Fantasy Software
Encyclopedia
Fantasy Software started out as Quest Microsoftware and was one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computer
s, mainly the ZX Spectrum
during the early 1980s. They had a number of reasonable successes in the early days of the computer boom but never became one of the major software production houses. Most of their releases were written by Bob Hamilton.
Home computer
Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming increasingly common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as affordable and accessible computers that, for the first time, were intended for the use of a single nontechnical user...
s, mainly the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
during the early 1980s. They had a number of reasonable successes in the early days of the computer boom but never became one of the major software production houses. Most of their releases were written by Bob Hamilton.
List of games
- The Black Hole (1983) (as Quest)
- Violent Universe (1983) (as Quest)
- Doomsday Castle (1983) — reviewed in CrashCrash MagazineCrash Magazine is a French independent magazine published every trimester that can be found in all major press stores.It was founded in 1998 by Frank Perrin and Armelle Leturcq; Art critics before publishing Crash, Perrin and Leturcq had previously published an art review known as “Blocnotes”...
issue 2: 87% - The Pyramid (1983) — reviewed in CrashCrash MagazineCrash Magazine is a French independent magazine published every trimester that can be found in all major press stores.It was founded in 1998 by Frank Perrin and Armelle Leturcq; Art critics before publishing Crash, Perrin and Leturcq had previously published an art review known as “Blocnotes”...
issue 2: 83% - Beaky and the Egg Snatchers (1984) — reviewed in CrashCrash MagazineCrash Magazine is a French independent magazine published every trimester that can be found in all major press stores.It was founded in 1998 by Frank Perrin and Armelle Leturcq; Art critics before publishing Crash, Perrin and Leturcq had previously published an art review known as “Blocnotes”...
issue 7: 75% - Backpackers Guide to the Universe (1984) — reviewed in CrashCrash MagazineCrash Magazine is a French independent magazine published every trimester that can be found in all major press stores.It was founded in 1998 by Frank Perrin and Armelle Leturcq; Art critics before publishing Crash, Perrin and Leturcq had previously published an art review known as “Blocnotes”...
issue 12: 83% - The Drive-In (1984) — reviewed in CrashCrash MagazineCrash Magazine is a French independent magazine published every trimester that can be found in all major press stores.It was founded in 1998 by Frank Perrin and Armelle Leturcq; Art critics before publishing Crash, Perrin and Leturcq had previously published an art review known as “Blocnotes”...
issue 13: 70%
History
- In issue 19 of CrashCrash MagazineCrash Magazine is a French independent magazine published every trimester that can be found in all major press stores.It was founded in 1998 by Frank Perrin and Armelle Leturcq; Art critics before publishing Crash, Perrin and Leturcq had previously published an art review known as “Blocnotes”...
Magazine, it is revealed that among a number of companies going bust (or disappearing) and owing them money are Fantasy Software, with a debt of £4,190.