Below the Root

The Good
It's been almost 20 years since I played this game on my Tandy 1000SX computer off of floppy disk. While I can't remember everything about it, I do recall that it totally absorbed me.

The imagination on which the game was based surpassed anything I had played previously. I was enthralled with the story and thrilled with each success that carried me further into the plot.

The Bad
It was hard to understand exactly what you were supposed to do. In fact, I'm not sure I ever finished Below The Root. When I upgraded my computer, it would no longer play, and I was really sad that I could not continue the quest.

The Bottom Line
Below The Root is truly a classic fantasy adventure. One step above a text adventure, it was released at a time when the original Zork games came out. I would welcome the chance to play it again, if it could run on a Windows 98 system.