Escape From Sparta (1983)

This returns to the Tandy CoCo adventure contest from Rainbow magazine, culminating in thirteen games printed in The Rainbow Book of Adventures; I’ve played Polynesian Adventure and Search for the Ruby Chalice so far. I wanted to get a few more of the set taken care of. Even though I’m not following strict chronology by month, the book was released in January and I’d feel awkward being near the end of my 1983 sequence and still pulling games to play from the book. Just as a reminder, this contest was run before both Scott Adams and Infocom were available on Tandy CoCo; there wasn’t many adventures to pick from at all. The authors of the contest tended to be enthusiasts rather than gaming professionals and most of the entries seem to be the only published game from each particular author or authors. Today’s selection involves a pair of authors, just like Polynesian Adventure, although Rainbow magazine made a mistake and just credited Rick Townsend, leading to a correction letter. I was…