<s>
Moonstone	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Hard	I-Application
Days	I-Application
Knight	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
Canadian	O
independent	O
developer	O
Rob	O
Anderson	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mindscape	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1991	O
and	O
one	O
year	O
later	O
converted	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
with	O
different	O
sound	O
and	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonstone	B-Application
's	O
gameplay	O
blends	O
several	O
different	O
genres	O
,	O
allowing	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
a	O
basic	O
turn	O
based	O
game	O
with	O
real	O
time	O
combat	O
for	O
any	O
encounters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magazine	O
advertisements	O
for	O
Moonstone	B-Application
purported	O
'	O
nearly	O
 '	O
a	O
thousand	O
frames	O
of	O
animation	O
for	O
two	O
megabytes	O
of	O
monsters	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
60	O
different	O
painted	O
backdrops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
chosen	O
knight	O
who	O
is	O
sent	O
by	O
druids	O
to	O
return	O
the	O
mystical	O
'	O
moonstone	B-Application
 '	O
to	O
Stonehenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
supports	O
between	O
one	O
and	O
four	O
players	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
computer	B-Application
controlling	I-Application
any	O
knights	O
not	O
controlled	O
by	O
human	O
players	O
as	O
rival	O
NPCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
their	O
chosen	O
knights	O
and	O
attempts	O
to	O
defeat	B-Application
the	O
monsters	O
using	O
sword	O
combat	O
similar	O
to	O
Barbarian	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Warrior	I-Application
or	O
Sword	B-Device
of	I-Device
Sodan	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
knight	O
will	O
have	O
to	O
fight	O
against	O
the	O
Guardian	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
win	O
a	O
'	O
moonstone	B-Application
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
moonstone	B-Application
corresponds	O
randomly	O
to	O
a	O
lunar	O
phase	O
,	O
and	O
grants	O
the	O
knight	O
more	O
power	O
during	O
that	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
moonstone	B-Application
must	O
be	O
returned	O
to	O
Stonehenge	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
event	O
that	O
an	O
unskilled	O
player	O
is	O
unfortunate	O
enough	O
to	O
encounter	O
the	O
dragon	O
early	O
on	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
defeat	B-Application
is	O
almost	O
inevitable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonstone	B-Application
was	O
banned	O
in	O
Germany	O
due	O
to	O
gameplay	O
being	O
conceived	O
as	O
extremely	O
violent	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
failed	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
distributor	O
for	O
the	O
US	O
market	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Moonstone	B-Application
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
82%	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
introduction	O
"	O
wonderfully	O
animated	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sprites	O
"	O
beautifully	O
animated	O
"	O
,	O
furthermore	O
stating	O
that	O
Moonstone	B-Application
is	O
"	O
pleasing	O
to	O
the	O
eye	O
and	O
the	O
ear	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
