tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post1109392498033359618..comments2024-03-28T15:25:30.216-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Revisiting: Empire II: Interstellar Sharks (1982)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68320851620687522692021-07-03T13:24:51.438-04:002021-07-03T13:24:51.438-04:00Ha. Even if I didn't know Norweigan, "Hwi...Ha. Even if I didn't know Norweigan, "Hwitrokken" sounds a lot like "Whiterock" in English. I can't believe I didn't mean that connection.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73673343916146043002021-07-03T04:20:28.853-04:002021-07-03T04:20:28.853-04:00A curiosity I noticed: Hwitrokken probably means W...A curiosity I noticed: Hwitrokken probably means Whiterock. Hvit is white Norwegian, and I think hwit is old english. No good ideas on what fyrokken is supposed to mean. Shamerock?unimuralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987909304909067445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68384413800232703762021-06-23T21:44:13.401-04:002021-06-23T21:44:13.401-04:00Ha. You know what? I have an e-mail from David Mul...Ha. You know what? I have an e-mail from David Mullich saying that no, he had not heard of the Zelazny novel when he wrote the game. I never published the material in this e-mail because Mullich never responded to an e-mail in which I asked his permission to do so.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29759800512592687502021-06-21T14:32:14.050-04:002021-06-21T14:32:14.050-04:00Basic languages often end up being cryptic when yo...Basic languages often end up being cryptic when you use them to do non-basic stuff.<br /><br />But if you have/make a map of the jump locations and the variables and memory locations, the code isn't that hard to understand. Kind of like a dungeon becomes easier to navigate if you have a map :)Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270991090065636515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67921863361758327262021-06-21T10:20:49.338-04:002021-06-21T10:20:49.338-04:00It's truly humbling that this language is know...It's truly humbling that this language is known as "BASIC".Peter Dealhttp://peterdeal.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91751026032345105502021-06-16T00:22:32.743-04:002021-06-16T00:22:32.743-04:00That came up on the original thread. I guess our c...That came up on the original thread. I guess our consensus was: possible, maybe even probable.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57584863087626991572021-06-15T22:26:58.652-04:002021-06-15T22:26:58.652-04:00Could the Lord of Light be a reference to the nove...Could the Lord of Light be a reference to the novel by Roger Zelazny?P-Tux7https://www.blogger.com/profile/03201162995038006540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44934593303879096622021-06-08T19:55:42.620-04:002021-06-08T19:55:42.620-04:00Its worth mentioning that if you do play Galactic ...Its worth mentioning that if you do play Galactic Empire is that all the English DOS rips that I know of don't work in DOSbox, but the French ones do. I don't know if that's because all the English rips are bad or if there's something different about the English version, but it is what it is. The Amiga version works fine.MorpheusKitamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591271981112642781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23304135156024674452021-06-08T18:55:12.516-04:002021-06-08T18:55:12.516-04:00I’m thinking the third game might ask for a as phr...I’m thinking the third game might ask for a as phrase and your meant to infer it from the Ergo part. Will see when you get to part 3Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030651394605861730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77348243027013064872021-06-08T14:14:59.077-04:002021-06-08T14:14:59.077-04:00That would make sense, but if so, the other two mu...That would make sense, but if so, the other two must come from the third game. COGNITO doesn't appear in the code for the first game or the second, and nothing about a password or passcode appears in the code for the first.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5799557607583941992021-06-08T14:11:47.537-04:002021-06-08T14:11:47.537-04:00Given how it works in the first game, I am 90% sur...Given how it works in the first game, I am 90% sure that your interpretation is correct. Since I didn't engage in a lot of ship combat in Empire II, it makes sense that I never experienced this encounter.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85610396805369072772021-06-08T14:07:20.791-04:002021-06-08T14:07:20.791-04:00Thanks for mentioning that Galactic Empire is a Co...Thanks for mentioning that Galactic Empire is a Coktel Vision game! I saw an advertisement about it in an early nineties magazine and it seemed a cool game (the covert art was very memorable) whose requirements were way above the capabilities of my compute. Decades later, any try to find more information about it (as I still remembered the title) meet the same problem that you experienced: all my searches returned only Star Wars webpages.Agrivarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01733066579117350220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59124570923916262712021-06-08T14:05:49.580-04:002021-06-08T14:05:49.580-04:00I did a bit more looking at the code that triggers...I did a bit more looking at the code that triggers the encounter to give you the password.<br /><br /> 225 DC = FN D(10): ON DC < 9 GOTO 228: PRINT "@0KL@": GOSUB 8: IF DC = 10 THEN RP$ = "SHIP EXPLODES!": GOSUB 261: GOTO 61<br /> 226 FOR I = 7 TO 272 STEP 7: HCOLOR= FN D(8) - 1: HPLOT I,8 TO 279 - I,151: NEXT : FOR I = 8 TO 151 STEP 5: HPLOT 7,I TO 272,159 - I: HCOLOR= FN D(8) - 1: NEXT : PRINT R$"@L250Y@": FOR I = 80 TO 140 STEP 20: PRINT "@"I"XN@": NEXT <br /> 227 PRINT "@19H9V@" CHR$ (27)"@E2V12H@I AM THE@D7H@LORD OF LIGHT@4H13V@REMEMBER THE WAY@D8H@OF THE TORCH@E@": FOR I2 = 1 TO 1800: NEXT : GOSUB 116<br /><br />There seem to be various paths leading to this code, so I'm not sure exactly what the "typical" way to get here is, but once here it looks like 10% of the time your ship simply explodes, 10% of the time you get the Lord of Light encounter, and the other 80% of the time you follow some other code paths that depending of you exact circumstances lead to various sorts of death, injury, etc.<br /><br />So it seems like this is meant to be some sort of lucky rescue when things go wrong that you'll see if you have enough characters die. I noticed on the entry for Empire 1 there was also a Lord of Light random encounter. So if this is really the only way you are meant to learn the answer needed to win the game it seems pretty cheap.Deificusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80824092287895321302021-06-08T11:40:26.337-04:002021-06-08T11:40:26.337-04:00Seeing as Ergo is the second word in Cogito Ergo S...Seeing as Ergo is the second word in Cogito Ergo Sum, maybe it’s hinting that’s the whole password?Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030651394605861730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25297798087615247752021-06-08T11:00:55.696-04:002021-06-08T11:00:55.696-04:00That's your answer for everything in this game...That's your answer for everything in this game!Teeganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883945434429016309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28993607643739185602021-06-08T09:09:51.940-04:002021-06-08T09:09:51.940-04:00The first game doesn't have a winning conditio...The first game doesn't have a winning condition. There is no mention of a password in its files.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50435779287027911322021-06-08T08:39:05.163-04:002021-06-08T08:39:05.163-04:00Someone finally found a copy of Empires 3? I wonde...Someone finally found a copy of Empires 3? I wonder what it's like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70191069228734102502021-06-08T05:02:30.962-04:002021-06-08T05:02:30.962-04:00If it is PASSWORD 2, does that means what the firs...If it is PASSWORD 2, does that means what the first game had another password in it's ending? You haven't won the first game, so maybe you should check its files before tackling the last one.VladimIr V Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673420469663885531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45609676167060186252021-06-08T04:52:09.882-04:002021-06-08T04:52:09.882-04:00There is also "World Empire" series (for...There is also "World Empire" series (for some reason, I can only find mentions of II, III and IV), which is a Risk variant for PC. I used to play it a lot all by myself (without a human or computer opponents), inventing stories for all factions under my control. I'm... not big on losing. Ever.MaxEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711202729481708355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13495161053439322162021-06-08T04:37:12.042-04:002021-06-08T04:37:12.042-04:00The Basic and HEX edit Force is strong with this g...The Basic and HEX edit Force is strong with this group of young Padawans... ;-)Slam23https://www.blogger.com/profile/00029747188327687972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9605003176025066632021-06-08T04:17:33.343-04:002021-06-08T04:17:33.343-04:00It's so satisfying to see how gaming mysteries...It's so satisfying to see how gaming mysteries like this get resolved by the addict and this great community. fireballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094871771537115267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44814245299149490522021-06-08T00:31:28.429-04:002021-06-08T00:31:28.429-04:00You die.You die.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23131149343925354392021-06-07T23:46:24.693-04:002021-06-07T23:46:24.693-04:00This may be a dumb question, but what happens if y...This may be a dumb question, but what happens if you go back to Triskelion and say "ERGO?"Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50954622031557461782021-06-07T21:42:45.249-04:002021-06-07T21:42:45.249-04:00Good thinking, but it doesn't appear so. I jus...Good thinking, but it doesn't appear so. I just searched the files, and the only reference to "torch" is to an "electorch" that you can mine with.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67475343544462172002021-06-07T21:01:29.563-04:002021-06-07T21:01:29.563-04:00Is perhaps the password "TORCH" given by...Is perhaps the password "TORCH" given by the Lord of Light in the first game?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com