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ElfLand

aka: Gorgimer's Castle, The Troll Caves
Moby ID: 892
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In the two volumes of Elfland you play as an Elf fighting off the evil trolls that have invaded your homeland. In volume one make the perilous journey to Gorgimer's Castle to get a potion that will help against the trolls. Gorgimer the Alchemist isn't friendly to strangers so you must find a way to convince him to help the Elves. In volume two you will continue the adventure as you rescue the village elves by defeating the Troll Chieftain.

At the start of the game, choose to play as a boy or girl (Elfie or Elfita). Gameplay consists largely of platform jumping while avoiding enemies. You can jump up into trees, across clouds, and down into darkened caverns. An assortment of enemies will attack and block your way, but it is possible to temporarily stun them by throwing flash berries. The game is over when your life meter reaches zero.

The adventuring aspect of this game consists of talking to other characters that reveal tips and plot developments. Every friendly NPC has something to say. The game starts in the safety of the Elf village, so talk to everyone. While exploring Elfland you'll find flash berries, gems, cherries, and other bonus items. In this game elves can't swim, so be careful around water, usually a turtle will help out. Plenty of secret things are waiting to be found so look up in the clouds.

Finally, the game features a handy save and reload system. The game is divided into two major chapters, the first of which can be freely downloaded.

Elfland was inspired by Captain Comic and ID's Commander Keen series.

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Average score: 3.3 out of 5 (based on 4 ratings with 1 reviews)

So it's a DOS game...it's still fun!

The Good
It's always fun to travel back in time and play this game!

Graphics- Okay, I admit, I've seen better, but this game was from 1992 for DOS for crying out loud! The flash berries are cool when they hit stuff! They make a blue flash!

Gameplay- So, if you play it once, go back and play it again for the fun of it. It requires a whole 9 keys! Sounds impossible to me! Using two arrow keys, left and right, you move. Using up and down, you switch berries, using control and alt makes you shoot and jump, respectively, enter gets you out of text with people/creatures, and space brings up your inventory. The you press escape and get to the main menu.

Weapons choices- Berries! There's the red flash berries, the large flash berries that go in three directions, the green ones....I forgot what those do..., the blue ones seek, the black bomb berries destroy odd walls and are extra-strong!

The Bad
Nothing! It's fun to go back and play this, it's from 1992, so anything that we could consider bad is good for its time!

The Bottom Line
I highly recommend! It seems like a kiddie game, but its fun! And you could probably get it for cheap, too!

DOS · by Paul Brown (16) · 2002

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Due to a timing bug in the game, the music may be in Sound Blaster, but every time a PC Speaker sound effect plays the game stops while it plays, then starts up again.

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Game added by Derrick 'Knight' Steele.

Windows added by jlebel.

Additional contributors: Pseudo_Intellectual, Patrick Bregger.

Game added February 22, 2000. Last modified February 22, 2023.