QUEST FOR THE CROWN
FRANK BIRTWISTLE STARTED 1986, released 2023. s rare that rediscovered software is this good. Quest for the Crown is the result of an impressively productive summer holiday in 1986. When most of us were lounging around watching "Why Dont You" and eating Quavers, Frank Birtwistle was beavering away with G.A.C in the back bedroom. A couple of copies of the finished adventure game were sent to software companies, but there were no replies and that was the end of that. Fast forward 37 years of attic storage, Frank saved the tapes from the bin, and after a bit of trial and error, recovered the game as a .wav and shared it online. Quest for the Crown is a treat to play. The pictures radiate old school charm, and in full of colour despite being created on a B&W telly. Its a challenging adventure, which flies in the face of text adventure tradition by having mostly fair puzzles. I love that the first action is "GET LAMP". Everything about it is (naturally) of its time, and god dont we love it for that.
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