Queen of Phobos
The Queen of Phobos is a graphical text adventure for the Apple II published by American studio Phoenix Software in 1982.
Queen of Phobos
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- 1982
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The Queen of Phobos is a graphical text adventure for the Apple II published by American studio Phoenix Software in 1982.
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• Title — The Queen of Phobos • Publisher — Phoenix Software • Platforms — Apple II • Released — 1982 • Genre — Interactive fiction • Programmer — Paul Berker • Artist — William R. Crawford • Writer — William R. Crawford
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• Illustration — The monochrome graphics of The Queen of Phobos. The game is represented by still black and white line images accompanied by short text descriptions, and controlled by means of two word text commands. The player searches the derelict Martian spacecraft Queen of Phobos for the "Mask of Kuh-Thu-Lu" while avoiding or killing the four looters also searching for the mask.
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The game was well-received, with Kim Schuette describing it as "A well implemented, nicely paced, fast acting adventure of average difficulty" in his 1984 Book of Adventure Games. Margo Comstock Tommervik of Softalk commented that "It's a hi-res adventure, but the graphics—unusual well-done line drawings, not color—are used for a scenario that would do fine as a text adventure, and not for their own sake", concluding "Queen of Phobos offers several evenings of pleasurable, if frustrating, diversion for the adventurer." In Creative Computing, Graham Unwin rated Queen of Phobos a 4/5 for quality of graphics and a 2/5 for complexity.
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- 1.Softalk Publishing Inc. Fastalk. Softalk. 3. 14. November 1982. 0274-9629.
- 2.Wayne Green, Inc. Queen of Phobos. Microcomputing. 7. 1. January 1983. 0744-4567.
- 3.Softalk Publishing Inc. Queen of Phobos: Hi-Res Adventure. Softalk. 2. 8. 37. April 1982. 0274-9629.
- 4.Schuette, Kim. The Book of Adventure Games. Arrays, Inc. 145–147. 1984. 0-912003-08-1.
- 5.Reese Publishing Company. Adventures Through Time and Space. Electronic Games. 1. 13. 52. March 1983.
- 6.Comastock Tommervik, Margo. Queen of Phobos. Softalk. Softalk Publishing Inc. 3. 1. 135. September 1982. 0274-9629.
- 7.Unwin, Graham. Adventures in Education. Creative Computing. Ahi Computing, Inc. 9. 10. 150,156–157. October 1983. 0097-8140.
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