The Jade Necklace

The Jade Necklace
Game
Main links	Download IFDB IF Archive
Published	1987
Credits
Author	Jack Lockerby
Publisher	Zenobi Software
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genre	Mystery
Language	English
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	PAW
System	Spectrum
License	Former commercial
IFID	0983C7D926FD6DA93DA218D3BFA97A10, 67918CA311E29A9C336CF8968ABC885D
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Trivia and Comments

The original release and Zenobi's re-release contain slightly different puzzles, inventory, and maps.

The IFIDs are from MD5 hashes of the .tzx tape files of each release.

Versions

Original Release

Date: 1987

• The Jade Necklace (Jack Lockerby; publisher: River Software; 1987; Spectrum).
  • IFID: 0983C7D926FD6DA93DA218D3BFA97A10
    IFID links: IFDB
  • This is the original River Software release as part of a two-game compilation.
  • Can be identified by the yellow background and black text.
  • This version was written with The Quill Adventure System.

Zenobi Release

Date: 1991

• The Jade Necklace (Jack Lockerby; publisher: Zenobi Software; 1991; Spectrum)
  • IFID: 67918CA311E29A9C336CF8968ABC885D
    IFID links: IFDB
  • In 1991, Zenobi Software re-released The Jade Necklace as part of a compilation.
  • Can be identified by the blue background and yellow text.
  • This version was written with PAW.
  • Download - at IF Archive

Links

N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.

• The Jade Necklace (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
• The Jade Necklace - at IFDB.
• The Jade Necklace - at World of Spectrum.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|The Jade Necklace}}. This will display as The Jade Necklace (Jack Lockerby; publisher: Zenobi Software; 1987; PAW; Spectrum).

Date: 1987

Date: 1991