Jewels of Darkness
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Jewels of Darkness is a trilogy of text adventure games by Level 9. The individual games were initially released separately in 1982. They featured some themes and names inspired by the books of J. R. R. Tolkien and so became known as the Middle-Earth Trilogy. The individual releases were available for the BBC Micro unlike the compilation.
In 1986 the three games were revised, expanded and rereleased together as a compilation. For legal reasons the references to Middle Earth were removed and the trilogy was retitled Jewels of Darkness. The games include simple static graphics.
The games
Colossal Adventure
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Adventure Quest
Similar in structure to the previous game, the player must defeat the Dark Lord, Agaliarept.
Dungeon Adventure
A continuation of the previous game; following the defeat of the Dark Lord, Agaliarept, the player must explore his dungeon looking for treasure.
Reception
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"[The graphics are] colourful but they're not great works of art. And the location descriptions and scenarios have always struck me as being good enough on their own."
Zzap! issue sept. 1986[2] It received a Your Sinclair Megagame award.[3]
References
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External links
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- Jewels of Darkness at The Level 9 Memorial
- Jewels of Darkness at The Bird Sanctuary
- Images of Commodore 64 version of Colossal Adventure box and manual at C64Sets.com
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