This came pre-installed on my very first PC (286 12mHz), and I remember I thought myself ever so clever when I beat the copy protection by checking out a book on Arthurian lore from the library. Little did I know the box also contained a code wheel, which didn't see use until you were 80% done!

You had to do more than one "match the symbol" to get through, so you couldn't just reload until you lucked out, and making the correct guess more than twice in a row was pretty much impossible.

Well, being 12 and blessed with infinite time and patience, I gamely set to creating my own, trying every combination of symbols and answers, marking down faulty combinations, until I had deduced every single effing symbol's placement on both the outer, inner, and hidden ring - I had built my own Code Wheel!

So, I beat the game. To be fair, I remember very little of the actual game (except a bit with a donkey), but for teaching me a life lesson about perseverance, and giving me one of my proudest moments as a gamer, an 8 it is.

This is a great game about King Arthur, very similar in design and research to Arthur: Quest for Excalibur. So similar, in fact, that I like to pretend the games are part of a series, even though I know they aren't.


Quest for Excalibur tells the "Sword in the Stone" part of the Arthurian Legend, whereas Conquests of Camelot tells the "Quest for the Holy Grail" part. Both games have a point system where you can earn points in three different categories, such as chivalry points, spiritual points, etc. AND Quest for Excalibur is an Interactive Fiction game, whereas Conquests of Camelot has the standard Sierra "move your character with the keyboard" style of gameplay. Both games are also meticulously researched, and include lots of historical background and their own bibliography. It's hard to believe these two games were written by completely different people who apparently had no connection to one another only a year apart.

An excellent game for anyone who enjoys medieval history, and a fun and original game for anyone who loves old school Sierra games. This is a true Underdog, and deserves far more appreciation than it has gotten.

I got this game in 199? at the Puyallup fair! It was great fun, but only if you're a fan of Arthurian lore. Also the Jousting bit can be a bit difficult depending on your keyboard layout and your system speed.

Still you can find the grail and save Briton, what's not to like?