Quest

? 1983

Aka:: ICL Quest, The Quest
Language:: English
Authors:: Doug Urquhart, Jerry McCarthy, Keith Sheppard
Platforms:: CP/M, Mainframe , PC
Genres:: Fantasy, misc.
Entered by:: jdyer, Strident
Added:: 26-06-2022
Edited:: 26-06-2022

Synopsis

Plot

You are in a small log cabin in the mountains. There is a door to the north and a trapdoor in the floor. Looking upwards into the cobwebbed gloom, you perceive an air-conditioning duct. Hanging crookedly above the fireplace is a picture of Whistler's mother, with the following inscription underneath: "If death strikes and all is lost - I shall put you straight."

Note

As documented in An ICL Anthology, Quest was produced at ICL by Doug Urquhart and Keith Sheppard, later joined by Jerry McCarthy. A three-year "hobby" (?) project, the finished System 10 game ended up widely distributed and eventually ported for System 25, DRS 20, CPM, DOS and Windows.

Jason Dyer explored the game as part of his All the Adventures project. At the time of writing, only a later Windows 16-bit Visual Basic 3 port survives; via the IF Archive.