Armaëth: The Lost Kingdom

In ancient times, the dwarven kingdom Dol Armaeth was overrun by evil forces,
but the wise king Armaeth managed to drive them out. Unfortunately, evil came
back after Armaeth’s death and the kingdom was forgotten. The player aids the
treasure hunter Killian in his search for Dol Armaeth.

The game consists of various areas which are visited in a linear order. Each
area consists of a multitude of screens that can be freely explored while
collecting items, conversing with other persons (who also move through the
area) and solving puzzles in order to progress. They mostly consist of using
items on other items or persons, but there is also the occasional maze and
action sequence (Killian has to perform an action while dodging enemies). When
Killian dies, he can be resurrected, but loses all collected items in the
process.

The game’s specialty is its inclusion of two separate control options: The
player can either move Killian with the keyboard and type commands into the
parser or use a point & click interface. Then the icons are chosen from a bar
on the top, but because there are various different icons (besides the usual
ones like take or look there are also icons for more obscure actions like
kissing or eating and operational actions like saving the game), the player
has to click through three separate bars. It is also possible to combine the
two control methods.