tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post6060828403621542485..comments2024-03-28T23:14:06.156-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: The Return of Werdna: Gleaming the CubeCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32044620646805953232022-09-02T18:52:36.307-04:002022-09-02T18:52:36.307-04:00"Grenade" + "blow holes in walls&qu..."Grenade" + "blow holes in walls" immediately makes me think of <i>Raiders of the Lost Ark</i> for Atari 2600, but that's just me, no doubt.PK Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416777230563913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81477048543017766962022-09-02T13:24:43.239-04:002022-09-02T13:24:43.239-04:00And here I thought the Canadians used hand grenade...And here I thought the Canadians used hand grenades to blow holes in walls during the Battle of Ortona during WWII, but when I read up more on it, it seems they used anti-tank guns for that. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53713389535063792542022-08-07T09:02:44.835-04:002022-08-07T09:02:44.835-04:00Maybe he, the demon lord and the maelific can rent...Maybe he, the demon lord and the maelific can rent an apartment together. Try to find jobs. Argue about using the last of the toilet paper. It could be a truly dismal sitcom.Tipihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416637333851125884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28233492590042038892022-07-31T23:31:03.405-04:002022-07-31T23:31:03.405-04:00Note that Crooked Bee was using someone else's...Note that Crooked Bee was using someone else's maps and a walkthrough, so Chet's final count will be closer to what most players of the era would experience.BronzeBobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-45347884639001216632022-07-29T14:20:31.487-04:002022-07-29T14:20:31.487-04:00It really reminds me of the Isle of Crypts in Wiza...It really reminds me of the Isle of Crypts in Wizardry 7 where they clearly made a throwback to this one. I remember I was so proud when I mapped it all out.Georgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801694109856585537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78459153705436739792022-07-29T13:44:42.331-04:002022-07-29T13:44:42.331-04:00You get 1 million keypresses. In this post, there&...You get 1 million keypresses. In this post, there's a screenshot showing about 978k keys remaining. Crooked Bee's Let's Play wins the game with over 990k remaining, which should give a ballpark for how quickly you should be able to beat the game given full maps and familiarity.<br /><br />It seems pretty much inconceivable that someone could ever exhaust the keypress limit.stepped pyramidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87593978803462071522022-07-29T07:19:12.461-04:002022-07-29T07:19:12.461-04:00I don't think you have mentioned the key press...I don't think you have mentioned the key presses limit since the first posts. Does it seem high enough to not matter at all and just serve as a kind of score? How long will it take to reach your current status again from scratch if you found yourself out of key presses?Xogónhttps://xogon.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11829906954245369402022-07-28T19:51:21.731-04:002022-07-28T19:51:21.731-04:00I'm honestly surprised that there's not so...I'm honestly surprised that there's not some garbled text you need a fish to translate in this game, would fit with some of the other puzzles!Scott Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096908333138074926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8723664239307583392022-07-28T08:10:48.893-04:002022-07-28T08:10:48.893-04:00My brain got stuck for a few seconds wanting "...My brain got stuck for a few seconds wanting "HHG" to be a Hitchhiker's Guide reference - possibly the one thing in all of creation that would've been an equally powerful Nerd Reference.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703211229982182936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28463058291819647542022-07-28T04:07:38.677-04:002022-07-28T04:07:38.677-04:00Well, no, the assumption was that the players had ...Well, no, the assumption was that the players had beaten the first three Wizardries and knew their way around them. The game comes with a ton of "this game is probably not for you" disclaimers and starts off with a puzzle it provides the answer to in a sealed envelope that tells you that if you needed to look up the answer, you should probably play something else instead.<br /><br />As for the grenade, as mentioned, the game does tell you it's a grenade when you invoke it. Adamanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424537596238450467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37117651916904149362022-07-28T02:00:33.358-04:002022-07-28T02:00:33.358-04:00Indeed. The assumption wasn't that everyone wh...Indeed. The assumption wasn't that everyone who ever started playing the game would be as much of a huge [bleeped] nerd as the authors. The assumption was that most of them would FAIL ABJECTLY DUE TO INSUFFICIENT NERD CREDENTIALS, whether at "Aitch-aitch-gee of Aunty Ock, what is this supposed to be? It's stuck to my hand and not doing anything..." or at, "Blarf, what do you mean I was supposed to be making a map? That weird paper with squares all over it is actually for something?"Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456086726407491007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12562269253231116722022-07-27T14:58:06.631-04:002022-07-27T14:58:06.631-04:00I'd definitely agree that Wizardry Iv confers ...I'd definitely agree that Wizardry Iv confers a sort of respect to the player that calling the audience "losers" diminishes; as fiendish as the game gets, it was expected that the audience would love the challenge, each prank being cause for the authors to laugh alongside the player instead of at them, and it's a compliment to the players' determination and intellect that even this game was expected to be solvable.P-Tux7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91928798537395676862022-07-27T13:37:24.876-04:002022-07-27T13:37:24.876-04:00Sporky, you raise a good question. I knew immediat...Sporky, you raise a good question. I knew immediately what "HHG" stood for, but I agree that it might not be obvious to may people.<br /><br />DeepSleeper, let's try to avoid the insults, please. We may be huge nerds, but there's no reason to attach "loser" to it. Roe Adams had a successful career and millions of people remember his work. We should all be so lucky.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59640239927073586062022-07-27T10:37:46.532-04:002022-07-27T10:37:46.532-04:00This is a game that has no trouble not only assumi...This is a game that has no trouble not only assuming you're a huge loser nerd but that you're exactly the same kind of huge loser nerd as the authors. This was very common in the days when only huge loser nerds wrote PC games.DeepSleepernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22950263954718365952022-07-27T10:35:40.842-04:002022-07-27T10:35:40.842-04:00Invoking it pulls the plug, with the game saying &...Invoking it pulls the plug, with the game saying "Well... It's a grenade" or something along those lines. You need to equip it, invoke it, THEN drop it to make it work.<br />And of course, being cursed, you can't drop it before it's been uncursed. Adamanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424537596238450467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52310827162875103032022-07-27T10:07:34.129-04:002022-07-27T10:07:34.129-04:00Fair point, but especially in the 1980s, the Holy ...Fair point, but especially in the 1980s, the Holy Hand Grenade ranks right up there with Forty-Two as THE reference that any geek, computer game player, or roleplayer would be familiar with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16732795546638957902022-07-27T08:22:51.836-04:002022-07-27T08:22:51.836-04:00According to this entry, invoking it does nothing,...According to this entry, invoking it does nothing, not even exploding in your hand. And you'd have to figure out how to uncurse it to be able to drop it. From what I understand, it only counts down and explodes in that one specific place in the dungeon. It doesn't sound like there's a way to discover the countdown until you've more or less solved the puzzle anyway.Sporkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-10894246949703020952022-07-27T08:13:43.110-04:002022-07-27T08:13:43.110-04:00I don't think I understood the reference at th...I don't think I understood the reference at the time. But you can experiment with it to discover it blows up. Most notably blow yourself up, I think! I think maybe I'd seen Holy Grail but just didn't get the HHG and hadn't memorized the name of the hand grenade anyway. Only later, I think after it counts 1 ... 2 ... 5 ... 3! did I realize what the HHG meant.Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934202466921935801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91115720294226982562022-07-27T08:08:49.713-04:002022-07-27T08:08:49.713-04:00I think you've spoken before about disliking c...I think you've spoken before about disliking clues that require too much outside knowledge. Obviously there are semi-reasonable expectations like knowing that Bugs Bunny says "what's up, doc?" and connecting that with rabbits and carrots.<br /><br />But I was thinking about your "HHG of Aunty Ock." Is there a function in the game to examine an object and get more info about it? Like "this holy device appears to be a grenade" etc.? If not, isn't this particular item VERY obscure for its time? It not only relies on knowledge of a specific movie, but you could even have watched the movie and not quite have the presence of mind to intuit what HHG stands for. It's a pun too, and the internet didn't exist at the time, so it's not like you could google Aunty Ock or Antioch for possible hints.<br /><br />If there's nothing in the game that implies this is a grenade, this feels like one of the most unfair elements.Sporkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9149197528239725822022-07-27T07:19:41.539-04:002022-07-27T07:19:41.539-04:00Another interesting blog to follow - thanks!Another interesting blog to follow - thanks!Pedro Q.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03572150497835442981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76379797418273132442022-07-27T00:38:31.751-04:002022-07-27T00:38:31.751-04:00What an adventure! Well done.
Now that he's r...What an adventure! Well done.<br /><br />Now that he's reached the surface, Neutral-aligned ***Werdna*** is going to aggressively... go about his normal, neutral business, I suppose. Get the milk and papers in, do the crossword.mecha-nekohttps://www.twitter.com/mecha_neko/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30411996869782836362022-07-26T22:22:16.609-04:002022-07-26T22:22:16.609-04:00I hadn't thought about "Gleaming the Cube...I hadn't thought about "Gleaming the Cube" in many years... it was very popular amongst my skating friends.<br />arthurdawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269435724709435094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35752057410358908862022-07-26T22:17:31.579-04:002022-07-26T22:17:31.579-04:00Always look on the bright side of life... and whil...Always look on the bright side of life... and while the holy hand grenade wasn't dynamite... the rabbit is!<br />arthurdawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269435724709435094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41255328844925866722022-07-26T22:00:59.531-04:002022-07-26T22:00:59.531-04:00"All of these would be good rock band names.&..."All of these would be good rock band names."<br /><br />Not quite the same spelling, but Chimaira is a real band...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20092208012721016482022-07-26T20:41:59.416-04:002022-07-26T20:41:59.416-04:00Limp wristing is also a shooting term for when som...Limp wristing is also a shooting term for when someone isn't holding a gun firmly enough. It can eventually cause failures to feed and other issues that might jam a gun. <br /><br />That might come in handy, not sure. AdventureMaterialshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285640430049907816noreply@blogger.com