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Lords of Doom is a shareware fantasy role-playing game. A prosperous kingdom has been overrun by demons, and now a sole hero controlled by the player must put an end to this invasion and restore peace in the realm. The game uses a custom role-playing system which is based on a number of character attributes and … Continue reading “Lords of Doom: Part One – The Black God”

Leygref’s Castle is a remake of Wizard’s Castle. The gameplay is very similar to the original: Explore a castle (represented as an 8x8x8 cube), kill the monsters and grab the treasures to find a powerful item. You do this in a turn-based manner by entering short text commands. Each room of the castle may contain … Continue reading “Leygref’s Castle”

It’s time for the Mickey Mouse parade down Main Street of Disneyland, but before things can start, the six silver keys to the Castle have to be found. Scattered all across different Disneyland attractions, it’s up to the player to enter these worlds and obtain the keys. They are located in the following mini-games: Haunted … Continue reading “Adventures in the Magic Kingdom”

Europe had seemingly had its fill of Master Higgins after two games, but the chubby funster returned for a third game outing in North America. The new damsel in distress goes by the name of Jeannie Jungle, and this time its aliens who have been doing the capturing: seemingly the Evil Witch Doctor had had … Continue reading “Adventure Island 3”

While the first Adventure Island was based on Wonder Boy, the sequel was a completely original game. It still uses the same engine and features most of the same gameplay mechanics though. This time Princess Leilani’s sister Tina is the one who’s been kidnapped by the Evil Witch Doctor, meaning Master Higgins has to head … Continue reading “Adventure Island II”

Unlike its namesake on computers, this version of DragonStrike is a straight action game with a top-down perspective. Set during the War of the Lance in the Dragonlance world of Krynn, the player controls dragons in missions against the forces of evil. At the start of the game, one of three dragons can be selected … Continue reading “DragonStrike”

Legend of the Silver Talisman is a Gauntlet-esque action game with some RPG elements. One of its big features is two-player simultaneous gameplay. Each player controls their own character, sharing the same keyboard. Two separate windows divide the screen in half, so players can work together to kill monsters and collect treasure. Its graphic style … Continue reading “Legend of the Silver Talisman”

Legend of Saladir is an interesting Roguelike game, and superficially seems very much the same as Rogue, Nethack and other similar games in the genre (ASCII graphics, random dungeons, fantasy theme, etc). However it does include some subtleties that set it apart from these other games. The first time I played I came across some … Continue reading “Legend of Saladir”

LARN is one of the oldest Roguelikes, having been originally released in 1986. Like most older games of the genre, ASCII characters represent the various objects in the game, and a whole slew of keyboard commands are used to control the game. The story here is that you are trying to collect a magical cure … Continue reading “Larn”

Land of the Wonce is an obscure low-res CRPG which seems heavily inspired by the Ultima series of games. You awaken lying on the shores of the land of Wonce, and set out on a quest to find your way back home which will no doubt take you through a large series of adventures. You … Continue reading “The Land of the Wonce”