Lure of the Temptress
Lure of the Temptress is a fantasy point-and-click adventure game with comedic elements, created by Revolution Software, published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment, and initially released in 1992 for Atari ST, DOS and Amiga systems.
Overview
This was the first game developed by Revolution Software and was the debut for their own in-house developed Virtual Theatre game engine which Revolution's later games, Beneath a Steel Sky and the Broken Sword series, would utilise.
In August 2003, the game was released as freeware. The data files are available from the Revolution Software website for download, but unfortunately the original source code for the game has been lost. Lure of the Temptress is mostly compatible with modern day computer hardware running Microsoft Windows XP though for those experiencing problems or are running Linux or Mac OS X using DOSBox to emulate the game is recommended. The game's engine has been added to ScummVM as of November 30th 2007.
Story
In Lure, you take on the role of a young peasant named Diermot. You were most recently employed as a beater for the king's hunting party. One night, the king receives a note from a bedraggled messenger, requesting the king's services to help stamp out a rebellion led by a young and beautiful apprentice sorceress named Selena in the remote village of Turnvale.
As the king's men depart on their horses to ride to the rescue, your pony follows them, and you are unwittingly dragged along to the battle. When your party arrives at Turnvale, they are confronted not by an ordinary peasant uprising, but rather by a band of fierce, inhuman hired mercenaries - the Skorl. The king's men are defeated and the king is killed. In the process, you are flung from your mount and wind up on the ground unconscious.
The Skorl take you prisoner, tossing you into the local dungeon. So begins your quest to rid Turnvale of the Skorl menace, and defeat the enchantress.