ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle

ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle is a completely alternative approach to electronic entertainment. The program is not a game in the classic sense of the word, but an interactive comic book in which we learn about the story prepared by the authors by turning over subsequent pages.

Egreth Castle, once a respectable fortress of King Duncantrhrax, is now a complete ruin. Built on the rocks surrounding the coast of the Great Sea in the north-eastern Quendor, it became a thoroughly bad place. Although the sleeping walls remember righteous husbands, love and royal devotion to the inhabitants of the land, there is nothing here today that would herald order and order. The only master of the fortress is a mighty sorcerer burning with the art of necromancy. The main character of ZorkQuest is a young merchant named Gurthrark. As a result of an unexpected coincidence, his boring life turns into a dangerous adventure. Together with two companions (warrior Ryker and sorcerer Frobwit) Gurthrark goes to Egreth Castle to deal with the evil magician, free the girl he has kidnapped and reach for a great treasure.

The program is extremely easy to use, the control is done with just three keys. The player is free to control the speed of the displayed history: he can skip some chapters or return to them. If you dream of a deeper characterization of the characters, at the right moments (indicated by the folded corner of the page), you can extend the story with facts from the previous life of the character.

Graphics on the knees does not knock down, but when evaluating it you have to take a correction for the year of release of the program. In addition to simple, static images, the game also contains remnant animations. The sound intended to serve as an addition to the visual feast boils down to sporadic squeaks of Speaker's PC and the overall impression is unlikely to improve. Despite these drawbacks, ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle is an interesting reference to the cult adventure game series and every fan of it should face this comic book at least once.

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Last updated on August 14, 2015