Troll's Tale

Troll's Tale is a charming early adventure that combines fairy-tale imagery with simple exploration and puzzle solving. The player takes on the role of a young heroine travelling through a strange world filled with trolls, magical locations, and objects that are considerably more important than they first appear. Like many adventures from its era, the game expects you to experiment with commands and pay close attention to descriptions rather than relying on a generous collection of modern interface conveniences. The presentation is basic, but the imagination behind the setting does a lot of work. There is a gentle storybook quality to the whole affair, even when the game decides that your latest idea was spectacularly foolish. Troll's Tale is therefore less about action and more about curiosity, observation, and figuring out what the designer had in mind. It is a small historical curiosity that shows how early computers could turn simple text and puzzles into surprisingly engaging adventures.