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Final version Ziona Quest X is now available!



The Year is 1023, the call went out for brave souls to come join the quest to help humanity free themselves and return the Earth to her true heavenly glory...

                                        ...you answered.




                              WELCOME BRAVE SOUL!!     

                       
Ziona Quest is a frantic platformer where skill, strategy and quick reactions are essential if you are to complete your mission.


FEATURES:

  • 15 Blistering levels of increasing challenge
  • Detailed colourful graphics and animation
  • Finely tuned and balanced gameplay
  • Every game unique
  • Quality soundtrack by NQ
  • The chance to save humanity!


Ziona Quest runs on any device with a ZX Spectrum emulator or on a real ZX Spectrum 128K computer.

We recommend the above methods for optimal play but you can also play right now in your browser

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The game comes in two parts;

ZIONA QUEST : TRAINING - A short training intro to get you used to the game before embarking on your mission. It is recommended you complete this first!

ZIONA QUEST : GAME - The full game.


EACH LEVEL HAS THREE PHASES:

PHASE 1: WIN TRUTH BOMB

PHASE 2: GUIDE HUMANS TO TEMPLE

PHASE 3: ZAP NEEDLERS / RESCUE BROTHER


PHASE 1: WIN TRUTH BOMB

Collect a ROCK, throw at TV, collect TV 'CORE' and take to the TEMPLE.

Take 3x 'CORES' to the TEMPLE and enter to win your 'TRUTH BOMB'.

PHASE 2: GUIDE HUMANS TO THE TEMPLE

Drop 'TRUTH BOMBS'  in HUMANS path. They will react by freaking out or getting angry. Shoot FREAKERS / FIGHTERS with your arrows to WAKEN them (turn blue) then guide them to the TEMPLE.

Shoot WAKENED HUMANS to change direction, then push them to a ladder - shoot again to make them go up.


PHASE 3: ZAP REMAINING NEEDLERS AND RESCUE BROTHER

NEEDLERS are despatched by a number of ARROW hits or by a 'GOLDEN ROCK'.

During PHASE 3 your BROTHER escapes the MK BEAM and starts wandering around. Hit BROTHER with arrows until he turns GOLD, then touch him to send him skyward - he will give you an EXTRA LIFE and a 'GOLDEN ROCK' which can take out a NEEDLER with one hit!


The TEMPLE LIGHT will FLASH when you can enter and reach the NEXT LEVEL.


THE SUN represents your time limit for each level.

When THE SUN reaches the peak of the TEMPLE time is up.

Keep moving brave one!



CONTROLS

The game is controlled using your KEYBOARD:

Q - UP 

A - DOWN

O - LEFT

P - RIGHT

SPACE - FIRE


PAUSE GAME - 'H' - press any key to resume.

MUSIC OFF - 'M' - current tune will stop.


PLAYER MOVES:

WALK LEFT / RIGHT- press  LEFT or RIGHT

JUMP - press UP

DUCK - press DOWN

ROLL - hold DOWN and press LEFT or RIGHT

FIRE ARROW / THROW ROCK - press FIRE

DROP 'TRUTH BOMB'  - press DOWN and hold FIRE

PICK UP 'TRUTH BOMB' - press UP




EXTRA INFO / TIPS


ENERGY

Your ENERGY BAR shows how much ENERGY you currently have.

A FULL-SPECTRUM ENERGY BAR indicates that you have all of your abilities (player is WHITE).

If your FULL-SPECTRUM ENERGY BAR hits zero you will TURN RED, slow down, loose your current weapon and be unable to jump.

A GOLD ENERGY BAR indicates that your abilities are restricted (PLAYER is RED).

WARNING! If you are hit by a shot when you are RED you will die!

To recharge (when player is RED) meditate - to meditate simply do nothing!

When recharged you will regain your FULL-SPETRUM ENERGY BAR and your full abilities will return (player is WHITE).


ENERGY LOSS

Coming into contact with UNCONSCIOUS HUMANS will drain your energy.

Getting shot by NEEDLER or SMARTGUN will wipeout all of your FULL-SPECTRUM ENERGY instantly.


ENERGY RECHARGE

You can RECHARGE your FULL-SPECTRUM ENERGY by touching a disabled NEEDLER.

You can RECHARGE from an energy wipeout by meditating.



WEAPONS


ROCKS:

Collect a ROCK from the pile on top of the LEVEL COUNTER by pressing 'DOWN'. 

You can only carry one ROCK at a time. Throw wisely!         


ROCKS will have the following effect on:

NEEDLERS : disabled temporarily

HUMANS : changes direction.

FIGHTERS : changes back to Sleeper                           

TV : switches off and releases one 'CORE'. A third hit smashes TV.

SMARTGUN : A well timed hit will disable the SMARTGUN temporarily until your BROTHER is rescued or you reach the NEXT LEVEL.


ARROWS:

You can collect ARROWS from your brother (bottom left of screen) who is trapped under the 'MK BEAM'.

Be careful though as touching him when he is under the beam will drain your energy.

You can fire unlimited ARROWS but will lose them if your energy hits zero or you pick up a ROCK.


ARROWS will have the following affect on:

HUMANS: Change direction

FIGHTERS: AWAKEN

FREAKERS: AWAKEN

NEEDLERS: Disabled for a short period of time.

BROTHER: Raises his vibration and colour until he becomes GOLD


TRUTH BOMBS:

You will gain your 'TRUTH BOMBS' if you enter the TEMPLE after delivering three TV CORES.

Drop 'TRUTH BOMBS' by pressing 'DOWN' and holding 'FIRE'.

You have unlimited 'TRUTH BOMBS 'but can only drop ONE at a time. 

Pick up dropped 'TRUTH BOMBS' by pressing 'UP'.

NEEDLERS clear any 'TRUTH BOMBS' they encounter.

When a HUMAN or NEEDLER hits a 'TRUTH BOMB'  you are free to make another drop.


GOLDEN ROCK:

You will win the GOLDEN ROCK if you rescue your BROTHER. 

The GOLDEN ROCK will take out NEEDLERS with ONE HIT!

You only get ONE SHOT so throw well!



CHARACTERS:


HUMANS (UNCONSCIOUS) - COLOUR: WHITE

The humans are under a spell and wander back and forth staring at their phones oblivious to what is going on around them.

When humans are hit by a TRUTH BOMB they will either become angry and go on the attack or freak out and float around aimlessly.

An ARROW hit will make them change direction.


FIGHTERS - COLOUR: MAGENTA

Angry humans will run around in a dissonant rage. If they get you, you die!

Shoot with ARROW to calm down and awaken.


FREAKERS - COLOUR GREEN / BLUE

Cause no harm and will float around until shot with an ARROW.


WAKENED HUMANS - COLOUR: BLUE

Newly WAKENED HUMANS wait to be guided to the TEMPLE.

Hit with ARROWS to turn them around then push in desired direction.

When WAKENED reach a LADDER they will wait there until hit with ARROW.

WAKENED are SAFE from shots and NEEDLERS when standing under a LADDER.

If WAKENED are touched by NEEDLER they will be put back to sleep.

If WAKENED are shot by NEEDLER or SMARTGUN they will revert back to either FIGHTER or FREAKER.

WAKENED HUMANS will duck when you duck. Handy for dodging NEEDLERS and SHOTS!


NEEDLER - COLOUR: RED

These A.I. controlled Dr.Bots are heartless, soulless and merciless.

The NEEDLER's mission is to keep the HUMANS unconscious.

WAKENED HUMANS will be 'injected' and put back to sleep if caught by NEEDLER.

PLAYER will be killed if hit by NEEDLER

NEEDLERS will remove any 'TRUTH BOMBS' they find.


BROTHER - COLOUR: DEEP BLUE > GOLD

Your BROTHER has been trapped under the MK BEAM but does his best to help you by offering his ARROWS.

When the MK BEAM is cut (when all humans are liberated) your BROTHER will break loose and wander around the level.

Your BROTHER has a DEEP BLUE colour when he starts wandering. Shoot him with your ARROWS until his colour becomes GOLD. Touch your BROTHER when he is GOLD and he will ascend giving you an EXTRA LIFE and a special GOLDEN ROCK.



SMARTGUN

The SMARTGUN is active from LEVEL 4 onwards and fires a shot every so often.

The SMARTGUN will switch off during the PHASE 3 but will re-activate when your BROTHER is rescued.


                                    G O O D  L U C K !!



This game was made using the brilliant AGDX by Allan Turvey which is an improved and expanded version of the original (and also brilliant) AGD for the ZX Spectrum by J.Cauldwell.

Music kindly supplied by N.Q. who is one of the Spectrum's premier composers. Thanks again man! 


In keeping with the spirit of the game it is offered to you for free.

Thanks for playing, we hope you have a great time with it! :)


IAMAI Creation





Updated 10 days ago
StatusReleased
Release date May 01, 2023
AuthorIAMAI Creation
GenrePlatformer
Tags8-Bit, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Pixel Art, Retro, Sega Genesis, Sprites, ZX Spectrum
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard

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Ziona Quest: Training 29 kB
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Ziona Quest: Game - ZX Spectrum TAPE 1 MB
Ziona Quest: Training - ZX Spectrum TAPE 1 MB

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Gracias. He convertido en TAP ocupando tan solo 57K por carga

Buen hombre. ¡Pensé que era más grande que el archivo de cinta habitual!

Very nice game! Our German-language review can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 06:32:47. Automatic subtitles should be available soon (switch on, if necessary). Subscription to our YouTube or Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂

Nice game! Is the *.tap download version already available?

The game looks interesting, I am looking forward to try it out.

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Interesting game !

Nice game!

gracias por este fantastico juego

De nada amigo! Thanks for your support :)

The game looks amazing, thanks so much! Question: is there a chance you can also share it in TAP? It doesn't convert with TZX2TAP and my hardware doesn't work with TZX. Thanks again!

Thanks cabrapreta ;) Have you tried renaming the extension to .tap?

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This won't work. TZX and TAP are totally different formats. You can convert the TZX to WAV by using something like Tapir and then convert the WAV to TAP by using WAV2TAP.

EDIT: I tested the method I suggested above and can confirm it works. I don't see any method to contact you here on itch.io IAMAI Creation so I can't send you the TAP version. But maybe putting such a version in the downloads would help, because many people with real hardware use DIVMMC devices and they work with TAP files. Additionally from the super quick test I saw the game supports Kempston joysticks out of the box. Nice! You should mention this in the description as a feature :)

Thanks for that Chris much appreciated! Will get a .TAP version sorted. Nothing beats playing on an OG Speccy. Hope you're enjoying the game ;)

Thank you both! It never crossed my mind going the tzx > wav > tap route, Chris, that's clever. (And yes, I use both DIVMMC and the non-accelerated Next and both need TAP files).

IAMAI what a great game, finally found the time to play a few rounds, I love the references and the insane difficulty. Many thanks.

You're most welcome. Will be upping the challenge for the expanded version. Buckle up!

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Any news on the *.tap version? Nice game. Thanks

Yup I'm waiting for that .tap version too, thanks!