Custerd's Quest
Release Date  1986
Original Publisher  Alpha-Omega Software (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated
Max. Players  1
Authored with  The Quill Adventure System
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX  1.99
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Average mag. score  76.67% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  80.7% (15 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - The Power House (UK)(1986)

Authors/Contributors
     Craig Richard Davies (UK) - ?
     Phil Gascoine - Inlay/Poster Art
     Tim White (UK) - ?

Review Awards
     "Crash Smash"at Crashissue v.1 #44 - 1987/Seppage 67

Credits
     Phil Gascoine is the inlay artist for the Alpha-Omega release.
Tim White is the inlay artist for the Power House release.

Remarks
     Comes with a free audio track by H.E.X.

Remarks
     The Adventureland website reports: "There were in fact, 2 versions of "Custerds Quest". The first, written in the Summer of 1986, was accepted and released by Alpha Omega, the then budget arm of the software company CRL. Half a year later, AO relaunched themselves as the Power House, and relaunched their games with new packaging. Craig Davies took the opportunity to revise "Custerd", using the Quill's text compressor (The Press) which had been released in the meantime. The Power House version thus contained about 10k more text, and is the superior."

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
CusterdsQuest(different).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English - (different)
CusterdsQuest(ThePowerHouse).tap.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
CusterdsQuest(ThePowerHouse).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     CusterdsQuest.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     CusterdsQuest.gif4,468OriginalRunning screen
     CusterdsQuest.jpg134,268OriginalInlay - Front
     CusterdsQuest.mp3.zip2,896,214OriginalBonus soundtrack(s) in MP3 format
     CusterdsQuest(EN).txt1,159OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     custerdsquest.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Paul E. Collins (with rollback)
     CusterdsQuest(ThePowerHouse)_Front.jpg409,404#1Inlay - Front
     CusterdsQuest(ThePowerHouse)_Back.jpg320,590#1Inlay - Back
     CusterdsQuest(PowerHouse)_SideA.jpg116,498#1Media scan
     CusterdsQuest(PowerHouse)_SideB.jpg109,905#1Media scan

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #44-1987/Seppage 67- Review: 90%
     Sinclair Userissue #68-1987/Novpage 80- Review: 6/10
     Your Sinclairissue #19-1987/Julpage 81- Review: 8/10

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #75-1988/Janpage 111- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #46-1987/Novpage 108- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #51-1988/Aprpage 44- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #54-1988/Julpage 53- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #56-1988/Seppage 60- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #57-1988/Octpage 45- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #70-1988/Janpage 73- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #104-1990/Octpage 46- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #105-1990/Novpage 38- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #22-1987/Octpage 83- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #25-1988/Janpage 78- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #27-1988/Marpage 85- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #30-1988/Junpage 87- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #33-1988/Seppage 102- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #55-1990/Julpage 54- Tips

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