Okay, so it's not the most original story, but it works, and the plot manages to hang itself around it rather nicely.

When this game was originally released on the Commodore Amiga, it sent shockwaves. Here was a game that came on a mere six floppy disks, and yet contained not one word of written dialogue. As the box proudly proclaimed, it was "the first ever Amiga speech adventure".

This was an enjoyable, logical puzzle game with no illogical or mindlessly obscure puzzles, and it could be solved without dying at any point. If you were very, very careful…

The gameplay wasn't much, it basically boiled down to hearing a clue, looking for an item and then bringing it to the right location, but there was a lot of fun to be had from trying to work out how everything fit together. In the first level, you're asked to bring wine to one of the characters. Unfortunately, there's no wine to be seen, just a water tap and a single cup… until you find the "miracle" stone and remember the deeds of a certain Nazarene carpenter during a crisis at a friend's wedding…

In all, Valhalla is very engrossing and has now been re-released by the creators Vulcan Software as part of the interface of their new, er… thingy… with the first level coming free with the download and each subsequent level of the epic three-game series being available to download separately for a small fee.

Note: The entire thing now spans twelve, not three, episodes, each of which of surprising length, being sold at £3.99 apiece, or £29.99 for all twelve. It should have Win 7 compatibility so presumably working on Win 8 and 10 as well.