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The Blade of Blackpoole is a 1982 adventure game written by Tim Wilson and published by Sirius Software.[1]

The Blade of Blackpoole
Publisher(s)	Sirius Software
Writer(s)	Tim Wilson
Platform(s)	Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, FM-7, PC-88, PC-98
Release	1982
Genre(s)	Adventure game

Gameplay

The Blade of Blackpoole is a game in which the player must recover and return the stolen magical sword Myraglym.[2]

Reception

Computer Gaming World reviewed the game and stated that "A perfect score is 500 and your score is displayed as a ratio of this 500. The less moves it takes you to complete the quest the higher the score. This adds much to the game's potential life span."[2]

Reviews

• Electronic Fun with Computers & Games - Sep, 1983[3]

References

External links

• 1984 Software Encyclopedia from Electronic Games
• Addison Wesley Book of Atari Software 1984
• Review in Ahoy!
• Review in Compute!'s Guide to Adventure Games
• Review in InCider
• Review in Page 6
• Review in TeleMatch (German)
• Entry in The Book of Adventure Games

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