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Hercules First Labor

Author:Robert Carl Brown
Released:2003
Review:

Yet another game using a non-standard (I prefer to use this term instead of "home-brewed") parser, which, by the way, seems to be up to the task. In many respects (e.g., descriptions, level of detail, puzzles, etc.) HFL resembles old DOS adventures to be found at the Archive in masses. Compared to them, it appears quite solidly done, although it hasn't got much kick; most of the modern players, however, will find it hopelessly outdated.

Rating: **

Reviewed by Valentine Kopteltsev (10 Jun 2004)

Competitions/
Awards:
26th place, 2003
Downloads:
herc1.html (149.34 KB)
HTML executable (competition release)
herc1info.txt (1.84 KB)
info file
herc1walk.txt (2.36 KB)
walkthrough


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