Black Orchid screenshots

Title picture

The game menu is a series of alert boxes: i.e. choosing difficulty (against computer)

Gender selection

Moby, the heroine of light, and her game menu: hire troops, get information, build buildings and watch the map

Starting situation: evil (black) is always in the north, good (white) is in the south

Buying troops: their leaders have different strengths

Another one to hire

Special forces (1): you can recruit these giving additional boons. But they only exist once, so recruiting them disallows the opposite player to recruit them

Special forces (2): the dragon can only be gained by finding its lair

Building menu - you can only build on cells that belong to your kingdom

Magic menu: you can cast spells as long as you have enough points -- with exceptions like heals must be done the round after a fight

Light has build a tavern for cheaper recruitment, black has the bigger force

Outnumbered...

Not only my army is lost, also the special unit "Thief" robbed my whole money

Switching to the dark side makes things easier against the AI. Black is now me, conquering the world

Shortly before the win: two keeps, two mines, tavern and hundred of troops. But you can only park 8 on a cell

I am sorry, but this castle is now mine!

Credits

Black Orchid

Atari ST screenshots