tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post3260730717053723405..comments2024-03-28T09:10:48.790-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 208: Tyrann (1984)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54643329197113616402016-05-24T06:44:50.926-04:002016-05-24T06:44:50.926-04:00About the lack of magazines, that's not the ca...About the lack of magazines, that's not the case in France. "Tilt" appeared as early as 1982, and covered computer games as well as arcade or console ones.<br />"Jeux & Stratégie" (1980) covered all kind of games, including computer ones. <br />"Casus Belli", also 1980, was very useful reading about RPG and wargames, and they started covering computer ones early on, as well.<br />As for "was there a market for those games?", well Wizardry was very popular, and the Oric, which was the single best selling home computer in France in 1983, did not have Wizardry. So it would have been surprising to NOT have "Wizardry for the Oric".<br />And it was a good game for the time, if only because of the challenge. I guess it would be boring with save states and maps, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13155017817050365642016-02-13T01:45:20.065-05:002016-02-13T01:45:20.065-05:00@Glitzy: "Over here (the UK), disk drives wer...@Glitzy: "Over here (the UK), disk drives were incredibly expensive."<br /><br />I hate to undercut what seems to be a well-reasoned line of argument, but it was exactly the same in the US. Floppy drives weren't particularly affordable until the mid-late 1980s - the one "exception" were the C64 drives, which were absolutely unholy terrible, broke all the time, slow as molasses when they did work, and were still about $350 or so.<br /><br />It's more due to the deficiencies of the popular hardware (the U.K. patriotically (and, to be fair, economically, since it was made locally) went for the Sinclair Spectrum, which was never a particularly beefy computer even by early-1980s standards), as well as some cultural differences (plenty more space for weird isolated loners in the geographically-broad world of America and the culturally-rigid world of Japan).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70757596252724323202016-01-18T19:54:26.292-05:002016-01-18T19:54:26.292-05:00I think you mean "Rogue". Then again, a ...I think you mean "Rogue". Then again, a Voyeur is as Roguish as they come.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46924311821370661392016-01-18T19:53:06.867-05:002016-01-18T19:53:06.867-05:00Yeah, make St. Joan of Arc the leader of the party...Yeah, make St. Joan of Arc the leader of the party in the next French game... and then have Chevalier get up in your grill that you're implying they need a teen girl to fight their battles for them and then ceremoniously get their asses handed to them after she was burnt on a stake by a traitorous Bishop (a French one, no less).<br /><br />Seriously, every country has their own shameful shite and there's no escapin' them. Just accept it like a man, Chevalier!Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25285784330314945932016-01-13T18:34:13.829-05:002016-01-13T18:34:13.829-05:00You know, it just never occurred to me that the na...You know, it just never occurred to me that the names I give party members could provoke so much controversy. Chevalier, I don't know if you're sincere, trolling, or just a random lunatic, but I promise that if a SECOND French person writes that he's upset with the names I chose, I'll apologize.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29752173483486583692016-01-12T13:09:21.283-05:002016-01-12T13:09:21.283-05:00Hah! This really is going nowhere. And to think th...Hah! This really is going nowhere. And to think that these very same bloodlines will get their buttocks whopped in the sequel... <br />As to the names of characters, I thought it a nice touch to name them after the Henry VI nobles precisely because of the lost war. <br /><br />Chet, I'm sorry for encouraging this. I really like your writing and I'll keep on reading as long as you'll write this blog.<br /><br />. Segratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40288134312608743012016-01-12T12:46:14.853-05:002016-01-12T12:46:14.853-05:00Chestre as much confirmed that it was from that sp...Chestre as much confirmed that it was from that speech. I was not "trolling." I am writing on an English blog, so I use the English version.<br /><br />The point is that you played a French game for the first time and you could have used French names like kings or the peers of Charlemagne but instead you use names of English nobles who fought and defeated the French. It is as I say tasteless.Chevaliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54334268613418286622016-01-12T12:33:58.996-05:002016-01-12T12:33:58.996-05:00That answer was to Chevalier, not Chet.That answer was to Chevalier, not Chet.Segratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-27684890997553264592016-01-12T12:21:41.362-05:002016-01-12T12:21:41.362-05:00Well, all right if you see it so. In the speech it...Well, all right if you see it so. In the speech itself Henry is named Harry, though.Segratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56668280676951005912016-01-12T12:05:28.269-05:002016-01-12T12:05:28.269-05:00Oh, stop trolling. If you were really French, you ...Oh, stop trolling. If you were really French, you would call it "Azincourt," not "Agincourt," and even the most fierce French patriot wouldn't be upset at a kidding reference to a 600-year-old battle.<br /><br />And even the most fierce French patriot would probably still recognize Waterloo as an English victory.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62167150785837671912016-01-12T11:58:13.840-05:002016-01-12T11:58:13.840-05:00To use those names for a French game is a intentio...To use those names for a French game is a intentional snub and is tasteless.Chevaliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69456704960940708712016-01-12T11:56:47.641-05:002016-01-12T11:56:47.641-05:00It is not Henry VI. But for his own name (Chestre)...It is not Henry VI. But for his own name (Chestre), he refers to the St. Crispin's Day speech in Henry V, before the battle of Agincourt. It is the one battle the English won against the French and they do not like to let us forget.Chevaliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41235010059310524702016-01-12T11:52:43.144-05:002016-01-12T11:52:43.144-05:00To emphasise, the English are the losers here. I g...To emphasise, the English are the losers here. I guess you could argue a lot about the patriotism in the play, but that's the bottom line and no escaping it.<br /><br />A long time lurker, I just had to pipe in to defend The Bard. <br />Chet, thank you for the blog! Segratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34212217109389585202016-01-12T11:35:41.426-05:002016-01-12T11:35:41.426-05:00A bit uncalled for. Henry VI part 1 by Shakespeare...A bit uncalled for. Henry VI part 1 by Shakespeare is not an anti-French manifesto as far as I know.Segratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73077483709916770822016-01-12T11:05:35.310-05:002016-01-12T11:05:35.310-05:00I am French and I know what your names refer. You ...I am French and I know what your names refer. You are a dick.Chevaliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68000518706093742662016-01-07T03:39:29.452-05:002016-01-07T03:39:29.452-05:00Oh, quite right! But then my guess is that it'...Oh, quite right! But then my guess is that it's a second-person imperative verb, and just a small joke (like drawing a smiley face on the map), not a spoiler. The other, noun meaning is possible, but...PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10907717749750348342016-01-06T13:04:46.950-05:002016-01-06T13:04:46.950-05:00Sounds awful, you have my condolences. Here in the...Sounds awful, you have my condolences. Here in the US it was mandatory to receive a couple shoebox full of bootlegged games whenever you bought a second hand C64.Mr. Pavonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286558267156792637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58239708325335582542016-01-06T01:21:28.913-05:002016-01-06T01:21:28.913-05:00That's Voleur, not Voyeur. Voleur means Thief,...That's Voleur, not Voyeur. Voleur means Thief, or more accurate, Robber.<br /><br />While we're at it, I can confirm that Fléau d'armes is a Flail (literally a weapon-grade flail)<br /><br />On the other hand, we have Sorcière translated as Sorcerer. Sorcière is female however, so it would be a Sorceress, or a WitchSteve Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364340751762357858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62551763040239695122016-01-05T23:40:06.572-05:002016-01-05T23:40:06.572-05:00Wait a goddamn minute. There's a Voyuer class ...Wait a goddamn minute. There's a Voyuer class in this game?! Is Exeter equipped with a spycam?Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21246807344361986822016-01-05T23:36:54.363-05:002016-01-05T23:36:54.363-05:00Or, commit whatever terrible but pleasurable atroc...Or, commit whatever terrible but pleasurable atrocities you want before getting captured/killed, then reload.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38972590782401963902016-01-05T19:24:17.237-05:002016-01-05T19:24:17.237-05:00You're misreading it, it doesn't say "...You're misreading it, it doesn't say "son ris". But I fear we're in spoiler territory...Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47247560909472160142016-01-05T18:56:52.841-05:002016-01-05T18:56:52.841-05:00My French is imperfect, but I believe that could m...My French is imperfect, but I believe that could mean (his/her) "reef", "thymus", or "laughter". (I hope that's not a spoiler for a puzzle in the game.)PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5984413482598510252016-01-05T13:25:52.457-05:002016-01-05T13:25:52.457-05:00so, looking at map images...
Why on level 5 the t...so, looking at map images...<br /><br />Why on level 5 the traps have a layout that says "Son ris"?<br /><br />Is it some name from the game?Abalienohttp://www.loopingworld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74376140577866446572016-01-05T09:41:57.648-05:002016-01-05T09:41:57.648-05:00Perhaps there are elephants in the dungeon which c...Perhaps there are elephants in the dungeon which can be repelled with the mice?apprentice_fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164111760468968807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74169251810118222162016-01-05T05:35:58.323-05:002016-01-05T05:35:58.323-05:00I'd say the big reason why Europe produced so ...I'd say the big reason why Europe produced so few CRPGS in the day (and why the Spectrum had so few) was mostly down to storage medium. Over here (the UK), disk drives were incredibly expensive. The Spectrum didn't really have a proper disk format. I was lucky enough to have a C64 with a drive, but virtually nowhere sold disk based games. When they did, it was usually just flight sims or the same games which were sold on tape -- very few RPGs were offered for sale here.<br /><br />CRPGs are games which really need the ability for random access due to their nature. Both in having a vast and interesting world/dungeons, and to easily store the party details. Tapes really just aren't ideal.Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030651394605861730noreply@blogger.com