Game Classification

Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur Infocom (Bob Bates) (U.S.A.), Infocom (U.S.A.), 1989  

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Classification

VIDEO TOY

Keywords

Adventure - Interactive fiction - Interactive fiction with graphics - Medieval fantasy - Puzzle-solving

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Storytelling

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Play-based
(designed without stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick DESTROY : explanation of this brick MANAGE : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick RANDOM : explanation of this brick SELECT : explanation of this brick WRITE : explanation of this brick
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Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur is an interactive fiction computer game written by Bob Bates and published by Infocom in 1989. Typically for an Infocom title, it was released for many popular computer platforms of the time, such as the Macintosh, PC, and the Apple II series. Quite atypically for an Infocom product, it featured illustrations of locations, characters and objects within the game. It is Infocom's thirty-fourth game. [source:wikipedia]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Amiga - Apple II - Macintosh - PC (Dos)

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