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A graphic adventure game, written in Basic and requiring one joystick.

Your quest is to strike the magic red stone which will release a bevy of damsels in distress from captivity. But not so fast - first you have to battle with a fire-snorting dragon and cross a bridge. Take care to avoid falling in the water or your heavy armour will drag you under.

Four levels of difficulty control how often the dragon does his flame-throwing bit, and you start each game with five lives. There is a high-score and personal score facility at the end of each game, together with a more unusual feature - your rating as a saint!

Loading instructions are printed on the cassette itself, which loaded first time every time, and playing instructions are on-screen. Each time the program is loaded, though, you have to sit through instructions, complete with a little tune, and I for one would have liked the option of skipping them once I had got used to the game.

You also get musical accompaniment if you lose a life or accomplish your mission.

The levels of difficulty are well balanced, and I enjoyed playing the game. Good graphics.

J.M.