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foody
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Are there any new AWESOME RPG games for the C64?
Hello,
I am wondering are there any new awesome complete RPG games developed for the C64 that are action/RPG games or similar to console styles, etc? It would be greatly appreciate it if someone can help me in this regard, if there is can someone list me all the AWESOME new RPG games developed here? If not can anyone direct me to a new source that is developing games for C64, specifically in the RPG department? Thanks in advance. |
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Hoild
Registered: Apr 2005
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Hey foody,
Awesome and new action RPGs? None that I know of, but awesome, yes -- if you have not done so yet, I recommend playing Project Firestarter, Zombi, Shadowfire and Enigma Force. Less story, but more detailed tactical combat can be found in Lords of Chaos and Laser Squad.
Sorry about bringing out the old ones, just in case you missed any of 'em before. The C-64 never was a platform for "console RPGs", but these are the substitutes that might be fine for a person of that leaning. And if you expect way more on the story side, non-linearity and still some tactics to combat, our game project, Ultimate Newcomer, is something to look forward to.
-Yes, that was the mandatory shameless self-promotion bit. \;b>
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enthusi
Registered: May 2004
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Loads of Chaos is really amazing and when I first played it I was really surprised by its level of complexity.
Try to find some doc or an original in case you like it! |
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MacGyver
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Shadow of the Evil looks really promising. But since I suck at RPGs, I never got any far in it. If you think you are an expert for that game, please contact me. |
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The Phantom
Registered: Jan 2004
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Hmmm.
Master of Magic
Dragon World
Neuromancer
Zak McKrakon
Those are a few I was addicted to "in the day". I still find myself sitting back and playing Neuromancer every now and again. |
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Hoild
Registered: Apr 2005
Posts: 29 |
foddy, I second The Phantom about Master of Magic -- that game is really similar to some early console RPGs (on the gameplay mechanism side, but without the SD bits and the cuddly factor).
-It has excellent music by Rob Hubbard as well. I completed it twice.
The Phantom: Did you mean Dragon Wars by "Dragon World"? That was a game very similar to Bards Tale, in a much more advanced iteration. Still I stopped playing it because it did not measure up to Wasteland as far as real focus on character skills rather than just combat and non-linearity goes.
So Wasteland is one more recommendation to foddy.
Neuromancer might quite well fit with a classic console RPG player's expectations but it replaces the combat element with hacking.
Zak McKraken&Co are point&clickeys, way off the computer RPG / console RPG genre.
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null
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Ultima?
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celticdesign
Registered: Oct 2005
Posts: 149 |
worth to have a look to:
gateway to apshai, battletech or times of lore.
oh ... count defender of the crown, elite or tau ceti as action rpg?
but new action related rpgs? dont think so...
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
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Quote: Ultima?
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Definitively MagerValp's cracks of this series are worth to check out. |
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The Phantom
Registered: Jan 2004
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@ Hoild - Yes, I meant Dragon Wars, haha. Been so long since I played the game. I played it for a while, but was sidetracked into demos and the like.
I was involved with DRACONIS (sp?) for quite some time. I think I was more involved with Katakis, but that's a shooter.
Are we counting Text games here too?
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Trurl
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 61 |
The Mars Saga |
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JackAsser
Registered: Jun 2002
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Quote: The Mars Saga
Yeah! I love that game and also, simple as it is, I can't help but also love the in-game music. |
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plagueis
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For me, my best memories about my early addiction to the c64 were of Ultima 3 and 4. I think the fact that I had to go over to a friends house (circa 1985-86) to play it made it last longer and become more of an addiction. I was 11 years old at the time, and ambition to finally be able to level up and get the power to cast the most powerful spells was emotionally compelling. Then when Ultima V came out (finally) it was amazing, since the NPCs actually had schedules of activity (like going to work, going to the tavern, and sleeping at night) that were calibrated to the game's clock. The only bad part was the C64 version didn't have music (unlike the c128 version). Even now, games on the PC like Oblivion, which promise A.I. for NPCs don't even come close to U5 in my opinion.
When I used to go over to people's houses and wait for their tape drives to load, I remember another game called, Sword of Fargoal. It was simple, but fun in those early days.
By the time I got my C64C, The Bard's Tale III was out...I beat it over the summer one year on my C64C.
-Darth Plagueis
EDIT: Master of Magic ruled. I was always intranced by the music. I liked it so much I bought the original. |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2918 |
I think we're all getting a bit off track for the /topic, so I'll help derail it further. ;)
Legacy of the Ancients
Legend of Blacksilver
Questron series
Bard's Tale series
Ultima series
Phantasie series
Ormus Saga series
The Examination
Darkon
Mission
Two Vikings
Wrath of Denethenor
more...
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Twoflower
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 434 |
Not to forget the brilliant Centauri Alliance. Bard's Tale in space. A sequel (made by Michael Cranford) crafted in a completely different way than Dragon Wars. |
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JackAsser
Registered: Jun 2002
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@foody: Wait a couple of years and I'll give you Eye of the Beholder I! :)
</self_promote> |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2918 |
@foody - or later this year for a playable preview of Crimson Twilight: Chamber of the Forgotten Seers!
</self promotion>
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Scout
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 1570 |
Bad Blood from Origin.
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/search/?seinsel=all&search=bad+blood.. |
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Radiant
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639 |
I don't think most of these qualify as action/RPG games... |
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Sledge
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 102 |
The only NEW and AWESOME game that I can think of is Minima Reloaded by Magervalp.
Minima Reloaded
A nice little game that plays very well. |
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The Phantom
Registered: Jan 2004
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@ Moloch : Wow.. I totally had a serious addiction to Legacy of the Ancients. I forgot all about that game. Had my code wheel thingy with me always, haha. Good memory Jon! |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
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@Sledge - Minima, and the Reloaded version, was created by Macbeth and not MagerValp.
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