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Keef The Thief: A Boy And His Lockpick

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2012-09-07

Stats

3,657

Genre

Conversions

Apple IIGS
PC (DOS)
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

OCS

Version info

No
Max 1, Sim 1

Features

Credits

Amiga conversion
Sound driver
Game design
Game design

Hard Disk Installer

No

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Keef The Thief: A Boy And His Lockpick
Commercial
Budget
Australasia
English
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Keef The Thief: A Boy And His Lockpick
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

Known releases: V1.0 (1989), V2.3


TRIVIA: Originally designed and coded for the Apple IIGS by Naughty Dog, makers of Playstation hits CRASH BANDICOOT and the JAK game series. Here's what they had to say about the game:
"Keef was a classic sword and scorcery role-playing game. While we were making it, Andy entered sarcastic text as a place holder for what we believed would be the real text in the final release. EA liked the humor so much that they decided to make the entire game a comedy. The effect that this decision had on sales was no joke, however." [Source: Naughty Dog website, courtesy of the Internet Archive].

Conversion Notes

Based on 1989 Naughty Dog/Electronic Arts Apple IIGS release.
PC versions: CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, Tandy/PCjr

Screen info

OCS

Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

Original Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 2

Original Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 3

Budget Release (front) [ECP] [Source: mocagh.org]

Box scan OCS no. 4

Budget Release (back) [ECP] [Source: mocagh.org]

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

English Advert

Manual info

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OCS no. 1

Manual (English) [Source: mocagh.org]

OCS no. 2

Command Summary Card (English) [Source: mocagh.org]

OCS no. 3

Cluebook (English) [Source: mocagh.org]

OCS

For something interesting in this game go up into the tree houses near the left side of the map. When you see a commercial like screen with a woman in it make this spell: RHINO HORN, BLACK PEARL, NARCICUS ROOT.

Conversion info

Apple IIGS
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

VGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
28 (Jan 1990)
850/1000
Pat Winstanley
1
Amiga Action
5 (Feb 1990)
74%
Steve Kennedy
Doug Johns
Andy Mitchell
2
Amiga Action
16 (Jan 1991)
75%
Doug Johns
Re-release
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 9 (Feb 1990)
69%
Andrew Banner
1
Amiga Format
6 (Jan 1990)
89%
Nick Walkland
1
Amiga Joker
Jan 1990
78%
Carsten Borgmeier
1
Amiga Joker
Sonderheft Nr.3 - Rollenspiele
58%
Joachim Nettelbeck
1
Amiga Mania
Nov 1992
77%
Huw Pryce
Re-release
1
CU Amiga
Dec 1989
82%
Mark Patterson
1
Datormagazin
No 2 (Jan 1990)
8/10
Björn Knutsson
1
Info
30 (Jan - Feb 1990)
4/5
Judith Kilbury-Cobb
1
The Games Machine
26 (Jan 1990)
93%
1
Your Amiga
Jan 1990
65%
Jim Bluck
1
Zzap
59 (Mar 1990)
77%
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Format
3 (Oct 1989)
Preview
0
Génération 4
15 (Oct 1989)
Preview
0

OCS

Lore Score: 75%

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