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Lost City is an almost text-only adventure, in which you have to find the Lost Diamond of Zandor.

Many years ago, Ikan Findem (geddit?), a well-known explorer, set off on an epic quest to find the legendary diamond. For many years he searched, until, one day, he was found in a hot, desolate valley. His dying words were: "I have found the Lost City". Anyone who tried to find it was welcome to his equipment.

You are parachuted into the valley and this is where your search begins.

Playing the game is enjoyable, but I found it frustrating as I couldn't get out of the valley - can anyone help?

The function keys have been set up with commands such as North, Lake, Look, List and Help. This last command can be useful in certain locations, but normally lists the key definitions.

Colour has been well used. In Mode 7 there are one or two pictures, and the text is colour-coded according to message type. The messages are put across in a helpful way, too. I felt at ease during my short games - it's just that I'm totally stuck, and you get unexpected messages now and then.

There appears to be no 'save-game' facility in Lost City. This would have been useful, particularly in my predicament! That aside, though, the adventure is good, with a fair number of locations (I looked at the listing!). I have to say, however, that at £7.95, Lost City is overpriced compared to masterpieces like the original Colossal Caves.