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1986 · Action-adventure · Adventure

Pyracurse

1986 video game

Released
1986
Platforms
ZX Spectrum
Genres
Action-adventureAdventurePuzzle
Developers
—
Publishers
Hewson Consultants
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Third personBird view / Isometric
Themes
ActionFantasy
Country
United Kingdom

About

Pyracurse is an isometric action-adventure video game released by Hewson in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The player controls the four members of the party, each of whom have different abilities

Daphne Pemberton-Smythe, daughter of the missing archeologist (good at finding things)

Story

The archeologist Sir Pericles Pemberton-Smythe has disappeared while exploring the mysterious ruins of an ancient city in the forests of South America. The player must lead the rescue party to the missing scientist and then escape the haunted city and its sinister guardians.

Development

Pyracurse was designed by Mark Goodall and Keith Prosser. It was released on 26 June 1986.

Mark Goodall, one of the game developers:

Reception

ZX Computing: "It does lack that certain something to make it a classic but it's only a near miss."

Sinclair User: "... a disembodied head and shoulders above most other recent releases."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
ZX Spectrum31 December 1986Europe

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