Dick Francis: High Stakes
Angelsoft 
, Mindscape 1986
- Aka:
- High $take$
- Language:
- English
- Systems:
- ASG
- Platforms:
- Apple II, Macintosh, PC
- Genres:
- Based on literature
- Entered by:
- Gunness, Strident
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 28-04-2020
Synopsis
As a wealthy English horse owner, you've never paid much attention to your trainer or your horses. But, now it appears you've been cheated! In this interactive text adventure, you must discover the full extent of the conspiracy against you, and plot your revenge. You're gambling with high statkes - your money, your reputation, and your life!
Notes
Based on the 1975 Dick Francis novel.
Listed in a Mindcraft catalogue as available for Macintosh 512K.
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Possibly the least dire of Angelsoft's adventures, but that's not saying a lot. The writing and pacing are OK, but the plot is confusing and goals are unclear. The vocabulary used is also eccentric, although the manual gives most of the odd verbs needed. Once you realize what you have to do, the game reminds me a bit of a sokoban puzzle. It's peculiar that "Twice Shy", another game based on a Dick Francis novel, feels a lot like this one: you have to take vehicles and drive places trying to deal with timed events.