Shrewsbury Key

Moby ID: 83395

Released

September 1986 on ZX Spectrum

Credits

2 people

Publishers

Players Software

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 1 players

Genre: Adventure
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay: Interactive fiction / text adventure
Interface: Text parser
Setting: Contemporary

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Cassette Tape
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Players Supported: 1 Player

Description

Shrewsbury Key is a traditional text adventure where you tell the game what you want to do via a textual interface and the parser is based on verb / noun input.

The premise of this game is somewhat unusual, in that while the objective could be categorised as the typical treasure hunt (with the objective to find the diamond encrusted key of Shrewsbury), the game is more about the journey from the York train station to Shrewsbury and the encounters you have along the way.

Credits (ZX Spectrum version)

Written by	Mark Gipson
Produced by	Richard Paul Jones

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MobyGames ID: 83395

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Game added by S Olafsson.

Game added February 9, 2017. Last modified February 22, 2023.