- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Jonathan Mestel, Peter D. Killworth
- Platforms:
- BBC/Electron
- Genres:
- Fantasy, misc.
- Related:
- 1: Philosopher's Quest, 2: Castle of Riddles
- Entered by:
- Gunness
- Added:
- 01-08-2014
- Edited:
- 19-08-2016
Synopsis
Plot
Welcome to the adventure
Philosopher's Quest, an "intelligent" adventure where the player explores a strange land full of weird and unlikely things, some dangerous, some even magical.
In this new and authentic game the concept of the adventure is exploited to the full, and extended to include abstract thought as a means to progress and survival. However, wild speculation will get you nowhere, you have to use your wits! The objective is to find all the treasures and bring them back to where you began, but in the meantime you have to sift clues, weigh up risks, spot magic words and remember which way you came!
Notes
This is a heavily cut-down version of the
mainframe original. It has been claimed that some of the leftover material was used for
Castle of Riddles, but this has been
disputed: "The two originals were Castle of Riddles and Countdown to Doom. The former feels very much like Philosopher’s Quest II, although it is a completely original effort and not, as is sometimes reported, derived à la Zork II and III from yet-unused sections of Philosopher’s Quest‘s mainframe source, Brand X."
The
full game was later released for various platforms by Topologika.