Instructions for
The Legend Of Avalon
Hewson, 1984
Written by Chris Owen, HTML'd by Arnt Gulbrandsen.
Controls
Keyboard, Kempston
Aim of the game
Maroc the Wizard has been given the task of destroying the
Lord of Chaos, who lives deep within the maze of Avalon. It's your
job to make sure that Maroc succeeds.
Game play
There are several types of creature defending Maroc.
The commonest are goblin warriors, who gang up on you and can only be
avoided by running quickly through two rooms or down a tunnel. There
are also wraiths, who throw fireballs at you and often follow you
even through the walls of rooms; guardians of chaos, who are as
nasty as they sound; and finally, warlocks, who are corruptable and
can be bribed into helping you, if you give them what they want.
To help in this task there are many spells and useful objects to be
found - some are collected just by walking over them, but others
may need to be collected with the help of a servant (who can be
summoned using one of the earlier spells). Movement itself is a
spell, as you sort of glide along, but this is given to you at the
start of the game. Collected spells are listed in a continuous scroll
at the base of the screen and are selected by using the up-down
controls and fire. Some spells can be used simulataneously, such as
"MOVE" and "UNSEEN". A useful one is "FREEZE", which stops time
briefly allowing Maroc to escape from his enemies.
All the rooms have some doors which may be open, closed or locked;
the latter, needless to say, require keys. Closed ones are operated
by moving Maroc to the door and nudging it, moving back slightly to
let it open before going through it. The same procedure can be used
to close doors.
Comments
"Excellent!"
Rating
91% (CRASH #10, November 1984)
Now
Still quite a good arcade-adventure game, even if a little
simple by modern standards. The graphics leave a little to be desired
too (particularly with respect to the colour clash).
Keys
Up - A to G
Down - Z to V
Left - B, N
Right - M
Fire - H to L
Nettverksgruppa, 10/9-94, sinclair@nvg.ntnu.no