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OrbQuest: The Search for Seven Wards

While casting a spell to banish the forces of evil, King Cricken vanished in a flash of thunder and the mystic relic known as the Orb was split into seven pieces and scattered through the land. Now, as evil…

31 December 1986

OrbQuest: The Search for Seven Wards is a role-playing (rpg) developed by QWare, released 31 December 1986 on Mac.

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What OrbQuest: The Search for Seven Wards is

OrbQuest: The Search for Seven Wards is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by QWare and released in 1986. It is available on Mac only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

While casting a spell to banish the forces of evil, King Cricken vanished in a flash of thunder and the mystic relic known as the Orb was split into seven pieces and scattered through the land. Now, as evil seeps back into the world, you must travel in search of the pieces to reassemble the Orb and banish it once more.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

OrbQuest: The Search for Seven Wards launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.

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When did OrbQuest: The Search for Seven Wards come out?
OrbQuest: The Search for Seven Wards was released on 31 December 1986 for Mac.

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