@JeisonRS I do now! I was informed of that a couple of times very soon after I uploaded this. It makes sense, now that I know. And thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying!
The claim that the game is straightforward because the dungeons have a linear order ignores how NOT straightforward it can be within each dungeon. What with doors transporting you back and forth between toroidal scrolling areas, doors that take you to part of the next dungeon, beating a boss and having to find the next town in the next dungeon, towns that have two doors into different parts of the same dungeon, shoes that let you reach new parts of the dungeon, keys, and mandatory backtracking near the end of the game.
If you've got your maps, it is a bit more straightforward, but I remember getting to the fire levels and having to figure out how to deal with the heat currents and one way passages. It was rather crazy. And yeah, it was awesome getting those items that allowed you to skip basically the entire level once you got to the next town. It didn't make the fighting harder, but it did give a sense of progress.
"It will run on any computer's with 640k RAM" No kidding, I've played it a lot in my PC-XT with a CGA card, a green monochrome monitor and a PC speaker. When I got my friend with a 386 with VGA and Sound Blaster 16 to install it on his computer, my mind was blown.
I was already thinking the game sounded kind of Souls-y with the "drop stuff when you die" business. Now I wonder if Miyazaki played this back in the day.
Caverns of "Peligro", Caverns of "Malicia", "Muralla", "Almas". It has a mixture of english with spanish. Peligro = Danger, Malicia = Malice, Muralla = wall, almas = soul. Maybe it's the same in portuguese
@dave4shmups Indeed they do, and depending on what your preference is (or amount of certain types of floppies you own) your machine preference may vary. There will be a Tandy 1000-series review sometime in the coming month or so.
@dave4shmups Yes! The Tandy 1000 series is almost 100% IBM PC compatible, as well as compatible with the PCjr and Tandy games, for enhanced graphics and sound. Amazing machines, hope to review it soonish.
Thanks, Clint! I don't know how I missed this review back when it was first posted, but I am glad it came up in my recommendations. I've been trying to find this game for years but couldn't remember the title. Now I know!
@Xbox360Rulesz I hope to at some point, as soon as I get the games! I know they're free, but I love reviewing them in their original form and showing the packaging/extras.
I cant believe that the original box of the game included the maps!!!! hahaha...I passed the game with my friend playing it over a period of years....drawing our own maps to find the solution! I even feel prouder now :D very hard game to finish...
Zeliard! I played the crap out of this game on my PC XT in CGA. I remember it being insanely slow to load. I also remember how amazed I was when I brought this game to my Mom's office back then and played it on her work computer, I think it had EGA and an actual sound card! Seeing the box artwork is really nostolgic too, awesome review!
Every time I really old LGR vid like this pops up in my feed I realize just how long this channel has been going for, and how different the old style was. I should set this up on my Steam Deck for another play through.....
@Ubersnuber It's pretty big, around a dozen labyrinths and about as many towns, each with new enemies, things to find and buy. You could really spend hours getting into Zeliard, it's one of those you really might need to make your own maps for as you go along (or just download some). The Roland cards work with the game too, though I still prefer Tandy and Adlib modes personally!
Wow. Blast from the past! My dad bought Zeliard a long ass time ago and I thought it was about the coolest thing I'd ever seen. I almost thought it was a figment of my imagination until I saw this clip. Thanks!
This was my childhood!!!!! That cave music was amazing. I came here because my sister was like "Hey remember that game like Zelda, what was it called?" and instantly I was like "Zeliard". I used to play this game all the time. I loved it. I wish we had more games like this. :D
Well you're correct, but this doesn't scroll, it moves in chunks. If you look carefully, the screen moves block by block, it's not a true smooth scroll.
The fact that the game is Japanese explains the cover art, and the viking even though the protagonist looks more like Sir Graham from King's Quest. White Washing was the name of the game, when it came to porting anything non-western to a western audience in the '80s and '90s.
@MrMinecrafterEXTreme I said "practically any computer", and was referring to MS-DOS IBM PC-compatibles. So no, the PCjr won't run it that I know of. It would need 640k RAM and a Tandy mod, and in that case you may as well just use a Tandy.
I'm a big fan of fantasy themed games & this one seems like a really good one. Review was great. It was nicely done and had enough information about this game. Keep up the good work. Golds!
As nice as the MCGA graphics are, I feel running in EGA mode with Adlib sound/music is the most authentic to the PC-8801 experience. No matter how you play it, the game us awesome. To think later they would later grace us with awesome stuff like Grandia and Lunar..
Oh boy, did I spend months on this game when I was a kid. Off course I had an illegal copy and therefore no maps of the labyrinths, so I had to find my way on my own.
@phreakindee Awesome to hear you haven't played it, you'll be surprised by the quality especially for the trademark. For the time it was awesome, it was fun because the game played differently everytime played. I don't know, selfishly I just want to see you review as I think you would show deserved appreciation. Thanks man
That cover was deliberately changed for the west for marketing purposes, but when you look at Duke Garland in the cut-scenes, he looked great compared to that trashy viking on the front cover. You can also tell there was no communication between the western box cover artist and whoever commissioned them. They took one look at the game and interpreted the Dukes Winged helmet as a horned helmet and just decided he was a viking. Glad I didn't see the cover in my childhood, all I knew was what I had seen in game. Played on and off, but I couldn't end up beating it until I was maybe 15 as I got lost in the fire cavern, but after playing dungeons and dragons a little bit I realised I could map the cavern out! Finally beating that game was amazing.
Maybe this makes me a bit of a dork, but old school game soundtracks/scores like this really get me pumped. I could listen to loops of some of these levels and those of games similar to this for hours.
I'm happy to see you review this game. I enjoy all your vids cause it takes me back to my younger years. I played this game like crazy and I think more should try to enjoy this game. For the time it was awesome. Anyway, I want to suggest Dick Tracy for pc. I know its a known trademark but it was surprisingly good. Just a thought.
Today I did something extra geeky. I fired up Zeliard on a Pentium machine with the game configured for VGA and Adlib, and on a Tandy 1000 TL/2 with an EGA card/monitor and, of course, Tandy sound chosen in the game config. I synchronized the music once the game started (took a bit of pausing a few times) and listened to both simultaneously. I have yet to pick a winner. The developers and music composers showed off how a well written soundtrack can be great regardless of sound hardware!
Nice, I didn't know about this game and it actually looks pretty fun. It looks like how I wish Zelda II would've been, ha ha. I really enjoy your older game reviews, LGR. Especially the MS-Dos games from the 90's. I remember so many of them from my childhood. Have you ever played Zone 66, Space Chase (fun, but pretty annoying sounds), Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Block Man (unique puzzle game; simple to play but not simple to beat), or Gate World (kind of flawed but has a unique atmosphere)? I didn't see any reviews for those, so just throwing them out there if you aren't aware of them. I noticed you like Jazz Jackrabbit, which is also one of my all time favorites.
This is the first time I've actually really wanted to try out the game you're reviewing. Is the world big? When it comes to soundcards, I fell in love with the Roland cards you presented in that Monkey Island thing ^_^
Silpheed and Firehawk II : The Second Contact also had beautiful Tandy music. oh, and Grandia on the playstation was incredible -- music, gameplay, humor, originality. Game Arts did some good stuff!
Golds, haha! I was instantly reminded of Faxanadu, where "Golds" is also the currency. Speaking of which (sort of), do you own any of the Dragonslayer games? I think I remember you saying you had an MSX machine...?
The tandy sound reminds you of NES? Why does nobody ever mention the Master System, it's practically the same sound hardware lol. (I'm not having a go at you). This game looks kind of fun, I might have to try it out - because I can. Great review as always man. Oh, and Duke Galliard mad me think, you're a Duke Nukem fan right? The lawsuit is settled! But yeah, awsome review of an awesome game,
@Foxhack Yup. Malicia means wickedness, muralla means wall, peligro means danger... I´m pretty sure that there are much more. Nice review BTW! The game reminds me a lot of Ys III
Zachery Hysong Really outside of Ys 3: Wanders of Ys, I don't see much of a resemblance I personally think it shares more in common with the Dragon Slayer series mainly Dragon Slayer 2: Xanadu to Dragon Slayer 5: Sorcian and maybe a bit of Cadash.
Looks pretty similar to Faxanadu for NES. Also a sidescroller/RPG/Metroidvania. It was released a month before Zeliard in Japan. Even starts the same way in front of castle walls and talking to people in town.
Couldn't agree more, this game was one of the first games I've ever played. And what's funny, even my mom played it through once, although she had that map where my dad had marked all the secrets and stuff. Still I don't believe it was an easy task for 60's girl. Zeliard, it's just an awesome game. I think it still holds up very well compared to many modern games when it comes down to gameplay, difficulty, variety and looks. When I first played darksouls I was probably two or three hours in when I had to take up Zeliard, cause in it's own way it reminds me of it. Both being great games with annoyingly challenging parts and all the originality. I have to come back for this game soon.
q306005 Grandia was amazing for ps1 Game arts was very very underated game was fun wish it was a little bit more challenging my second fave working designs game was popful mail the game play was meh but the interactions with the Characters is what kept me playing it and the funny storyline for its time it was great what they did with the sega cd anyways happy retro gaming :)
Almost seems like this game was translated into Spanish first, then into English using the Spanish translation. There's a lot of clues in the Spanish words everywhere... Alma is soul, muralla is wall, malicia is malice, peligro is danger, and the bosses have Spanish names (cangrejo just means crab). How curious!
Have you ever played Sorcerian? That was my first PC game (which unfortunately didn't play properly on a 486 - had to play it on a 386). Also published in the US by Sierra, but was originally from Falcom, who make the incredible Ys series of games. Sorcerian was, and is still, one of the most unique RPGs ever made, as your characters aged and you could eventually replace them with descendants. Great game and very much worthy of a look if you haven't given it one already.
Ah, Zeliard... Spent so much time on it. I'm prone to starting and not finishing games, but that one I decided to complete. And it was fun at the time. Except I stuck at some point. Spent DAYS trying to find where to go next. It was not only pre-internet, it was pre text gameguides on BBS', so I got stuck good. I'm still pissed. Not gonna try it nowadays, though. I do remember controls being annoying.
You can use ykhwong's DOSBox build to play this game. ykhwong's DOSBox build supports Roland MT-32 emulation and it play really well. The graphics can be further improved if you enable scale2x, hq2x filters etc. etc. in ykhwong's DOSBox build settings.
+DUC DOAN Same here! We owned the original floppy disc and I would play it ALL the time, along with the original Duke Nukam and Biomenace.... we got a box set of games during a sale.
Can't you hold up and down at the same time so you can do the 360° sword attack that's normally used when jumping even while standing still or running? I feel like I used this attack more than almost anything else, but never see you execute it in the video. 😕
oh man i spent hours playing this game as a kid, i got it several years after it's initial release in a gameing five pack with slipheed, which never worked, and two of the firehawk games and thexder. it was really rad but seeing as how i got it much later i had no useful map and wandered around for days before finally giving up.
best game of my childhood, i played this on an IBM and the music sounded much better though!
It's still a great game. At least if you still got that old map and marked everything down the first time.
This was by far and away my favorite DOS game ever. I still have the soundtrack in my head from time to time.
Ah, 2010 LGR. Truly the classics...
Piefav2 bet of the bet...
Before he got apparently tired of retro gaming. lol
This gets even more classic when you're watching this in 2019.
@@ThomasNimmesgern yes
you tell that to me, from 2014?
@sompret Probably because the Tandy uses nearly the exact same sound chip as the SMS/GG!
@JeisonRS I do now! I was informed of that a couple of times very soon after I uploaded this. It makes sense, now that I know.
And thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying!
Remember this one from my childhood. Great game, and definitely worth its weight in "Golds".
I've been looking for this game forever and it's just as bad ass as I remember it. Thanx for unlocking this old school memory
@CaptainGoodnight1 I will have to check it out, can't say I've ever even heard too much about it. Thanks!
This game had an epic soundtrack! But the later levels were brutally difficult, with illusory walls and one-way wind currents.
The claim that the game is straightforward because the dungeons have a linear order ignores how NOT straightforward it can be within each dungeon. What with doors transporting you back and forth between toroidal scrolling areas, doors that take you to part of the next dungeon, beating a boss and having to find the next town in the next dungeon, towns that have two doors into different parts of the same dungeon, shoes that let you reach new parts of the dungeon, keys, and mandatory backtracking near the end of the game.
If you've got your maps, it is a bit more straightforward, but I remember getting to the fire levels and having to figure out how to deal with the heat currents and one way passages. It was rather crazy.
And yeah, it was awesome getting those items that allowed you to skip basically the entire level once you got to the next town. It didn't make the fighting harder, but it did give a sense of progress.
I'd pay some golds for this game
"It will run on any computer's with 640k RAM"
No kidding, I've played it a lot in my PC-XT with a CGA card, a green monochrome monitor and a PC speaker.
When I got my friend with a 386 with VGA and Sound Blaster 16 to install it on his computer, my mind was blown.
Fun fact: “alma” means soul in Portuguese. So you are a soul collector as they drop from enemies
Alma means apple in Hungarian, so it sounds like you are collecting apples in this game :D
So its like dark souls?:)
I was already thinking the game sounded kind of Souls-y with the "drop stuff when you die" business. Now I wonder if Miyazaki played this back in the day.
Caverns of "Peligro", Caverns of "Malicia", "Muralla", "Almas". It has a mixture of english with spanish. Peligro = Danger, Malicia = Malice, Muralla = wall, almas = soul. Maybe it's the same in portuguese
I loved this game, had so much fun playing it as a child!
@T6600C Hecks yeah it is, getting a nice workout quite often - had so many Tandy games to try out and always getting more!
@dave4shmups Indeed they do, and depending on what your preference is (or amount of certain types of floppies you own) your machine preference may vary. There will be a Tandy 1000-series review sometime in the coming month or so.
@dave4shmups Yes! The Tandy 1000 series is almost 100% IBM PC compatible, as well as compatible with the PCjr and Tandy games, for enhanced graphics and sound. Amazing machines, hope to review it soonish.
@dave4shmups The HX, TX, and TL (and of course the RL that I have) are all quite nice, and each give you the Tandy enhanced graphics and sound modes.
Thanks, Clint! I don't know how I missed this review back when it was first posted, but I am glad it came up in my recommendations. I've been trying to find this game for years but couldn't remember the title. Now I know!
My childhood well spent!
@Xbox360Rulesz I hope to at some point, as soon as I get the games! I know they're free, but I love reviewing them in their original form and showing the packaging/extras.
I cant believe that the original box of the game included the maps!!!! hahaha...I passed the game with my friend playing it over a period of years....drawing our own maps to find the solution! I even feel prouder now :D very hard game to finish...
It's still tough with original map as well
Zeliard! I played the crap out of this game on my PC XT in CGA. I remember it being insanely slow to load. I also remember how amazed I was when I brought this game to my Mom's office back then and played it on her work computer, I think it had EGA and an actual sound card! Seeing the box artwork is really nostolgic too, awesome review!
Who else is watching & enjoying this in 2020? 📺😊
@KoiKitsune2006 That's about the most accurate set of games to compare it to that I've heard so far, now that you mention it. Thanks man.
one of my favorite games ever!
I can't believe I never watched this review back in the day. This is definitely a good review that fell through the cracks.
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS GAME FOR SO LONG. OH MY GOD. THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
@Jerry93cs It's something I put together using samples of an Atari 8-bit track titled "Vaxeen 4U"
This is my all time favorite game. I really enjoyed your review of it and now I have the sudden urge to play it again.
Every time I really old LGR vid like this pops up in my feed I realize just how long this channel has been going for, and how different the old style was. I should set this up on my Steam Deck for another play through.....
The Tandy sounds like a Sega Master System to me.
Sounds like Rastan(PSG Version).
Not too surprising. Both have variants of the SN76496 sound chip in them.
***** Compare the music of both versions i think the composition is very similar.
I was going to say it totally sounded like Game Gear, and that would make sense, because... THIS COMMENT IS THREE YEARS OLD???? WUT?
6:44 So... now that you HAVE a PC-8801 (as of the "Huge Box of Japanese PC Stuff" video), you planning on getting into _Zeliard_ - because you can?
@Ubersnuber It's pretty big, around a dozen labyrinths and about as many towns, each with new enemies, things to find and buy. You could really spend hours getting into Zeliard, it's one of those you really might need to make your own maps for as you go along (or just download some).
The Roland cards work with the game too, though I still prefer Tandy and Adlib modes personally!
@MegamanAbridged Thank you, I feel as if I've accomplished something today.
Ah brings back memories growing up =)
Finished this a couple of days back, thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Wow. Blast from the past! My dad bought Zeliard a long ass time ago and I thought it was about the coolest thing I'd ever seen. I almost thought it was a figment of my imagination until I saw this clip. Thanks!
This was my childhood!!!!! That cave music was amazing. I came here because my sister was like "Hey remember that game like Zelda, what was it called?"
and instantly I was like "Zeliard". I used to play this game all the time. I loved it. I wish we had more games like this. :D
Well you're correct, but this doesn't scroll, it moves in chunks. If you look carefully, the screen moves block by block, it's not a true smooth scroll.
The fact that the game is Japanese explains the cover art, and the viking even though the protagonist looks more like Sir Graham from King's Quest.
White Washing was the name of the game, when it came to porting anything non-western to a western audience in the '80s and '90s.
@bjoran83 Hehe, this comment made me chuckle. Will do.
One of the first game i ever played. Will be always in my heart as a part of childhood memories :)
@MrMinecrafterEXTreme I said "practically any computer", and was referring to MS-DOS IBM PC-compatibles. So no, the PCjr won't run it that I know of. It would need 640k RAM and a Tandy mod, and in that case you may as well just use a Tandy.
I'm a big fan of fantasy themed games & this one seems like a really good one.
Review was great. It was nicely done and had enough information about this game.
Keep up the good work.
Golds!
As nice as the MCGA graphics are, I feel running in EGA mode with Adlib sound/music is the most authentic to the PC-8801 experience.
No matter how you play it, the game us awesome. To think later they would later grace us with awesome stuff like Grandia and Lunar..
Oh boy, did I spend months on this game when I was a kid. Off course I had an illegal copy and therefore no maps of the labyrinths, so I had to find my way on my own.
I have an MSX2, but no Dragonslayer yet!
В 2019 помню об этой игре, вспомнил как вспомнил Dangerous Dave, сколько же лет назад это было....
@phreakindee Awesome to hear you haven't played it, you'll be surprised by the quality especially for the trademark. For the time it was awesome, it was fun because the game played differently everytime played. I don't know, selfishly I just want to see you review as I think you would show deserved appreciation. Thanks man
Just started playing this too. It's pretty good so far, thanks for bringing it up.
That cover was deliberately changed for the west for marketing purposes, but when you look at Duke Garland in the cut-scenes, he looked great compared to that trashy viking on the front cover. You can also tell there was no communication between the western box cover artist and whoever commissioned them. They took one look at the game and interpreted the Dukes Winged helmet as a horned helmet and just decided he was a viking.
Glad I didn't see the cover in my childhood, all I knew was what I had seen in game. Played on and off, but I couldn't end up beating it until I was maybe 15 as I got lost in the fire cavern, but after playing dungeons and dragons a little bit I realised I could map the cavern out! Finally beating that game was amazing.
That genuinely is an impressive game for 1990, and even more so for 1987! Also, that sound score is awesome.
That was a good times. Nice memories on first PC around 1988. Croatia, ex Yugoslavija
Maybe this makes me a bit of a dork, but old school game soundtracks/scores like this really get me pumped. I could listen to loops of some of these levels and those of games similar to this for hours.
man, your intro is really nostalgic now
Keep the greatness coming phreakindee!. Because you can.
2:04 I forcefully exhaled though my nose loudly that my mum came into my room to see if I was alright.
Wow I forgot this episode existed, weird to find old lgr's after watching so much and for so long.
I'm happy to see you review this game. I enjoy all your vids cause it takes me back to my younger years. I played this game like crazy and I think more should try to enjoy this game. For the time it was awesome. Anyway, I want to suggest Dick Tracy for pc. I know its a known trademark but it was surprisingly good. Just a thought.
I used to play this on a machine with CGA graphics and PC speaker. The Tandy version you're playing looks and sounds a million times better.
Today I did something extra geeky. I fired up Zeliard on a Pentium machine with the game configured for VGA and Adlib, and on a Tandy 1000 TL/2 with an EGA card/monitor and, of course, Tandy sound chosen in the game config. I synchronized the music once the game started (took a bit of pausing a few times) and listened to both simultaneously. I have yet to pick a winner. The developers and music composers showed off how a well written soundtrack can be great regardless of sound hardware!
Nice, I didn't know about this game and it actually looks pretty fun. It looks like how I wish Zelda II would've been, ha ha. I really enjoy your older game reviews, LGR. Especially the MS-Dos games from the 90's. I remember so many of them from my childhood.
Have you ever played Zone 66, Space Chase (fun, but pretty annoying sounds), Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Block Man (unique puzzle game; simple to play but not simple to beat), or Gate World (kind of flawed but has a unique atmosphere)? I didn't see any reviews for those, so just throwing them out there if you aren't aware of them. I noticed you like Jazz Jackrabbit, which is also one of my all time favorites.
And yeah, this was the game that led to my eventual appetite for role-playing games.
This is the first time I've actually really wanted to try out the game you're reviewing. Is the world big?
When it comes to soundcards, I fell in love with the Roland cards you presented in that Monkey Island thing ^_^
The Sierra port's release was graced with an arranged MT-32 score, which was awesome.
That theme sounds straight out of Pokémon gen 2! I love it!
Golds is also the form of currency used by the Elves of Faxanadu :D
Ah, man. This is the first video game I ever played, and I loved it a LOT. Had it before I even got a Sega Genesis.
Silpheed and Firehawk II : The Second Contact also had beautiful Tandy music.
oh, and Grandia on the playstation was incredible -- music, gameplay, humor, originality. Game Arts did some good stuff!
Golds, haha! I was instantly reminded of Faxanadu, where "Golds" is also the currency.
Speaking of which (sort of), do you own any of the Dragonslayer games? I think I remember you saying you had an MSX machine...?
Oh my ! This game is really a big nostalgia !
The tandy sound reminds you of NES? Why does nobody ever mention the Master System, it's practically the same sound hardware lol. (I'm not having a go at you).
This game looks kind of fun, I might have to try it out - because I can. Great review as always man.
Oh, and Duke Galliard mad me think, you're a Duke Nukem fan right? The lawsuit is settled! But yeah, awsome review of an awesome game,
@Foxhack
Yup. Malicia means wickedness, muralla means wall, peligro means danger... I´m pretty sure that there are much more.
Nice review BTW! The game reminds me a lot of Ys III
I loved this game as a child
boy this certainly impressed me, i didnt know dos was capable of games like this
This game reminds me of the early Ys games. I like it.
Zachery Hysong Really outside of Ys 3: Wanders of Ys, I don't see much of a resemblance I personally think it shares more in common with the Dragon Slayer series mainly Dragon Slayer 2: Xanadu to Dragon Slayer 5: Sorcian and maybe a bit of Cadash.
Looks pretty similar to Faxanadu for NES. Also a sidescroller/RPG/Metroidvania. It was released a month before Zeliard in Japan. Even starts the same way in front of castle walls and talking to people in town.
This game was made by the same guys that made Lunar and Grandia. Amazing JRPG creators!
Couldn't agree more, this game was one of the first games I've ever played. And what's funny, even my mom played it through once, although she had that map where my dad had marked all the secrets and stuff. Still I don't believe it was an easy task for 60's girl.
Zeliard, it's just an awesome game. I think it still holds up very well compared to many modern games when it comes down to gameplay, difficulty, variety and looks. When I first played darksouls I was probably two or three hours in when I had to take up Zeliard, cause in it's own way it reminds me of it. Both being great games with annoyingly challenging parts and all the originality. I have to come back for this game soon.
q306005 Grandia was amazing for ps1 Game arts was very very underated game was fun wish it was a little bit more challenging my second fave working designs game was popful mail the game play was meh but the interactions with the Characters is what kept me playing it and the funny storyline for its time it was great what they did with the sega cd anyways happy retro gaming :)
Almost seems like this game was translated into Spanish first, then into English using the Spanish translation. There's a lot of clues in the Spanish words everywhere... Alma is soul, muralla is wall, malicia is malice, peligro is danger, and the bosses have Spanish names (cangrejo just means crab). How curious!
Nice! Game Arts always did an awesome job with their games! Can the Tandy 1000 run most DOS games??
Have you ever played Sorcerian? That was my first PC game (which unfortunately didn't play properly on a 486 - had to play it on a 386). Also published in the US by Sierra, but was originally from Falcom, who make the incredible Ys series of games. Sorcerian was, and is still, one of the most unique RPGs ever made, as your characters aged and you could eventually replace them with descendants. Great game and very much worthy of a look if you haven't given it one already.
First computer we ever had was a Tandy 1000. I remember dad getting it on sale back in 1992 and adding a 20 meg hard drive.
Ah, Zeliard... Spent so much time on it. I'm prone to starting and not finishing games, but that one I decided to complete. And it was fun at the time. Except I stuck at some point. Spent DAYS trying to find where to go next. It was not only pre-internet, it was pre text gameguides on BBS', so I got stuck good. I'm still pissed. Not gonna try it nowadays, though. I do remember controls being annoying.
Same guys who made Grandia and Lunar, made this. Amazing.
Best intro out of all of them. :D
Hey, thanks for showing that off!
@Phreakindee Ever heard of Faxanadu? This game has alot in common, even using GOLDS and coming out in 1987.
You can use ykhwong's DOSBox build to play this game.
ykhwong's DOSBox build supports Roland MT-32 emulation and it play really well.
The graphics can be further improved if you enable scale2x, hq2x filters etc. etc. in ykhwong's DOSBox build settings.
i finally found it. played it a long time ago and I forgot the name. Best game ever!
+DUC DOAN Where? Abandonware download or an actual copy?
It was an actual copy on a floppy disc. Long time ago and I lost it sadly ..
+DUC DOAN Same here! We owned the original floppy disc and I would play it ALL the time, along with the original Duke Nukam and Biomenace.... we got a box set of games during a sale.
I think my father still has it with original box and map and everything. I used to play shit out of this game when I was a kid
The first electronic game I ever played.
Mmmmmmmmmmm nostalgia.....
Their is also an flash version which is being building now. Check autoexecgames or Google. Some videos are also on in RUclips.
i miss this game
I genuinely laughed at the stoned-princess joke.
Can't you hold up and down at the same time so you can do the 360° sword attack that's normally used when jumping even while standing still or running? I feel like I used this attack more than almost anything else, but never see you execute it in the video. 😕
@phreakindee Good to know, thanks! Don't some of the models have 3.5 inch disk drives instead of the 5.25 inch, though?
So this is Zelda II, but better. Got it.
Great game. I played it all the time when I was a kid.
That is some kickin' music.
This game looks very solid. Reminds me of Zelda 2, Ys 3, Faxanadu etc.
oh man i spent hours playing this game as a kid, i got it several years after it's initial release in a gameing five pack with slipheed, which never worked, and two of the firehawk games and thexder. it was really rad but seeing as how i got it much later i had no useful map and wandered around for days before finally giving up.