As Sir Lancelot your job is to explore the evil Lord's castle in
order to see if it is safe and empty.
This is another text adventure allowing you to roam about
discovering hazards, treasures and monsters. There is a
vocabularly of 30 verbs and a magic ruby to help you on your
way.
The program is written in Basic and takes almost three
minutes to load. Instructions are quite clear although provided
on a plain piece of paper - no concession to commercialisation!
In fact, there was a definite amateur feel to the whole presentation,
highlighted by the odd spelling mistake and a syntax error in line
1850!
Once this is adjusted (I haven't come across any others yet) the
program runs smoothly at different skill levels. Commands are entered
one word at a time in the usual verb-noun and the responses are fast
enough.
I managed to accomplish a fair amount with little difficulty at
the easiest level and it certainly seems ideally suited to those who,
struggling with more complex adventures, get frustrated easily.
No SAVE feature, unfortunately, and therefore one has the tedious
business of going through all the motions repeatedly.
4th October 1983
