tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post1848292250024292019..comments2024-03-29T09:18:29.803-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Expedition Amazon: Won!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59588447901381321422023-12-31T06:17:13.741-05:002023-12-31T06:17:13.741-05:00Thank you for this. I played this as a kid and it ...Thank you for this. I played this as a kid and it always held a bit of mystery for me. When I saw the endgame, I immediately thought of Bob Clardy's Escape to Atlantis, an oddball game I never won as a kid but managed to save scum my way through it in 2018. That game goes from an island hopping/castle exploration-with-arcade-elements to something of a graphical text adventure in the endgame. Of course Clardy seemed to like experimenting with mushing several games into one- Odyssey basically includes his first two games (Dungeon Campaign and Wilderness Campaign) included as subroutines, stitched together with a sailing game, and an endgame which looks like Wilderness Campaign but plays very different. Really interesting times when crpgs were still figuring themselves out.Schleimanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82560886406892824482023-10-27T22:12:22.949-04:002023-10-27T22:12:22.949-04:00I have previously posted about my only exposure to...I have previously posted about my only exposure to lots of Apple II games being my local library having an assortment for kids to play, but considering A) they were all legal copies and B) it was a library in central Illinois, I am more than a little confused how obscure Expedition: Amazon remains considering it was just one of the handful of ostensibly readily-available games they had available there. If anyone is tracking the sorts of games available at libraries in the 1980s, it was this alongside the Quest, the Coveted Mirror, Chivalry, Isle of Mem, Transylvania, and In Search of the Most Amazing Thing (I posted about this in the relevant entry).Quarexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28491689075063812592022-01-26T21:11:32.079-05:002022-01-26T21:11:32.079-05:00Huh, well, that makes me more confused. I have ma...Huh, well, that makes me more confused. I have mapped everything and tried all the stairs. (In fact I think I may post the screenshots of all the levels to help anyone else who is insane enough to play this game!). And I DID go down the 'stairs that are a slide' as shown in your screenshot...which takes you to the poison room. The side passages in the room with the slides are dead ends. From the way your post was written, "on this level" means the poison room. <br /><br />In any case, I really enjoy your blog and your deep dive into old games. It's helped me before in many other games! And it was so cool that you talked to the programmer! <br /><br />BTW, the C64 version is broken also in that you never get the item or event that allows you to read the Incan language. The crypts that have the words and the parchment from the natives already remain unreadable. No wonder I never finished this game...and yet every several years I try my hand at it again. I must be nuts!SoulBlazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968742296793686626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55224693053728308892022-01-26T20:29:16.457-05:002022-01-26T20:29:16.457-05:00The poison room is a dead end, as I recall. The du...The poison room is a dead end, as I recall. The dungeon leading to the final area is a completely different dungeon. You have to explore every dungeon from the surface and make sure you try every staircase, both up and down. Eventually, you should find a level that looks something like my second screenshot.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-92070296641488332552022-01-23T21:08:19.994-05:002022-01-23T21:08:19.994-05:00Hello, thanks for posting this article! I first g...Hello, thanks for posting this article! I first got this game as a kid back in 1987 and every time I have tried to finish it, I always get stuck in the poison room. it looks like you were playing a different port of the game (I play the C64 version) but I'm really glad someone else was able to beat the game!<br /><br />I know it's been several years, but there's like NO information on this game online and your the only one I've found who has finished it. Do you recall how you advanced from the poison room into the last area? Your post indicates that you just 'stumbled around' until you triggered an event. Do you leave the screen or stay on the posion one? Does everyone need to be alive or just one person good? There are stairs that can take you back up, and you can also leave the screen in all four directions, but your post makes it sound like the trigger event is somewhere in that poison room.<br /><br />If you can recall anything at all, I'd love to hear. I know this game is not amazing, but I do really like it and about 35 years later I would finally love to finish the damn thing!<br /><br />Keep up all the amazing work!SoulBlazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968742296793686626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23659542987483577262015-11-20T00:15:00.052-05:002015-11-20T00:15:00.052-05:00We're officially back in the Golden Age of Gam...We're officially back in the Golden Age of Gaming.<br /><br />Kids don't have to print their manuals and package it with their games in ziploc bags to distribute them in mom-n-pop stores anymore. There's GOG and Steam for them.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72542733994182749882015-11-19T23:05:18.709-05:002015-11-19T23:05:18.709-05:00Dust is a very beautiful, albeit childish anime-in...Dust is a very beautiful, albeit childish anime-inspired, game.<br /><br />The characters appeal to kids a lot but the plot and puzzles seem to be directed towards teens and above. Weird combination.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90569794331930848132015-11-19T13:50:10.345-05:002015-11-19T13:50:10.345-05:00Wow, that might be the most obscure connection any...Wow, that might be the most obscure connection anyone has made on my blog so far. I want to believe you, and while I do see the similarities, the shopkeeper also looks like a stereotypical depiction of a South American from any number of other sources. I supposed we'd have to hear from Mr. Pelczarski to be sure.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20439680420323589482015-11-19T12:48:51.322-05:002015-11-19T12:48:51.322-05:00That is a compelling argument!That is a compelling argument!Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78456830301137568712015-11-19T06:54:12.622-05:002015-11-19T06:54:12.622-05:00I seem to be a little late to the party, reading t...I seem to be a little late to the party, reading the blog from the beginning, but I just can't help to notice that the shopkeeper's screen seems to be heavily inspired by Polish highlanders from Tatra mountains (https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podhalanie#/media/File:Przewodnicy_tatrzanscy_1877.jpg). This is strengthened by the Mark Pelczarski's last name, which is strongly Polish-sounding, and there was a large number of Polish highlanders who migrated to USA in the early 20th century (it was rather poor region of a rather poor country, and USA was a land of opportunity). It is possible that the graphics is at least partially effect of that.<br /><br />Also, keep up good work, Chet! :)KarbonKittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-62301965882153640722014-12-30T04:59:37.202-05:002014-12-30T04:59:37.202-05:00The discussion reminds me of a bit of dialogue at ...The discussion reminds me of a bit of dialogue at the beginning of Elmore Leonard's <i>Be Cool</i>. A friend of Chili Palmer's says, "I know you did okay with <i>Get Leo</i>, a terrific picture, terrific. And you know what else? It was good."CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48546432093559144702014-12-29T14:07:58.322-05:002014-12-29T14:07:58.322-05:00All this discussion of "awesome" vs. &qu...All this discussion of "awesome" vs. "great" vs. "awesomely great" etc. made me think of the term "RAMLAR!!" (Capitalization and double exclamation points are mandatory. A definition can be found <a href="http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/RPG_Lexica:PQR#R" rel="nofollow">here</a>.)<br /><br />This blog is both awesome and great, but not RAMLAR!! (Thank goodness for that.)Gaguumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13035471815345645532014-12-29T12:18:07.324-05:002014-12-29T12:18:07.324-05:00JJ: The answer is sort of. There are plenty of ind...JJ: The answer is sort of. There are plenty of indie games coming out, such as Dust: An Elysium Tale. Most have a few people working on them, Dust being a rare example of one person. They can't compete directly with a giant studio, but they have been very successful at filling genres that no one else has. For example, puzzle games, adventure games, platformers, retrogames, and so on. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-612115801318521842014-11-17T19:18:09.094-05:002014-11-17T19:18:09.094-05:00I finally found Ka!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K...I finally found Ka!<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A0Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75301026170266222582014-11-17T14:39:18.565-05:002014-11-17T14:39:18.565-05:00Thanks for this! I was close to winning this game ...Thanks for this! I was close to winning this game several times, and it's good to see that it could actually be won.LicoriceWhipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-90802017767949360692014-06-07T01:11:49.665-04:002014-06-07T01:11:49.665-04:00So... Canadians are the true Incans? Wow. A lot of...So... Canadians are the true Incans? Wow. A lot of Peruvians are gonna be pissed.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098875250377735658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5421957400382954072014-06-06T08:23:29.896-04:002014-06-06T08:23:29.896-04:00I wonder if in this internet age, indiviuals could...I wonder if in this internet age, indiviuals could compete better than in the early 1980s? Thank you Chet for finding this and sharing it with us. In that time, most of us did not have an apple, but Atari computers and would wait for Apple programs to be translated for Atari. JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-77466204688718747022014-06-06T05:11:48.965-04:002014-06-06T05:11:48.965-04:00after the dot, misspelled with a "C"after the dot, misspelled with a "C"VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59121900382017590122014-06-06T04:09:43.492-04:002014-06-06T04:09:43.492-04:00I know where the Amazon is but... where the heck i...I know where the Amazon is but... where the heck is Ka?!Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72507516338657989482014-06-06T03:02:21.637-04:002014-06-06T03:02:21.637-04:00Of course "Great" is better than "A...Of course "Great" is better than "Awesome".<br /><br />What do you call the stunts a teenage boy could perform as he parkours his way over several buildings? Awesome.<br /><br />What do you call the miracles that God could perform as He guides His people in the Exodus (not Ultima 3, incidentally)? Great.<br /><br />See, you can call a mortal Awesome but God is Great.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87300954272025437872014-06-06T01:02:48.195-04:002014-06-06T01:02:48.195-04:00Awesomely great, perhaps? Greatly awesome?Awesomely great, perhaps? Greatly awesome?Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88024559382453719042014-06-06T00:34:17.873-04:002014-06-06T00:34:17.873-04:00Wait. "Great" is better than "aweso...Wait. "Great" is better than "awesome"?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56009540125642222912014-06-06T00:11:13.724-04:002014-06-06T00:11:13.724-04:00I was just going to post the same thing. Stuff lik...I was just going to post the same thing. Stuff like this is what elevates this blog from 'awesome' to genuinely 'great'. Raifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478524519453417677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70218682452919699922014-06-05T22:38:42.517-04:002014-06-05T22:38:42.517-04:00As do I. I wish I'd paid more attention to dev...As do I. I wish I'd paid more attention to developers and companies when I first started blogging. It makes all my entries during the first 18 months seem woefully incomplete.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76456951022018838772014-06-05T22:15:34.438-04:002014-06-05T22:15:34.438-04:00I love when you find these sorts of historical ane...I love when you find these sorts of historical anecdotes. :)Paihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108169893140762249noreply@blogger.com