| ADVENTURE INTERNATIONAL |
48K DISK |
| 1 PLAYER |
Stone of Sisyphus has been advertised for some time in the American
magazines with gory colour pictures inviting you to 'come into our
dungeon'. The Atari version promises full colour graphics on two
action-packed disks. For once it's all true! Stone of Sisyphus is true
Dungeons and Dragons for your Atari - well maybe not quite so complex,
being based more on the simpler Tunnels and Trolls but nevertheless
good value for all Adventurers.
You start by creating your character, or rather having one created
for you, but you can reject as many characters as you wish. Rather a
pity this as you do not have to exercise any judgment, just keep
ploughing through and sooner or later you will come up with a good
one. Then you go on to the provisions store (no choice) and the
armoury where you can purchase any of 80 different weapons and 26
types of armour. When you have equipped yourself it's time to venture
into the dungeon.
I won't spoil the fun by telling you what you will find in the
dungeon but I will say that the full colour graphics are all there and
done very nicely-much better than the Scott Adams Graphic Adventure
series. Colours are used well to depict the type of location you find
yourself in, from dimly-lit passageways to brightly-lit rooms. There
are puzzles to solve, treasures to find and collect and monsters to do
battle with. Every scene is well-illustrated and for once the graphics
do add a lot to the atmosphere. If you are a D & D aficionado, you
might find a few things to complain about but remember that D & D
is an immensely complex subject and to pack a dungeon onto a floppy
disk and get good graphics is quite some feat.
The disks save data as you progress and are updated each time you
play. You can save characters for another journey and the disk records
how many characters have ventured into the dungeon as well as the
mortality rate. Stone of Sisyphus is one of three adventures in the
Maces & Magic series by Chameleon Software but the others have not
yet been converted to the Atari. I look forward to seeing them when
they become available but in the meantime there are many hours of
enjoyment to be had from Stone of Sisyphus. Thoroughly recommended.
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