Hewson Consultants is broadening its outlook.

Last week saw the release of Avalon, an 'arcade-adventure' that's a far cary from programs like the Seidabb Attack series and Hewson's flight programs. But it's not so far from the graphics and text adventure Fantasia Diamond, now available for the BBC and Electron, though without the graphics.

Fantasia Diamond is being sold in Europe and has been translated into French and Dutch.

Avalon is easiest to imagine as a cross between Alchemist and Atic Atac. You play the part of the astral projection of Maroc the magician, moving around Avalon's 255 locations depicted in 3D.

Hewson is spurning Sinclair's Microdrive in favour of Rotronic's Wafadrive. Microdrive cartridge duplication costs were blamed for this move, together with doubts about cartridge reliability. New games will be released on cassette and Wafadrive 'wafers', and some of the existing range of Hewson software will be put onto the format.