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Article #697733Re: Mid-month Ramble - April 2017
From: Justisaur
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:00
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:00
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On 4/26/2017 1:04 PM, Tim O wrote: > 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. > I thought Apshai was one of the better games of the day. I didn't have it originally, but played it at a friends. Years later I bought it and played it on my Jackintosh*, and rather enjoyed it. Perhaps the speed of the computer helped out. * Wow the definition of that sure has changed. I'm talking about the Atari ST, not the definition that shows up first on a search from Urban Dictionary. - Justisaur
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