Forest Of Long Shadows - Martin Page (Sinclair User-October 86)





Just one program this month - by M. Page. It's a very neat role-playing

graphic adventure.

	It's a game for one to four players and unlike a text adventure,

typing it in won't give you many clues on how to win. Like most role-

playing adventures it's also different each time you play - your

character changes as does the layout of the forest maze.

	Your quest is to venture in the Forest of the Long Shadows to

find and visit the Four Castles of the Dark and return unscathed to the

safety and comfort of the Jolly Aardvark Inn. On your travels you will

meet many other travellers and forest dwellers - some friendly, most not.

And you will have to fight to survive.

	As you would expect, being a role-playing game, you and the

individuals you meet each have certain characteristics - in true D&D

style. Each time you play your attributes will be different so each game

presents a different challenge.

* Strength rating gives you power to fight battles.

* Endurance rating tells you how much damage you can sustain

before you give up living.

* Personality determines whether you make friends easily or not.

	The other creatures you encounter each have their own strengths

and weaknesses and by comparing your strengths with theirs you'll have

to decide whether to run or fight.

	Just in case you make the wrong choice, at the start you are

given four resurrection spells so you can afford to be killed four times.

Unfortunately, if you are killed you will be brought back to life

elsewhere in the forest, which is very irritating if you were just about

to visit one of the Castles when you are killed.

	You will discover many different hazards in this program, bad

weather, monsters, knights (including the particularly nasty Black

Knight), objects, and certain special locations. More than that, I will

not divulge.

	The screen display shows your current position in the forest, a

little picture of your character in the middle of the screen, together

with any other characters present (although all the players look the

same they do have different colour backgrounds), your attributes -

strengths and so on - and it has a very nice border on the outside.



Playing notes:

* If you get the message - 'The path is blocked' whilst moving, it means

there isn't a corresponding path in the adjacent location.

* A flashing SPACE in the corner of the message window means press space

to continue after you have read the message.

* Make a map of your explorations. You'll need plenty of paper as the

game layout changes every time you play.



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