Dragon Quest, or A Twist in the Tail

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Dragon Quest is an illustrated Adventure written in BASIC and machine language by Ed Churnside. It is just one of the many fine programs available from the APX Classics in Antic magazine's software catalogue. Unfortunately, it is the only Adventure.

The game comes on a double-sided disk. You should begin by booting side 2 as this contains all the instructions. You will be given the option of printing the instructions to the screen or a printer. Choose the printer option if you've got one as the instructions are very lengthy – certainly too much to remember in one sitting. They give a brief overview of the game, system requirements, loading instructions, very thorough playing instructions, technical notes, game playing hints and three appendices. It's a pity that instructions for all commercial Adventures aren't this thorough. The playing instructions make it obvious that the author has put a lot of effort into making the game easy to use. For example, you can save up to ten games on each data disk and this can be on a second drive to avoid disk swaps. You can format a disk or get a directory of the saved games and free space available from within the game, you can keep a record of your quest on a printer (a la Infocom) and even toggle the custom character set on and off (a la Scott Adams).
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