Quest Adventure

{{Short description|1983 video game}}

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| title = Quest Adventure

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| publisher = Hewson Consultants

| designer = Kim Topley{{cite web |title=Quest Adventure |url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6839/ZX-Spectrum/Quest_Adventure |website=Spectrum Computing}}

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| platforms = ZX Spectrum

| released = 1983

| genre = Adventure

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Quest Adventure is an adventure video game written by Kim Topley for the ZX Spectrum and published by Hewson Consultants in 1983.

Gameplay

Quest Adventure is a game in which the player must locate a map and an ancient scroll.

Reception

Daniel T Canavan reviewed Quest for Imagine magazine, giving positive remarks to its gameplay and said that adventure fans will enjoy this title.{{cite journal | last = Canavan | first = Daniel T | title = Game Reviews | type = review | journal = Imagine | issue = 19 | pages = 22 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. | date = October 1984}}

Hewson expected players to be able to solve this game within six months, but 15-year old gamer Frazer Hubbard and his cousin solved Quest Adventure in only six weeks.[https://archive.org/details/MicroAdventurer04-Feb84/page/n7/mode/2up Teenager completed program in record time] Hubbard soon joined Crash{{'}}s team of young reviewers for adventure games, and also helped launch an Adventurer's Help Line.[https://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/news.htm Adventure Wizard in Help Line]

Reviews

  • Crash{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-01/page/n63/mode/2up | title=Crash Magazine Issue 01 | date=February 1984}}
  • Games Computing{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/games-computing/8402/page/37/mode/2up | title=Games Computing}}
  • Home Computing Weekly{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/home-computing-weekly-038/page/n47/mode/2up | title=Home Computing Weekly Magazine Issue 038}}
  • Sinclair User{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-020/page/n40/mode/2up | title=Sinclair User Magazine Issue 020 | date=November 1983}}

References

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