Welcome weary travellers to The Moonstone Tavern, dedicated since 2002 (click or retro goodness!) to the 1991 Commodore Amiga and PC classic and pioneer of gaming gore Moonstone: A Hard Day’s Knight. Contained within is a history of the quest, an extensive bestiary, battle tactics, videos, magazine, and artwork scans – plus tons of carrion-drenched screenshots that will no doubt bring the bloody memories flooding back.

Banned in Germany and rejected by US publishers, the game was a hack ‘n slash gore-fest with some shocking death animations. Explicit violence, a macabre low fantasy world, the brooding soundtrack by Amiga maestro Richard Joseph, and the greatest intro and outro sequences ever conspired to conjure a taut atmosphere of prevailing doom.

So treat yourself to a flagon of frothing ale, put your feet up, and reminisce with me as I take you for a sojourn through the world of Moonstone, Rob Anderson’s magnificent and charnel-splattered quest of knights, monsters, and valiant derring-do.

And not a Guru Meditation error in sight! (Unless you count the one below.)