External Links
- Play online (BBC Micro version)
playable online in BBC Micro emulator at The Complete BBC Games Archive
Play this game in your Web browser. - level9.zip *
Spectrum version: SNA/V3/ADVQUEST.SNA or Z80/ADQUEST.Z80
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Application - zx.zip *
Contains Jewels of Darkness 2 - Adventure Quest.sna
Spectrum version, SNA format
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Application - 'The Darkness Rises' novella *Contains jewels.htm
Novella accompanying the 'Jewels of Darkness' collection, by Peter McBride
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About the Story
Adventure Quest is a full scale adventure game with 225 individually described locations. You will have to solve a very large number of problems on your journey to the Black Tower and (perhaps) victory.
To play Adventure Quest you simply enter English phrases to tell the computer what you want to go (e.g. MOVE NORTH, FILL THE BOTTLE or LOOK AROUND), and it acts as your eyes and ears to describe your surroundings.
In fact, Adventure Quest is amazingly easy to play - you don't need to be able to find the cursor keys blindfold or hammer the space-bar for hours. But it may take weeks to solve! Fortunately you can use the SAVE command to store the current state of the game and return to everyday life for a while, resuming play later.
Ratings and Reviews
| Average Rating:    Number of Reviews Written by IFDB Members: 1 |
Adventure Quest may not meet the expectations we have of if today. For example, although it has a huge map, a lot of locations are padding; a staircase may consist of 5 locations when 2 could have been adequate (top and bottom), there are quite a few east-west and north-south passages which could have been shortened. Inventory management is also a challenge as you are limited to 4 items.
Despite all these shortcomings, this is still an immensely enjoyable game. and the reason for that are the puzzles. They are varied, there are plenty of them, and they all have satisfying solutions. I was stumped on quite a few occasions but that was never frustrating because when I finally figured out the solution, it was always logical. There are several different areas within the game, the transitions between them are handled in an interesting manner, contributing to the suspension of disbelief.
If you like old-school if where the emphasis is on the problem-solving, this will definitely be worth playing.
1 Off-Site Review
SynTax
Jewels of Darkness
Everything useful seems to be guarded! There's a Djinn by the oasis, a sphinx by a pyramid and a giant picks the bones of an unfortunate traveller right in the middle of a path you'd just love to use. Avoid those and you can bet you'll run into some orcs! Even the priestess who offers to help you with your quest won't do so until you find and return her sun-dial. So nothing is straightforward.
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Game Details
Current Version: Unknown
License: Former commercial
Development System: A-Code
Baf's Guide ID: 868
IFID: LEVEL9-003
TUID: 42b18ov4c4ao88za
Sequel to Colossal Adventure, by Pete Austin, Mike Austin, Nick Austin, James Horsler
Followed by sequel Dungeon Adventure, by Mike Austin, Nick Austin, and Pete Austin
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Recommended Lists
Adventure Quest appears in the following Recommended Lists:Tolkien's Middle-earth games by Fredrik
Games that are explicitly set in the fantasy world Middle-earth, created by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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The following polls include votes for Adventure Quest:Games With Extended Underwater Sequences by Canalboy
That is games that have immersive (pun intended) sub aqua areas of more than, say ten locations.
Worst IF Titles by diddlescatter
(Sorry, Fredrik, but your poll was such a great idea that I couldn't resist!) So here's the question: Which titles out there do you absolutely hate? Remember, it doesn't have to be a game you've actually played. In fact, maybe it's a...
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