Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur
"Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone is rightwise king born of all England" In the days before Camelot, when magic and evil rule England, a sword sheathed in stone appears in a quiet churchyard…
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur is an adventure developed by Infocom, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Apple II, DOS and Mac.
What Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur is
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur is an adventure game developed by Infocom and released in 1989. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, DOS and Mac.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone is rightwise king born of all England" In the days before Camelot, when magic and evil rule England, a sword sheathed in stone appears in a quiet churchyard. Engraved upon it are the words which form your destiny. For you are Arthur. the son and true heir to the High King, Uther Pendragon. But there is more to asserting your claim than wresting free the sword. The sword in the stone disappears - stolen by the evil King Lot. To win it back, you must develop the kingly qualities of wisdom, chivalry and experience, qualities that will also prove you worthy of the throne. And you must do it all within three days, or Lot will usurp your legacy. You are…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.
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