The ScummVM Team is pleased to announce that Lord Avalot d'Argent, the quirky 1994 comedic adventure by Thorsoft of Letchworth, is ready for public testing!

The year is 1179. When Baron Michel de Lustie is denied the princess's hand in marriage, he kidnaps her for a steep 50-pence ransom. With England’s finest knight conveniently away on vacation, the desperate king turns to you: the reluctant and decidedly less-than-heroic Lord Avalot d'Argent. It is up to you to set off across Britain, solve odd puzzles, outwit strange characters, and somehow bring the princess back.

Inspired by early Sierra classics like King's Quest, the game blends animated graphical exploration with a traditional text parser and convenient mouse menus.

For this testing period, ScummVM supports the original DOS release, powered by the Avalanche engine.

To join the test, grab a recent daily development build, add your game directory to ScummVM, and set out on the quest. Please report any problems you encounter on our issue tracker.

England's champion is on holiday, the princess has been kidnapped, and Avalot has somehow been chosen for the job. Are you ready to put his competence to the test?