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Lancelot
DOS - 1988
Also available on: Mac - Commodore 64 - Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Atari 8-bit - Atari ST - BBC Micro
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- Lancelot is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in 1988. It features static graphics on some platforms. It features static graphics on some platforms. The plot focuses on Lancelot 's quest to find the Holy Grail.
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Description of Lancelot
As King Arthur's favorite knight Lancelot, set out on a quest for the Holy Grail and save a myriad of imprisoned knights and damsels in distress along the way. A welcome change from the difficult Knight Orc, this is a fun, introductory-level game that is well-written and well-paced. The puzzles may be too easy for some, but none of them is illogical or irrelevant to the story.
As one of Level 9's last adventures Lancelot features all of the advanced commands seen in Knight Orc, such as FOLLOW and GO TO. The game seems to be even bigger than Knight Orc, with over 100 locations to visit, all of which are well-described and teeming with various characters going about their business.
One of the best things about Lancelot is the freedom (or the illusion thereof, anyway) for the player to do whatever he wishes, but with appropriate reward and penalty. When the Black Knight challenges you to a joust, for example, you can choose to decline. And if you accept and win, how you react afterwards will have consequences later on down the road. Chivalrous actions worthy of a knight is rewarded with a positive number of points, while cowardice and other ignoble actions will net you negative points. So you can lie, fornicate, and steal your way to the final part of the game, but you'll likely have minus hundreds of points by then and be judged unworthy of the Grail. This is a great system that requires the player to seek out chivalrous deeds to accumulate enough points for the final challenge.
Overall, Lancelot is an outstanding, well-written IF that is highly recommended for novices and experts alike. It's full of fun puzzles, atmosphere, and solid scoring system that probably inspired Sierra's Conquest of Camelot years later. Thumbs up!
Review By HOTUD
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DOS Version
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Mac Version
- Year:1988
- Publisher:Datasoft, Inc.
- Developer:Level 9 Computing, Ltd.
Commodore 64 Version
- Year:1989
- Publisher:Mandarin Software
- Developer:Level 9 Computing, Ltd.
Amiga ROM
- Year:1988
- Publisher:Datasoft, Inc.
- Developer:Level 9 Computing, Ltd.
Amstrad CPC Version
- Year:1988
- Publisher:Mandarin Software
- Developer:Level 9 Computing, Ltd.
Atari 8-bit ROM
- Year:1988
- Publisher:Mandarin Software
- Developer:Level 9 Computing, Ltd.
Atari ST ROM
- Year:1988
- Publisher:Mandarin Software
- Developer:Level 9 Computing, Ltd.
BBC Micro Version
- Year:1988
- Publisher:Mandarin Software
- Developer:Level 9 Computing, Ltd.
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| Lancelot | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Level 9 |
| Publisher(s) | Mandarin Software |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum.[1] |
| Release | 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Lancelot is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in 1988. It features static graphics on some platforms. The plot focuses on Lancelot's quest to find the Holy Grail.
Plot[edit]
Designed by Peter Austin with in-game text by Christina Erskine and Peter McBride,[2]Lancelot describes the adventures of Sir Lancelot as recounted in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.[3] Like other interactive fiction releases from Level 9 such as Scapeghost, gameplay is divided into three parts. Lancelot's overall objectives are to complete the Order of the Knights of the Round Table and ultimately to recover the Holy Grail. The lore drawn from Arthurian legend allows for a vast range of familiar settings (such as Camelot, Tintagel, and Winchester) and characters (like Merlin, Arthur, Guenever, and Lancelot's son Galahad). As Lancelot grows in power and completes quests, several knights and ladies accompany him on his travels, and many of these non-player characters can be controlled by providing instructions through the game's parser. These supporting characters include the Damosel Maledisant, Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Ector de Maris, Sir Tristram, and several others.
Lancelot's first challenge is to face the Black Knight in combat. If he is merciful with him, Lancelot learns that the knight is really the disguised King Arthur, who invites Lancelot to become part of his order of knights. At his knighting the next day, Lancelot discovers his feelings for Guenever, and seeks to prove his worth to her. Arthur tasks Lancelot with scouring the kingdom to recover several lost knights, including Sir Meliot,[4]Sir Lamorak, Sir Bors, and Sir Gawain, many of whom are held captive by rebel lords. To prove his honor, Lancelot must only engage in combat when provoked. The final stage of the story sees Lancelot setting off from Castle Vagon with Sir Galahad in search of the Holy Grail.
Reviews[edit]
- Sinclair User: '... up to the usual high standard we have come to expect from Level 9...'[5]
- The Micro User: 'Lancelot has just got to be Game of the Year for me.'[6]
References[edit]
The Lanceclout Games Game
- ^Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier.
- ^MobyGamesLancelot Credits (DOS).
- ^The Interactive Fiction DatabaseLancelot.
- ^David Nash Ford's Early British Kingdoms Sir Meliot de Logres: Arthurian Literary Character.
- ^'Lancelot Review', Sinclair User, December 1988
- ^Mad Hatter (January 1989), 'Lancelot... joust a legend', The Micro User, 6 (11), p. 36
External links[edit]
- Lancelot at MobyGames
- Lancelot at Hall of Light (HOL): The Database of Amiga Games
- Lancelot at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- Lancelot at C64.com
- Lancelot at the Little Green Desktop
- Lancelot at Lemon 64