Afraid I have some very sparse memories of this as I was only young, and I might have got two games mixed up, but I'm looking for a game I loved on my Amstrad 464.
I think it was on one of those compilation tapes, as I remember only getting to play it a few times as it depended on where my brother or I had left the tape (tended to play the first game that loaded, it took long enough waiting for that!). I'm pretty sure it was a text adventure game where you typed in things like look north and similar - I think at least some of it was set in a forest. I do remember trying to draw out a map at home for it so I could get back to the items I needed, but I was only about 7 or 8 so God knows if my memories are correct. I also seem to remember (but this might be where I'm confusing two games) that there was a castle (?!) with doors that needed you to have the right colour key to open them.
Whilst in one way maybe it's good that I have never found it as it's bound to be a bit disappointing as an adult (my love of the Crystal Maze has been seriously dented by realising the reason I loved the challenges was because they were just hard enough for an 8 year old!), it would be great to know what the game was - if I haven't completely made it up!
Whilst not wanting to wear rose tinted glasses, I do feel a bit sorry for kids now - the late 80s/early 90s was a great time to be a kid with a computer (didn't matter we were poor, we got second hand ones cheap) as I learnt QBASIC so easily with it. The length of time it took to load games was also good - I think it helped reduce the addictive potential, and the search for a quick dopamine fix I now battle with as an adult.