Mediaeval adventures  
Those of you familiar with the Court of King Arthur will no doubt be eager to buy Camelot Warriors. Ariolasoft's faithful reproduction of knights, questing beasts. Holy Grails et al. Well all right, maybe there weren't any poison kingfishers at Camelot. Or killer pigs. Or man-eating plants. Neptune's kid brother or electric eels. But the hero does look like a knight - until he turns into a frog, that is . . . You'll have deduced from the above that Camelot Warriors is a somewhat free interpretation of mediaeval armoured warfare. It is. however, a colourful, frustrating and engaging arcade game It's split up into four worlds constructed out of scrolling platforms, and you must retrieve four items from the 20th century - including a light bulb and a TV - which have somehow got mixed up in them. Controls are simple, just left, right, jump and fire (to use your sword) and while it's not fast you need split-second timing to survive. This could, however, prove to be a problem for players, as overcoming obstacles involves precise timing.
But although I feel it could usefully be a bit less rigorous it does have a certain addictive quality, and if you don't mind being driven mad it'll keep you occupied until the van comes. John Lettice , Popular Computing Weekly (1986-10) | 
