Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail was designed by Christy Marx—creator of Jem and the Holograms—along with her late husband, Peter Ledger. It was released by Sierra On-Line in 1990 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. The game combines text parser input with beautiful EGA graphics—one of the best combinations possible.
Conquests of Camelot is from a time period where few Sierra games were released for Mac, so this was my first time playing the game. I had recently bought a boxed copy, with cover art by Peter Ledger. We took a look at the box and its contents beforehand, and consulted the manual occasionally during my playthrough. Toward the end I also shared an old issue of Sierra News Magazine, with an excellent illustration of Christy Marx by Bill Eaken on the cover, and an interview with Marx inside.
- Conquests of Camelot on GOG
- Conquests of Camelot on MobyGames
- Conquests of Camelot on The Sierra Chest
- Christy Marx
Part 1
It’s officially DOSember and I’m start the month with a classic Sierra adventure game: Conquests of Camelot. Designed by Christy Marx (creator of Jem) and her husband Peter Ledger. This is my first time playing it! I have a boxed copy and everything! 💾
Part 2
OK, so, Gawaine is maybe a little bit dead and I have -40 soul points. However I do have an EGA DOSember shirt and +2 bags of Bundaberg ginger beer potato chips Boltimoore sent me, so I’d say I’m doing great.