Enjoying this game quite a bit. It works well on a handheld or desktop. I don't mind a challenging game and the mechanics are fun. I lose a lot, but it feels winnable.
I played this on an Amiga 500 and absolutely loved it. I remember the story to be very compelling with lots of exploration, custom characters, and classic gold-box tactics. This is not an AD&D game, however. It truly feels unique. I have no idea if it will hold up, but what I remember about this game is how it was challenging but fair- and that it did not require arcane try-and-fail mechanics that games of the era sometime had. I suspect this is still highly enjoyable! If you have never it before, give it a shot.
The thing I remember the most about the Questron games is how playable they were. Some other RPG’s of the time had mechanics steeped in obscurity and/or requiring physical books, length menus, and laborious load times. Not so for Questron (and if you can find it, the Legend of Blacksilver.) I played the originals on C64 and Amiga systems, and more recently through emulation. I found it just as enjoyable today. There is everything you want in a game of this era: dungeon crawling, random encounters and map exploration, spells and arcade-style fighting, a few fun (but humanely solvable) mysteries, and of course gambling. If you’re too good at gambling to afford better armor, watch out, because the town guard is going come get you.
