Flimbo's Quest
| Flimbo's Quest | |
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| Developer(s) | System 3 |
| Publisher(s) | System 3 |
| Designer(s) | Roger Schuttelaar, Laurens van der Donk |
| Artist(s) | Arthur van Jole |
| Composer(s) | Johannes Bjerregaard [C64], Reyn Ouwehand [C64 loader music], Charles Deenen [Amiga port], Steve Wetherill [Atari ST port] |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 |
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| Genre(s) | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Flimbo's Quest is a 2D platform game published by British publishing house System 3 (later renamed to Studio 3 Interactive) for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC. A ZX Spectrum version was produced but never released. The game itself was developed by Laurens van der Donk in the Netherlands who was involved in the Demoscene being in both Boys Without Brains (BWB) and Hotline.
The music was put together by developers Maniacs of Noise. The original C64 music is composed by Johannes Bjerregaard with an exception of a loader music which was composed by Reyn Ouwehand (he later released a remix of this song).
The mad scientist Fransz Dandruff has created a machine that draws the life energy from its victim for him, thus extending his life indefinitely. Dandruff kidnaps Pearly, beauty queen of Dewdropland, to provide this energy. Her boyfriend Flimbo sets out to save her.
The player controls Flimbo through seven distinct levels, collecting scrolls for the wizard Dazz Bazian, to allow him to create a spell that will send Flimbo to the next level. The levels are free-roaming, and some exploration is necessary to find the scrolls from enemies dotted around the lair, as well as other secrets such as banks and various power-ups: a super weapon, which extends the range and power of Flimbo's shooting enabling longshots to be fired across the screen, invulnerability which lasts for 30 seconds—this does not protect from water or holes—and in level 6, hourglasses which add 2 minutes to the time limit. All of these can be bought in Dazz's shops, along with individual letters or complete words of the code. Hearts can also be obtained in 5 colours to give the player an extra life, again these can be taken from enemies in the game.
Flimbo's Quest takes place over seven levels: a normal rural landscape, a fishing village, a mountain landscape, a weird alien world, a forest, a graveyard and Fransz Dandruff's laboratory. There are two different background musics, which alternate between the levels.
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