tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post958801299163062762..comments2024-03-28T10:19:08.172-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Game 441: WarWizard (1993)CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5469328030383359852022-03-12T19:07:52.924-05:002022-03-12T19:07:52.924-05:00This part of an Everquest origins story gives a fe...This part of an Everquest origins story gives a few details on how WarWizard came to be - including why the company was called "Microgenesis":<br />https://www.shacknews.com/article/110494/better-together-stories-of-everquest?page=4Buscanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-65890242427567952192022-01-29T08:58:17.771-05:002022-01-29T08:58:17.771-05:00That's incredible. Persistence plus brillianc...That's incredible. Persistence plus brilliance gets there in the end! Thanks!Rangeroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384980667033682190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82511959800298477462022-01-29T00:28:55.132-05:002022-01-29T00:28:55.132-05:00I probably have my registered copy of this in a bo...I probably have my registered copy of this in a box of Amiga disks somewhere. When you registered Brad mailed out your package with the disk and photocopied map.Molochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257143012224568311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-83192949352366489622022-01-28T12:25:30.566-05:002022-01-28T12:25:30.566-05:00Clarification: it doesn't become a "key i...Clarification: it doesn't become a "key icon" until you click on it, which makes it even more confusing. It's a "chest" icon before you click on it.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72996063548366091372022-01-28T12:22:36.826-05:002022-01-28T12:22:36.826-05:00Rangerous, inn case you're still trying to fig...Rangerous, inn case you're still trying to figure this out, I found the problem. It's an infurating quirk to the interface. When you search something, you never by default see any keys that are in it. "Keys" is a separate view. You have to get to it by clicking the key icon above the item's inventory slots (the same icon you click on to USE a key to open it in the first place). <br /><br />Searching bodies has THREE separate views: backpack, keys, and body. <br /><br />I was ready to give up because I couldn't find any keys to open the doors in the Caves of Anbari. It turns out that practically every chest has a key. You just have to switch from "item" view to "key" view.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57736606698331623902022-01-14T16:00:44.536-05:002022-01-14T16:00:44.536-05:00Hmmm. I haven't gotten far enough to experienc...Hmmm. I haven't gotten far enough to experience any such issues, but I'll watch for them. If it makes the game unfinishable, I won't lament it. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26477754117640565142022-01-13T05:27:25.896-05:002022-01-13T05:27:25.896-05:00Summarizing, the original demo version (unplayed) ...Summarizing, the original demo version (unplayed) could be updated with ww1_reg.exe to provide a fresh, complete, new and unplayed experience. I haven't actually found an original demo version yet. On many of the download sites, it seems to have been superseded by already registered and played versions.Rangeroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384980667033682190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-54067025262233583192022-01-12T10:32:39.155-05:002022-01-12T10:32:39.155-05:00Small error: Change "None of the versions I&#...Small error: Change "None of the versions I've downloaded..." to say "All of the versions I've downloaded..." seem pre-played, as if some items have already been collected.Rangeroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384980667033682190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-3008105898375793932022-01-12T10:30:34.345-05:002022-01-12T10:30:34.345-05:00Thanks for bringing this one to light. I decided ...Thanks for bringing this one to light. I decided to give it a shot, but so far I can't figure out how to reset the game world. None of the versions I've downloaded (from rpgwatch [e.g. rpgnut], abandonia, and freegameempire) all seem to have been played already, with the game maps modified accordingly. You've probably already noticed things like cursed items for sale, etc. That was a marginal issue that kind of suggested the problem, but was no big deal. The clincher was when an NPC suggested that I go to his desk and get his key to the wizard's guild. Sure enough, found the desk no problem. No key. <br /><br />Went back to two more versions, same issue.<br /><br />Reviewed his directions for possible misunderstandings.<br /><br />Explored the entire city in case it was inexplicably somewhere else than where it had been described.<br /><br />I hope that's the only big missing item, as it's probably not a show stopper, as long as I focus more on war than wiz.Rangeroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384980667033682190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38975618293415220582022-01-07T02:16:40.842-05:002022-01-07T02:16:40.842-05:00Very much agree from me. Very much agree from me. Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088621906291687183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38341280731657516632022-01-05T06:40:21.361-05:002022-01-05T06:40:21.361-05:00Yeah it's an EGA one. The most mainstream game...Yeah it's an EGA one. The most mainstream game I can recall using hi res EGA was Sim City. And other Maxis games of course.Risingson Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915480026187953569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25628275216411439002022-01-05T04:08:59.578-05:002022-01-05T04:08:59.578-05:00I suppose what happened here was that the game ori...I suppose what happened here was that the game originally needed to access more than the 640kb of memory that were normally accessible by DOS until the DOS6 era. DOS4GW helped to some degree, but some games resorted to some trickery, like abusing bugs inherent in DOS (as Ultima VII did) to achieve that goal, which often had the undesired side-effect that it broke compatibility with later, post Win95 era DOS (and DOS emulation) where these bugs were fixed and memory could be addressed beyond 640kB natively. The modification dates would suggest that this sort of adaptation for accessing memory was made.El despertandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760941024574852525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-52148340279498073682022-01-04T22:05:07.460-05:002022-01-04T22:05:07.460-05:00Yeah, the first episode is shareware, to get you t...Yeah, the first episode is shareware, to get you to buy episode 2. I see nothing to suggest there's anything more to episode 1 or that episode 2 is missing anything. The plots line up, there's a cutscene at the end of Episode 1, and it just looks like a timeskip between the two games.<br />There are places around the internet dedicated to finding the complete versions of titles more obscure than this, and they don't mention any such issue with it. If there is such an issue, some of those people should be told about it.MorpheusKitamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591271981112642781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37669148586466492252022-01-04T12:45:56.684-05:002022-01-04T12:45:56.684-05:00Now Disco Elysium is a game I wouldn't mind if...Now Disco Elysium is a game I wouldn't mind if the Addict would cover, just for funsies. Would be against all chronology and the principles of the blog but still.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760602009014010894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-26165029466748289302022-01-04T06:50:11.047-05:002022-01-04T06:50:11.047-05:00What's wrong with them? They're the share...What's wrong with them? They're the shareware version. You've got about ten minutes of gameplay until you run out of things to do and the game says "pay the registration fee for the rest of the content". Harlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29812139454214546702022-01-03T18:25:01.546-05:002022-01-03T18:25:01.546-05:00HehHehStillqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714868318135693287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-56355372349226922782022-01-03T15:44:58.014-05:002022-01-03T15:44:58.014-05:00The game has a native resolution of 640x200. I th...The game has a native resolution of 640x200. I think Tunnels and Trolls was similar in this regard, from (distant) memory.Reiskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09444824451578560746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87032237660884345012022-01-03T13:38:29.022-05:002022-01-03T13:38:29.022-05:00The WarWizard can use any weapon! Just... Not ver...The WarWizard can use any weapon! Just... Not very well...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469733830517678716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58928943939572894672022-01-03T12:00:05.949-05:002022-01-03T12:00:05.949-05:00Wow. Thanks. I don't think I would have looked...Wow. Thanks. I don't think I would have looked for a "blank sprite." I suspect I'll still miss some.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79309642451787728792022-01-03T11:58:51.978-05:002022-01-03T11:58:51.978-05:00It's not really a basic speech system. I mean,...It's not really a basic speech system. I mean, there is digitized voice, but it's used as a sound effect, not as actual voiced dialogue.<br /><br />Thanks for linking the video, Pedro. I'll talk about WW2 in my final entry.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9381975824079421412022-01-03T11:55:50.736-05:002022-01-03T11:55:50.736-05:00I have a sneaking regard for games that start you ...I have a sneaking regard for games that start you with nothing and make you fight for every inch in the early game. <i>Might and Magic</i> is another one. As long as there IS a path forward.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68832279501506077582022-01-03T11:54:38.192-05:002022-01-03T11:54:38.192-05:00Thanks for the explanation. The file dates suggest...Thanks for the explanation. The file dates suggest that the modifications happened as late as 2010, but there isn't any kind of version file or change log.<br /><br />I HAD previously tried to set it to lower version numbers.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-7117722763470241532022-01-03T11:51:14.056-05:002022-01-03T11:51:14.056-05:00Yes, he does say that.Yes, he does say that.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18831685466057443382022-01-03T11:20:21.538-05:002022-01-03T11:20:21.538-05:00IIRC the Amiga's 640x200 was sometimes used fo...IIRC the Amiga's 640x200 was sometimes used for strategy games, or anything with a lot of text. But indeed, most games settled for 320x240 with 32 colours. Gerry Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078394659680797175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74321807345142293232022-01-03T09:05:59.955-05:002022-01-03T09:05:59.955-05:00This is an EGA game; you can tell by the color pal...This is an EGA game; you can tell by the color palette.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com