tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post311443522580557854..comments2024-03-28T14:33:17.723-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 129: Apventure to Atlantis (1982)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61781752108022048192024-01-01T14:12:28.227-05:002024-01-01T14:12:28.227-05:00I feel like "ripped off" might be a bit ...I feel like "ripped off" might be a bit too strong in this context. They're more like allusions or homages. This is more of a "ripoff":<br /><br />https://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2017/05/game-249-lanneau-de-zengara-1987.htmlCRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9532809539891582282023-12-31T06:55:48.890-05:002023-12-31T06:55:48.890-05:00Watch Clardy's Matt Chat interview. He talks ...Watch Clardy's Matt Chat interview. He talks about how he blatantly ripped off intellectual property (Odyssey takes place in Conan the Barbarian's Hyborean Age).<br /><br />To be fair, this wasn't uncommon in that era. Look how Richard Garriott ripped off Star Wars in Ultima- you could buy Luke Skywalker's land speeder, and shoot down Tie Fighters in space.<br /><br />With that said, ornithopters are from Dune (I'm guessing Clardy was a fan, though I haven't heard him confirm this, but not a far stretch to assume he was a fan). And according to wiki, "the Cracks of Doom, also referred to as Sammath Naur, was the name given to the volcanic fissure in Mount Doom where the One Ring was forged by Sauron". So Apventure to Atlantis clearly lifted it's endgame directly from the ending of Lord of the Rings, right down to the volcano erupting when the MacGuffin was chucked in.Schleimanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45878991179996255162023-07-20T17:46:35.779-04:002023-07-20T17:46:35.779-04:00I'm sorry, man. It was too long ago. If you to...I'm sorry, man. It was too long ago. If you told me someone else wrote this entire entry, I wouldn't be able to argue.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70230184800514110092023-07-18T23:25:54.563-04:002023-07-18T23:25:54.563-04:00finally done!
May I ask how many times you had to...finally done!<br /><br />May I ask how many times you had to repeat the castle before gathering the spells? It definitely strikes me as one of those elements where the level of RNG pain delivered can give people vastly different experiences.Jason Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292199216981320170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18950955163347529102020-04-25T04:37:56.236-04:002020-04-25T04:37:56.236-04:00Somehow I knew when I saw the penetration spell th...Somehow I knew when I saw the penetration spell that Kenny would be unable to resist a comment about it.asdasdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459638043573476026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36162419274446433432015-09-08T06:24:27.646-04:002015-09-08T06:24:27.646-04:00That crack of doom reminds me of what I love about...That crack of doom reminds me of what I love about text adventures. I don't remember which, but there was one where you walk into a room with a crack in the wall. I was rather lost at that point and tried everything, i.e. unsuspectingly typed "take crack", and there was a hilarious reply to that. The things you could discover in these games... :-) fireballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094871771537115267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40287197780178996062015-08-03T02:59:27.932-04:002015-08-03T02:59:27.932-04:00I finally won this damned game after 30+ years, wi...I finally won this damned game after 30+ years, with the help of generous loading of "saved states" on my Apple ][ emulator. I never made it to Atlantis as a kid, and just landing on Atlantis and seeing the volcano was an odd sort of personal victory for me, and was truly exciting after having waited so long for it.<br /><br />I disagree that Atlantis is the strongest of the Clardy apventures. I always felt that Odyssey was really the logical growth of Wilderness/Dungeon Campaign (gluing those two concepts together and making them even part of a bigger world) whereas Apventure sort of goes in a whole new direction, as this quasi Sierra color adventure mixed with not-quite-wilderness campaign.<br /><br />In any case, thanks for the details post on this.Schleimanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33748276336115514412015-05-26T13:28:16.001-04:002015-05-26T13:28:16.001-04:00I LOVED this game as a kid. I finally finished it,...I LOVED this game as a kid. I finally finished it, after a lot of guessing about what needed to be done. I never did figure out how to use the cages, though. I always thought they could be used to trap the trogs, given that they were about the right size. But the commands "trap trog" and "cage trog" never seemed to work. (I wonder if I ever tried "catch trog"--since I last played this game about 30 years ago, I guess I'll never know.) If anyone ever found a use for the cages, I would love to hear it. <br /><br />Thanks for the fond memories! Lambonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52060171922782537262015-03-26T22:58:40.195-04:002015-03-26T22:58:40.195-04:00I don't think any of the advanced endings are ...I don't think any of the advanced endings are even possible without spoilers at this point, as most of the information on how to do it was figured out either through incremental expansions of the game (where the tasks used to be simpler) or through code diving. I could be wrong, as there's a lot of hints in the game, but even several of those are easy to misinterpret as mere flavor text.Nomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317814736043426457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78169540917256683192015-03-26T05:01:05.723-04:002015-03-26T05:01:05.723-04:00That's sick. Also, now I remember! Entomorph w...That's sick. Also, now I remember! Entomorph was the game I recalled wrongly. Xenomorph is... no idea WTF is that. Good riddance.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76431328507802538542015-03-26T03:22:06.695-04:002015-03-26T03:22:06.695-04:00Getting a normal victory in ADoM is easier that as...Getting a normal victory in ADoM is easier that ascending in Nethack. Getting an ultimate ending will probably require savescummingTristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68822048587841843422015-03-25T13:30:56.613-04:002015-03-25T13:30:56.613-04:00You can use 'freeze' spells to freeze a ri...You can use 'freeze' spells to freeze a river in Ancient Domains of Mystery. ADOM covers *everything*. It is all about the little details like that.<br /><br />I can safely say that you will not win at ADOM in the limited time you have to play all these titles. But it's going to hit you with a lot of things that you don't usually see in traditional CRPG's.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4354883524918979892014-10-02T23:32:29.161-04:002014-10-02T23:32:29.161-04:00But Atlas holds up the sky not the earth?But Atlas holds up the sky not the earth?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469864318997313802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64972284801817786472014-03-02T22:17:57.735-05:002014-03-02T22:17:57.735-05:00Perhaps having to sit or squat is the punishment f...Perhaps having to sit or squat is the punishment for having awesome bladed arms?Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89562634492485671162014-03-02T22:16:38.331-05:002014-03-02T22:16:38.331-05:00I really liked the spells in Icewind Dale. Some fi...I really liked the spells in Icewind Dale. Some fights you really NEEDED to pull of tricks with them; I recall one fight with a bunch of trolls in a temple that would just overwhelm and eat me, so I admit, I cheezed it. I cast every buff I had, even scrolls, then cast every trap and AOE spell I had down the corridor. MAN that lagged out my computer. By the time my framerate returned most of the trolls were dead and the (still hard) battle was joined. <br /><br />When I play modern games like Dragon Age magic just doesn't have the same OOOMPH, and in stuff like Torchlite it is just another attack, the same as other classes get. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15816893898276200732014-03-02T22:12:25.213-05:002014-03-02T22:12:25.213-05:00It does kind of make sense; you do throw the orb i...It does kind of make sense; you do throw the orb into a volcano. <br /><br />Also: Early Magic players will know the Onithropter as a card from....Antiquities I think? It was a device invented by Urza in that universe. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79795351365505578652014-03-02T22:08:26.827-05:002014-03-02T22:08:26.827-05:00Yep, the use of colour was painful throughout; Wha...Yep, the use of colour was painful throughout; What on earth is with those magenta text artifacts? Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40662875991905405052014-02-08T16:53:29.953-05:002014-02-08T16:53:29.953-05:00I just read a couple descriptions of that game. It...I just read a couple descriptions of that game. It does sound fun, though I think I'd rather see this system as an optional mechanic in a CRPG rather than a primary game mechanic.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23841541648128816852014-02-07T20:29:58.741-05:002014-02-07T20:29:58.741-05:00'It would be fun to see more games offer them....'It would be fun to see more games offer them. I'd enjoy playing a mage if I could use "Freeze" to safely cross a river, "Fireball" to destroy a door for which I didn't have a key, and "rope trick" to reach a high ledge.'<br /><br />Bit of a late response, but this is my first ever comment on your blog. Magicka is a lot like what you've described. I don't know if you've ever seen it but you might enjoy it. Its not really an rpg, its like an action game with an interactive magic system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84954157603656811482014-01-08T11:40:27.702-05:002014-01-08T11:40:27.702-05:00Now I wonder what happens if you use that spell th...Now I wonder what happens if you use that spell there.UbAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447678457902055799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75615255257982817822014-01-07T03:58:44.816-05:002014-01-07T03:58:44.816-05:00"USE PENETRATION"?
"CRACK of Doom&q..."USE PENETRATION"?<br />"CRACK of Doom"?<br /><br />Must... resist... snarky... comment... on... double... entendre...Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8969028224122917402014-01-07T03:48:21.645-05:002014-01-07T03:48:21.645-05:00Is that the game from SSI with the cover art of a ...Is that the game from SSI with the cover art of a guy sporting swanky mantis arm locked in an eternal dumb-stricken facial expression as he stared at his insectoid sickle of death?<br /><br />I thought it was a really cool game that I never got to play in my youth because it wasn't available in my region due to some stupid regulations? <br /><br />Unless I was dreaming about it? In which case, I call dibs on it. Now I just need to find out how the hell that guy goes to pee without shearing off his gonads.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60710749765923572352014-01-05T19:25:24.904-05:002014-01-05T19:25:24.904-05:00The Ultima Underworlds had some nice uses for spel...The Ultima Underworlds had some nice uses for spells, IIRC...<br /><br />Oh, and regarding Xenomorph - I'd put it in the "action-adventure" genre. Sure, you have weapons, food and drink to find and put in your inventory, but there's no char progression as such. In my opinion, it's not enough of an RPG.<br /><br />While I thought about it, I came to a painful realization: <br />System Shock 1 (one of my favorite games!) is not much more of an RPG than this game...(At least you have something like "stats" in cyberspace - maybe that's the loophole! ;) )dahaunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098585704891226776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30954975271517756332014-01-05T17:54:31.981-05:002014-01-05T17:54:31.981-05:00More like the only example, really, and even it wa...More like the only example, really, and even it was somewhat spoiled by the fact that all the spells were fairly low-key. Of course, later Ultimas had some good spells too, but there just weren't enough uses for them.<br />By the way, a QfG-inspired game Heroine's Quest got released a couple of weeks ago and is simply great (I daresay in some aspects it's actually better than QfGs).VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5874936227226044762014-01-05T15:33:18.127-05:002014-01-05T15:33:18.127-05:00There's definitely a lack of puzzle-solving sp...There's definitely a lack of puzzle-solving spells in most modern RPGs. It would be fun to see more games offer them. I'd enjoy playing a mage if I could use "Freeze" to safely cross a river, "Fireball" to destroy a door for which I didn't have a key, and "rope trick" to reach a high ledge. The best example I can think of is the <i>Quest for Glory</i> series, which offered puzzle-solving spells but also non-spell alternatives.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.com