1984 Doric Computer Services (UK)
by Chris Dorrell
This is quite good in fact. I'm not used to this sort of games because I usually didnt have any instructions for them (more than half of my game collection was bought via mail, copies of course!).
But Oracle's Cave is not complicated, its user friendly and simple enough to get you started. Im not too fond of the graphics or the colour scheme but its always a pleasure to come across some weird monsters, like the hairy spider or a giant serpent. And they all look good! The game seems written in Basic, but that doesnt spoil anything. Its completely playable and fast enough.
I havent dive far into the game so I cant tell you much. What I can tell you is that I would have loved a copy of this back in 1984! And I would have certainly wrote a version of my own!
Review by dandyboy on 29 Oct 2012 (Rating: 3)
Mummies , over-sized spiders , giant rats , unfriendly wizards , venomous serpents , dragons , etc. all of them meet in The Oracle´s Cave .
The mechanics of this game is the same all the time -it doesn´t evolve- so the fun this game provides is limited and handicapped by that fact . Apart from that , this is a fine production for the time and requires some strategy to be completed . that makes things more interesting , in my opinion .
No sound , no tune , no melody ... no colors almost . :(
A nice try by Dorcas Soft. but very far from perfection , I must say .
2,5 out of 5 is my valoration .
