| Avalon | |
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| Developer(s) | Steve Turner |
| Publisher(s) | Hewson Consultants |
| Designer(s) | Steve Turner [1] |
| Platform(s) | ZX Spectrum |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Avalon (with the tagline The 3D Adventure Movie on the box cover) is an action-adventure game written by Steve Turner for the ZX Spectrum and published by Hewson Consultants in 1984. [1] Avalon was followed by a sequel in 1985, Dragontorc . [1]
Avalon is set in Britain in the year 408, during the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. The player controls Maroc, a "lore-seeker" who has been given a staff and map by a strange old woman and pointed in the direction of a place called Glass Hill on the isle of Avalon, where a quest to defeat the Lord of Chaos begins. [2]
Avalon involves controlling Maroc the mage in his quest to destroy Avelach, Lord of Chaos. [3] The player's character cannot be killed. The game world is explored by an astral projection of Maroc; if Maroc's energy is depleted the projection returns to Maroc's "physical" body on the start screen, from which the game can be continued. [4] [5]
The game was well received and attained numerous awards from critics.
