Knight Lore (1984)

Knight Lore was released in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by Ultimate Play The Game and created by Chris Stamper, with Tim Stamper contributing the inlay and poster art.

It is a single-player arcade-adventure game defined by its pioneering isometric 3D graphics. The game supports cursor controls, Kempston Joystick, and Interface 2, utilizing a flip-screen movement system.

The cassette cost £9.95.

The game achieved an average magazine score of 92.67%. It received several prestigious awards, including the Crash Smash, PCG Game of the Month, and PCN Star Game, while also being named Pick of the Month by Big K magazine.

In Russia and the former USSR, Knight Lore was widely played on cassettes. POKE codes for the game were published in the magazine Spectrofon. Later, the game was adapted for TR-DOS and distributed on floppy disks.