Yenght

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Yenght
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Developer(s) Dinamic Software
Publisher(s) Dinamic Software
Platform(s) ZX Spectrum
Release1984
Genre(s) Interactive fiction
Mode(s) Single-player

Yenght: La Fuente de la Juventud is a Spanish interactive fiction game published in 1984 by Dinamic Software for the ZX Spectrum. It is written in BASIC. [1] Yenght is the first game from Dinamic Software and the first graphic adventure game published in the Spanish market.

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Gameplay

The game begins inside a maze where the player must first find a key and escape through the exit. Once outside, the player begins searching, but must be careful because outside there are several locations that connect with the labyrinth. [2] The game also has rudimentary secondary characters, although perhaps due to programming error, it is possible to talk to them even after death. [3]

Plot

The player's mission is to find the fountain of youth.

Development

The development process was both handmade and homemade - tapes were not manufactured until they had received enough orders to justify them ordering copies of the print covers and making duplicates of the cassette tapes. Originally they received a few tens of mail orders, but this later ballooned into several hundreds. [4]

Reception

El Mundo Del Spectrum wrote that despite its simplicity, the game "overflowed with magic and charm". [5] IGN recommended that players take out a paper and pencil to draw a map and avoid getting lost in the game's world. [6]

Legacy

The game was featured as part of FX Museum's official launch celebrating 30 years of their company's video games [7] - by this point, Dinamic Software had evolved into FX Interactive. [8]

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