Reviews

Following on from the earlier Invincible Island this was Pete Cooke's second game; another text adventure written largely in BASIC. It shares the same flaws as its predecessor; the responses are slow and the graphics are quite drab and take a while to draw.

However, the game works much better on account of the scenario. In something of a twist to the usual adventure format, you play the part of a youth on a mission to get out of a dead end town. There's accordingly much dry humour and social commentary to be found as well as a few pokes at the usual fantasy conventions of adventure games.

This was a cult hit and the first sign of great things to come from Cooke.

Welcome to Scarthorpe where even the dogs carry flick knives. Rather sensibly you decide to leave town. It may take a while as there's a lengthy pause between screens as it draws the rather crap graphics. Written by Pete Cooke (presumably with a little help from Dudley Moore), it's not bad but rather slow paced unfortunately.