King Arthur's Quest
{{Short description|1984 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = King Arthur's Quest
| image = File:King_Arthur's_Quest_ZX_Spectrum_Cover_Art.jpg
| developer = Five Ways Software
| publisher = Hill MacGibbon
| platforms = ZX Spectrum
| released = 1984
| genre = Adventure game
| modes = Single-player
}}
King Arthur's Quest is a first-person perspective graphic adventure interactive fiction video game developed by Five Ways Software and published by Hill MacGibbon for the ZX Spectrum in 1984.{{Cite web|url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/12/news.htm|title=CRASH 12 - News|website=www.crashonline.org.uk|access-date=2018-06-14}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/personalcomputergames-magazine-14|title=Personal Computer Games Magazine Issue 14}} There was also a canceled Commodore 64 version.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/king-arthurs-quest/|title=King Arthur's Quest|date=2012-10-03|work=Games That Weren't|access-date=2018-06-14|language=en-US}}
Plot
The game casts the player in the role of King Arthur of Camelot. The evil witch Morgana Le Fey has cast an icy shroud spell on the land since Arthur has refused to accept her son Mordred as one of the Knights of the Round Table. Furthermore, Lancelot, Arthur's best knight, has mysteriously vanished. Arthur goes to ask his old friend Merlin for his help, but he finds the magician's home finds it empty except for Merlin's talking cat then accompanies Arthur on his quest.
The game world contains eight areas: Merlin's Tower, the Wilderness, the Enchanted Forest, the Keep, the Chapel, the Crypt, the Cavern, and Morgana's Keep. Eventually, Arthur finds and rescues the enchanted Merlin, who defeats Morgana and lifts her curse.
Reception
The game received mostly positive reviews, such as in Micro Adventurer,{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/MicroAdventurer13-Nov84|title=Micro Adventurer Issue 13|last=Sunshine Books|date=November 1984|language=en}} TV Gamer,{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TV_Gamer_1985-01_Boytonbrook_GB|title=TV Gamer (1985-01)(Boytonbrook)(GB)|date=January 1985}} and Your Computer.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1985-03|title=Your Computer Magazine|date=March 1985}} However, some others have been negative, such as in Big K{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Big_K_Issue_10_1985_Jan|title=Big K Issue 10 1985 Jan}} and Sinclair User.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-034|title=Sinclair User Magazine Issue 034|date=January 1985}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006536 King Arthur's Quest] at the World of Spectrum
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Category:1980s interactive fiction
Category:Cancelled Commodore 64 games
Category:First-person adventure games
Category:Five Ways Software games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games based on Arthurian legend
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:ZX Spectrum-only games
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