The Terrors Of Trantoss
Ariolasoft, 1986
Written by Chris Owen, HTML'd by Arnt Gulbrandsen.
Controls
Keyboard, Kempston
Aim of the game
In the region of Hapshal, south of the dark Mountains of Mortran,
a shadow of dread has fallen upon a small village. Every daybreak the
villagers find one or two of their number missing, despite a night-time
watch having been kept. Long ago, the region suffered under the rule of
an evil undead sorcerer, Trantoss. He was ultimately banished to the
far-off mountains and his golden mace, the source of his power, smashed
and scattered far and wide.
Now Trantoss' servants are collecting the pieces of the mace to
resurrect him from the dead. Two brothers, slow-witted Lobo and nimble
Scarn, are persuaded by the villagers to undertake the quest of finding
and destroying the mace...
Game play
the left shows
the current location, the middle shows the two brothers and the right
gives the location text and other messages, as well as being the input
window. You can control either brother or both together, and this is
shown by the colour of Lobo and Scarn in the middle segment. The one
being controlled at the moment is shown in yellow and the other in
green when he's in the same location as his brother, or blue if he's
in a different location.
Comments
"Very interesting".
Rating
8/10 (CRASH #29, June 1986)
Now
A challenging, and different, adventure game.
COMMANDS:
Mostly the usual (GET, DROP, EXAMINE etc.) but there are a
few others:
- TRANSLATE - translate message, inscription etc.
- SWAP - change controlled character. Can be used at any time.
- PART - causes brothers to move separately; the non-controlled
brother stays put.
- JOIN - causes brothers to move together; must both be in the same
location for this.
Nettverksgruppa, 10/9-94, sinclair@nvg.ntnu.no