The Secret of St. Brides

The St. Brides School was a real life holiday destination in Ireland in the
eighties, where grown-up women could go back in time for a 20’s boarding
school experience. The school branched out by going into computer game
development and their first title _The Secret of St. Brides_ took place at the
location of the software developer. In the game you take on the role of Trixie
Trinian, a headstrong young woman set out to discover the secret of St.
Brides. Along with your friends, Cynthia and Fiona, you must find out why
everyone at the school believes they are living in the twenties and restore
normality. A side quest is to find an amulet that is completely separate from
the main objective of the game.

_The Secret of St. Brides_ is a traditional text adventure made using the
Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft. Input is given by typing
instructions to the parser which accepts a verb / noun input for the most part
and graphics are displayed as full screen images rather than the split screen
format that was predominant at the time. It was originally sold by mail order
only but a proper distribution deal was arranged after the game received good
reviews.