SIR ABABOL
Poor Sir Ababol is an 11th century knight who likes the odd crusade, on one such outing he takes a knock to the head, waking to find himself lost and missing his trusty sword. A quick chat with one of the locals sees him pointed towards an eerielooking waste ground scattered with bright red ababol flowers to collect, but there are creatures of the night roaming around which aren’t particularly friendly and the odd portcullis which needs a key to unlock.
There have been a few improvements made as
Sir Ababol has evolved from the Spectrum original through to this version which was in turn based on the Mojon Twins’ own NES release, but the controls are still rather twitchy which, when paired with the overly enthusiastic and occasionally unfair collision detection, make this game extremely frustrating. This is only for the gamers who like their challenges to be steep.