Programming

GemQuest was written by Peter Cherna between 1981 and 1985, but never published before now.

It was developed in Z-80 assembler, using the M-ZAL 2.0 editor/assembler, and a version of the M-ZAL linker that Peter modified. Also, Peter developed several small tools to manage incorporation of the data and imagery.

An earlier version, called "Dungeon", was written by Peter in Level II BASIC with some assembler routines.

Artwork

Monster concepts and drawings by Peter and Tim Cherna.

Trailer and Website

Trailer created by Peter Cherna in iMovie.

Website created by Peter Cherna in Google Sites.

Screenshots and gameplay video snippets taken from running code in the trs80gp emulator.

Header photo by Naphtali Marshall on Unsplash.

Contact

Contact me at peter@cherna.com

History of GemQuest

Read more on the development of GemQuest at History of GemQuest.