Himalayan Oddessy

NAME: Himalayan Oddessy
AUTHOR: Mountain Valley Software
EMAIL: ???
DATE: ???
PARSER: Scott Adams Standard
SUPPORTS: C64 and C64 Emulators (many platforms)
AVAILABILITY: here only
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At the time of writing this little review I have nearly completed this game (about 98% done) so its pretty fresh in my mind. I quite like this game although, like Lost City it has a nasty bloody maze in it!!! more on that later.

The plot of this game seems to be something akin to;

"Find the green of of god and return it to the statue."

 

The graphics in this game fit the setting nicely, the above picture is a good one, you can see how the temple has that Tibetan/Bhuddist/Chinese influence on the roofing style. Other graphics throughout the game work well. The puzzles in the game are quite good, I havn't finished the game yet, but sofar, they have been set out well. This game seems to have a few more little hints thrown in, in the shape of riddles (as shown in the picture below)

After being stuck at one spot for a long time and not knowing what to do, "Cobwebs" was the key I was looking for... Make sure you read them well or write them down as they all come in handy!

As I mentioned at the top of this mini-review, this game has a bloody maze. I first came across these nasty mazes in Mountain Valleys "King Solomons Mine" but in there you had a blantant spoiler on how to solve it (hint: the diary), but in this game and also in "Lost City" you don't .... and any items you drop in the "maze" are gone for good. Eventually after going n/s/e/w in every conceivable manner I gave up and looked at the source code. Here is the solution;

From the Snow Covered Plateau, go N, N, N, E, E, E.

I really hate these mazes, you can read the "Lost City" review for a nastier explanation ^_^

The original version of this game that I had was bugged and crashed wth a break if you tried to take any objects or do just about anything else. Andrew Williams figured out a fix for this and a full working copy of the game is in the download section.

For a rating for this game I would give it 7/10, I quite like this one.