The Faery Tale Adventure

The Faery Tale Adventure is a computer game from Micro Illusions for the Amiga home computer. Released in 1987, it is considered by many Amiga players as one of the best entry-level role-playing games. Later, it was also released for other platforms such as the Atari ST ( 1988), C64/C128 (1988 ), DOS (1989) and Sega Mega Drive ( 1991). In 1998 a second part for the PC, which was more of a remake than a sequel appeared.

Plot and gameplay

The player takes on the role of one of three brothers who were entrusted with the task of finding a magic talisman. This is needed to protect her home village before the approaching evil. During the search, a variety of characters (NPC ) with the most diverse quests is encountered. With the completion of these tasks, many places have been studied and a large number of enemies to be conquered. Later in the game consists in each case the ability to cross on the back of a turtle, the seas and the mountains a swan in order to penetrate into previously inaccessible regions. The player is able to be used with corresponding artifacts numerous spells. In this way he can make light, healing himself and teleport across the country. The object of the game is to regain a talisman, which was stolen by a necromancer and his loss plunging the country into disaster by Holm. In addition to the replacement of the talisman, the player must fulfill various other tasks, all but contribute to the output of the adventure, as the rescue of the royal princess from an accessible only by air tower or the transfer of the remains of an ancient king to death itself

Simple fight sequences and the absence of detailed statistics make this game suitable for genre beginners. But even for professionals is the nearly 17,000 screens comprehensive game world - with types of terrain such as deserts, ice regions, underground caves and witches woods - quite appealing.