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1987 · Stavros Fasoulas · Arcade · Puzzle

Quedex

You play a rolling eyeball in an attempt to find your way through numerous mazes. Each maze features different puzzles to solve and objects such as keys to collect in order to find the destination. There is a limited amount of time to solve each maze.

Released
1987
Platforms
AmigaAtari ST/STECommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXMS-DOSTRS-80TRS-80 Color Computer
Genres
ArcadePuzzle
Developers
Stavros Fasoulas
Publishers
Thalamus Ltd
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action
Country
Finland

About

Quedex is a game released for the Commodore 64 in 1987 by Thalamus. It is the third game developed by Finnish game programmer Stavros Fasoulas. The game consists of ten planes where the player steers a silvery ball and must find an exit square in order to leave the maze-like play-area. The name Quedex derives from the subtitle "The Quest for Ultimate Dexterity". In 1988, Epyx released ports of Quedex for the Amiga and MS-DOS under the name Mindroll.

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The ten levels can be played in any order the player chooses. The game contains features and challenges such as jumping, going through teleports and finding keys that open gates. Only Planes 4 and 8 feature music, due to their more frenetic nature.

Introductory level, teaching the player the mechanics of gameplay. The players roll over flashing squares to reveal a hole to the next sub-plane. It also introduces time-draining electric pools and lifts.

Reception

The game was positively reviewed by Zzap!64 who described it as "an original, beautifully designed and superbly implemented puzzle package". It was given an overall score of 92%, earning the magazine's Sizzler accolade. Commodore User were also impressed by the game, praising the "superb" graphics and sound and stating that it was "a strange game but a great game". It was awarded a 9/10 overall rating.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Commodore C64/128/MAX31 December 1987Europe
Amiga31 December 1988Europe
Atari ST/STE31 December 1988Europe
MS-DOS31 December 1988North America
TRS-8031 December 1988North America

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