Swords & Sorcery

Commodore 64 version

This game was advertised to have been released for the Commodore 64 but, as of this trivia's date, no definitive proof that the C64 version ever came out has been found.

Long preview time

It was over a year between the game's first preview (Crash!, October 1984) and first review (the same magazine's January 1986 issue). Despite this, PSS still hedged their bets, with the manual stating:

"Due to the enormous complexity and nature of Swords and Sorcery, PSS cannot guarantee that all errors have been removed. If any fault does occur then please contact us, taking note of the location and nature of the problem, in order that we may correct future versions."

In hindsight, the days of games requiring patch after patch to work perfectly may have been closing in by this time.

Awards

• Computer Gamer
  • February 1986 (issue #17) - Included in the list Spectrum Collection (the best Spectrum ZX games since 1985 by editorial staff choice)