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Lancelot

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2004-02-05

Stats

5,175

Genre

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Amstrad/Schneider CPC6128(+)
Amstrad/Schneider PcW 8256/8512/9256/9512/10
Apple II/IIGS
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari 800/130/XL/XE
Atari ST/E
BBC Master 128/512/Compact/Turbo (Acorn)
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
PC (DOS)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

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Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

KAOS adventure system
KAOS adventure system
Programming, KAOS adventure system
Programming, KAOS adventure system
Concept, Game design

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

- Approx. 770K HD space is required for installation.

- Copy all disk contents to a folder on HD.

- Launch game from HD by double-clicking the 'MENU' file.

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1988
Lancelot
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
1
Rare
1988
Lancelot
Commercial
Full Price
USA
English
1
Rare

Notes

[1] LANCELOT recreates the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. It is based on Sir Thomas Malory'sLe Morte d'Arthur, a reinterpreted compilation of French and English Arthurian legends that were first published in 1485 by William Caxton.

[2] The U.S. version by Datasoft was released several months after the UK release in April/May 1989.

[3] The game manual contains hints for each of the 3 game parts: Camelot, Logris and The Quest for the Holy Grail; a novella retelling the Arthurian legends; and an advert inviting customers to send a SSAE for the "Official Secrets" clue sheet to the game.

[4] The Amiga release of LANCELOT features the following enhancements (particularly compared to the 8-bit versions):
- Colour pictures (use the mouse, with its left button pressed, to slide pictures up and down).
- Picture cache to reduce unnecessary disk loading.
- Recall and editing of previous commands via the cursor and backspace keys.
- Undo command to reverse the previous move.
- Save/Restore game to disk.
- RAM save/restore game in memory.

- An enhanced adventure interpreter which can be used with KNIGHT ORC, GNOME RANGER and TIME AND MAGIK. Copy the relevant game to a new disk and replace the 'MENU', 'GAME1' and 'PICPROC' files with those from the original LANCELOT disk.

Conversion Notes

Several 8/16-bit formats were released simultaneously.
PC versions: 40/80-column txt mode, Hercules, CGA, EGA

N.B. BBC 48K+/Master release was disk only. C64/CPC/Spectrum 128 disk versions featured enhancements (e.g. gfx) over the text-only tape releases

Screen info

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Scan info

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Box scan OCS no. 1

European Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

European Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

U.S. Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

U.S. Release (back)

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

European Release

Disk scan OCS no. 2

U.S. Release [Source: mocagh.org]

Misc: OCS
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Map

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Map [alt]

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Poster

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UK Advert

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Review (C+VG) [1/2]

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Review (C+VG) [2/2]

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Quest

Manual info

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Manual (English)

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Clue Book (English)

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No cheats found.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Amstrad/Schneider CPC6128(+)
No conversion screens found.
Amstrad/Schneider PcW 8256/8512/9256/9512/10
No conversion screens found.
Apple II/IIGS
No conversion screens found.
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari 800/130/XL/XE
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
BBC Master 128/512/Compact/Turbo (Acorn)
No conversion screens found.
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
Conversion BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)

Conversion BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

MSX 1/2
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA mode1

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA mode2

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA monochrome

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3
No conversion screens found.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 8 (Jan 1989)
89%
Dave Ericsson
4
CU Amiga
Dec 1988
8/10
1
Génération 4
6 (Nov 1988)
92%
0
Info
26 (May - Jun 1989)
3.5/5
Judith Kilbury-Cobb
0
The Games Machine
13 (Dec 1988)
66%
Rob Steel
2
Your Amiga
Dec 1988 - Jan 1989
84%
Gordon Hamlett
1
Zzap
45 (Jan 1989)
87%
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
No magazine previews found

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Lore Score: 77%

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