tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post4707517390249426493..comments2024-03-18T23:49:34.681-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 195: The Ormus Saga (1991)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17078921584700238022016-10-07T16:01:45.196-04:002016-10-07T16:01:45.196-04:00Sent him a message, hopefully he responds :)Sent him a message, hopefully he responds :)Zardashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856007425128087340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1606700847650868442016-10-07T11:45:57.482-04:002016-10-07T11:45:57.482-04:00I don't have a Facebook profile myself, and I&...I don't have a Facebook profile myself, and I'm not really willing to make one just for this purpose.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55291427697804383922016-10-07T04:44:09.136-04:002016-10-07T04:44:09.136-04:00Have you asked the author himself? He's appare...Have you asked the author himself? He's apparently on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008017906794Zardashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856007425128087340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67437056573284764842016-10-07T01:32:32.534-04:002016-10-07T01:32:32.534-04:00If you want to e-mail me, I"d be happy to .zi...If you want to e-mail me, I"d be happy to .zip you the C64 disk images. I'd love if someone won it and told me where I went wrong.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13745149652686912162016-10-05T16:02:41.731-04:002016-10-05T16:02:41.731-04:00I loved this game, unfortunately I can't find ...I loved this game, unfortunately I can't find any emulator version for it (I still should have a diskette but no hardware for now). Tobiasz Szlękhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076702109888507284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53717597451445418962016-07-13T21:59:48.420-04:002016-07-13T21:59:48.420-04:00I think the difference in gameplay between good an...I think the difference in gameplay between good and evil should be that being good is harder. Evil can be the path to easy power- it is tempting and seductive. But have the two paths converge eventually. Either way you wind up president, just one of you has more skeletons in the closet, etc.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14410201582607991952015-07-28T07:05:34.868-04:002015-07-28T07:05:34.868-04:00Theres pictures of Stories of Beryland here:
http...Theres pictures of Stories of Beryland here:<br /><br />http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48426&sid=b749a1bbc28c430d197bc5b721d8a0c0<br /><br /><br />Alannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36870866179511723532015-07-24T11:48:02.512-04:002015-07-24T11:48:02.512-04:00Storywise Death Knights is the best of the Krynn g...Storywise Death Knights is the best of the Krynn games, and it also scores high on the openendedness, but for sheer tactical combat fun I found Dark Queen the superior game. It also has two of the most fun dungeons to map in the GB games.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41028445364192851292015-07-24T11:26:16.161-04:002015-07-24T11:26:16.161-04:00I'm telling you - Adventurer Manager 2015.
Ga...I'm telling you - Adventurer Manager 2015.<br /><br />Gather the chainmail, equip your 50 lvl 1 fighters.<br /><br />Fallout Shelter lets you do this, although the game gets samey very quickly.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61808668284206209882015-07-24T11:22:43.447-04:002015-07-24T11:22:43.447-04:00It's better than Blades, but I could definitel...It's better than Blades, but I could definitely understand someone preferring Poolrad, Curse and Pooldark.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78814859650400853332015-07-24T11:21:15.903-04:002015-07-24T11:21:15.903-04:00I agree, Death Knights has the best locations of t...I agree, Death Knights has the best locations of the Krynn games and the spans the most interesting character levels. Plus that evil dog scared the crap out of me when i was 11.<br /><br />Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58767397823739908692015-07-24T09:45:26.471-04:002015-07-24T09:45:26.471-04:00Hard to imagine people played stuff like this free...Hard to imagine people played stuff like this free willingly. But then, those were desperate times.<br />And now the monster is back, torturing CRPG addicts...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6758995196778385962015-07-24T00:11:48.099-04:002015-07-24T00:11:48.099-04:00There's something that greatly appeals to me a...There's something that greatly appeals to me about picking up endless suits of chainmail, swords, helmets, and so on and instead of selling them at the nearest Dungeons-R-Us, using them to equip an army of your own troops. Even 30 or 100 armed men can be quite influential in local politics. <br /><br />Eh, I suppose this is the ancient D&D thinking of "gain power, build a stronghold" that isn't practiced any more in favor of the "become a movie-style superhero" style of the new editions. Harlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24926020891539413022015-07-23T20:13:11.522-04:002015-07-23T20:13:11.522-04:00If you're not using True Drive Emulation, that...If you're not using True Drive Emulation, that has a high chance of causing problems - just use Warp Mode (Alt+W, runs the emulator as fast as the host machine can handle it) if (period-accurate with TDE on) load times become onerous.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77045855446452787702015-07-23T20:02:24.850-04:002015-07-23T20:02:24.850-04:00@Harland - In ancient Asian and Mediterranean cult...@Harland - In ancient Asian and Mediterranean cultures, generals ARE heroes. XDKenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71406345594293680622015-07-23T16:58:25.151-04:002015-07-23T16:58:25.151-04:00It could be that the "troop weapons" are...It could be that the "troop weapons" are siege weapons (and required to attack cities). I could be wrong, though. Quite somke time has passed since then.<br /><br />Back in the day there existed a few magazines that sold on a discette only. This particular game was published on "Golden Disk 64" 01/1993. Along with the magazine came a tutorial to the game.deuxaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282495902189123067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19392285924606777602015-07-23T16:27:46.651-04:002015-07-23T16:27:46.651-04:00I don't know if the game uses some kind of fas...I don't know if the game uses some kind of fast loading mechanisms / modifies drive settings. That's something that might mess things up with an emulator. It's been too long since playing this game.deuxaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282495902189123067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80891474262487556952015-07-23T16:22:57.865-04:002015-07-23T16:22:57.865-04:00Well. I don't want to spoil too much. There wi...Well. I don't want to spoil too much. There will be some occasion where a fight between the player and an NPC is inevitable.deuxaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282495902189123067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65341493114083129692015-07-23T12:40:56.990-04:002015-07-23T12:40:56.990-04:00Aww, that's a darn shame. Half the fun of fan...Aww, that's a darn shame. Half the fun of fantasy wargames is getting to be on the battlefield personally! A field general's job is in the rear, <a href="http://www.princeofsartar.com/comic/19-jar-eel-triumphant/" rel="nofollow">but a hero's job is up front getting personal with the enemy.</a>Harlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64276280299055369162015-07-23T12:23:31.134-04:002015-07-23T12:23:31.134-04:00Thanks again for showing us these relics from the ...Thanks again for showing us these relics from the past. JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-49918873949329675562015-07-23T12:21:48.103-04:002015-07-23T12:21:48.103-04:00I think Death Knights is by far the best of the Kr...I think Death Knights is by far the best of the Krynn series. I won't say anything else but I would encourage you to try it at least. I confess to preferring the Gold Box games set around the Moonsea i.e. Pool of Radiance and its successors, but Death Knights was a surprisingly good. JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61703691824267580902015-07-23T11:45:34.194-04:002015-07-23T11:45:34.194-04:00Let's talk about the game's one major inno...<i>Let's talk about the game's one major innovation: in addition to running around the land as a typical RPG character, you can hire troops and equip them.</i><br /><br />FWIW that "excruciating pseudo-RPG" (that description still makes me smile!) for TRS-80 Model I/III, Quest for the Key of Night Shade, did the same thing. It had castles, rather than cities, that were occupied.PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-42698478764144271652015-07-23T11:34:24.995-04:002015-07-23T11:34:24.995-04:00No, the main character doesn't show up on the ...No, the main character doesn't show up on the group battle screens. If you lose the battle, he continues on unscathed.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3079111358893290642015-07-23T10:34:42.061-04:002015-07-23T10:34:42.061-04:00I actually like the color of the game and the top ...I actually like the color of the game and the top down perspective is always welcome. JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60879630599751580942015-07-23T10:08:45.090-04:002015-07-23T10:08:45.090-04:00Does the character lead the troops in battle? I di...Does the character lead the troops in battle? I did not notice your character icon on the battle screen? JJnoreply@blogger.com