Computer Entertainer, v7(4)

~1 minute read

Jul 1988

MULTI-SYSTEM Software

ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle

ZORKQUEST: ASSAULT ON EGRETH CASTLE (⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐) is the latest in the new Infocomics series from Tom Snyder Productions and Infocom. Infocomics are not games, but rather interactive entertainment meant to be enjoyed much as one would enjoy a book or movie. Simple graphics are spiced with cinematic techniques such as pans and zooms, and the stories can be followed along different paths that allow you to see portions of the action from the perspectives of different characters in them. This fantasy is to be the first in a ZORKQUEST series, and it sends a small band of travelers to the castle of an evil wizard for an adventure centered around a magic amulet. This is the second of the Infocomics that we've seen, and we found it somewhat less entertaining than the very humorous LANE MASTODON. Somehow it lacks the richness of its namesake interactive fiction series. And it didn't move fast enough for us. Even though there is some user control over the speed of the program, we found ourselves wishing that we could set a faster speed than the maximum permitted by the program. (Even the fastest speed seems suitable only for the average to slightly slower-than-average reader.) (Solo use; Keyboard.) Available for Apple II, C64/128, MS-DOS.

Not recommended. (MSR $12.00)

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