Clyde's Revenge

Player notes

About this game

Clyde's Revenge is Moonlite Software's 1995 scrolling platform adventure. Clyde searches a series of castles for treasure, jumping between ledges and using his wand to break bricks. Finishing a castle means collecting all of its stones, so a route that looks like a detour may still be worth exploring. The display beneath the playfield shows the stones remaining and Clyde's health.

This package identifies itself as shareware version 1.5. Its original registration information describes the first part as shareware and the other three as separate registered episodes. The four difficulty choices are Kiddie, Easy, Medium and Hard; they are settings for play, not four episodes included in this package.

At the opening text menu, choose Start the Game. Select a player from the list or choose Add me to create one, then confirm the difficulty. Let the opening animation finish and select Start Playing Clyde when the graphical menu appears. Use the left and right arrows to walk and Alt to jump. Ctrl uses the wand; nearby breakable bricks are one of its uses.

Read the signposts as you explore: stand nearby and press the up arrow. The signs introduce switches, keys and other features of the castle. Up also operates a nearby switch. Gold keys remain with Clyde for the rest of that castle and open matching gold locks. Press F1 during play to open the help and options menu, where How to Play the Game repeats the basic controls.