Fantasia Diamond
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| Fantasia Diamond | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Kim Topley |
| Publisher(s) | Hewson Consultants |
| Release date(s) | 1984 |
| Authoring system | |
| Platform(s) | Spectrum, Electron |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Commercial |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | Spectrum standard |
| Graphics | Drawn graphics |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Cruelty to be determined |
How It Begins
A simple illustration of a garden is drawn on the screen.
You're in a garden behind a house. There are exits into the house and out through a gate; the rest of the garden is surrounded by a fence. You're carrying nothing. Nearby is a gnome, who's fishing in the garden pond.
You have no obvious goal within the game text. In the original game package, the documentation handled backstory and goal.
Notable Features
- Runs in a split screen. The top pane displays room descriptions, illustrations, and descriptions of actions and events. The lower pane displays player input and parser error messages.
- The parser was advanced for its time and platform, understanding prepositions, conjunctions and simple instructions to NPCs.
- NPCs act in real time, continuing to follow their scripts if the player doesn't enter a command.
Versions
Original release
- Fantasia Diamond, Kim Topley; publisher, Hewson Consultants; 1984; Spectrum.
Links
General info
- Fantasia Diamond - at World of Spectrum.
- Fantasia Diamond - at IFDB
Spoilers
- Hints and walkthrough at The Tipshop.