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This follows in the footsteps of Acornsoft's Philosopher's Quest and Sphinx Adventure and follows the same basic format. All the information that you are given is presented on screen above where you type in your commands. These commands follow the age old method of communicating in adventures, a verb followed by a noun.

The program only checks the first four letters of each word, so you can save time by only typing these in. A useful feature is that the game in progress can be saved and returned to at a later stage. This is done by typing SAVE when you want to stop adventuring and it can be returned to by answering S to the question "Do you want to start a new game, or start from a saved position?"

The object is to get your score to 250. You do this by solving problems and puzzles, and by answering the final question correctly. Included with the well-presented cassette is a sealed envelope containing hints and answers to the problems. It says on it "Open only as a last resort", and I am sad (glad) to say that before the program had finished loading I had read the 8 page booklet from cover to cover. For those of you who get stuck but don't want to open the envelope, the only hint I'll give is that the way out is via the stone. Any more than that and you will have to open the envelope.

Overall this is a very good program for those of you who like well written adventures.