| The Orb |
| Aliases | In Search of the Orb The Crystal Orb |
| Release Date | 1983 |
| Original Publisher | CRL Group PLC (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: RPG |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Inspired by | The Valley |
| Original Price | £5.95 |
| Martijn's WoS score | 73% (10 votes) |
Remarks
| "In Search of the Orb" was bought by CRL from a freelance programmer, and they were unaware that it wasn't an original program -- until Argus sued them for breach of copyright, whereupon they withdrew the game and settled out of court (the damages they paid were said to be "substantial"). |
Remarks
| SPOT: cf. The Valley (Argus Press) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | OrbThe.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| OrbThe.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| OrbThe.gif | 4,274 | Original | Running screen | |||
| OrbThe_Front.jpg | 302,509 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| OrbThe_Back.jpg | 238,631 | Original | Inlay - Back | - Single jewel case | ||
| OrbThe_Media.jpg | 85,131 | Original | Media scan | |||
| OrbThe(EN).txt | 2,288 | Original | Instructions | English |
Magazine References
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.2 #23-1983/Jun/9 special "week#2" | page 5 | - News/Note |
Magazine Advertisements
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.2 #1-1983/Jan/6 special "week#1" | page 4 | - Advert | |
| ZX Computing | issue #5-1983/Feb | page 93 | - Advert | |
| ZX Computing | issue #6-1983/Apr | page 116 | - Advert |
Links
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| The Tipshop | (Tips, Maps, Solutions, Cheats, Pokes) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
