tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5385394504170848925..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: The Return of Werdna: Maybe Just a Ziggurat MoreCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81300273267831293082022-07-03T17:38:27.501-04:002022-07-03T17:38:27.501-04:00That makes sense, though I can't imagine anyon...That makes sense, though I can't imagine anyone playing this game really caring about his "score" as long as he wins it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87084613029846699852022-07-03T16:49:52.395-04:002022-07-03T16:49:52.395-04:00Sorry, I didn't realize I could not post anony...Sorry, I didn't realize I could not post anonymously. <br /><br />I was trying to say that iirc the key strokes affect only your end game score. So less there is, the higher your score.NotAnonymousGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53965771733539429982022-07-03T16:43:40.816-04:002022-07-03T16:43:40.816-04:00I think the key strokes just affect your end score...I think the key strokes just affect your end score iirc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75233929218329129992022-06-27T23:58:49.518-04:002022-06-27T23:58:49.518-04:00Assuming one keystroke per second, continuously, t...Assuming one keystroke per second, continuously, that would take about a week and a half (11.57 days). I think they only included the keys thing to add to the psychological horror of playing this game, not to be an actual barrier to success. That or the original idea was to be a lot fewer keys, and they then decided it would be too sadistic.judd9https://www.blogger.com/profile/05775399294060687430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51409627641637450332022-06-27T13:35:01.133-04:002022-06-27T13:35:01.133-04:00There are so many that I think it would take days ...There are so many that I think it would take days even if weighed down a key. Maybe something happens that consumes a lot of them later.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58533180707833407642022-06-27T12:52:05.178-04:002022-06-27T12:52:05.178-04:00Is it possible to spend all the million keys? keys...Is it possible to spend all the million keys? keystrokesLord Hienmiteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30845796937319297702022-06-26T22:57:57.835-04:002022-06-26T22:57:57.835-04:00I wonder if anyone on the blog is one of the peopl...I wonder if anyone on the blog is one of the people to send in a character? Would be kinda cool to see if the (reasonable) assumption of what characters were named after assorted people and what was just coincidences.Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48005876607580801422022-06-26T17:57:41.549-04:002022-06-26T17:57:41.549-04:00The game checks which sword you have equipped so y...The game checks which sword you have equipped so you can go back and change it later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28085469267500179302022-06-25T23:30:15.548-04:002022-06-25T23:30:15.548-04:00Let me add that this works for the DOS version fro...Let me add that this works for the DOS version from the Ultimate Wizardry Archives. I don't know whether it works for other versions.judd9https://www.blogger.com/profile/05775399294060687430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60531061878842830842022-06-25T23:24:38.678-04:002022-06-25T23:24:38.678-04:00@Anon - Actually you CAN mix good and evil charact...@Anon - Actually you CAN mix good and evil characters in the same party, just not at the tavern. You can send a few good characters into the dungeon, even in the first two games, and then send a few evil characters and Search. That way you can add characters of opposite alignment to the party. You can also have a good ninja or thief and an evil Lord or Samurai depending on how you handle friendly dungeon encounters. The only kinds of characters you can't have are neutral priests, bishops, Lords or Ninjas.judd9https://www.blogger.com/profile/05775399294060687430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76670615732715948922022-06-25T22:17:42.509-04:002022-06-25T22:17:42.509-04:00What! There I was, punching holes like a sucker.....What! There I was, punching holes like a sucker...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469733830517678716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25703714360427522322022-06-25T19:44:41.985-04:002022-06-25T19:44:41.985-04:00You can’t mix good and evil characters in the same...You can’t mix good and evil characters in the same party. However in the third wizardry there were levels that you had to have a good or evil party to enter. So for that game you had to develop both alignments to win. Looking back at the blog it looks like our gracious host had the much better approach of switching alignments by attacking allied entities. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75470113095438295892022-06-25T03:04:04.913-04:002022-06-25T03:04:04.913-04:00Also, supporting the idea that Sorriman -> Saru...Also, supporting the idea that Sorriman -> Saruman, there's Warmtung (Wormtongue) in the very same party. And Thorin leading the other party on this level.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01040874637214905870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24510579012985311932022-06-25T00:19:22.612-04:002022-06-25T00:19:22.612-04:00This wasn’t the egress clue. But you were complete...This wasn’t the egress clue. But you were completely correct that it was a PT Barnum reference. And I’m pretty sure Adamant was correct that the oracle clue was a vocabulary aid. Jon Lundynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50986314929179516412022-06-24T23:34:19.872-04:002022-06-24T23:34:19.872-04:00According to the manual to the first game, evil ch...According to the manual to the first game, evil characters aren't really evil, they're just basically jerks (selfish). It says they'll still help old ladies cross the street, but for a price. They're still against the real evil of bigger jerks like Werdna, who would still consider them do-gooders by comparison. But these evilish characters still don't party with good ones, at least not in the tavern...judd9https://www.blogger.com/profile/05775399294060687430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82357187726243414632022-06-24T23:15:01.559-04:002022-06-24T23:15:01.559-04:00Maybe, but there could be stairs going North, or s...Maybe, but there could be stairs going North, or some kind of incline. I try not to overthink it too much. I also took the Dreampainter to be an early wielder of the Cosmic Forge (similar concept). I figure Bradley may have been inspired by this in a similar way that W5 uses an orb like in W3.judd9https://www.blogger.com/profile/05775399294060687430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40424806198121175622022-06-24T19:30:49.820-04:002022-06-24T19:30:49.820-04:00In Wizardry, alignment primarily just affects whic...In Wizardry, alignment primarily just affects which character classes are available for the character. You're also not allowed to have good and evil characters on the same team (at least not in theory, there is a workaround).Adamanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424537596238450467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-69378235028343592952022-06-24T18:28:00.212-04:002022-06-24T18:28:00.212-04:00We didn't let manual-based CP stop us when we ...We didn't let manual-based CP stop us when we were kids.. those wheels that came with gold-box games, bards tale 2 and 3, etc.. we just took them apart, copied each piece and assembled new wheels. Didn't have to cut the holes, you could just lift the top part and see where the hole would be and read the value.metalliknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70726529490237170272022-06-24T18:13:22.543-04:002022-06-24T18:13:22.543-04:00if you imagine that North/South facing doorways ha...if you imagine that North/South facing doorways have stairs, this almost works - you're moving North and Up, and moving East off the edge would have you fall to the level below.<br /><br />However, if you moved North from a ledge space, you'd just be walking on the outside of the ziggurat, rather than perplexingly falling and taking damage.<br /><br />Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41128872416133422732022-06-24T17:20:52.790-04:002022-06-24T17:20:52.790-04:00Having never played Wizardry, does it make a diffe...Having never played Wizardry, does it make a difference whether the hero you fight is good or evil ?Narwhal, the Wargaming Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808952600298482923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9044764704178357212022-06-24T17:14:26.152-04:002022-06-24T17:14:26.152-04:00@Chet: You mean this here, I assume: https://mocag...@Chet: You mean this here, I assume: https://mocagh.org/sir-tech/wiz4-cardlist.pdf. <br /><br />According to a WizIV guide page (contains Spoilers! - https://www.tk421.net/wizardry/wiz4guide.shtml), this "Mordor Charge Valid Card List ... is the copy protection, and is printed in that irritating black-on-dark-red-paper fashion. This copy protection doesn't exist in the Archives version."Buscanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19457659957179178932022-06-24T16:50:52.650-04:002022-06-24T16:50:52.650-04:00I remember we spent hours copying copy protection ...I remember we spent hours copying copy protection documents by hand when it came to photocopier-protected sneakery like this one. Not possible with Wizardry 4 though, as the horrible little book contains eight THOUSAND codes.<br /><br />Of course, that meant the correct codes were calculated rather than just stored in the game, and magazines eventually figured out the system and how to deduce the correct code without the booklet. Well played, Sir-Tech, but not good enough. Adamanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424537596238450467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-44960977228840012362022-06-24T16:45:48.010-04:002022-06-24T16:45:48.010-04:00It seems likely that the party names and even some...It seems likely that the party names and even some of the party compositions were made up by Sir-Tech, rather than taken from players.stepped pyramidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48738044761691956902022-06-24T16:35:59.501-04:002022-06-24T16:35:59.501-04:00Wizardry really didn't give you an option to n...<i>Wizardry</i> really didn't give you an option to name your party, so I assume that the party names are a creation of the developers. The mailed-in disks might have just been used for the single-character encounters.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90293967612458871062022-06-24T16:33:03.625-04:002022-06-24T16:33:03.625-04:00Yeah, I think manual-based copy protection was pro...Yeah, I think manual-based copy protection was probably effective against most pirates. I wouldn't have known how to crack it, and I didn't know anybody who would have.<br /><br />The UWA reference card only says that it removed copy protection, not the specific type of copy protection that it removed. What i'm looking for is a copy of the credit card number list that would have come with the PC Booter version.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.com