''Super Robin Hood'' is a

Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depic ...

-themed

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published in October 1986 by

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. The

Oliver Twins Andrew Nicholas Oliver and Philip Edward Oliver, together known as the Oliver Twins, are British twin brothers and video game designers. They began to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school, contributing their fir ...

developed the game for the

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when they were age 17; it was their first game published by Codemasters. Codemasters offered the brothers £10,000 for the game, because the company expected to sell 100,000 copies with royalties of 10p per unit sold. The twins worked on a single computer in a bedroom of their parents' house. Working in shifts, they coded for 18 to 23 hours per day; they took 30 minute breaks to allow the computer to cool. Sometimes, one brother coded on paper while the other used the computer. The game was well-received by critics, and sold well. After Codemasters asked the brothers to produce another game, they developed '' Ghost Hunters'', which was released in January 1987. Codemasters reworked ''Super Robin Hood'' for the

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, although issues with Nintendo meant it was only released on the four-in-one NES cartridge ''

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''. This reworked version was also released in 1993 for 8-bit and 16-bit home computers as ''Robin Hood: Legend Quest'' to avoid confusion with the original game.

References

External links

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''Robin Hood: Legend Quest''
at the Amiga Hall of Light *
Let's Play Super Robin Hood by the Oliver Twins - 1986
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