## Description
The Korth Trilogy is a series of children’s Science fiction adventure books
written by Peter K. McBride and published by Puffin Books Ltd. in the early
1980’s. The three books in this series are ;
* The Korth Trilogy 1 : Escape from Arkaron
* The Korth Trilogy 2 : Besieged
* The Korth Trilogy 3 : Into the Empire
Each book was released with an accompanying cassette containing a series of
mini-games that tie in with sections of the book. This is the first book / set
of games in the series. A full description has not been provided as this would
reveal the storyline of the book. The mini games contained on the accompanying
cassette are ;
* _Test run_ : Side 1, game 1.
In this game the player must guide a space ship through an asteroid field and
dock with a space station. The space ship works on ‘real’ physics, i.e. the
thrusters are fired to achieve a velocity and that velocity remains until the
reverse thrusters are used to slow down. Docking is achieved when all distance
to the station in all three axes has been reduced to zero.
* _Prisoner_ : Side 1, game 2.
Here the player must explore a fortress and release the captives. Initially
the top down game screen is completely black, corridors are revealed as the
player moves into them. There are guards in some corridors and these must be
dealt with.
* _Raid_ : Side 2, game 1.
The player must guide three freedom fighters, Xenia, Griff and Arkon on a raid
where the objective is to do as much damage as possible and leave. The game
screen is a 16 x 16 square grid populated by a perimeter fence, buildings to
be destroyed and guards. The player gives orders to each character in turn,
move up, fire left etc. These are then executed by the game which also moves
the guards. orders can be issued singly or up to six orders can be given in
advance.
At the end of each mini game the player is offered the chance to replay. There
is no automatic progression between the games, after each the Spectrum must be
reset and the next game loaded.
The Korth Trilogy 1: Escape from Arkaron