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Delta
4
1984-87
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Softography
(Spectrum only)
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| Title |
Year |
| Dragonstar Trilogy |
1984 |
| Quest for the Holy Joystick |
1984 |
| Return of the Joystick, The |
1984 |
| Sherwood Forest |
1984 |
| Robin of Sherlock * |
1985 |
| Bored of the Rings * |
1985 |
| Boggit, The ** |
1986 |
| Colour of Magic, The *** |
1986 |
| Galaxias |
1986 |
| Murder Off Miami ** |
1987 |
| Big Sleaze *** |
1987 |
| Guide to Greater London |
198? |
* Published by Silversoft Ltd
** Published by CRL Group PLC
*** Published by Piranha
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Delta 4 was a classic example
of a home-brew programming team - in this case, 15-year-old
Fergus McNeill and his school friends in Stratford. Using
off-the-shelf utilities (in this case the highly-regarded
Quill and Illustrator from Gilsoft), he and
his collaborators - Judith Child, Jason Somerville and Jon
Walker - created a series of well-received adventure games.
Delta 4's hallmark was an extremely offbeat sense of humour,
particularly evident in the Tolkein spoofs Bored of the
Rings and The Boggit. It also stood them in good
stead for The Colour of Magic, the only one of Terry
Pratchett's immensely popular fantasy books to appear on an
8-bit computer.
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