====== West ====== {{packaging:west_package.jpg?direct|Packaging for Sinclair QL West Adventure}}\\ West is a real-time text only adventure, which was written with a game generator designed by Alan Black. Originally published by [[qlwiki:Talent Computer Systems]] in 1984, this game proved very popular, with a desert maze which changed each time that you re-started the game. The game is based in the Wild West, where you play the part of a sheriff with only a trusty six-shooter and a steed as friends. You are on the track of a notorious gang of bank robbers who have gone to ground near an abandoned mining town deep in Indian territory. They have hidden the stolen loot. Your task - to outwit and outgun the robbers, collect as much loot as possible and piece together clues on how to escape. Can you survive this harsh environment and escape from this gold-rush town? You have to cope with Red Indians, bank robbers and rattlesnakes. Events happen in real-time outside your control - Indians charge, rattle-snakes slither past and robbers appear and shoot you. Originally published for the Atari ST and Sinclair QL computers, thanks to the [[qlwiki:QL2K]] emulator, [[qlwiki:RWAP Adventures]] have now released a version for Windows. It was also advertised as being available for the Commodore C64, BBC and Electron computers. //https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr_WRPLP1rI|Watch this video on You Tube// ---- {{qlwiki:west.gif?direct&240x120 |Screenshot of Sinclair QL West Text Adventure}}\\ Title: **West**\\ Language: Machine Code - using game generator designed by Alan Black\\ Author: Alan Black and Jon R Malone\\ Publisher: [[qlwiki:Talent Computer Systems]] and [[qlwiki:RWAP Adventures]]\\ Year of Publication: 1984\\ Platforms Suitable for: All Sinclair QLs and emulators\\ Commercial Status: Commercial\\ Price as at December 1984: £19.95\\ Reviews: QL User (December 1984/January 1985), QL User (December 1985)\\ Sources Available from: n/a\\ Manual available from: [[http://www.rwapadventures.com/ql_wiki/manuals/west.pdf|Download QL West Manual]]\\ Latest Version available from: [[http://www.rwapadventures.com/QL/west.html|RWAP Adventures website]]