tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post4400699903077549929..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 30: Alien Fires: 2199 A.D. (1987)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-178224746822071892016-07-12T15:13:45.296-04:002016-07-12T15:13:45.296-04:00I'm going to give it another try on a differen...I'm going to give it another try on a different platform when I come through 1987 again. It's ice to hear fond recollections about it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5657817185118562262016-07-08T01:17:33.055-04:002016-07-08T01:17:33.055-04:00I played this game for hours and days on my cousin...I played this game for hours and days on my cousins Commodore Amiga 1000 he got from the make a wish foundation. Its was fun for what we had back in the day and totally made sense out of nothing lol. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833762952888912110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60629872131825892042010-11-12T11:27:26.278-05:002010-11-12T11:27:26.278-05:00Wow, that Dr. Fever robot reminds me of Moraff'...Wow, that Dr. Fever robot reminds me of Moraff's World.Jonothanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06305455959377150878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7705164055013930212010-11-04T20:36:41.743-04:002010-11-04T20:36:41.743-04:00I'm glad you all thought it was funny. I need ...I'm glad you all thought it was funny. I need to write more postings after taking OxyCodone (legitimately; threw out my back).<br /><br />Good call, Calibrator. I had heard about "Heart of Darkness," but I had the idea that the villain wasn't named Kurtz. I was wrong.<br /><br />Adamantyr, Jessica attacked me when I asked the same question in English. Brutal game.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85560739045228209842010-11-04T14:42:24.259-04:002010-11-04T14:42:24.259-04:00"The game's backstory is an obvious fusio..."The game's backstory is an obvious fusion of Doctor Who and Apocalypse Now."<br />Yes, you are probably right about AN being the inspiration but it's also possible that the designers went to the original work that AN brilliantly adapted: Joseph Conrads "Heart of Darkness"<br />(which has nothing to do with Vietnam, BTW).<br /><br />As for the game I can only be superficial as I just read reviews of the Amiga version back then. They weren't exactly overwhelming and I'm interested to see if the mediocre graphics (the PC version is downright ugly, IMHO) are redeemed by good, inventive gameplay.<br />It does not bode well when the designers plundered the classics here and there to get the thing off the ground in the first place...Calibratornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49057837617834026532010-11-04T14:28:14.177-04:002010-11-04T14:28:14.177-04:00Ah, Jessica didn't swoon when you spoke french...Ah, Jessica didn't swoon when you spoke french to her? Alas. I suppose she didn't respond well to the same question in English either?Adamantyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962009901412877763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-63630030322511084192010-11-04T13:06:46.802-04:002010-11-04T13:06:46.802-04:00BWAH! I don't think I ever heard of this one (...BWAH! I don't think I ever heard of this one (was it mentioned in Matt Barton's book?), and was certainly unaware of it in the 1980s. Still, in a bizarre way, I'm kinda retroactively plugging for it just 'cuz of the pipe-smoking bunnytaur.The Rampant Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15387255479630422698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71399137050762643602010-11-04T11:21:15.078-04:002010-11-04T11:21:15.078-04:00Alas, Johnny Fever was worried about his job being...Alas, Johnny Fever was worried about his job being taken over by machines (in the epsiode "Holdup". It has come to pass.JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15179032448800597032010-11-04T07:34:39.860-04:002010-11-04T07:34:39.860-04:00+1 for funniest post yet.
I've never even hea...+1 for funniest post yet.<br /><br />I've never even heard of this game and I thought I played every RPG made in the 80's :) Doesn't look like I missed much.skavenhordehttp://www.rpgwatch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2716196047402633422010-11-04T06:37:05.761-04:002010-11-04T06:37:05.761-04:00I liked the conversation....
# ME: Where is the e...I liked the conversation....<br /><br /># ME: Where is the elevator?<br /># TRISTAR: The elevator is in the elevator shaft<br />(*snigger*)<br /># ME: That was really helpful, thanks.<br /># TRISTAR: I don't understand what you mean.<br />(*giggle*)<br /># ME: Where is the elevator shaft?<br /># Tristar the mechanic leaves<br />(....lol?)Laytonianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26946983173244742822010-11-04T04:02:48.536-04:002010-11-04T04:02:48.536-04:00Maybe it's because the game itself is so absur...Maybe it's because the game itself is so absurd, but I think this is one of the funniest posts of yours I've read this far... Perhaps you should change the subtitle of your blog to the "fate of the universe" sentence from the last paragraph, it seems fitting. *g*<br /><br />"Can it be a coincidence that we have two sci-fi CRPGs, released in the same year, that have an anno domini in the title?" <br /><br />That is odd, but I think it'd be a whole lot stranger if you started coming across SF games with B.C. in the title!<br /><br />"And both used wrongly, with the "A.D." coming after, not before, the year?"<br /><br />That does seem to have been the standard in pop culture, though, and most game creators know a lot more in that department than historical info. (Then again, when I was in K-12 school, it was written after the number; my undergrad classes didn't need it.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601530372895286420noreply@blogger.com