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From: dwright@sif.claremont.edu (Dan "(" Wright))
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Subject: Re: ARTHUR AND THE QUEST FOR THE SWORD
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Date: 1 Aug 90 05:33:18 GMT
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In article <45666@etlcom.etl.go.jp>, michel@etl.go.jp (Michel Pasquier) writes...
>I know only this reference:	"Arthur: Quest for Excalibur" (Infocom)
> 
>It might be the game you're looking for. Related to the Arthurian legend is
>also: "Grailquest" [ArtWorx]. I have never seen any of these, though I may
>buy them one of these days (but some comments from players would be nice -
>anybody there? anybody?).
>  ...................................................................
>  Michel Pasquier ........................ AIST/MITI Guest Researcher
>  ElectroTechnical Laboratory . Intelligent Machine Behaviour Section
>  E-mail:  michel@etl.go.jp   .  Tel: 298-58-5964 .  Fax: 298-55-1729

I played Arthur about a year ago (when it was released).  As for appearance--
it has sharp graphics as well as an on-screen map and "smart" hints (it won't
let you see information on puzzles you have yet to encounter).  The parser is
Infocom's latest (better make that "last" :-( ) and best;  the writing &
puzzles are first-rate.  As for Arthurian "accuracy"-- Well, they did a decent
job; the online notes explain some of their more unusual modifications to the
Arthurian legend..like rearranging the geography, and merging the myth of the
sword in the stone with that of Excalibur & the Lady of the Lake (in a rather
odd way, I might add).  Still, it was a good game.

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