Underplayed Gems

The Stolen Lamp (1983)

The Stolen Lamp cover
Platforms
Electron
Where to get it
My Abandonware

How it feels

A slow, deliberate text-based puzzle game that feels like a relic of early home computing.

old-schooltext adventurepuzzle-solvingslow-pacedminimalistretro

About

Released in 1983 for the Electron computer system, *The Stolen Lamp* stands as an early title from that era's home computing scene. This adventure remains a notable entry within the specific catalog of games developed exclusively for this hardware platform during its brief lifespan.

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