NES

Shadowgate

Extra kul blir det första gången du spelar. Det är då du kan fnissa åt vissa missar i den svenska översättningen; SLÅ blir SLÄ osv. Men inte skall man hacka på sådana småsaker när det äntligen dyker upp ett spel på vårt modersmål, utan istället hoppas att det kommer fler bra spel på svenska framöver. Spelet har backup, så att du har möjlighet att spara upp till tre spelomgångar samtidigt. Mycket praktiskt, eftersom det är lätt att få på nöten (läs: dö) i mötena med borgens invånare. Köp!

Lack of replay value aside, I honestly believe this to be one of the greatest titles ever released on the NES. It's definitely worth a try. Just don't say I didn't warn you if, for a few days, everything else in your life is secondary to your trip through that spooky castle.

All of this, the atmosphere, clues, story, exploration, danger, and interlocking puzzles, builds toward the climactic final confrontation with the Warlock Lord and his menacing Behemoth. Upon entering his chamber, the dialogue proclaims that your stomach knots up as you lay eyes on this spectacle. Indeed, mine felt like it did.

I don't mind RPGs or adventures if they're any good, but Shadowgate is just plain boring and very, very, very frustrating. It takes an age just to move the pointer anywhere! Also the interaction with the game is limited to the commands at the bottom of the screen, which makes some of the solutions to the puzzles rather obscure and a tad bizarre too, like opening a skull to find a key (????). Open doors? Yes I can see that. Opening a skull, I don't think so, somehow. The graphics and sound are pretty dull too - in fact some of the music is hopelessly out of tune! Also, the amount of times the player kicks the bucket in a sudden death situation makes frustration set in almost immediately. Deranged adventure buffs may get some satisfaction out of this product, but after a few minutes of play, and about seventeen different kinds of gross and hideous deaths I didn't want to touch the cart again.