Amiga

Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess

Wow, what a weird plot and if that wasn’t surreal enough the wonderfully detailed graphics add even more to the superb atmosphere as do the creaking sound effects and simulated speech (and no, it isn’t Welsh!). Some of the characters encountered are truly bizarre – ever tried making love to a spider woman? The puzzles themselves are very cryptic indeed but there is much more to the game with underground caverns to explore and your girlfriend to rescue while you avoid being chopped up on the sacrificial altar! The icon system is extremely easy to use and an extra tactical element is introduced in using the useful psi powers. A brilliantly implemented science-fiction adventure with wide-ranging appeal.

With all the great visuals of the ST original, the Amiga version has a slightly larger play area and subtly different colour palette. The same clever sound effects have been used and there's also a nicely composed Jean Michel Jarre-style title music, brimming with good instrument samples.

Die Grafiken sind erstklassig, und der Sound, hauptsächlich die Geräusche, kann sich hören lassen, und dies vor allem auf dem Amiga. Die Steuerung ist extrem einfach zu handhaben. Insgesamt also ein gelungenes Produkt!

Superb graphics and excellent sampled stereo sound help enhance Kult no end. What it does lack though is the particular atmosphere that needs to be generated by an RPG to give it that special something. On the positive Kult is a great, long lasting game, if just short of classic.

Kult may be a short game, but at least what's there is good. Being a French production by a then relatively unknown team, it never got as popular as some games of similar quality. So now is your chance if you missed it first round!