ZX Spectrum Screenshot
ZX Spectrum Screenshot
ZX Spectrum Screenshot
The Quest for the Holy Snail |
| Delbert the Hamster Software (1991) / Zenobi Software (1993) / The Adventure Workshop (1993) |
ZX Spectrum Screenshot |
ZX Spectrum Screenshot |
ZX Spectrum Screenshot |
Written by Gareth Pitchford & PAWed by The Spud (Scott Denyer) 'Can you, Sir Godfrey de Glastonbury, succeed where many great knights have failed and recover the fabled Holy Snail from the castle guarded by the Bleak Night?' The Quest for the Holy Snail was a greatly expanded version of the original Microfair Madness mini-adventure and was produced for the ZX Spectrum 48K. It made its first appearance on the Delbert's Hamster Wheel of Fortune compilation released by Delbert the Hamster Software in 1992. A PAWed Amstrad CPC/PCW CP/M version of this title was produced and sold by Philip Reynolds of The Adventure Workshop, it featured on the B-Side of The Life of a Lone Electron. The ADLAN version of the game for Amstrad CPC, produced for The Adventure Workshop (possibly by Simon Avery) is currently unarchived. When Delbert the Hamster Software closed, Zenobi Software took over the distribution of the Spectrum version and it appeared on their Hamster Droppings compilation. An Adventuron version of the original Microfair Madness mini-adventure is available to play online here. The original Amstrad port was "lost" so a new version for CP/M, produced from the Spectrum source file, was created. This '2018 edition' includes several gameplay tweaks & additional hints. It's available as a new Spectrum 48K version as well as the CP/M edition suitable for Amstrad CPC/PCW, ProDOS on SAM and DOS PC. In 2019, the 1993 Adventure Workshop version was found in the Zenobi archives. A new DAAD version of the game was produced in 2019 for the Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, and Atari ST. In 2023 a version was produced that is playable online using the Uto's jDAAD interpreter. New builds have also been produced for MSX1, MSX2 and Amstrad PCW. |
The Quest for the Holy Snail (1991) - ZX Spectrum 48K:
The Quest for the Holy Snail (1993) - Amstrad CP/M:
The Quest for the Holy Snail (1993) - Amstrad CPC
The Quest for the Holy Snail (2018) - Revised Version:
The Quest for the Holy Snail (2019) - DAAD Edition:
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