Hero Quest was an adaption of the Milton Bradley board game of the same name released by [[Gremlin Graphics]] in 1991.
This game is also based on Games Workshop's Warhammer franchise (as [[Space Crusade]] is based on Warhammer 40k).
This version remained very faithful to the board game, right down to the turn based movement and combat system.
==Gameplay==
The game could be played either individually, or with team mates, each player picking one of more characters from those available - Barbarian, Elf, Dwarf and Wizard.
The computer fulfilled this role in this version.
In its computer incarnation, the game stood up very well as a light-weight [[RPG ]] in its own right(a kind of game rarely produced on Amstrad CPC), and received very favourable reviews.
An expansion, 'Return of The Witch Lord' was later released, consisting of ten extra quests based directly on the Milton Bradley expansion of the same name.
==Amstrad Version==
Technically, Hero Quest is a [[Speccy Port|Speccy port]], or more accuratly a Spectrum co-developpment games (because it is good and graphics were slightly modified).
The gameplay is close to the 16 bit version, yet the choice for a "Joystick as mouse" [[Graphical User Interface|GUI]] is slow to use as it lacks a real Mouse.
Also, it shares the same graphics with Monocoloured Spectrum version, yet slightly re-coloured in 3 shade of Blue. A clever use of the [[Video modes|Mode 1]]'s 4 colours as in [[Head Over Heels]] wouldn't have hurt... Because as it is, the Amstrad CPC's version of '''Hero Quest''' lacks in contrast and visibility.
[[File:Heroquest possible colour variation.png]]
== Information ==
* [http://www.phenixinformatique.com/CPCGAMES/index.php?page=detail&num=1078 CPC game base from phenixinformatique]
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