Demon Knight
Argus Press Software, ASP Software 1983
- Language:
- English
- Systems:
- BASIC
- Platforms:
- Atari 400/800, BBC/Electron , C64/128 , Dragon 32/64 , Oric/Atmos, Spectrum, VIC20
- Genres:
- Fantasy, misc., Treasure hunt
- Entered by:
- Alastair, dave, Garry, Gunness, Hermski, iamaran, Strident
- Added:
- 20-10-2010
- Edited:
- 15-11-2022
Synopsis
Plot
Travel through the mysterious land in an effort to find hidden objects, rooms and clues.Some may assist you in your quest for the Demon Knight, others may lead to your eventual downfall.
Notes
The original author is not credited. The Atari conversion was done by George A Greenway and published by ASP Software.Also available in Norwegian and Danish.
Jim Gerrie has created a port of the original game for TRS-80 MC-10.
YouTube walkthroughs are available for the Spectrum and C64.
Resources (Upload file)
- Solution (C64/128)
- by Dorothy
- Solution (Spectrum)
- by Hermski
- Solution (BBC/Electron)
- by iamaran
- Map
- by Exemptus
- Further Info:
- Search at Atari 8-bit Forever
- Search at Atari Mania
- Search at Complete BBC Games Archive
- Search at Gamebase64
- Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History
- Search at Oric Site
- Search at Spectrum Computing
- Search at The Dragon Archive
- Search at The Tipshop
- Search at World of Spectrum
[+] Users currently playing this game
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There appears to be an error in the BBC version, as trying to read the parchment just gets the response "I can't read that". I'm not sure if this prevents you completing the game.
I've corrected the READ PARCHMENT bug on bbcmicro.co.uk. But I notice that the CASA walkthrough fails in the Beeb version of the game at CLIMB TREE..?
Water the shoot, not the garden, in the BBC version. New solution posted.
In the Spectrum version and Jim Gerrie's unofficial MC10 port, you need to Search King (not Examine King) to find the rope.
On the Spectrum version you can't examine post or signpost, nor using search. Tried both uppercase and lower case. just does not work. Any suggestions?
Okay, whoever ported this to the speccy, AAARGGG. Instead of Examine, you need to use Search or sometimes Look. e.g, 'search king', 'look post'. You cant 'use lance', you need to 'lance post'. You can't 'spray skeleton', you need to 'blow skeleton'
I am now stuck on crossing the pit, as 'use ladder' does not work. I've tried many verbs but no good. Any suggestions? This is really odd.
Okay, by reading the code, the correct verb for the ladder is 'Lay Ladder'
C64 Walkthrough
https://youtu.be/fowm5dpyaF0
Spectrum Walkthrough
https://youtu.be/R714cPXKzSk
Very compact but crude adventure, relatively popular (in the sense of "known") in its day probably due to the ports. Most versions are buggy. Has a high density of puzzles for its size but it relies too much on guess-the-verb. Not really too playable.