The first thing I want to mention is ... yeah i cheat. I use faqs, solutions and walk-throughs. I enjoy the experience and story of the game more than trying to figure out puzzles. With that out of the way lets move onto the game. Dark Lord was released in 1987 for the Apple II and Commodore 64 computers. I remember playing this game as a teenager when it came out but never got through it. I decided to do something strange this play-through. I played through the Commodore 64 version and Apple ii version at the same time. Using emulators I was able to accomplish this. I can honestly say if your going to play a version of Dark Lord, make it the Commodore 64. The graphics are better and the sound is much much better than the Apple II version.

The story for Dark Lord is as follows via Moby Games:

"Journey through a magic mirror, which leads you to the alterworld where you must defeat Nequam, the Dark Lord who killed your grandfather. Dark Lord is an adventure game that involves the player reading a description of each scene, and entering one- or two-word commands at the prompt. Some of the commands recognized include GET, EXAMINE, GIVE, and SAY (to have conversations with people you meet"

I really enjoyed finally getting through the game and on two different versions no less. Here are a few final cut scenes for the ending of Dark Lord on the Commodore 64 and Apple II. It took a little over two hours to complete with help.

Commodore 64:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4972/c64darklord1.png

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8969/c64darklord2.png

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1571/c64darklord3.png

Apple II:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7582/a2darklord1.png

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7971/a2darklord3.png