

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."
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