Forestland - Classic Quests RRP œ19.95
      (Text adventure for PC, runs on ST with emulator)

It's a dark and stormy night. Rain is beating against your bedroom
window and the wind is blowing the branches of a nearby tree so
that they tap against the glass, sounding almost as though someone
was trying to get in. Nervously, you snuggle down under the bed
clothes, trying to block out the sounds and stop your mind from
racing and eventually you fall asleep. But your sleep is uneasy as
you experience a recurring dream where you're walking down an
endless path through some woods.  Suddenly you wake - to find
yourself not in your safe, cosy bed, but on the path you'd dreamed
about. Where is it? Why are you here? And how can you get home
again?

Rated as "fairly difficult" on the box, Forestland is a pretty
mundane treasure hunt through a woodland setting.  It only
contains around 40 locations, including a small maze amongst the
roots of a tree, so mapping isn't much of a problem.

There is a large tree with a door built into the trunk near the
start of the game and you must drop the treasures you find in the
living room of this strange house to get maximum points.  The
treasures aren't very imaginative (a diamond, chalice etc) or
especially well hidden. In fact it's hard to say much about the
problems in the game without giving the whole thing away. Your
score increases by leaps and bounds with minimal effort.

Despite the fact that I seem to have been everywhere and don't
have any problems left to solve, I've found myself unable to
finish the game. I'm still some points short despite the program
rating me as "a winner" and it's hard to think of any rating they
could give that's higher than that ... but who knows!  So, if YOU
have the solution to Forestland on any machine, I'd be interested
to see a copy. There's presumably one bit of treasure that I've
missed, but I've no idea where it is. With minimal atmosphere,
Forestland is a bit better than Goblin Towers, the first Classic
Quests adventure, reviewed in Issue 12, but certainly not worth
the exorbitant price I paid for it.
                                                  Sue