Knight Lore

The transformation from man to werewolf is brilliantly executed, and I was almost tempted to sit back and let days turn to night just to admire those special effects. But the game is also very playable, if not easy to solve in the 40 day limit. I found the controls difficult at first but they soon become responsive - though not responsive enough for me to get anything better than a rating of 'Poor'. It's a marvellous game and one I'd stick a until I'd cracked it.

What can you say about Ultimate when it comes up with software as good as this! The graphics are second to none and the other characters in the game seem to have a life of their own.

In order to produce such advanced effects, Ultimate has had to use only one colour for each screen. Careful shading is used to create the detail which might otherwise be done in colour. The overall effect is of a crepuscular world of claustrophobic menace. Does that chest hide an important secret? Is the span of rock to the high arch safe or will it drop me onto the poisoned spikes? How can I climb a wall three times my own height? What is the old boot for? Those questions have been asked by adventurers for years. Now the arcade wizards can taste that kind of magic for themselves.