History VideoGame / ConquestsOfCamelot

* CrypticBackgroundReference: There are all sorts of details in the game that have no bearing whatsoever on the game, but are just there to add to the atmosphere. For instance, when Arthur is reaches a fountain in the desert, a woman takes fright at his presence and runs away. She's never seen again and is of no importance to the plot, but she was included anyway.

* BellyDancer: Fatima, when you first meet her. It only adds to the whole temptation act she tries to pull off with you, making sure you ''want'' to kiss her and not doing anything else.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Game! All of your actions have multiple solutions, but all solutions are not equal. The best solutions specifically favor unnecessary generosity, forgiveness, and selflessness. In many cases, your obstacles will offer an easy way or a hard way, and it is never acceptable to take the offered easy way out.

** In the end [[spoiler: the Grail restores the kingdom to healthy prosperity, but Arthur is forced to continue suffering.]]

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* TimedMission: From the moment you (inevitably) get bitten by a poisonous rat, the rest of the game is basically this: [[spoiler: You have to give the elixir to Galahad, give the golden apple to the statue of Aphrodite, pass her test, follow her directions out of the catacombs, fight and defeat the Saracen, and follow her directions again to find the Grail before you succumb to the rat's poison yourself.]]

** You don't have to turn the hag back into Elaine in order to progress. You just have to give her all your silver coins, and she'll let you pass. But you need at least 5 silver coins [[spoiler: to appease the old gods so you can get the key to the well that allows you to escape Glastonbury Tor]], so you'll just end up trapped later.
** You can get to the Lady of the Lake's palace with either the rose, or [[spoiler: the Heart of Ice]]. If you use the rose, it disappears for the rest of the game. If you try to return without [[spoiler: the Heart of Ice]] after using the rose...well, you won't return.
** You ''can'' get through the entire game being relatively selfish, which actually does give you an advantage (fewer CopyProtection challenges and arcade sequences, for example). However, you won't be able to finish the game: at the very end of the ordeal [[spoiler: the Grail kills you for being unworthy.]] You ''are'' warned about this at the beginning of the game, though, and the choices that are required to win the game are generally obvious in their intent if not necessarily their execution. [[spoiler: You may not know that you need to specifically put Gawaine on your horse to get him to safety, but you should know better than to leave him there, for example.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: The Liber Ex Doctrina

* {{Uncoffee}}: Al-Sirat will offer King Arthur a cup of "qahwah," whose description matches coffee perfectly.

''Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail'' is a 1989 AdventureGame produced by Christy Marx (of ''{{WesternAnimation/Jem}}'' fame) and Peter Ledger and distributed by [[{{Creator/Sierra}} Sierra On-Line]]. It produced one sequel, ''VideoGame/ConquestsOfTheLongbow: The Legend of Robin Hood''.

* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: The riddle stones, the statue of Aphrodite's pop quiz on Greek Mythology, and the Lady of the Lake's questions on floriography (the last two double as CopyProtection since the answers can be found in the manual, although these days [[{{Wiki/Wikipedia}} the internet]] is a suitable substitute).

* MoralDissonance: Arthur needs to find the Grail because of the pestilence caused by his broken heart (in a type of FisherKing scenario) at the knowledge that Gwenhyver is in love with Lancelot. Once in Palestine, Arthur must help an adulterous man cover his tracks by retrieving a veil from a prostitute so that his wife won't suspect that he's been unfaithful to her. This is part of a mandatory sidequest, and Arthur's forgiveness of the man is in keeping with the ideals of virtue that the whole quest for the Grail is about.
** The dissonance is less serious in that, while the man has committed adultery, he is repentant and vows to remain faithful forevermore. In addition, while Lancelot and Gwenhyver are in love with each other, their love has ''not'' resulted in adultery. Rather, Arthur's realization that his wife loves another more than she loves him is what breaks him; she is still faithful to him.

* WorthyOpponent: The Black Knight and the Saracen.

* EasterEgg: In the treasury room, type(case sensitive) HAM AND JAM AND SPAM A LOT

* KingArthur: The main character.