tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post6001958827356665133..comments2024-03-29T02:34:55.592-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Legends of the Lost Realm: The Four TowersCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-31409674204019837052020-05-18T15:55:13.641-04:002020-05-18T15:55:13.641-04:00If a game has four towers and it lets you explore ...If a game has four towers and it lets you explore them in any order, there is no "wrong order."CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25211084416041498942020-05-18T02:56:49.621-04:002020-05-18T02:56:49.621-04:00" I found an iron key and a Cap of Mind Shiel..." I found an iron key and a Cap of Mind Shielding. I had to kill the game at one point when I faced a battle with three green slimes. They resisted every magical attack, and every physical attack just caused them to divide and create more slimes." I think wind kills them? There is DEF a spell that kills them all. i think it's WWIND <br /><br />"Both the Tower of War and the Magician's Keep provided special items to their respective classes--the Gauntlets of Ogre Strength and the Cap of Mind Shielding. The Thieves' Tower may have such an artifact behind one of the locked doors."<br />These are they keys you need to enter the great tower. The North gate requires the Cap of Mind Shielding worn by a magician. The East Gate requires the Ring of Quickness worn by a thief. The South tower requires Bracers of Ogre Strength worn by a fighter. The west gate requires the Mirror Cloak worn by a shaman<br /><br />" It wasn't too hard except that my characters kept dying suddenly for no reason." sounds to me like they were either poisoned (you need to cure them with a shaman) or perhaps they were dying of hunger?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162320525358600169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5231367059415996612020-05-18T02:44:05.565-04:002020-05-18T02:44:05.565-04:00"The game's copy protection is really ann..."The game's copy protection is really annoying me. Because it's so hard to read the codes in the manual" the same place the game is available online, there is a cracked version there where you don't need to enter codes :D Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162320525358600169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73888129971883091202020-05-18T02:42:07.814-04:002020-05-18T02:42:07.814-04:00" Where the Tower of War gave a lot of experi..." Where the Tower of War gave a lot of experience to fighters and only a little to the other classes, the other three towers gave experience only to their specific classes, and that was only enough for one level-up."<br /><br />sounds like you did the corner towers in the wrong order maybe? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162320525358600169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56258546846730352312020-05-16T20:28:05.094-04:002020-05-16T20:28:05.094-04:00If you played it for months without finishing desp...If you played it for months without finishing despite loving it, I probably made the right decision to quit early.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87490865680140935922020-05-16T13:28:38.213-04:002020-05-16T13:28:38.213-04:00there's a way to scroll down to see the rest o...there's a way to scroll down to see the rest of the message i think?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162320525358600169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90464791227274141802020-05-16T13:28:09.489-04:002020-05-16T13:28:09.489-04:00loved this game, played it for months without fini...loved this game, played it for months without finishing (only because there's certain rooms that are locked off to players unless you have VERY HIGH experience) i had the expansion pack Wilderness which was like ten times harder. <br /><br />from what i recall, your map is correct. you'll need it on one of the tower levels (9 or 10 as i recall). i had to quit when i realized i screwed up. There was a friendly guy who waved at you. he had a weapon i wanted so i killed him. this locked off part of the tower and i saved my game... when i realized there was some rooms i could never get into, i quit<br /><br />There is a crack out there somewhere where if you drop a map file onto it, it gave you a map of the entire level that showed all teleports and secret doors. That came in handy. also if you do the towers in the correct order, you get more exp pts. (you can tell by the experience you get from each guard)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162320525358600169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-19774498913728865622018-12-27T06:18:07.315-05:002018-12-27T06:18:07.315-05:00"The greatest resistance presents the greates..."The greatest resistance presents the greatest challenge, and the greatest--"<br /><br />Maybe the missing part is "reward"?captaingroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02137919363946007943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16682541453828688562018-12-24T13:48:14.759-05:002018-12-24T13:48:14.759-05:00The mother of all direction-of-entering-a-teleport...The mother of all direction-of-entering-a-teleporter-decides-destination puzzles has to be the bank puzzle in Zork 2.Stadtgorillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394857992067784730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67723985680323130732018-12-24T01:36:38.619-05:002018-12-24T01:36:38.619-05:00Teleporting via the moonstone in Ultima VI? Also d...Teleporting via the moonstone in Ultima VI? Also direction dependent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-497174419480362252018-12-23T10:12:59.284-05:002018-12-23T10:12:59.284-05:00Ultima gives an awesome backdrop. I suspect it´s ...Ultima gives an awesome backdrop. I suspect it´s trainee programmers that do these things.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71224554247571782072018-12-23T08:58:01.946-05:002018-12-23T08:58:01.946-05:00Not an rpg as such, but Damocles, the second in th...Not an rpg as such, but <i>Damocles</i>, the second in the <i>Mercenary</i> series of first-person adventures, features teleporter cubes that send you to different destinations depending on which face you enter.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90998136389341797902018-12-21T12:09:41.959-05:002018-12-21T12:09:41.959-05:00For what it’s worth Chet, I’m enjoying these posts...For what it’s worth Chet, I’m enjoying these posts and would very much like to see you finish this rather interesting game. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84509201473515199022018-12-21T11:51:35.329-05:002018-12-21T11:51:35.329-05:00That’s in reference to Bakuiels Pathfinder comment...That’s in reference to Bakuiels Pathfinder comment, didn’t nest properly...Andreas Matternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354645637567670994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33758906302618129412018-12-21T11:50:15.093-05:002018-12-21T11:50:15.093-05:00Unless you have prot from fire running, takes a lo...Unless you have prot from fire running, takes a lot of sting out of the alchemists ;) (320 hours in the game and counting, suffering from chronic restarteritis...)Andreas Matternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354645637567670994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-89647887582170432692018-12-21T10:43:36.767-05:002018-12-21T10:43:36.767-05:00That's more than reasonable. I think the 1993 ...That's more than reasonable. I think the 1993 version is the one with which most of us are familiar (I've never played the original black & white release), and it'll probably offer a better experience anyway.PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56610591025858163162018-12-21T08:43:57.939-05:002018-12-21T08:43:57.939-05:00Sometimes with these games you get the distinct fe...Sometimes with these games you get the distinct feeling that the designer DMs for their local D&D group and takes their role as "antagonist" a little too seriously. Some of these decisions, like the useless ropes for sale, just seem spiteful.Mentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12666135395522594894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72743016423691238442018-12-21T06:32:02.543-05:002018-12-21T06:32:02.543-05:00I find the screenshots of this game fascinating to...I find the screenshots of this game fascinating to look at because the weird mac-ness of them is so different from everything else. And the story of the ropes was interesting.<br /><br />But I can't imagine ever wanting to play it.Whinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03211731698182417270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-80896146132937948972018-12-21T06:29:02.828-05:002018-12-21T06:29:02.828-05:00I'm pretty sure there are plenty of top-down g...I'm pretty sure there are plenty of top-down games with similar teleporter puzzles, though I can't think of any examples off the top of my head (Chip's Challenge maybe?). But I can see how this could trip you up in a first person game.Commentmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-66298102756197827712018-12-21T05:40:36.938-05:002018-12-21T05:40:36.938-05:00To be honest I'm super thrilled to see what aw...To be honest I'm super thrilled to see what awaits at the end, it's either gonna be legendary or a total letdown...<br />But that must make me a bad person because I'm totally not willing to do it myself...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62173852659440889652018-12-21T02:39:34.694-05:002018-12-21T02:39:34.694-05:00I think the other magic-word-is-please RPG was Tan...I think the other magic-word-is-please RPG was Tangled Tales.<br /><br />This game seems not as bad as others you have stuck through. I need you to beat these games because I never will!Iffy Bonzooliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519858732154180575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76898275869277214502018-12-21T01:41:05.328-05:002018-12-21T01:41:05.328-05:00The person who did that thought the same thing. T...The person who did that thought the same thing. They didn't post what had happened until years later.<br /><br />Do note that they weren't trying to crash the server. The second time they tried it with fewer slimes and it happened anyway. There were slimes filling every space they could reach. In an MMO. And given they way pushthrough works in UO anyone caught by the slimewave was dead.Drawdenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67710644195857431732018-12-20T23:41:00.886-05:002018-12-20T23:41:00.886-05:00I might have to boot Taskmaker to 1993. I can'...I might have to boot <i>Taskmaker</i> to 1993. I can't find the original 1989 version to download, and it appears that quite a few changes were made to version 2.0, making it more a 1993 game than a 1989 game.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54041724197662800142018-12-20T20:49:12.480-05:002018-12-20T20:49:12.480-05:00I've been playing pathfinder: Kingmaker and th...I've been playing pathfinder: Kingmaker and that rule has applied there so far too, except its geek the alchemist then the mage.Bakuielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708554023018591850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-4797058528903510482018-12-20T19:31:38.138-05:002018-12-20T19:31:38.138-05:00The spell name "Zap Trap" seems to be ba...The spell name "Zap Trap" seems to be based on Bard's Tale's "Trap Zap".<br /><br />I may be stating the obvious, but it looks like the puzzle solution is a path that you have to take through a dungeon level, presumably one with moving walls (given one of the hints you cite). So then it would indeed make sense to limit yourself to a 4x4 grid for the overall 20x20 dungeon size, which means that replacing B1 or D2 with the pair of tiles in the F columns would not work (you'd need 5 columns then).<br /><br />So this would only leave 4 possibilities: B1/D2 swapped or not, and A2 present or not. Perhaps the arrow in tile B1 has a meaning that makes sense in context and helps disambiguate, but even if not, with 4 possibilities it's perhaps an option to just try out the various solutions. Maybe some of the solutions can also be rules out while walking the path because there are obvious obstacles in the way that make that path infeasible.<br />Maltenoreply@blogger.com