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Armaëth: The Lost Kingdom is a fantasy adventure game with puzzle elements, released in 1993 for the MS-DOS platform. Developed by Real World Software and published by Grandslam Video Ltd, the game presents its story from a third-person perspective. Players follow a linear progression through a series of distinct areas.

The player controls the character Killian, navigating through various screens within each area. The primary objectives involve exploration, collecting items, engaging in conversations with other characters who also move through the environments, and solving puzzles to advance the story. Puzzle solutions often require using collected items on other objects or characters, though the gameplay occasionally incorporates mazes and action sequences where Killian must perform tasks while avoiding enemies. If Killian dies, he can be resurrected, but this results in the loss of all items gathered up to that point.

A notable feature of the game is its dual control scheme. Players can choose to direct Killian using keyboard commands typed into a text parser or utilize a point-and-click interface with icons. The icon-based interface presents actions across three separate bars, including standard commands like take and look alongside more specific options such as kiss or eat, as well as operational functions like saving the game. These two control methods can also be used in combination during play.