<s>
Pentagram	B-Application
is	O
a	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Ultimate	O
Play	O
the	O
Game	O
in	O
1986	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
in	O
the	O
Sabreman	O
series	O
,	O
following	O
on	O
from	O
his	O
adventures	O
in	O
Sabre	B-Application
Wulf	I-Application
,	O
Underwurlde	B-Application
and	O
Knight	B-Application
Lore	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
to	O
Knight	B-Application
Lore	I-Application
it	O
uses	O
the	O
isometric	O
Filmation	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
Ultimate	O
's	O
way	O
of	O
describing	O
the	O
object	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
to	O
recover	O
the	O
lost	O
Pentagram	B-Application
,	O
an	O
artifact	O
of	O
magical	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firstly	O
,	O
Sabreman	O
must	O
locate	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
wells	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
of	O
screens	O
,	O
shoot	O
it	O
several	O
times	O
with	O
his	O
spell	O
and	O
take	O
the	O
resultant	O
bucket	O
of	O
water	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
broken	O
obelisks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
must	O
be	O
done	O
with	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
obelisks	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
titular	O
Pentagram	B-Application
appear	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
rooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
this	O
is	O
done	O
,	O
five	O
magic	O
runestones	O
must	O
be	O
found	O
and	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
Pentagram	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
objective	O
in	O
Pentagram	B-Application
is	O
more	O
complex	O
and	O
obscure	O
than	O
the	O
simple	O
"	O
find	O
and	O
fetch	O
"	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
previous	O
Filmation	B-Application
games	O
Knight	B-Application
Lore	I-Application
and	O
Alien	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
two	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
differences	O
in	O
this	O
final	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
Filmation	B-Application
engine	I-Application
are	O
the	O
new	O
ability	O
to	O
shoot	O
enemies	O
with	O
a	O
projectile	O
magic	O
spell	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
to	O
respawn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
directional	O
control	O
"	O
system	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
was	O
also	O
removed	O
because	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
's	O
single	O
joystick	B-Device
button	O
was	O
now	O
needed	O
to	O
fire	O
Sabreman	O
's	O
spell	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
jump	O
(	O
instead	O
,	O
"	O
down	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
is	O
used	O
to	O
jump	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
gameplay	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
that	O
of	O
Sabreman	O
's	O
previous	O
outing	O
Knight	B-Application
Lore	I-Application
(	O
without	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
day/night	O
shapeshifting	O
cycle	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
wanders	O
a	O
mazelike	O
system	O
of	O
screens	O
filled	O
with	O
enemies	O
,	O
pieces	O
of	O
movable	O
scenery	O
(	O
often	O
forming	O
obstacles	O
or	O
puzzles	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
exits	O
on	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
walls	O
,	O
sometimes	O
high	O
up	O
and	O
difficult	O
to	O
reach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pentagram	B-Application
features	O
larger	O
numbers	O
of	O
enemies	O
than	O
either	O
Knight	B-Application
Lore	I-Application
or	O
Alien	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
due	O
to	O
Sabreman	O
's	O
newfound	O
ability	O
to	O
kill	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
some	O
new	O
flying	O
creatures	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
ghosts	O
and	O
lice	O
,	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
kill	O
Sabreman	O
but	O
get	O
in	O
his	O
way	O
(	O
an	O
idea	O
reprised	O
from	O
Sabreman	O
's	O
second	O
adventure	O
Underwurlde	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
even	O
be	O
jumped	O
onto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
such	O
as	O
witches	O
and	O
zombies	B-Application
are	O
lethal	O
to	O
touch	O
but	O
may	O
be	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
behaviour	O
is	O
true	O
for	O
the	O
wood	O
spiders	B-Protocol
,	O
though	O
these	O
are	O
more	O
dangerous	O
as	O
they	O
cannot	O
be	O
killed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
which	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
the	O
previous	O
Filmation	B-Application
games	O
,	O
slows	O
to	O
a	O
crawl	O
when	O
any	O
more	O
than	O
four	O
moving	O
objects	O
are	O
on	O
screen	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
previous	O
two	O
Filmation	B-Application
games	O
,	O
enemies	O
may	O
interact	O
with	O
scenery	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
basic	O
way	O
,	O
shoving	O
any	O
movable	O
objects	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
logs	O
and	O
tables	O
)	O
along	O
when	O
they	O
bump	O
into	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
before	O
,	O
Sabreman	O
may	O
also	O
push	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
these	O
objects	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
though	O
in	O
Pentagram	B-Application
he	O
may	O
even	O
move	O
them	O
from	O
a	O
distance	O
with	O
a	O
blast	O
of	O
his	O
magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
gameplay	O
and	O
features	O
Pentagram	B-Application
was	O
the	O
most	O
advanced	O
of	O
the	O
Filmation	B-Application
titles	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
sections	O
of	O
the	O
gaming	O
press	O
were	O
becoming	O
tired	O
of	O
the	O
concept	O
and	O
accused	O
Ultimate	O
of	O
unoriginality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
Ultimate	O
's	O
third	O
Filmation	B-Application
title	O
(	O
fifth	O
if	O
the	O
Filmation	B-Application
II	O
games	O
,	O
Nightshade	B-Application
and	O
Gunfright	B-Application
,	O
are	O
counted	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
that	O
time	O
other	O
publishers	O
were	O
also	O
releasing	O
their	O
own	O
isometric	O
Filmation-inspired	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Confusion	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
factor	O
,	O
with	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
lamenting	O
that	O
Pentagram	B-Application
's	O
instructions	O
were	O
"	O
shrouded	O
in	O
Ultimate	O
's	O
rather	O
confusing	O
'	O
poetry	O
 '	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
Sinclair	O
User	O
admitted	O
that	O
all	O
they	O
could	O
work	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
objective	O
was	O
"	O
it	O
has	O
something	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
the	O
various	O
wishing	O
wells	O
dotted	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
CRASH	O
,	O
who	O
rated	O
Pentagram	B-Application
very	O
highly	O
,	O
had	O
n't	O
quite	O
worked	O
out	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
objective	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
