Wishbringer
Infocom 
1985
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Brian Moriarty
- Systems:
- ZIL
- Platforms:
- Amiga, Amstrad CPC , Amstrad PCW , Apple II, Atari 400/800, Atari ST, C64/128 , Einstein , Kaypro-II , PC , TRS-80 CoCo, Z-Machine
- Genres:
- Magic, Zork
- Entered by:
- Alex, Dorothy, Gunness, m1337sxm-casa, Mr Creosote
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 19-08-2015
Synopsis
Plot
Wishbringer is the tale of a lowly postal clerk in the seaside village of Festeron. Instructed by your oppressive boss to deliver an envelope to the magic shop across town, you discover that the cat belonging to the magic shop's owner has been kidnapped. Unless the stone Wishbringer is offered as ransom, the cat will surely perish! Your mission is to vanquish the evil and restore the town to its peaceful state.Resources (Upload file)
- Solution
- by Gunness
- Map
- by Exemptus
- Further Info:
- Search at Atari 8-bit Forever
- Search at Atari Legend
- Search at Atari Mania
- Search at CPC-Power
- Search at Curtis Boyle's CoCo site
- Search at Gamebase64
- Search at IFDB
- Search at Lemon Amiga
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
- Search at Tatung Einstein Reborn
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Very easy, but so, so charming and enjoyable.
Agreed. I particularly liked the small mailbox that followed you around. Some really nice puzzles, too. Being able to solve an actual Infocom game without too much hassle always made me feel good about myself ;)
And let's not forget that it was meant for beginners. Good to see that - unlike, e.g., Seastalker - Infocom could write a good beginner's game.
Magical, in more than one sense. The design is full of brilliant touches and details well worth exploring. The narrative flow is delivered in a seamless way that was later much imitated, but rarely achieved.