Legend of the Sword - Information

Legend of the Sword was set in the fantasy land of Anar, a country under attack from an army of mutated humanoids lead by an evil wizard called Suzar. The ruling monarch, King Darius, summoned a party of adventurers to seek out a sword and shield that had been part of Anar's folklore for centuries. These weapons were supposed to have given Anar magical protection in the past. Without them, Anar was surely doomed to enslavement.

Legend of the Sword was a text entry adventure game with a graphical interface choc-a-bloc with location graphics, a self-generating map and an interface that meant the player had to do very little typing. Most of the actions could be entered just by using the mouse.

The system was much more advanced than similar games at the time like Deja Vu or the Uninvited (developed by Icom). All movements could be chosen from on-screen compass, up/down or in/out buttons. Time passing was indicated by a slowly buring candle. You could also select appropriate commands and actions from a menu along the top of the screen.

The parser could handle multiple commands and it also had more advanced options that let the player FIND items they might have heard about during the quest. You could also command other characters to go off and complete tasks for you.

Legend of the Sword was published by Rainbird for the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga and IBM PC.