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Jewels Of Darkness
''Jewels of Darkness'' is a trilogy of text adventure games by Level 9. The individual games were initially released separately in 1982. They featured some themes and names inspired by the books of J. R. R. Tolkien and so became known as the '' Middle-Earth Trilogy''. The individual releases were available for the BBC Micro unlike the compilation. In 1986 the three games were revised, expanded and rereleased together as a compilation. For legal reasons the references to Middle Earth were removed and the trilogy was retitled ''Jewels of Darkness''. The games include simple static graphics. The games ''Colossal Adventure'' An expanded version of the original '' Adventure'' by Will Crowther and Don Woods ''Adventure Quest'' Similar in structure to the previous game, the player must defeat the Dark Lord, Agaliarept. ''Dungeon Adventure'' A continuation of the previous game; following the defeat of the Dark Lord, Agaliarept, the player must explore his dungeon looking for treas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Level 9 Computing
Level 9 was a British developer of computer software, active between 1981 and 1991. Founded by Mike, Nicholas and Pete Austin, the company produced software for the BBC Micro, Nascom, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Oric, Atari, Lynx 48k, RML 380Z, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga, Apple II, Memotech MTX, and Enterprise platforms and is best known for its successful text adventure games until a general decline in the text adventure market forced their closure in June 1991. Level 9's first release was an extension to Nascom BASIC called ''Extension Basic''. The first game, also for the Nascom, was called ''Fantasy'' and was similar to ''Valhalla'', but with no graphics. Other products from that era were ''Missile Defence'', ''Bomber'' and ''Space Invasion'' — all for the Nascom. The tapes were duplicated and sent out by mail order by the brothers based on orders generated by the classified advertisements they ran in the ''Computing Today'' magazine. They were originally based in High Wyco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |