Reviews

The same team that made the Spectrum's first official arcade conversion Hunchback also made the second, Cavelon, converted from an obscure coin-op original.
And a much better job they did of it too. You have to beat a series of 'scrolling' mazes whilst keeping out of sight of sharp shooting arrowmen. And watch it as these boys really are sharp.
Crucifix shaped swords dance a beguiling jig around the maze from time to time. Grab them to use later for invincibility.
Now the scrolling is so poor it barely deserves the name 'scroll' and the in game music is grating but somehow the game survives and it is nicely progressive so that you can get a bit further each session.
At least the in game music was attempted and all the levels are present, there is colour and action and even a nice intro sequence. Cavelon was a major step forward for the Spectrum when it first came out.

1984 Ocean (UK)
by Paul Owens, Christian Urquhart and F. D. Thorpe

Cavelon takes us inside a maze game, old style looking, with plenty of action and thrills.
The storyline is simple. Cavelon, the Knight, with the help of his loyal friend - the mighty Excalibur - has to travel thru six levels (floors) of a castle where a powerful wizard lives and rules the land. On each floor Cavelon has to collect all the pieces of a door to put it together while fighting other Knights and Archers, once the door is built, he must flee thru the exit. When he finally reaches the final floor he must face the evil wizard in a man to man battle. The wizard will use all his magic gimmicks on you, so be aware.
I used to play this endlessly, even with it's high difficulty level. One of my favorite parts was in fact the intro sequence, which I still find delightful.
Quite a nice game, simple in its layout and story but with a nice gameplay and appeal.

Cavelon is a labyrinthic game with a medieval setting and many good things to offer .

First of all the intro sequence , then the tune , and also the atmosphere of the castle ,,, all right , the game is not perfect but it holds itself perfectly well .


Not a classic by itself , but still a good game and highly recommendable . ;-)

by Paul Owens, Christian F. Urquhart, F. David Thorpe

It's a nice old style maze game similar to Tutankhamun, in which you have to collect the pieces of a door, or something, to gain access to the following level, with a medieval scenario. Fun graphics and beepings, which slow down or stop while the screen is scrolling, but personally I find it a bit difficult.
3/5

Nice maze game, one of the first Ocean works.

Collect door pieces spread through the labyrinth to reach next level. In total five mazes infested with knights and archers, plus a sixth screen with a final battle against the wizard to earn a place in the round table.

An addictive game that features pleasant graphics and a cool tune. Really difficult to get next level, but you have a secret weapon: the mighty Excalibur.

Man this is a difficult game. The keyboard layout is odd and even using the cursor keys firing your arrow is a matter of chance, oh and they can shoot behind and you can't or at least I didn't find a way to, I struggled to fire at all! But difficulty aside there is no denying that for 1984 this game looked impressive. Compared to the majority of games released in 1984, this game was a huge technical leap. The smooth gameplay, the in-game music, the intro cutscene, really amazing stuff, it's just too bad it's so bloody difficult.