Guild of Thieves (The)

Information

Genre

Adventure - Text / Graphics

Language

[unknown]

Controls

Keyboard, Mouse

Players

1

Resolution

Low, Medium, High

Programmer(s)

[unknown]

Graphic Artist(s)

Quilley, Geoff, Humphries, Tristan, MacLean, Duncan

Game design

Steggles, Robert

Musician(s)

[n/a]

Sound FX

[unknown]

Dump

Missing dump(s)

Year

1987

Publisher

Firebird (USA)

Distributor

-

Developer

Magnetic Scrolls

Licensed from

-

Software

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, 0.5MB

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.1/10 · Votes: 34 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 2,208

Screenshots (4)

Article (1)

Anita Sinclair interview

Tips (2)

Trivia (4)

Awards:

British Micro Computing Awards: Game of the Year 1987
Golden Joystick Awards: Adventure Game of the Year 1988

Conversion - Atari 8-bit

Graphics

Features up to 143 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)
Features up to 19 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)

Origins

When the packaging was designed, Magnetic Scrolls were about to include a piece of chewing gum as a freebie. Idea got not implemented further because they would have to print sell-by date on the packaging! (Source: ST Format issue 3)

Book / Magazine Reviews (1)

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · May, 1987