Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
Conquests of the Longbow is an adventure game and a follow-up to Conquests of Camelot. It uses an icon-based interface common to most contemporary Sierra adventures. Like its spiritual predecessor, it differs from most other games in the genre by reducing traditional inventory-based puzzles in favor of exploration and varied tasks dictated by the situation at hand. These include talking to characters, gathering information, making decisions, solving riddles, or participating in mini-games such as combat, archery contest, and Nine Men's Morris (with adjustable difficulty).
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DeveloperSierra On-Line
ReleasedDecember 31, 1991
StatusReleased
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SeriesConquests
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Mixed Reception62/100
About This Game
During the Third Crusade's aftermath in 1193, King Richard the Lionheart falls into captivity when Austrian forces intercept him on his journey home from the Holy Land, and a substantial ransom is demanded for his release. Meanwhile, Richard's ambitious brother Prince John sees opportunity in the king's absence and begins maneuvering to seize power for himself. It falls to Robin Hood and his band of forest outlaws to orchestrate a daring campaign of redistribution—taking from wealthy nobles and using the spoils to accumulate the ransom that might restore the rightful king to his throne.