Posted on: December 22, 2016
duxcorvan
Verified ownerGames: 2028 Reviews: 7
Ah, this one!
I remember the first time I saw this, I was at a friend's house, and he was one of the first fortunate dudes I knew to have a 80386 PC and a VGA color monitor. I had never seen something like this, so complex and easy to use thanks to the SCUMM mouse interface (the command based Sierra adventures were rare to see in my country, and demanded a good level in English). This was translated to Spanish and gorgeous. My brother and I got a copy and enjoyed a lot playing it in awful CGA tones of grey (It was the CGA/EGA version with 4/16 colors, the 256 VGA version in GOG was released later in CD), and internal speaker beep sounds. We didn't even have a hard disk, so we played it entirely from floppy disks... I only give it 4 stars because: 1) It lacks the CGA/EGA version I got to love, if uglier, and 2) puzzles are clever and fun, but there are difficult fight/run arcade-ish sections that always gave us a hard time and makes it a little less enjoyable. All in all, a jewel and a milestone in the story of point-and-click adventures. Lucasfilm/Lucasarts just made it even better later.
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