Scapeghost

Scapeghost is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in 1989. It was the last text adventure game by the company to be published.

Scapeghost
Developer(s)Level 9
Publisher(s)Level 9
Platform(s)Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum[1]
Release1989
Genre(s)Interactive fiction
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

The player takes the role of police detective Alan Chance, who was killed in the line of duty, but has now returned as a ghost. His partner is still missing, and his colleagues believe it was Chance's incompetence that led to his own death. The ghost of Chance has three nights to solve the crime that cost him his life, restore his reputation and save his partner.[2]

Publication history

Level 9 Computing published videogames between 1981 and 1991. Scapeghost, designed by Peter Austin, was the last text adventure game they released.[2] It was released for a wide range of machines, including Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and 128 and IBM PC.[2]

Gameplay

The game is a standard text adventure with limited graphics on some platforms.

Reception

In the February–March 1990 edition of Games International, John Harrington commented that "the humour and atmosphere of Scapeghost kept me in good spirits." He concluded by rating the game a below average 6 out of 10, and the graphics a poor 5 out of 10, saying, "Hardened adventurers would probably not find it too challenging."[2]

References
  1. Scapeghost at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier
  2. Harrington, John (February–March 1990). "Scapeghost". Games International. No. 13. p. 46.


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