<s>
Lancelot	B-Application
is	O
a	O
text	O
adventure	O
game	O
by	O
Level	O
9	O
released	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
focuses	O
on	O
Lancelot	B-Application
's	O
quest	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
by	O
Peter	O
Austin	O
with	O
in-game	O
text	O
by	O
Christina	O
Erskine	O
and	O
Peter	O
McBride	O
,	O
Lancelot	B-Application
describes	O
the	O
adventures	O
of	O
Sir	O
Lancelot	B-Application
as	O
recounted	O
in	O
Sir	O
Thomas	O
Malory	O
's	O
Le	O
Morte	O
d'Arthur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
releases	O
from	O
Level	O
9	O
such	O
as	O
Scapeghost	B-Application
,	O
gameplay	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
three	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lancelot	B-Application
's	O
overall	O
objectives	O
are	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
Order	O
of	O
the	O
Knights	O
of	O
the	O
Round	O
Table	O
and	O
ultimately	O
to	O
recover	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lore	O
drawn	O
from	O
Arthurian	O
legend	O
allows	O
for	O
a	O
vast	O
range	O
of	O
familiar	O
settings	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Camelot	O
,	O
Tintagel	O
,	O
and	O
Winchester	O
)	O
and	O
characters	O
(	O
like	O
Merlin	O
,	O
Arthur	O
,	O
Guenever	O
,	O
and	O
Lancelot	B-Application
's	O
son	O
Galahad	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Lancelot	B-Application
grows	O
in	O
power	O
and	O
completes	O
quests	O
,	O
several	O
knights	O
and	O
ladies	O
accompany	O
him	O
on	O
his	O
travels	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
non-player	O
characters	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
providing	O
instructions	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
parser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lancelot	B-Application
's	O
first	O
challenge	O
is	O
to	O
face	O
the	O
Black	O
Knight	O
in	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
he	O
is	O
merciful	O
with	O
him	O
,	O
Lancelot	B-Application
learns	O
that	O
the	O
knight	O
is	O
really	O
the	O
disguised	O
King	O
Arthur	O
,	O
who	O
invites	O
Lancelot	B-Application
to	O
become	O
part	O
of	O
his	O
order	O
of	O
knights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
his	O
knighting	O
the	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
Lancelot	B-Application
discovers	O
his	O
feelings	O
for	O
Guenever	O
,	O
and	O
seeks	O
to	O
prove	O
his	O
worth	O
to	O
her	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arthur	O
tasks	O
Lancelot	B-Application
with	O
scouring	O
the	O
kingdom	O
to	O
recover	O
several	O
lost	O
knights	O
,	O
including	O
Sir	O
Meliot	O
,	O
Sir	O
Lamorak	O
,	O
Sir	O
Bors	O
,	O
and	O
Sir	O
Gawain	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
whom	O
are	O
held	O
captive	O
by	O
rebel	O
lords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
prove	O
his	O
honor	O
,	O
Lancelot	B-Application
must	O
only	O
engage	O
in	O
combat	O
when	O
provoked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
stage	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
sees	O
Lancelot	B-Application
setting	O
off	O
from	O
Castle	O
Vagon	O
with	O
Sir	O
Galahad	B-Application
in	O
search	O
of	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Micro	O
User	O
:	O
"	O
Lancelot	B-Application
has	O
just	O
got	O
to	O
be	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
for	O
me.	O
"	O
</s>
