Voyage into the Unknown
Encyclopedia
Voyage into the Unknown is a game released by Mastertronic
for the ZX Spectrum
in 1984
.
The game is notorious for its extremely poor quality compared with other contemporary releases, and for being programmed in BASIC
instead of machine code
as was standard at the time. CRASH
gave the game its second lowest review score of the year, only Kosmik Pirate scoring lower.
Mastertronic
Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99...
for the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
in 1984
1984 in video gaming
-Notable releases:* May 10, King's Quest , the first animated adventure game, the first in the King's Quest series, and the first to use the AGI engine.* June 4, Nintendo releases Donkey Kong 3...
.
The game is notorious for its extremely poor quality compared with other contemporary releases, and for being programmed in BASIC
BASIC
BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code....
instead of machine code
Machine code
Machine code or machine language is a system of impartible instructions executed directly by a computer's central processing unit. Each instruction performs a very specific task, typically either an operation on a unit of data Machine code or machine language is a system of impartible instructions...
as was standard at the time. CRASH
CRASH (magazine)
Crash was a magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published from 1984 to 1991 by Newsfield Publications Ltd until their liquidation, and then until 1992 by Europress.-Development:...
gave the game its second lowest review score of the year, only Kosmik Pirate scoring lower.
