Merlin (Micro Systems Ltd) 1982

Language:

English

Authors:

A. Knight

Platforms:

OSI/Compukit

Genres:

Fantasy, misc.

Entered by:

Strident

Added:

05-04-2022

Edited:

09-08-2022

Synopsis

Plot

The adventure starts with you in the entrance hall of the Mad Monk's Monastery and your mission is to find and rescue one Lord Magnil the Magnificent, who is being held ransom by the Mad Monk and his acolytes.

Notes

For the UK101 clone of the Compukit. The adventure featured randomised gameplay (with elements shuffled around on each new game) as well as a random graphical 3D maze spanning 225 locations.

Listed in one of Mr A. Knight's catalogues in November 1981 and advertised as early as May 1981 (in Practical Computing). However a later Merlin Micro Systems Ltd catalogue (shared by IanB on Stardot) suggests that the game was not ready until at least August 1982; a fact that prompted at least one complaint to the UK's Advertising Standards Authority.

This game was recovered and archived in 2022; over at Stardot.

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