Father of Darkness

{{Short description|1984 video game}}

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| title = Father of Darkness

| image = Father of Darkness cover.jpg

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| developer = Central Solutions

| publisher = Central Solutions

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| engine = The Quill

| platforms = ZX Spectrum

| released = 1984

| genre = Graphic adventure

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| designer = S.E. Roberts

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Father of Darkness is a graphic adventure by Central Solutions published for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. The game is controlled by entering textual commands.

The plot involves Hitler taking possession of the sword of Excalibur during the time of King Arthur, with Merlin sending the player forward in time to the 1940s to defeat Hitler and retrieve the sword.{{Cite web|title=Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=17176|access-date=2021-04-16|website=www.kultboy.com}}{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1986-04|title=Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (April 1986)|date=April 1986|language=german}}{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/Sinclair_User_050|title=Sinclair User 050}}