lunar phase, and grants the knight more power during that phase. The moonstone must be returned to Stonehenge for the game to be completed. After some days, a dragon will appear and make regular sweeps across the land. In the event that an unskilled player is unfortunate enough to encounter the dragon early on in the game, defeat is almost inevitable. Reception When the game was released, it got quite positive reviews from some magazines while some reviewers did not like it at all. Moonstone was banned in Germany due to gameplay being conceived as extremely violent at the time and failed to find a distributor for the US market as well. These days the game has a large cult following among vintage gamers. The game is highly sought after as a collectible. The game was put on the German index by the BPjS. The One gave the Amiga version of Moonstone an overall score of 82%, praising its graphics and sound effects, calling the introduction "wonderfully animated" and the game's sprites "beautifully animated", furthermore stating that Moonstone is "pleasing to the eye and the ear". The One criticises the hack-and-slash gameplay as somewhat repetitive, but praises the special combat moves, expressing "they open up a good deal more options than the slash 'em up fan is usually presented with". References External links Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight at Hall of Light The Moonstone Tavern - a fan site 1991 video games Action role-playing video games Amiga games DOS games Europe-exclusive video games Fantasy video games set in the Middle Ages Video games developed in Canada Video games scored by Richard Joseph Mindscape games