Key Kwest is currently being rebuilt from a collection of dusty disks and water damaged notes. I estimate it's about 50% complete.
Key Kwest (1984)
Controls
- arrows: Move
Description
Trapped outside your own house, you must search every corner of the neighborhood for the missing keys. Explore, solve simple puzzles, and find your way back into your home!
Restoration challenges...
Recovered from a backup tape labeled 'Kwest Beta.' Some text appears garbled, possibly due to an unfinished translation attempt.
Notes
Gameplay
Key Kwest is a lighthearted top-down adventure where players must track down lost keys scattered across a small open world. Each key is hidden behind minor obstacles, requiring exploration and problem-solving to retrieve them.
Some doors are locked, some pathways are blocked, and there may even be some wildlife trying to get in your way. It’s a simple but charming adventure that should pass the time in a pleasant way.
Restoration Story
I recovered Key Kwest from an old backup tape labeled Kwest Beta. Interestingly, some of the in-game text appears corrupted, leading me to believe it was either unfinished or meant to be translated into another language. Since it’s so short I wonder if it’s just the first chapter of a bigger adventure.
A few oddities remain—some dialog is nonsensical, and one house seems impossible to enter, despite an unused “extra key” asset found in the code. Could there have been a hidden area? Or was this just a bug in the original version?