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Article #697732Re: Mid-month Ramble - April 2017
From: Tim O
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:04
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:04
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On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:45:09 -0400, Mike S. <Mik...@nowhere.com> wrote: >On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 08:01:16 -0400, Tim O <n...@thanks.com> wrote: > >>My first computer game was for my first computer, the Atari 800xl. It >>was Temple Of Apshai. > >Temple of Apshai on my C64 might have been my first RPG. My favorite >part of that game was reading the room descriptions in the manual. >That same idea would be used later in the first gold box game, The >Pool of Radiance. Pool of Radiance and Maniac Mansion on the C64 are >my two favorite games on that system. I had to look up gameplay videos to see if it was as painful as I remembered, it was worse! Character moves at like 1 step per second. I also found Gateway To Apshai videos, and that looks like the game I wanted, realtime character movement and sword combat. 30-40 bucks was a hell of a lot of money to me at that time, I never would have taken a chance on the second game after the disappointment of the first.
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