He praised the intelligent writing, the suspenseful storyline and the text parser. In 1986 a German reviewer called Nine Princes in Amber a precious adventure ('Edel-Adventure'). The design, writing, and game coding was done by Andrea Bird. It was developed by a group of 20 people at Spinnaker Software and published by Telarium (1985).

The game is based upon the fantasy novels Nine Princes in Amber ( Doubleday 1970) and The Guns of Avalon (Doubleday 1972) by Roger Zelazny. The MSX2 version is a translation into Spanish ('Nueve Principes en Amber') with new illustrations. It was implemented for the Commodore 64, DOS, Atari ST, MSX2 and Apple II. The adventure has static 2d graphics, a theme song and sound effects. Prince Corwin must escape assassination attempts and intrigues enacted by his siblings, and yet must forge alliances with some of his siblings to become the reigning king of Amber. Corwin wants to become king but his eight brothers, especially his brother Eric, are also interested in the throne of Amber. The player prince Corwin is the son of king Oberon, who rules the kingdom of Amber. The plot takes place in a fictional fantasy world. There are 40 different possible solutions to end the game. ask, demand, hug) for the interaction with non-player characters. take, sit) and communication commands (e.g. Words and sentences are entered in a text parser. The single-player adventure is controlled via typed keyboard commands. The game is based upon the fantasy novels Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny. The game was published by Telarium, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, in 1985. Nine Princes in Amber is an interactive fiction video game with graphics. Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX2

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