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Games - Quill, The/AdventureWriter (848 results)

The Quill was created by Graeme Yeandle in 1983 and was published by Welsh software house Gilsoft. Various support programs were created over the years which added extra features; The Press, the Patch and the Illustrator. The Quill was the first in the "Gilsoft family" of adventure systems which includes the PAW, the SWAN, and DAAD.

Localised versions were published by Norace in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, all on one disc/tape.

In the USA, the tool was sold, under license, as AdventureWriter by the publisher CodeWriter who included their own graphics system. CodeWriter "grey imported" a French language version to Europe.

Gilsoft's Quill was available for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, BBC Micro & Acorn Electron, Sinclair QL, and Oric 1/Atmos. An Atari 800/XL version was developed but may not have been released.

CodeWriter's (US & French) version of the system was available for Commodore 64, Atari 800 and XL series computers with 48K, Apple II (II, II+, IIc) / Franklin Ace 1000, and IBM-PC (MS-DOS). The C64 and Apple/Franklin version had support for graphics.

Although The Quill only had a two-word parser, a special four-word version was created by Gilsoft for CRL to use in their Bugsy game; although the commercially released version does not seem to implement that feature. Support for four word inputs could be added to Spectrum games by the use of the third-party The Fix program that was marketed by Kelsoft.

In addition to the commercial games produced using the Quill, several games used the system as a prototyping/development tool (such as Dodgy Geezers and Terrormolinos).

There were also games released using (often uncredited) heavily-modified versions of the Quill such as Rigel's Revenge and The Serf's Tale. That particular hack of the Quill, produced by Smart Egg, was dubbed "The Ballpoint".

The Quill influenced many other adventure systems that followed it. It has also been unofficially ported to other platforms. For example, in the early 2000s Zeljko Juric produced an enhanced version for Texas Instruments (TI) programmable graphical calculators. There was an unofficial ZX81 version in development back in 2009/2010 together with a Windows-based editor.

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Title Publisher Year Language Documents
Cuddles 8th Day Software 1984 English Solution, Map
Cup, The Adventure Workshop, The info, River Software 1987 English Solution, Map
Curious Case Of The Missing Victorian, The Stuart Johns 2013 English Solution
Curse of Calutha Zenobi Software info 1992 English Solution, Map, Hints
Curse of Shaleth, The Central Solutions info 1985 English Solution, Map
Curse, The Gilsoft International 1983 English Solution
Custerd's Quest Alpha-Omega Software info 1986 English Solution, Map, Hints
Dallas Nasty John Pitts ? English
Damsels in Distress II Frank McMahon 1986 English Solution
Dances with Bunny Rabbits Adventure Workshop, The info, Guild Adventure Software, The info, WoW Software info 1992 English Solution, Map
Danger! Adventurer at Work! Commodore Force, Guild Adventure Software, The info, WoW Software info 1991 English Solution, Map
Danger! Adventurer at Work! 2 Guild Adventure Software, The info, WoW Software info 1992 English Solution, Hints
Dare, The Atlas Adventure Software info, Base 7 Software, Guild Adventure Software, The info 1989 English Solution, Map, Hints
Dark Tower, The Adventure Workshop, The info, River Software 1992 English Solution, Map
Davy Jones Locker River Software 1987 English Solution, Map, Hints
Day Before, The CodeWriter 1985 English Solution, Map
Day Trip ? ? English Solution, Map
Death Valley Free Spirit Software 1988 English Solution
Deek's Deeds Zenobi Software info 1990 English Solution
Delron Richard Otter info 1989 English Solution, Hints
Demon From the Darkside Compass Software info 1986 English Solution, Hints
Demonstration Adventure Gilsoft International 1983 English Solution, Map
Denis Through the Drinking Glass Applications Software Specialities 1983 English Solution, Map
Dennis the Dwarf at the Funfear RWAP Software, Talent Computer Systems 2016 English
Desert Island Atlas Adventure Software info, H&D Services info 1985 English Solution, Map
Desert of Destiny ? 1988 English Solution, Hints
Desperado Central Solutions info 1986 English Solution, Map
Destruction of the Galactic Empire, The David Ashton, Grant Wilson 1984 English Solution
Devil's Hand, The Compass Software info 1986 English Solution
Devil's Island Gilsoft International 1983 English Solution, Map
Diamond Dr. Laser 1998 Russian
Diamond Trail Gilsoft International 1983 English Solution, Map
Dick Ironside - Attacco al Bunker Viking info 1987 Italian
Dick Ironside - Bronx Viking info 1987 Italian
Dick Ironside - Bronx II: La Minaccia Viking info 1987 Italian
Dick Ironside - Progetto Atlantide Viking info 1987 Italian
Dick Ironside - Underground Killers Explorer info 1987 Italian
Dick Turpin B. J. Curtis 1985 English Solution
Dildo and the Dark Lord R.C.L. Software 1989 English Solution, Hints
Dimensione Sconosciuta Load 'n' Run info 1987 Italian Solution, Map
Diplomat's Dilemma TPUG info 1985 English Solution
Doctor Download Adventure ? ? English
Doctor Goo Spectrum Adventure Exchange Club 1987 English Solution
Doctor Goo and the Samorons Global Games info, Spectrum Adventure Exchange Club 1988 English Solution
Doctor Goo and the Wobegon Affair Spectrum Adventure Exchange Club 1988 English
Doctors Demise Guild Adventure Software, The info 1986 English Solution
Dodgy Geezers Melbourne House 1986 English Solution, Hints
Dodo and Damn R.C.L. Software 1989 English Solution, Hints
Dome Trooper Matand Software info 1986 English Solution, Hints
Domes of Sha, The Adventure Workshop, The info, River Software 1988 English Solution, Map