An intriguing premise--you've been hired to guard a cave against a bunch of looting adventurers--but the implementation lets it down. The competition release was entirely unfinishable due to bugs, but there are still plenty of bugs in the latest release. The cave itself is large and well described, so if you enjoy cave settings you may enjoy this, but the game itself needs work.

Rating: ***

Reviewed by Duncan Stevens (28 Jan 2001)

guard.z8 (338.00 KB)

Z-code 8 executable (version: Release 1, original competition entry)

guard.zip (241.60 KB)

Z-code 8 executable (version: 2), debugging history, graphic puzzle clue