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This was the first release of one of Epic Megagame's lead game designers,
Cliff Bleszsinski at the age of 17 as a shareware title. He later went on to fame
for designing Jazz Jackrabbit and more so the Unreal series. It's challenging,
fun, and higher quality than most shareware games of 1991. It's a point-and-click
graphic adventure for windows similar to Shadowgate and Deja' Vu. In it, you play
Nightshade, a dragon being held hostage by the evil wizard Garth who wants to
exterminate all dragons in the land of Salac. The only way he can do this, however,
is to find the secret Land Of Dragons. It is hidden in a valley and only a dragon
would know where it is. He plans to torture Nightshade until he reveals the location
of his fellow dragons. But you, as Nightshade, have different plans. You find a
way to sneak out of your jail cell and into Garth's Palce Of Deceit. The palace is
full of puzzles, and traps are around every corner - that evil wizard wants to make
it as hard as possible for you to escape. Along the way you meet several whimsical
characters, like Darm the rat and Budo the giant snail, also trapped in the palace,
who are more than willing to help you escape. Even with their help, however, it will
still be very difficult to make it out alive. You'll have to defeat Garth's warriors,
and even the wizard himself, in order to escape. It's a classic graphic adventure.
Even if you didn't like Cliff's later Dare To Dream, you may like this game. It
features a completely different atmosphere, storyline, and puzzle design. The
graphics aren't all that bad for their time, but unfortunately, the game has no
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