The Quill

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The Quill
Release date: 1983
Made by: Gilsoft
Graeme Yeandle
Runs on: ZX Spectrum
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 400
Atari 800
Commodore 64
Oric
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The Quill (AKA: AdventureWriter) is a very early tool for writing text adventures, originally released for the ZX Spectrum, but later ported to a bunch of other computers.

It was succeeded by the Professional Adventure Writer (PAW).

Expansions

  • 1984 - The Illustrator - Allows use of graphics.
  • 1985 - The Patch - Split-screen / graphics and text on one screen.
  • 1986 - The Press- Text compression.

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