The first part of this two game package is Timeline, an adventure game where you are a time traveller who must trace your Time Machine in order to return to the present.

The adventure is presented in screen text with no pictures. You converse with the computer by two word verb-noun phrases; more than two words and you risk misunderstanding.

The vocabularly is quite large and the game represents an interesting introduction to logical thinking, e.g. how can you use the sword if you haven't picked it up yet? In my first few games I managed to die in several different interesting ways!

On seeing that Tasks was yet another maze game my first reaction was to groan but it is rather different in concept.

Basically, you move through the maze to collect treasure whilst avoiding stinging thorns. But the difference is that from time to time the Taskmaster threatens your progress until you have successfully completed an exercise in mental arithmetic, word puzzle, "Simon Says", etc.

D.J.