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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
History's Twist CodeWriter 1985 English
Hledac - Cesta za Zlatem Mayu Kybso 1987 Czech
Hollis Island Teignsoft 1985 English Solution, Map
Hollow, The Gilsoft International 1985 English Solution, Map
Horrorday Talent Computer Systems ? English
Horrors of Blackskull Mountains, The Hometown Software info 1985 English Solution, Map
Hostage! Jim Toman 1988 English
Hotel D'Amour J. Haynes 1987 English
House on the Tor, The Zenobi Software info 1990 English Solution, Hints
House out of Town Adventure PD info, Adventure Workshop, The info 1991 English Solution, Map
House, The Celyn Jones Software 1984 English
House, The Adventure Probe Software info, Zenobi Software info 1993 English Solution
Hyams Adventure, The Yohanan Hyams 1990 English
I Spy Red Fox Soft Adventures info 1989 English Solution
I Was a Cannibal for the FBI John R. Olsen info 1988 English Solution
I Will Survive! Aztec Software 1984 English Map
I'm Innocent Guild Adventure Software, The info 1994 English Solution
Ice Station Zero 8th Day Software 1985 English Solution, Map, Hints
Immortality Rules OK! Deltoid Developments 1987 English Solution
Impact! Zenobi Software info 1992 English Solution, Hints
In Search of Angels 8th Day Software 1985 English Solution, Map
In Search of Atahaulpa Lee Software 1987 English Solution, Hints
In Search of the Lost Valley Mega-Soft 1988 English Solution
Inca Treasure, The Dave W. Gore 1989 English Solution, Map
Indiana Smith FGC ? English
Inquisitor Bill Clews, Marion Clews 1985 English Solution
Insomnia Ian Hudson ? English Solution, Map, Hints
Into the Abyss Mandarin Adventures info 1986 English
Into the Mystic River Software 1991 English Solution
Island of Chaos Guild Adventure Software, The info 1990 English Solution, Map, Hints
Island, The Grim Reaper, The info 1992 English
Islets of Langerhans Amazing Games 1984 English
Italianate Andy McDermott info 2022 English
Ivan Turkjeff - L'Oro dello Zar Viking info 1987 Italian Solution
Jack and the Pirates Turtle Software 1986 English
Jack in Crazyland Turtle Software 1985 English
Jack in Magicland Turtle Software 1985 English Solution, Map
Jade Necklace, The River Software 1986 English Solution
Jakten i Knäckebröhult Xcellent Software ? Swedish
Janitor Jim Creative Dreams Software 1990 English Solution, Map
Jason and the Golden Fleece Pocket Money Software info 1986 English Solution, Map
Jason of the Argonauts Guild Adventure Software, The info 1990 English Solution, Map
Jersey Quest WD Software 1984 English Solution
Jewel Thief Gilsoft International 1983 English Solution
Jewels of Honour, The Fantasy Leagues 1990 English Solution
Jhothamia 6 David Edgar 1987 English Solution, Map
Jock and the Beanstalk Armadillo Soft 1986 English Solution
Johnny Parker - Quinta Dimensione Viking info 1987 Italian
Jolly Duplicator Cobra Computer Software 1987 English Solution
Jolly Jack's Run Ashore Harbour Soft 1984 English Solution