Quest of the Space Beagle
Commodore 64 cover
Publisher(s)Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games
Designer(s)Scott Lamb[1]
Platform(s)Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Release1984: Atari
1985: C64
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Quest of the Space Beagle is an action-adventure game written by Scott Lamb for the Atari 8-bit family and published by Avalon Hill Microcomputer Games in 1984.[1] It's the sequel to Jupiter Mission 1999.[2] A Commodore 64 port followed in 1985.[3]

Gameplay

Quest of the Space Beagle is a collection of minigames about the player finding and returning to Earth after a failed trip to Jupiter in the previous game.[4]

Development

Scott Lamb wrote the game in Atari BASIC.[2]

The manual contains a note about a programming technique used to create the visuals: "One effect employs alternating graphics screens every 60th second, which considerably extends the graphics capabilities of the Atari computer. A side effect of this technique is flicker."[5]

Reception

In an Antic review, Michael Ciraolo wrote, "there is little incentive to get to the next level so the game gets boring quickly. You do the same thing again and again."[4] He also disliked the flickering effect of the graphics. Steve Hudson wrote in COMPUTE!: "The game's programmers have used some pretty fancy techniques to jazz up an already exciting game," and called one screen "an incredibly realistic display".[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. 1 2 "Quest of the Space Beagle". Atari Mania.
  3. ↑ "Quest of the Space Beagle". Gamebase 64.
  4. 1 2 Ciraolo, Michael (January 1985). "Product Reviews: Quest of the Space Beagle". Antic. 3 (9): 80-81.
  5. ↑ "Quest of the Space Beagle manual". Atari Mania. Avalon Hill. 1984. p. 3.
  6. ↑ Hudson, Steve (February 1986). "Quest of the Space Beagle". Compute! (69): 46-47.
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