The Quest for Thelda

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The Quest for Thelda

Developer(s)	Eric A. Wolf
Publisher(s)	Sundog Systems
Designer(s)	Eric A. Wolf
Release date(s)	1989
Genre(s)	Action-Adventure clone of The Legend of Zelda
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	TRS-80 Color Computer III
Input	keyboard or joystick

The Quest for Thelda is a video game by Eric A. Wolf, licensed to Sundog Systems in 1989, for the TRS-80 Color Computer III. It is a clone of Nintendo's popular hit, The Legend of Zelda, with similar (though not identical) game play.

The game is set in the imaginary land of Galaduirl and revolves around a nameless squire who must rescue Princess Thelda from the evil wizard Divinax by collecting the six pieces of Life Force scattered throughout the underground.

It can be played on CoCo 3 systems that have either 128K or 512K of RAM and can be played using either the keyboard or a joystick. It can also be played on a number of different computers and operating systems using an emulator such as MESS.

[edit] Game overview

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

When starting a new game or continuing an existing one, the player will start out from the same position located in the overground. Upon creating a new game, the player will be armed with a small shield and a small sword. To advance further, the player must explore the overworld, a large outdoor map with a variety of environments, fighting an assortment of creatures in order to locate the entrances to six underground levels.

Each level is a unique, labyrinthine collection of rooms connected by doors and secret passages and guarded by a variety of monsters, nearly all of which are different from those found in the overworld. The player must navigate through each level to obtain the six pieces of Life Force along with other useful items, some of them necessary to complete the quest. For example, the third level contains a plank of wood which is needed in order to reach the entrance to the fourth level.