The Coveted Mirror is a graphic adventure for the Apple II published in 1983 by Penguin Software.

it is up to you, the hero, to find the fifth and final piece in order to break Voar's rule and save the people of Starbury.

[1] The player types textual commands at the bottom of the screen below an image of the current location.

Within a limited timeframe, indicated by an hourglass, the player must search the castle, find objects, and talk to people, and return to the cell by the time the jailer makes his rounds.

The magazine liked the "intelligent" parser with built-in hints and the "remarkably well done yet nonviolent" arcade sequences, and concluded that it "is probably the best graphic adventure of the year".