Snow Queen, The
Mosaic Publishing 
1986
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- St. Bride's School
- Systems:
- Quill, The/AdventureWriter
- Platforms:
- C64/128 , Spectrum
- Genres:
- Based on literature
- Related:
- Bookware [1: Pen and the Dark, The, 2: Width of the World, The, 3: Saga of Erik the Viking, The, 4: Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World, The, 5: Nomad of Time, The, 6: Snow Queen, The, 7: Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾, The, 8: Archers, The, 9: Twice Shy, 10: Raffles, 11: Alice, 12: Amulet, The]
- Entered by:
- Gunness, Strident
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 22-12-2022
Synopsis
Plot
Loosely based on the fairytale by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. The two-part game follows the adventures of young Gerda trying to find her friend Kay who has been put under the Snow Queen's spell.Notes
Listed with a 1985 release date in some archives; although pre-production versions were previewed in 1985, there is no evidence this game was released prior to 1986 in a finished form.Resources (Upload file)
- Solution
- by Dorothy
- Map
- by Exemptus
- Hints
- by Gunness
- Further Info:
- Search at Gamebase64
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The second foray of St. Bride's is artfully designed and more polished than the first, but the lack of an advanced parser lets the experience down again. A pity, because the game is well written, although once more the difficulty factor is a bit inconsistent.