| An Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold |
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| Aliases | The Boggit |
| Release Date | 1986 |
| Original Publisher | Zenobi Software (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: Text-Only |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Authored with | The Quill Adventure System |
| Original Price | £1.99 |
| Inspirations | Lord of the Rings (Book) from J.R.R. Tolkien (UK) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 80% (10 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| John Wilson (UK) | at The Balrog | - ? | |
| Sean Doran (UK) | - ? |
Review Awards
| "ZX Computing Globella" | at ZX Computing | issue #30 - 1986/Oct | page 87 |
Publication
| Initially called "The Boggit", John Wilson discovered later that Fergus McNeill was working on an adventure with the same title, and decided to change it to "An Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold". |
Series "EverydayTale"
| 1. | An Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold | (1986) | by Zenobi Software (UK) | |
| 2. | Bulbo and the Lizard-King | (1987) | by Zenobi Software (UK) | |
| 3. | Fuddo & Slam | (1988) | by Zenobi Software (UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | A Double Balrog | by Zenobi Software (UK) | |||
| Full version in | The Balrogian Trilogy | (1990) | by Zenobi Software (UK) | ||
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) | - titled "An Everyday Tale..." |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn.mgt.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn.gif | 2,433 | Original | Running screen | |||
| EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn.jpg | 104,049 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn.txt | 808 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn(alternate).jpg | 173,358 | Original | Scanned instructions | English | ||
| EverydayTaleOfASeekerOfGoldAn.jpg | 174,022 | Original | Scanned instructions | English | ||
| everydaytaleseeker.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Paul E. Collins (with rollback) |
Magazine Reviews
| ZX Computing | issue #30-1986/Oct | page 87 | - Review: Great |
Magazine References
| Die Speccy CD | issue 1996/Jan | page 0 | - Solution | |
| Sinclair User | issue #80-1988/Nov | page 88 | - Tips | |
| Sinclair User | issue #82-1989/Jan | page 87 | - Solution - solution last part | |
| Sinclair User | issue #121-1992/Mar | page 46 | - Tips | |
| Sinclair User | issue #122-1992/Apr | page 32 | - Tips | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #11-1986/Nov | page 65 | - News/Note | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #31-1988/Jul | page 88 | - Offer | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #45-1989/Sep | page 56 | - Offer | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #48-1989/Dec | page 77 | - Tips |
Related Magazine References
| Your Sinclair | issue #50-1990/Feb | page 63 | - News/Note (The Balrogian Trilogy) |
Links
| CASA | (Information - in English) | |
| MobyGames | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| RZX Archive - YouTube | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| 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) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
