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Jewels of Darkness: Adventure Quest

The sequel to Colossal Adventure is an interactive fiction game with a VERB NOUN interface. The fantasy setting takes a clear influence from Lord of the Rings. After centuries of harmony, Middle Earth has hit…

31 December 1982

Jewels of Darkness: Adventure Quest is an adventure developed by Level 9 Computing, released 31 December 1982 on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Jewels of Darkness: Adventure Quest is

Jewels of Darkness: Adventure Quest is an adventure game developed by Level 9 Computing and released in 1982. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The sequel to Colossal Adventure is an interactive fiction game with a VERB NOUN interface. The fantasy setting takes a clear influence from Lord of the Rings. After centuries of harmony, Middle Earth has hit problems due to a cataclysmic sequence of events - a crop failure leading to animals turning violent, and then an attack from a mysterious enemy to the north. The evil Demon Lord Alagiarept is discovered to be responsible, and as such the Wizards are given a week to beat him, before Middle Earth must surrender. You play a rookie magician with Meditation, Mysticism and Moneymaking skills. While the main war goes on, you attempt a much bolder mission - locate the four…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Jewels of Darkness: Adventure Quest launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Xevious.

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When did Jewels of Darkness: Adventure Quest come out?
Jewels of Darkness: Adventure Quest was released on 31 December 1982 for Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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