Play Armaëth: The Lost Kingdom Online

You play Killian clicking through eerie painted landscapes, typing "eat mushroom" or "kiss statue" while villagers give you bizarre hints—half the challenge is figuring out what the game even wants from you. The janky hybrid controls somehow add to the charm when you're not dying and losing all your progress.

Developer: Grandslam Video Ltd.

Released: 1993

File size: 1.62 MB

Game Overview

Armaëth: The Lost Kingdom is one of those weird, clunky-but-charming MS-DOS adventures that sticks with you. You play as Killian, wandering through this eerie fantasy world where every screen feels like a painting—until you realize half the objects are puzzles waiting to happen. Talk to a random villager, and suddenly you're trying to figure out if you need to kiss a statue or eat a mushroom to progress. Yeah, the verb choices get weird.

The controls are a trip—you can either type commands like it's 1985 or fumble through this layered point-and-click menu with more icons than a Photoshop toolbar. I kept switching between both, which somehow made the whole thing feel deeper than it probably is. Just don’t die, because you’ll respawn with nothing but regret and empty pockets.

It’s janky, occasionally frustrating, but there’s something about the atmosphere—like someone mixed King’s Quest with a fever dream. If you’re into old-school adventure games that don’t hold your hand, this one’s worth the headache.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".