Forest Escape - A Knight's Quest (SEGA Master System)

In a land shrouded in legend and mystery, a small but courageous knight named Wee is known throughout the kingdom for his unwavering determination and unyielding spirit. But today, he faces a challenge unlike any he has encountered before.

After a daring escape from the clutches of a haunted castle, Wee finds himself deep within the heart of an enchanted forest. The towering trees, gnarled and ancient, seem to whisper secrets of forgotten times. The moonlight casts eerie shadows, and an eerie mist hangs in the air, making the forest come alive with an otherworldly aura.

Little does Wee know that this forest is enchanted, and its inhabitants are far from ordinary. Spiders, with eyes that glow like precious gems, scuttle in the moon's silver light. Bats, their wings like dark shadows against the night sky, circle overhead, guarding the forest's secrets. Magical flowers and mushrooms, both helpful and hindering, dot the landscape.

But Wee has a purpose – to escape this mystical maze of trees, collect as many gleaming gold coins as he can find, and unlock the path to freedom. To do so, he needs to find four keys hidden deep within the forest to unlock four ancient chests that hold the secrets to his escape.

With only his determination to guide him, Wee embarks on a daring adventure to navigate this perilous forest, battling creatures of the night, collecting treasures, and searching for the elusive keys. Time is of the essence as Wee seeks his way out of this enchanted labyrinth, with only the distant echoes of the haunted castle fading behind him.

Join Wee on his quest as he faces the challenges of the enchanted forest, with magical flowers and mushrooms both aiding and obstructing his path. Having just narrowly escaped the haunting horrors of the castle, will he find the four keys, unlock the four chests, and make his escape with the coveted gold coins, or will he become just another legend lost in the woods? The fate of our small knight, Wee, rests in your hands as you embark on this thrilling journey into the unknown.

Tips

• Pause the game to study each level before clearing it
• All gold can be collected, but some may require antigrav-shrooms
• Shrooms regrow on the level where you lose a life

Credits

• Coding - IrataHack
• Graphics & Level Design - Crayon, Craig Stevenson, 1stage
• Music & SoundFx - Undertaker, rnR T.A.D., IrataHack
• Cover art - Richard Langford
• Calstone Font - DamienG
• ZX0 Decompression - Einar Saukas, Maxim

Tools and Utilities

• Level design - Tiled 
• Level map  conversion - Gfx2Next
• Tile & sprite conversion - png2tile
• AY music - Vortex Tracker 2.5
• AY sound FX - AY Sound FX Editor (Improved)
• Tilemap splitter/compressor - SplitMap