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My own dreams told me about a land of far past, Waking up near to the riot and hearing the sound of a flute. A fairy welcomes me and reveals me about forgotten times of forgotten dimensions. Woods of dark with shines of leprechaun's eyes, laughings of fairies, elves laments and the breeze of the night on my face. The great door opens... |
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If you are interested in understanding what is the REAL "role playing" on computer, take a look on this overview on what is a Primal "DungeonMaster-Like" RPG computer game and it's difference with the modern fantasy computer games. Rune it! |
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Everything began when i bought the table role playing "Hero Quest". here you can see the game characters. this minis are not mine but i will soon add more pics of the board and my minis set. |
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Hero Quest is a dice-turn type of table rpg, with 1 mentor, 4 heroes and many monsters. Enlarge the Mainboard |
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Then Atari cames and the first RPG was the famous 3d labyrinthical game Dungeon Master |
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i happily found a computer version of Hero Quest, it was funny play it on my Atari ST |
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Much Atari Games came but the best one was Knightmare - a gothic RPG - the hardest game ever made. |
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Suchas all the Dungeon-Master clones Knightmare is a labyrintical adventure, where you move around a square-map in 4 directions (N-S-E-W). There are walls, buttons, levers, false walls, spinners, monsters to fight, keys to find and quests to solve. What makes Knightmare different is the hi-difficulty. |
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The "Ishar" trilogy was one of the most involving adventure that began with the great "Crystals of Arborea" |
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The difference of Ishar was its history, It's like playing into a movie. You walk in the mazes, forests, villages, and marshes. You can change heroes during the game. |
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Many great games have been made for Atari: the tiny but funny "Bloodwitch", The troubling "Towers" and the isometric "Legend" |
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Bloodwitch |
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Legend |
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Some of them were not located in the Fantasy world but in some future space station. Captive is one of the best space RPG ever made! |
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Captive |
Day of the Viper |
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