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A Harvesting Moon

A text adventure that was later re-released with some added graphics. The game was created using Gilsoft's Quill. You tell the game what you want to do by typing instructions via keyboard and the parser is…

31 December 1985

A Harvesting Moon is an adventure, released 31 December 1985 on ZX Spectrum.

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What A Harvesting Moon is

A Harvesting Moon was released in 1985. It was published by 8th Day Software. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You play as a child who has been seperated from the parents while visiting a spooky manor house, and have to try and work through some paranormal puzzles to get back to them before the manor grounds close at 5pm.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

A Harvesting Moon launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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When did A Harvesting Moon come out?
A Harvesting Moon was released on 31 December 1985 for ZX Spectrum.

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