SwordThrust

SwordThrust

Infobox VG
title = SwordThrust


developer = Donald Brown
publisher = CE Software
designer = Donald Brown
engine =
released = 1981
genre = Adventure / RPG
modes = Single player
ratings = N/A
platforms = Apple II
media = 5¼" disk
requirements =
input = Keyboard

"SwordThrust" is an interactive text adventure game for the Apple II computer, created by Donald Brown and published by CE Software in 1981. It consists of seven separate adventures (each sold separately) and is the commercial successor to Brown's "Eamon" (1980).

Premise

Players take on the role of a warrior/adventurer in the magical, feudal world of Diurla. Play begins at the Main Hall of the Guild of Free Rogues, where the player creates a character, buys equipment and learns spells before venturing out to gain wealth and experience. Each scenario has a different goal, and typically a time limit. A save option is available, allowing the player to suspend the game and pick it up later.

Adventures

Seven separate adventures were released for the "SwordThrust" system:
# "The King's Testing Ground" by Donald Brown. Intended for "beginning rogues", this adventure is the equivalent of Eamon's "Beginners Cave" and contains relatively easy opponents.
# "The Vampyre Caves" by Donald Brown
# "The Kidnappers Cove" by Donald Brown
# "The Case of the Sultan's Pearl" by Donald Brown
# "The Green Plague" by Donald Brown
# "The Eternal Curse" by Donald Brown
# "The Hall of Alchemie" by Peter Wityk

Reception

A review in Computer Gaming World praised the game's deviance from the typical Dungeons & Dragons character class system, instead allowing a character to advance in any skill, closer in style to RuneQuest. [Citation
last = Maloy
first = Deirdre
year= 1982
title= The SwordThrust series: A survey
periodical= Computer Gaming World
issue= Jan-Feb 1982
pages= 2
]

ee also

* "Eamon", the non-commercial predecessor to "SwordThrust".

References

External links

* [http://www.eamontales.com/ Donald Brown, Creator of Eamon]
* [http://www.eamonag.org/ Eamon Adventurer's Guild Online]


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