Lancelot
Release Date  1988/Sep
Original Publisher  Mandarin Software (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £14.95
Disk Price  £19.95
Features  Multi-machine Medium, Padlock Protection, Split-screen pics/text
Themes  Medieval Legends
Other Platforms  Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4 (unofficial), MSX, Macintosh, PC/DOS
Average mag. score  87.67% (3 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  83.3% (26 votes)

Authors/Contributors
     Pete Austin (UK)at Level 9 Computing Ltd - Game Design/Concept
     Mike Austin (UK)at Level 9 Computing Ltd - Code
     Martin Bryant (UK)at Level 9 Computing Ltd - Code
     Christina Erskineat Level 9 Computing Ltd - Story Writing

Review Awards
     "Crash Smash"at Crashissue v.1 #60 - 1989/Janpage 52
     "Your Sinclair Megagame"at Your Sinclairissue #38 - 1989/Febpage 58

Remarks
     The illustrations are only available on the disk version.

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
Lancelot_2.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(None)English
 LancelotPart1_48.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English - part 1 48
 LancelotPart2_48.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English - part 2 48
 LancelotPart3-QuestForTheHolyGrail48.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English - part 3: Quest for the Holy Grail 48
 LancelotPart1_128.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(???)English - part 1 128
 LancelotPart2_128.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(???)English - part 2 128
 LancelotPart3-QuestForTheHolyGrail128.z80.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128K(???)English - part 3: Quest for the Holy Grail 128
 Lancelot.dsk.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     Lancelot.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     Lancelot.gif9,425OriginalRunning screen
     Lancelot_2.jpg29,923OriginalInlay - Front
     Lancelot_Front.jpg118,915OriginalInlay - Front
     Lancelot_Back.jpg152,960OriginalInlay - Back
     Lancelot_Manual.jpg15,363OriginalInstructions - Manual
     Lancelot.txt73,027OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     Lancelot.jpg310,454OriginalGame map
     Lancelot_3.png665,131OriginalGame map
     Lancelot.jpg208,292OriginalAdvertisement
     lancelot.zip0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Hippy Smith - Doesn't play back in Spectaculator
     Lancelot (1988)(Mandarin Software).pok135OriginalPOK pokes file
     Lancelot_Contest-Back.jpg114,426Original? - Contest
     Lancelot_Contest-Front.jpg118,545Original? - Contest

Magazine Reviews
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #15-1988/Decpage 99- Review
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #86-1988/Decpage 114- Review
     Crashissue v.1 #60-1989/Janpage 52- Review: 90%
     Sinclair Userissue #81-1988/Decpage 46- Review: 83%
     The Games Machineissue #13-1988/Decpage 31- Review - not a Spectrum article
     Your Sinclairissue #38-1989/Febpage 58- Review: 9/10

Magazine References
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #6-1988/Marpage 96- News/Note
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #16-1989/Janpage 144- Tips
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #23-1989/Augpage 98- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #83-1988/Seppage 15- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #83-1988/Seppage 85- News/Note
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #89-1989/Marpage 62- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #52-1988/Maypage 8- News/Note
     Crashissue v.1 #63-1989/Aprpage 43- Tips
     New Computer Expressissue #18-1989/Mar/11page 36- Tips
     New Computer Expressissue #24-1989/Apr/22page 4- News/Note - Vessel do nicely
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #29-1988/Jul/28 special "week#4"page 35- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.7 #41-1988/Oct/20 special "week#3"page 14- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #82-1989/Janpage 86- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #84-1989/Marpage 71- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #87-1989/Junpage 69- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #88-1989/Julpage 69- News/Note
     Sinclair Userissue #126-1992/Augpage 34- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #132-1993/Febpage 26- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #31-1988/Julpage 85- News/Note
     Your Sinclairissue #37-1989/Janpage 93- News/Note

Magazine Advertisements
     ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)issue #14-1988/Novpage 55- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #57-1988/Octpage 51- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #59-1988/Decpage 96- Full-page ad
     The Games Machineissue #11-1988/Octpage 25- Full-page ad
     Your Sinclairissue #34-1988/Octpage 32- Full-page ad

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