tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post1178636581379569415..comments2024-03-28T07:13:19.910-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 365: Muryaden (1989)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75197842616958160862021-05-31T21:28:02.659-04:002021-05-31T21:28:02.659-04:00Okay, I know most of my comments lately have been ...Okay, I know most of my comments lately have been about D&D, but since no one else has remarked upon it I just wanted to observe, in case anyone cares, that this game has some rather blatant steals from D&D. Vaprak, the god of trolls, is straight out of D&D. So is "Grumsh"; that's the main god of the orcs in D&D, though it's spelled there with a double U.Jalen Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973042209003357278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20833178870109699552021-05-31T21:25:30.067-04:002021-05-31T21:25:30.067-04:00The funniest part about this is that Hungarian has...<em>The funniest part about this is that Hungarian has a proper word for horse dick instead of just calling it... you know... horse dick.</em><br /><br />It seems that's exactly what they <em>do</em> call it; they just put it together into a compound word. "Ló" is Hungarian for horse, and "fasz" is Hungarian for... the other word.Jalen Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973042209003357278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-33796645493521777542020-06-05T12:53:46.897-04:002020-06-05T12:53:46.897-04:00Thanks for confirming what happened!Thanks for confirming what happened!CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64862885920834785402020-06-05T08:27:01.370-04:002020-06-05T08:27:01.370-04:00https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/muryaden-seri...https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/muryaden-seriesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91646998040782200962020-06-05T08:23:19.198-04:002020-06-05T08:23:19.198-04:00Apheresis of "américains"
https://en.wik...Apheresis of "américains"<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apheresis_(linguistics)<br /><br />from the "treasure of the french language" (online dictionary):<br />http://boutillon.free.fr/Underground/Jeux/Muryaden/m1/Doc/Decors/Ricain.pngAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40660410463472670582020-06-05T07:43:27.595-04:002020-06-05T07:43:27.595-04:00About "peau d'zébi" or "peau de...About "peau d'zébi" or "peau de zébi" or "peau de zob":<br />French slang that means "nothing".<br />Derived from "zob" or "zeb" (algerian arab) = "c0ck" / "d!ck"<br />Used by the zouaves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zouave<br /><br />Full explanation, from the "treasure of the french language" (online dictionary):<br />http://boutillon.free.fr/Underground/Jeux/Muryaden/m1/Doc/Decors/Peau_De_Zebi.pngAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-39077973831773956252020-06-04T19:01:24.713-04:002020-06-04T19:01:24.713-04:00Congrats!
I confirm: there's a bug in the Er...Congrats! <br /><br />I confirm: there's a bug in the Ered-Morglin map file.<br /><br />In this part of the dungeon, a wall should be solid but is coded as a secret door:<br />Near that point:<br />http://boutillon.free.fr/Underground/Jeux/Muryaden/m1/Graphisme_Cartographie/Ecrans/M1_p220.png<br /><br />Bad value 155 instead of 255:<br />http://boutillon.free.fr/Underground/Jeux/Muryaden/m1/Graphisme_Cartographie/Ecrans/Muryaden1_Wall_Bug_Ered_Morglin.png<br /><br />So you went out of the dungeon in another dimension...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14345441604054899112020-06-04T09:09:24.438-04:002020-06-04T09:09:24.438-04:00The bug you described: no I don't.
As far as ...The bug you described: no I don't.<br /><br />As far as I remember, we produced the first Muryaden in less than 2 months, from scratch.<br />we used a very simple BASIC program to input datas (maps).<br />And we had not time to check that every wall had correct values (one for the sprite and one for "solid" wall).<br />We only checked that the sprites were displaying properly.<br />Maybe you've found a bug in Ered-Morglin when you were testing the walls for secret doors.<br /><br />I have to check that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84649479839895608642020-06-04T08:34:57.315-04:002020-06-04T08:34:57.315-04:00..."stolen"...
As the author of this we......"stolen"...<br /><br />As the author of this web page, I don't care.<br /><br />I think it's funny to see the little game I wrote with my friend Eric in a list of famous rpg games!<br /><br />Mainly because Muryaden is an old & obscur game / in french language / with s.xual content / released in 1989 in the french apple II underground scene.<br /><br />My point of view is: it's courageous to play 5 hours with it, especially when your native tongue is english.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13744983523437924932020-06-04T01:34:22.274-04:002020-06-04T01:34:22.274-04:00I assume this is M. Boutillon commenting. I apprec...I assume this is M. Boutillon commenting. I appreciate you stopping in to fill in some of the open questions and bits of trivia. Have you ever seen a bug like the one I described?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-8199630651866599872020-06-03T17:12:40.964-04:002020-06-03T17:12:40.964-04:00Fortunately, I don't need to win it myself bec...<i>Fortunately, I don't need to win it myself because "Deckard's" web page describes what happens:</i><br /><br />Do you even read?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74383351923224905362020-06-03T16:46:55.981-04:002020-06-03T16:46:55.981-04:00Your last four screen shots were all stolen from t...Your last four screen shots were all stolen from this web page: http://boutillon.free.fr/Underground/Jeux/Muryaden/m1/Scenario/Scenario.html.<br /><br />You clearly didn't finish the game. I can't believe you still have readers who think you play these games all the way through when you don't even take the time to Photoshop your stolen shots. Stop lying, Addict.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75585984854983316382020-06-02T18:59:52.225-04:002020-06-02T18:59:52.225-04:00Eric Bertrand ... with numerous credits on Ubisoft...Eric Bertrand ... with numerous credits on Ubisoft titles, ... and I'm not sure if it's the same developer => not the same guy. Muryaden was a small holiday project when we were students. After getting his Polytechnique graduate degree, Eric worked for big pharma before being disgusted, and now is a math teacher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48341182885604280342020-06-02T18:41:44.850-04:002020-06-02T18:41:44.850-04:00Don't ask me why the screen shots are in this ...Don't ask me why the screen shots are in this color => because the computer setups of the programmers were apple IIe + green monochrome monitors. Color monitors were very expensive. Modern apple IIe emulators have a display option to switch color ou monochrome mode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23154774257812130172020-06-02T18:18:45.707-04:002020-06-02T18:18:45.707-04:00Bren-lette => branlette = handj0b in english
N...Bren-lette => branlette = handj0b in english<br /><br />No publisher for that game.<br />Bytlejuice (Richard Fiore) was the guy who wrote the animated graphical introduction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25818452426857276892020-06-02T14:57:19.119-04:002020-06-02T14:57:19.119-04:00PQ and the Cthulhu Mythos:
Count Bren-lette =>...PQ and the Cthulhu Mythos:<br /><br />Count Bren-lette => Comte d'Erlette (August Derleth)<br />https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Comte_d%27Erlette<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Derleth<br /><br />Pnakoticus Qhultis => "Cults of Ghouls" + "Pnakotic Manuscripts"<br />https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Cultes_des_Goules<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pnakotic_ManuscriptsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16058980389614924622020-05-20T13:03:54.085-04:002020-05-20T13:03:54.085-04:00I just felt that one was too obvious to bother wit...I just felt that one was too obvious to bother with.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-61357006492110005422020-05-20T10:57:35.463-04:002020-05-20T10:57:35.463-04:00Another immature joke from this game nobody picked...Another immature joke from this game nobody picked up on that makes me realize you all need to brush up on your Greek: Beltrik is a "Skatomancer."<br /><br />Think about that for a second, and then you will realize the kind of magic Mr. Beltrik apparently specializes in . . .Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-47579884713528480312020-05-20T10:55:52.341-04:002020-05-20T10:55:52.341-04:00I wouldn't put that past DC Comics.I wouldn't put that past DC Comics. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6966404390735004642020-05-19T20:13:19.927-04:002020-05-19T20:13:19.927-04:00As a french.. "ricain" is barely a slur....As a french.. "ricain" is barely a slur. It's just a shortening of 'americain" and as any shortening it could be used to ridicule (as in the website), or sometime used even as an affectionate term. Context matter.<br /><br />Otherwise you get the meaning right. They planned the game to be the opposite of the "puritan" games they saw coming from the US. But it sound more like a rebel youth posture, than an ingrained declaration of faith.<br /><br />You're right in 12/2018 Deckart posted an old interview as Jean-Marc Boutillon. According to the interview he then became an obsessive apple II collector, and active in the hacker community in France. But he dont talk about working on any games after Muryaden II<br />Nathan Pymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672524583329369999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50182197820006607542020-05-19T16:24:20.395-04:002020-05-19T16:24:20.395-04:00I stand corrected -- I have not seen an issue of Y...I stand corrected -- I have not seen an issue of Yankee magazine since probably the 1970s. I just assumed that it has ceased publication. <br />Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526120228467162158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30697657855298436082020-05-19T13:49:55.477-04:002020-05-19T13:49:55.477-04:00I've never heard anybody use the word "ya...I've never heard anybody use the word "yankee" in earnest, besides sports fans or communists in 80's cinema. But then I've always been on the West Coast, where both colonial history and the Civil War era aren't thought about a great deal.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30488291770451386532020-05-19T13:35:53.408-04:002020-05-19T13:35:53.408-04:00Yankee is still being published. You scared me for...<i>Yankee</i> is still being published. You scared me for a minute. And it wouldn't have been before my time. I grew up here.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21342834708285764662020-05-19T11:45:06.217-04:002020-05-19T11:45:06.217-04:00As for the term "Yankee" being used in M...As for the term "Yankee" being used in Maine, while it was before Chet's time in the state, that was the title of a long-running magazine about Maine culture/history/folklore. My Grandparents used to subscribe. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526120228467162158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64824048683619288842020-05-19T06:07:24.354-04:002020-05-19T06:07:24.354-04:00Yeah, it seems you are right Kelvin. I guess it go...Yeah, it seems you are right Kelvin. I guess it goes to show that you can't trust what you learn in school, as I remember that tidbit from an English text book from high school ;) (Although Wikipedia does suggest one more possible origin for the term as the color the newcomers turn, due to sun burns, resembling pomegranates.)Mikko Alitalonoreply@blogger.com