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Prince Of Tyndal is another adventure which uses the tried and tested theme of evil villain stealing magical object to protect kingdom. Prince must find and steal back object to restore order and good fortune.

The story unfolds with you as the Prince of Tyndal, the central character to the plot. Being a prince obviously means you are far too easy to recognise, therefore you dress in the clothes of a peasant making discovery of your real identity much more difficult by the dark forces who would set out to destroy you.

My first problem was escaping from the walled city in order to begin my task. Now it may seem odd having to escape from somewhere which is in essence, home ground, but the guards on the main gate don't take kindly to allowing peasants to wander about freely.

The answer as always was to escape over the city walls with the help of a piece of rope, which although easily found, proved a lot harder to acquire than seemed apparent.

One location which particularly gained my interest, was a pleasant little cottage beside a woodland glade.

All attempts to enter this place proved fruitless until I remember a little politeness and walked right in.

A quick search inside soon revealed some items which I thought would come in useful later on, but leaving this charming place proved more difficult trick, so once more I was on my way.

How many people like a friendly adventure? I do, and in this game you must make friends to help you win through.

In fact a generous application of good old charm is required to convince a whole crowd of them to do you a good turn. Otherwise you'll find that all your efforts are in vain.

To say any more would give the game away, but for once, rent-a-crowd sure comes *in useful.

There are a fair number of locations in the adventure, and most of them must be visited to complete the game.

In general, the puzzles are well laid out, and usually quite logical in their solution. (I liked the touch where you must be captured and thrown in a jail cell before you could progress further.)

Quite a few of the locations have graphics to accompany them and the usual SAVE/RESTORE from both RAM and tape are implemented.

Prince Of Tyndal is reminiscent of the early Scott Adams series of adventures and what is more at only £1.95 this game is a steal.