Author: CRPG Addict

The Black Gate: La Forge

I have a feeling we’re going to regret this.               So far in our chronology, expansions have been rare enough that we haven’t devoted any significant time to them. Although not common, they are nearly as old as CRPGs themselves. The first that I can identify for sure two 1981 […]

The Legacy: Won! (with Summary and Rating)

                   The Legacy United Kingdom Magnetic Scrolls (developer); MicroProse (publisher) Released 1992 for DOS Date Started: 3 June 2020Date Ended: 17 June 2020 Total Hours: 25Difficulty: Moderate-Hard (3.5/5)Final Rating: (to come later)Ranking at time of posting: (to come later)            Summary: A first-person adventure […]

Game 370: Final Fantasy (1987)

This title screen doesn’t occur until a couple of hours into the game.            Final Fantasy Japan Square (developer); Nintendo (publisher) Released in 1987 for NES in Japan, 1989 for MSX, 1990 for NES in North America Remade numerous times for various platforms, including mobile, between 1994 and 2016 Date […]

The Legacy: Bad to the Bone

The enemies get more terrifying and grotesque.        The Legacy is a much bigger game than I expected going in. I figured it would be a typical adventure game set in a haunted house with maybe three levels and a basement, all of them relatively compact, with all rooms serving […]

Game 369: Mythos (1985)

Maybe “Axis” isn’t a great name for a German game company? I’m just putting it out there.            Mythos Germany Independently developed; published by Axis Komputerkunst Released 1985 for Commodore 64 and Atari 800 Date Started: 7 June 2020 Date Ended: 8 June 2020 Total Hours: 3 Difficulty: Easy (2/5) […]

Game 368: The Legacy (1992)

I bought the GOG version, which says nothing about a Realm of Terror.             The Legacy United Kingdom Magnetic Scrolls (developer); MicroProse (publisher) Released 1992 for DOS Date Started: 3 June 2020     The Legacy is a rare horror-themed RPG. We’ve had a few, including Don’t Go Alone (1989), […]

Abandoned Places: Turnabout

In this session, I saw the “full party death” screen for the first time.             I tried hard to finish Abandoned Places for this entry, pouring almost 16 hours into it over the last six days, but I’m not quite there. It’s been very frustrating, and I wish I’d just […]

TaskMaker: Won! (with Summary and Rating)

Can my reward be a haircut?              TaskMaker United States Storm Impact (developer); XOR (publisher) Released 1989 for the MacintoshRemade and re-released as shareware in 1993 Date Started: 15 May 2020 Date Ended: 25 May 2020 Total Hours: 13 Difficulty: Moderate-Hard (3.5/5) Final Rating: (to come later) Ranking at time […]

Abandoned Places: Empty Frame

Spider webs posed a (mild) obstacle on some of this session’s dungeons.            A second session with Abandoned Places has shown it to be an adequate but unmemorable Dungeon Master clone. Most of the things I initially liked about it–elements in which it departed from the usual Dungeon Master template–have […]

Game 367: Taskmaker (1989)

This is a pretty morbid way to organize your “to do” items.          TaskMaker United States Storm Impact (developer); XOR (publisher) Released 1989 for the MacintoshRemade and re-released as shareware in 1993 Date Started: 15 May 2020           TaskMaker is a slick little game, probably the best I’ve played so […]

The Black Gate: Clearing Out

The king without a throne! The land without a king!            Owing to circumstances, this will be a brief entry, but I wanted to at least talk about some of the things that occurred to me as I continued my explorations of the Dungeon Despise. Despise is the dungeon that, […]

Game 365: Muryaden (1989)

You are not misinterpreting this screen. The troll is having his genitals stimulated by a magic stone. It’s that kind of game.            Muryaden France Elrik et Deckard (developers); Bytlejuice (publisher) Released in 1989 for Apple II Date Started: 12 May 2020 Date Ended: 14 May 2020 Total Hours: 5Difficulty: […]

Chickened Out

Just a quick note. I’ve disabled comments on this because I don’t really want a bunch of comments. I’ve heard the arguments before and against, I’ve made them to myself. The bottom line is that it just feels wrong to deliberately move forward without finishing a year. So I’m going […]