My favorite game!!!
I got this as a kid as present ...
From the start I was totally in love with it.
The original box came with a LOT of floppies , the trusty 5 1/4 ones and with a gorgeous manual and map.
I remember reading the manual with glee as I booted my super shiny brand new 286 with 33Mhz in turbo mode and being in awe of the story, the map ... wow, the map that came in the box!
Then I was thrust into the body and adventures of King Arthur!
Back in 1992 this game was eye opening for me and I spent weeks playing it.
I remember having to solve the riddles one by one by having to ask people at the house, school and even family on the phone.
I lived then in Venezuela, so I had to translate everything as well, so the game for me will always have a soft spot in my heart.
I can still vividly remember my old room and my old trusty 286 as I spent hours upon hours trying to solve the riddles that a ring of stones presented you. You could not travel further on until you beat them, and they were many.
On top of that I still remember The Old Ones, the old deities that cared not for gold, for it was a metal for new deities ... My childish mind blown away by all of this.
I mean, yes, the story can be quite tame to todays standards, the mechanics and combat simple.
But this is a vintage game from 1990! It was very well done and I loved the theme.
There is scene tha I still remember in full detail, you being confronted by a thief and you sparing his life ... then something happened and I literally cried in rage at what happened next.
This game, this game I lived through and through back in the day. I became a loyal Sierra fan with this game alone.
Yes I sound like an old man saying they dont make games like this anymore, but then again, modernity makes all games different nowadays.
I did not have internet and could only rely on my own wits, imagination and when fully stuck, either sleep or other people.
Cant really play games like this anymore.
BUY IT! Play it oldskool.
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