple of Hermes. A small push in the right direction soon got me on my way!

Progressing further than the temple takes some guess work, but the solution to the problem is very original and very cruel! I finally got to another land and found a whole host of new problems.

This time there was a hungry beggar, but satisfying him was not so easy as with the thirsty one, for there was a wild hyena around who had the nasty habit of stealing the food right out of his mouth.

The game gets harder and harder as you progress - a welcome change from the trend that seems to be developing, where the poor player is faced with an almost insoluble problem at the very beginning.

Perseus And Andromeda is for a range of machines and is available from Adventure International.