Re: Info. On Bard's Tale 1,2&3(?)

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In article <28NOV199517051404@vax2.concordia.ca>,
spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:

>
>Bard's Tale III for the IIgs also exists, although it's author
>(Bill Heineman) never released it due to licesning problems. At this 
>point in time I doubt it ever will be.
>
    That would be too bad. (Bard's Tale/IIgs I & II are great fun.) 
However, the main problem with the Bard's Tale III conversion may not be
licensing. When I tried the PC version it had a game-killer bug-- magic
user characters get messed around when advancing. As far as I know, this
problem has not been repaired. If the same bug
migrated into BH's version, he may have decided that fixing it was too
much bother.
 

>>just about any other RPG.
>Quite a few come to mind: The Immortal, Ancient Land of Ys,
>Dragon Wars, Tower of Myraglen, Ultima I, Questron II, Keef the Theif,
>Pirates!, War in Middle Earth, Windwalker, Dungeon Master, Cryllan
Mission,
>Secrets of Bharas, Curse of Azure Bond, Pool of Radiance, Neuromancer, 
>Ancient Glory, etc. 
>

    Lots of entertainment here! Especially ...

Dragon Wars- very long-play Bard's Tale style adventure, lots of places to
explore, very good double hires graphics

Questron/ IIgs- medium play Questron sequal, good dungeons, great 'Time
Bandit' style graphics (also in a hires version)/ keep IIgs version away
from Hard Disk unless you KNOW you have the for-HD release

Keef the Thief/ IIgs- long-play, 'different', well-done magic system, very
good dungeons, very good music, R or PG-17 (twisted values)

WindWalker- long-play nominal sequal to Mobius, very good arcade 1-on-1
ninja combats, unique 'expanding horizon' double-hires graphics

Dungeon Master/IIgs- very long play multi-character dungeon adventure,
excellent 3-D graphics, graphics effects, and sound effects, excellent
maze and puzzle design, among the top games available on any platform 
(also a for-kids version is included)

Curse of the Azure Bonds- SSI's long-play sequal to Pool', very good
storyline, character development, and combats


    Also, try ...

Tass Times in Tone Town/IIgs- a cute picture-text adventure

Realms of Darkness- very long play Wizardry-style adventure, so-so
graphics, lots of puzzles

Magic Candle- VERY long-play multi-character adventure, good magic system,
good 'dungeon' graphics, lots of quests and places to go (and piles of
notes to keep)

Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom- VERY long-play dungeon adventure,
standard so-so Wiz graphics, very good magic system, loads of neat puzzles
(mapping is not difficult but it is necessary)

Tangled Tales- long-play multi-character adventure, good graphics, lots of
quests and characters to meet

Ultima III- long-play multi-character adventure, good graphics and
MockingBoard effects/music, many dungeons and cities to explore

Champions of Krynn- SSI long-play AD&D adventure, good graphics and
storyline, excellent combats (also try Dark Queen of Krynn, Secret of the
Silver Blades, Pools of Darkness, ...)

Eternal Dagger- long-play sequal to Wizard's Crown, very good weapons
system, good combats

Enchanter & Sorcerer- long-play, excellent Zorkian TEXT adventuring

Plundered Hearts- medium-play, very good TEXT pirate adventure, PG-17
('adult situations')