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In a peaceful time, in a tranquil land,
A good king ruled with the honest hand.
Sword to defend all his subjects' born rights
With the aid of his daughter and brave, loyal knights.

But over the ramparts of dread Castle Feare,
lived a villainous Knight with a wicked idea.
He captured the Princess and made her his slave,
Sir Hugh D'unnyt, black Knight, unscrupulous Knave.
The King cried, "Who'll champion the Princess so tender?"
And send for Sir Vival, Sir Prize, and Sir Spender.

But things were so quiet they'd gone off on a quest,
in search of the fabled gold-lame string vest.

In all of the realm but one Knight could be found,
who was not over ninety or overly round.

He was not much to look at, in truth, he was rusty,
but none could deny he was valiant and trusty.
With fire in his heart and his hinges well oiled
(The same lubricant in which traitors were boiled),
he set off, unknowing what trials lay ahead.
Our chivalrous hero, the gallant Sir Fred.

So begins the latest game from the Wally people. But this time the game isn't homegrown. Sir Fred is the creation of three Spanish programmers based in Madrid.

And, like many red-blooded Latins before him, Sir Fred is searching for a Princess! Fred has to search the many rooms of Castle Feare - solving puzzles as he goes - in order to rescue the fair Princess. Each time you start the game, the computer selects one of 58 game patterns - so the game is never quite the same each time you play.

Sir Fred is a cute character. A bit of a bumbler in fact. Not your average chivalrous knight in shining armour. He wanders about the castle looking as if he'd rather be down the old Goat and Nightgown quaffing a few real ales with his mates. But he's got a job to do...

Sir Fred's movements are as near lifelike as possible. He has inertia, which means that if he runs too fast he may fall downstairs or run into a wall. His power will reduce each time this happens.

There are seven skill levels, which the computer automatically selects. Sir Fred has to hurt his opponent three times to kill him, unless his opponent is trapped in a corner and cannot move backwards. In this case, only one hit is needed.

Sir Fred can also use the bow and arrows, or stones, which he has collected.

The select key moves either a yellow or red box over each item. When you have chosen your object, you can operate the "use" key to use that item.

Some objects may be used only once, some nine times and others may only be used in certain places. Certain objects can be used as many times as you wish.

Sir Fred will please Mikro-Gen fans - and maybe gain them some new ones with this atmospheric and amusing game.