tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post7521442672934544815..comments2024-03-29T10:21:29.354-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Backtracking: Oubliette (1983)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60677846010549454832023-06-29T07:28:26.379-04:002023-06-29T07:28:26.379-04:00I remember back in the early 80s in Argentina, whe...I remember back in the early 80s in Argentina, when I was a kid, the ad for the Grundig TV, which had a very big screen for that era. So yeah, I had the same thougt when I read that name in the postLeo Vellésnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83364509928007022962022-04-26T15:36:41.659-04:002022-04-26T15:36:41.659-04:00I wonder if "Grundig (owner of the general st...I wonder if "Grundig (owner of the general store)" is based on the German consumer electronics manufacturer which was still big & well-known back then, at least in Europe (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundig)?Buscanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75986368165061530532021-04-24T09:39:33.813-04:002021-04-24T09:39:33.813-04:00My brother & I used to play Oubliette in the C...My brother & I used to play Oubliette in the C-64 days. I don't know how we got the game but it didn't come with any manual. Thankfully, the game play was pretty strait forward. The magic system, on the other hand, was not. You had priests and wizards, of varying types and these two magic forms had different spells that you had to type in, in order to cast. Unfortunately we didn't have a list of the potential spells available for each magic class. On top of that, if you cast a spell that was above your experience level it would fizzle or fail. A light spell, for instance, might be typed in as luminanso, (not correct but given as an example.) It might be cablecast by a level-1 wizard. A more powerful light spell might be typed in as grandiLumananso, which would last much longer but would take more magic and not be available to a wizard until he reached a 4'th or 5'th level. Generally most the more powerful spells would, as such be the same as their weaker cousins but be proceeded by the prefix Grandi. These are not actual spell names or prefixes. Just examples.<br /><br />The thing was, we didn't know any of the names of the spells, so typing them in was a hopeless cause. You COULD, however, get a staff, imbued with a magic spell, such as a Light staff or a Fireball staff, or a Greater Fireball staff. When you used such a magic staff, the spell name would flash across the screen and, if you where really quick, you could jot it down on a scrap of paper. Now you had a spell that you could type into the casting, text box for a wizard, and he would be able to use his own magic to cast said spell, without a magically imbued staff. Of course the same methods of learning magic for monks and priests worked as well.<br /><br />Thus we slowly created a list of magic spells that would be available for each type of caster. by adding the prefix for greater, we might get the more powerful spells as well. Cheating??? I suppose, but remember, you still had to be experienced enough to cast the stronger spells.<br />Dumbly Dorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593804210012714512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68755050094784044832020-12-08T09:58:28.403-05:002020-12-08T09:58:28.403-05:00Thank you! Having such an option didn't even c...Thank you! Having such an option didn't even cross my mind until I saw someone mention the "text mode", but even then I wasn't so sure. Not many games (especially as early as this one) would offer two types of views!iorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825471406613372261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-30672989954444752042020-12-08T09:45:35.069-05:002020-12-08T09:45:35.069-05:00That's the game I was looking at here. I just ...That's the game I was looking at here. I just didn't play with it long enough to notice there was an option to switch between first-person and third-person. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25771862361180970102020-12-08T01:01:28.129-05:002020-12-08T01:01:28.129-05:00Hi Chester.
https://youtu.be/EI9qL1_SIuM
I found...Hi Chester.<br /><br />https://youtu.be/EI9qL1_SIuM<br /><br />I found this video. It looks like it is Oubliette, but does not use wire-frame first-person view, but use top-down losres instead.<br /><br />I saw a comment here mentioning "graphic mode" and "text mode" but is there an option in game where you can choose first-person view of top-down view??<br /><br />If not, do you have any clue as to what this is??iorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825471406613372261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-70339853581558981512015-02-06T13:56:22.136-05:002015-02-06T13:56:22.136-05:00World of Warcraft :pWorld of Warcraft :pTristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-39225312441560800472015-02-06T06:22:47.916-05:002015-02-06T06:22:47.916-05:00Hm, on Super Famicon there is Dark Half.
Here is ...Hm, on Super Famicon there is Dark Half.<br /><br />Here is description:<br /><br />Control both an evil overlord and the hero sent to kill him in this darkly innovative Super Famicom RPG from Westone/Enix.<br /><br />Control both an evil overlord and the hero sent to kill him in this darkly innovative Super Famicom RPG from Westone/Enix.<br /><br />http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/darkhalf/darkhalf.htmmpxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366744101617096955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65535956646609383282013-10-07T12:51:49.351-04:002013-10-07T12:51:49.351-04:00Wizardry 4 maybe? Or Dungeon Keeper?Wizardry 4 maybe? Or Dungeon Keeper?PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-2091867326563270742013-10-07T09:54:38.944-04:002013-10-07T09:54:38.944-04:00I wonder if there ever was an RPG that let you pla...I wonder if there ever was an RPG that let you play a "monster class" and then let you fight against the "normal classes", e.g. human warrior, or dwarf rogue or something like that. You know, an rpg from the monsters' perspective.<br />These early games are fascinating. Some "alternative" roads of history seemed possible. Some threads of history just died, like the Wizard's Castle one.Alexander Sebastian Schulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15135338616598357444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37888247955360721232013-10-02T01:55:13.318-04:002013-10-02T01:55:13.318-04:00Regarding HackMaster, no on both counts: It doesn&...Regarding HackMaster, no on both counts: It doesn't have characters die in training (unless that was added in the latest edition, with which I'm unfamiliar), and it's not anywhere near as old anyway. HackMaster started as just a fictional game mentioned in the <i>Knights of the Dinner Table</i> comic strip, which launched in 1990; there was no such actual game until the creators of the comic strip decided to create it in 2001... so compared to Traveller and Oubliette HackMaster's just a young'un.Jalen Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973042209003357278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18980217930836170622013-08-03T20:51:15.676-04:002013-08-03T20:51:15.676-04:00Thank you for this blog. An update for you: the 1...Thank you for this blog. An update for you: the 1977 version was written for the CP/M operating system. I have a copy. The most unique feature is that the Pseudo Dragon data has a glitch: occasionally you can give it one too many hits and throw its hit counter into the negative - necessitating taking 64k hits for it to die. Twenty minutes standing on the "k" key with a level 54 Human Samurai wielding the Axe of Mortokgor, usually does the trick. This version runs under all versions of Digital Research's OS, as well as ZR-DOS and ZPR3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86126744443482921902013-06-05T18:04:59.114-04:002013-06-05T18:04:59.114-04:00Congratulations on your collection. I don't mi...Congratulations on your collection. I don't miss having to RUN games from 5.25-inch floppy disks, though.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7704248227981054522013-06-05T11:26:39.522-04:002013-06-05T11:26:39.522-04:00Hi, Though I am not a classic CRPG addict I do lik...Hi, Though I am not a classic CRPG addict I do like and still play the "Old" DOS games. Also many Win Ver. 3.1 games as well most on 5 1/4 or 3 1/2 floppies; as well. I have been a collector for many years. I just thought that you should know that I actually "HAVE" the original Oubliette PC game on 5 1/4 disks. It was one of the first games I got for my then monster PC with a fantastic 256K RAM memory. Anyway, please continue your quests and good luck. Oh, other games I have include an Original Star Trek same that used only symbols like "*" and "x" for ships and lasers and such it was great at the time but we sure have come a long way since then. Thanks...Tokra19@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29768953366874269242012-12-05T21:30:31.854-05:002012-12-05T21:30:31.854-05:00I wish I could help you, but I just opened it in r...I wish I could help you, but I just opened it in regular DOSBox without problems. What kind of glitches?CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-6413489527322476592012-12-05T02:59:11.612-05:002012-12-05T02:59:11.612-05:00Hi! How do you run this game using DOSbox? I have ...Hi! How do you run this game using DOSbox? I have some sort of graphic glitches.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583774556257160135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21924730349283978592012-06-13T18:37:26.465-04:002012-06-13T18:37:26.465-04:00A true underrated classic, although I prefer Oubli...A true underrated classic, although I prefer Oubliette parody 'Liberal Crime Squad' by Tarn Adams (which is now Open Source as well)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603102060375733936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3705151082357112742012-04-12T23:08:38.931-04:002012-04-12T23:08:38.931-04:00Thought people might like to know, there is a pret...Thought people might like to know, there is a pretty faithful remake for Android and iPhone. Most of it is kept the same, but it’s added an 11th level with a boss fight to give it an end game. <br /><br />Android:<br />https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gabysoft.oubliette<br /><br />iPhone:<br />http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oubliette/id376637764?mt=8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64831622446825707342012-03-17T13:41:31.243-04:002012-03-17T13:41:31.243-04:00This would be cool. I'm really curious to see...This would be cool. I'm really curious to see if there is anything to the Wizardry connection.killias2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00398131197947456691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-67964946950044530012012-02-28T12:14:49.054-05:002012-02-28T12:14:49.054-05:00Oubliette was an amazing game for the time. I pla...Oubliette was an amazing game for the time. I played it extensively back in the mid-80s, along with Rogue and a PC port of Empire, Icon: Quest for the Rings, another game ahead of its time, Hack (the ancestor of Nethack) and many others.<br /><br />I never could get the graphic version to work, so I always played the textmode version, although frankly I doubt I was missing out on anything.<br /><br />Given that the EXE was only 42kB, I'm sure it would be pretty small potatoes to disassemble the game and turn the result into C code. I think I shall have to try that some time.<br /><br />One of the reasons for the game's sophistication compared to its contemporaries was how data-driven it was. All the monsters, magic items and spells were defined in the data files. Monster attacks, spells and magic items drew upon a defined set of effects and attributes, which gave the game a lot of flexibility, and even made it moddable to someone dedicated enough to reverse-engineer the data files (like I did).<br /><br />Nowadays, that seems (at least to me) a very obvious way to implement a CRPG like this, but at the time it was probably pretty novel. Actually, in that regard Oubliette was fancier than Nethack remains today, although Nethack is orders of magnitude more sophisticated.ConceptJunkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07574983838533038839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43558454232025524392012-01-06T01:46:35.467-05:002012-01-06T01:46:35.467-05:00You'll probably get it. I have access to the o...You'll probably get it. I have access to the original PLATO version now, and I might play it early in 2012.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76026523431246691302012-01-03T03:49:05.542-05:002012-01-03T03:49:05.542-05:00I would really like to see a post or two on Oublie...I would really like to see a post or two on Oubliette. I don't really have time to play it myself at the moment, and am already juggling two very hard dungeon crawlers when I do time to spare. Perhaps if you're not able to write a post for Wizardry V or some other game down the line (understandable), you could make an intermission post about Oubliette.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9463718200838873742011-07-03T13:58:01.635-04:002011-07-03T13:58:01.635-04:00|{P}|sez:
Oh no! No more Deli Haus. To arms!
I mis...|{P}|sez:<br />Oh no! No more Deli Haus. To arms!<br />I miss Boston. The fabulous Grinders and sandwiches that frequent West of BU are missed the most though. As Clipse writes, "So much dough, I can't swear I won't change".<br />Grindin'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59082835816235472052011-07-03T11:23:41.721-04:002011-07-03T11:23:41.721-04:00I'm afraid not. I don't actually live in B...I'm afraid not. I don't actually live in Boston, or anywhere very convenient to it. I never tried the Deli Haus--which closed a few years ago, by the way--on my visits to Kenmore Square.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22779496772246443042011-07-02T20:48:41.298-04:002011-07-02T20:48:41.298-04:00|{P}|sez:
Hey CRPG Addict, you ever eat at the Del...|{P}|sez:<br />Hey CRPG Addict, you ever eat at the Deli Haus in Boston? I used to, but I can't remember what I ever ate there or what's on the menu. It's weird. You should try skating Mission Hill when you get done playing the RPGs, that would be, like, wicked awesome. Winthroper4Life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com