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The Spectrum version was programmed by his twin brother Matthew Kempthorne, and the Amstrad version was programmed by Matthew Kempthorne and David Vivian. A version of Wriggler was developed for the Enterprise (ported directly from the Amstrad version), but not released. An article on The Making of Wriggler appeared in issue 114 of Retro Gamer ...
Spectrum Games is the trading name of a small company that designs role-playing games (RPGs). It was founded in 2000 (as Spectrum Game Studios, which is still the company's legal name) by Cynthia Celeste Miller and Sabrina Belle (the latter of whom is no longer involved). In 2002, Eddy Webb was brought into the fold and soon became vice-president.
Everyone's a Wally was the first arcade adventure game to feature multiple playable characters: Wally Week (a builder and handyman), Wilma (his wife), Tom (a punk mechanic), Dick (a plumber) and Harry (a hippie electrician). [2] Herbert, the baby son of Wally and Wilma, appeared in the game as a mobile hazard NPC. The player can change ...
The game is set inside the warlock's castle, with the game's primary objective being finding four pieces of a magic scroll. This allows the alchemist to use the "Spell of Destruction" to defeat the warlock. The alchemist can transform into a golden eagle, requiring the use of spell energy. Transforming between the two is essential to completing ...
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.
Dragontorc is an action-adventure game developed by Steve Turner's Graftgold and released for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum by Hewson Consultants in 1985. It is a sequel to 1984's Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie. The hero of Avalon, Maroc the Mage, returns to defeat an evil witch and save Britain. The game was well received by critics.
Crash described the Spectrum version of the game as "one of the best [Dizzy games] so far" and an "essential purchase". [7] The gameplay was described as being very similar to the previous games in the series though the Crash review still praised the addictive nature of the game and the colourful graphics and sounds.
The game runs on the Amstrad CPC, BBC model B, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. It is loosely based on the 1983 award-winning children's novel of the same name by Terry Jones . [ 1 ] A number of characters and items in the game are drawn from the novel, although the plot is completely different.