Excalibur: Sword of Kings for ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum

Adventure text-based legend
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Excalibur: Sword of Kings

Online version of Excalibur: Sword of Kings for ZX Spectrum. Excalibur: The Sword of Kings is a text-based adventure game with color images. The parser recognizes two-word commands and it is possible to explore 29 screens. The game was originally released for the ZX Spectrum and was redesigned for HTML5 in 2019 with tutorial added. The evil witch Crania, was searching for Merlin to devour his power. In her quest she arrived at Camelot and met King Arthur. When she was unhappy with what she had learned, Arthur slept with a curse. Your mission as a hero, is to enter Camelot, get Excalibur and defeat the evil witch...

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Released in
1987
Publisher
Alternative Software Ltd.
Developer
Ian Smith, Shaun G. McClure
Platforms
ZX Spectrum (1987), Browser (2019)
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Excalibur: Sword of Kings is currently playable only in version for ZX Spectrum.

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Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Online emulated version of Excalibur: Sword of Kings was originally developed for the ZX Spectrum an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research. Referred to during development as the ZX81 Colour and ZX82, it was launched as the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair to highlight the machine's colour display, compared with the black and white display of its predecessor, the ZX81. The Spectrum was released as eight different models, ranging from the entry level with 16 KB RAM released in 1982 to the ZX Spectrum +3 with 128 KB RAM and built in floppy disk drive in 1987.
The Spectrum is based on a Zilog Z80 A CPU running at 3.5 MHz (or NEC D780C-1 clone). The original model has 16 KB (16×1024 bytes) of ROM and either 16 KB or 48 KB of RAM. Hardware design was by Richard Altwasser of Sinclair Research, and the outward appearance was designed by Sinclair's industrial designer Rick Dickinson.
Video output is through an RF modulator and was designed for use with contemporary television sets, for a simple colour graphic display. Text can be displayed using 32×24 characters from the ZX Spectrum character set or from a set provided within an application, from a palette of 15 shades: seven colours at two levels of brightness each, plus black. The image resolution is 256×192 with the same colour limitations.

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online game added: 2019-05-10, by dj