THE SPECTRUM GAME DATABASE THE LEGEND OF AVALON PUBLISHER Hewson AUTHOR YEAR 1984 DESCRIPTION Avalon is an arcade adventure. CONTROLS Keyboard or Kempston joystick can be used. KEYS : Up - A to G Down - Z to V Left - B, N Right - M Fire - H to L INSTRUCTIONS Maroc the Wizard has been given the task of destroying the Lord of Chaos, who lives deep within the maze of Avalon. It's your job to make sure that Maroc succeeds. There are several types of creature defending Maroc. The commonest are goblin warriors, who gang up on you and can only be avoided by running quickly through two rooms or down a tunnel. There are also wraiths, who throw fireballs at you and often follow you even through the walls of rooms; guardians of chaos, who are as nasty as they sound; and finally, warlocks, who are corruptable and can be bribed into helping you, if you give them what they want. To help in this task there are many spells and useful objects to be found - some are collected just by walking over them, but others may need to be collected with the help of a servant (who can be summoned using one of the earlier spells). Movement itself is a spell, as you sort of glide along, but this is given to you at the start of the game. Collected spells are listed in a continuous scroll at the base of the screen and are selected by using the up-down controls and fire. Some spells can be used simulataneously, such as "MOVE" and "UNSEEN". A useful one is "FREEZE", which stops time briefly allowing Maroc to escape from his enemies. All the rooms have some doors which may be open, closed or locked; the latter, needless to say, require keys. Closed ones are operated by moving Maroc to the door and nudging it, moving back slightly to let it open before going through it. The same procedure can be used to close doors. CHEATS SEQUELS/PREQUELS The sequel to Avalon was called Dragontorc, and was also released by Hewson. INLAY CARD TEXT SCORES RECEIVED Comments : "Excellent!" Rating : 91% (CRASH #10, November 1984) URL ftp.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/OS/sinclair/snapshots/a/avalon.zip GENERAL FACTS NOTES