Spider Mountain Adventure and Lost Dutchman’s Gold were written almost back to back. The game is written by Teri Li once again with the help of Bob Liddil.
This game sports an interesting and original title and I was looking forward to it. I was hoping for something similar to the author’s previous work, Lost Dutchman’s Gold, or at least an improvement upon it.
It would seem that what the author did instead was merely edit the locations of Lost Dutchman’s Gold turning it into a fantasy setting. The source code and everything seems exactly the same except for the locations. Instead of starting with a mule you start with something called a “burdenbeast”. Instead of the saloon you now have a tavern in the same location. Instead of dealing with Indians you’re dealing with orcs.
The dungeon is located beneath the tavern this time rather than located out in the hills. There are no puzzles at all in the game; it is merely a snatch and grab. You do have to do some digging in the dungeon much like you had to do in Lost Dutchman’s Gold but the game easily telegraphs where you have to dig.
There are four treasures that you need to find and you’ll want to drop them in the tavern to earn your points for them. If you find all four treasures and deposit them in the tavern then you’ll score 100% and win the game. This game only took me a little over an hour to complete. I owe the rapid run through to just having recently completed Lost Dutchman’s Gold. Once you begin Spider Mountain Adventure after playing the former you’ll recognize that it is the same game but with all of the locations edited. I was very disappointed with Teri Li’s follow up offering especially after enticing me with such a cool game title.