Software:Ashkeron!

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Short description: 1985 video game
Ashkeron!
Ashkeron cover.jpg
Developer(s)Texgate Computers[1]
Publisher(s)Mirrorsoft
Platform(s)Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Release
Genre(s)Interactive fiction
Mode(s)Single-player

Ashkeron! is an interactive fiction video game developed by Dorset-based Texgate Computers and published by Mirrorsoft for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum in 1985.[2]

Gameplay

The player character is Stephen the Blacksmith who is set to recover five treasures from the castle of an evil wizard. The game has a graphic feature called "walk-thru" where screen pictures scroll in the direction the player travels. The game supports joystick control and has a randomising option where the objects appear in different places in each playthrough.[3]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Amstrad Action70%[4]
Amtix20%[5]
Crash8/10[1]
CVG7/10[7]
Sinclair User3/5[8]
Sinclair Programs70%[9]

Computer Gamer said "Askeron [sic] isn't actually a bad game, just very average [...]".[10] Home Computing Weekly called the game "complex, challenging and witty".[11] Sinclair Programs called it "[a] gripping game, excellent value for money".[9] Sinclair User said "[...] it doesn't have the detail which provides a compelling atmosphere."[8] Your Spectrum said that "Ashkeron is well up to Mirrorsoft's usual standards".[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brewster, Derek (July 1985). "Derek Brewster's Adventure Trail - ASHKERON!". Crash (Newsfield Publications Ltd) (18): 104. 
  2. "Attention All Spectrum Users - Basic Trace". Popular Computing Weekly (Sunshine Publications) 2 (20): 42. 19-25 May 1983. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Nicholls, Dave (July 1985). "Spectrum Adventures - Ashkeron". Your Spectrum (Dennis Publishing) (16): 37. 
  4. The Pilgrim (November 1985). "Adventure - Ashkeron". Amstrad Action (Future plc) (2): 79–81. 
  5. Masterson, Sean (November 1985). "Adventure - Ashkeron". Amtix (Newsfield Publications Ltd) (1): 87. 
  6. Kleimann, Manfred (March–April 1986). "Müder Krieger". Aktueller Software Markt (Tronic-Verlag) (1/86): 86. "Grafik: 0, Story: 2, Vocabular: 7, Atmosphäre: 2". 
  7. Campbell, Keith (August 1985). "Adventure Reviews - Ashkeron!". Computer and Video Games (Future plc) (46): 104. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Price, Richard (July 1985). "Adventure - Ashkeron". Sinclair User (EMAP) (40): 99. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Soft Focus - Ashkeron". Sinclair Programs (EMAP) (33): 17. July 1985. 
  10. C.J. (June 1985). "Reviews - Ashkeron". Computer Gamer (Argus Specialist Publications) (3): 64. 
  11. JGD (30 April 1985). "Reviews - Ashkeron". Home Computing Weekly (Argus Specialist Publications) (110): 11. 

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