tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617736995710068486.post8444743672029657565..comments2014-06-12T12:31:34.857-07:00Comments on Super Doriath: Doriath on ColecoVision, Mockup. (IV)F-Cycleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03303147534157314893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617736995710068486.post-5120971395171903142014-05-12T12:16:38.251-07:002014-05-12T12:16:38.251-07:00Thanks for the comment & the map!
In a way, ...Thanks for the comment & the map! <br /><br />In a way, this missing amulet, even if not required forced us (me and my brother) to create a map too (back in the late '80 or early '90), as we though.. maybe we are missing something?<br /><br />I would like to know: how you feel with that kind of "ending" + missing amulet? Do you feel it make this game richer in term of thoughts, that the ending might have been cut short to complete the project faster or something else?F-Cycleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303147534157314893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617736995710068486.post-26855836236997937522014-04-28T22:53:50.900-07:002014-04-28T22:53:50.900-07:00You wrote, "I am not sure if the wisdom displ...You wrote, "I am not sure if the wisdom display in the original game is relevant. From my understanding the wisdom give an idea about the completion of the game."<br /><br />**SPOILER ALERT**<br />As I understand, you need to have 100% wisdom to "win" the game. I put "win" in quotes, because you win the game by running full bore into the ice dragon, destroying the dragon, and then you get permanently locked in the cave after opening the chest. This wisdom requirement is alluded to in the text provided by the scroll fragments (note the second line):<br /><br />THIS IS THE CHOICE<br /> OF THE TOTALLY WISE,<br />IN THE CAVE OF THE DRAGON<br /> THAT LIVES IN THE ICE.<br /><br />FOR DEATH IS A GATEWAY<br /> THAT WIZARDS MAY CHOOSE:<br />TO LOSE IS TO WIN,<br /> AND HE WHO WINS SHALL LOSE.<br /><br />Also, it seems that most people miss the obvious reason for the lack of a Quasilin amulet in the game: the quasilin monsters were placed to block off unused areas of the maze. There are places where you can get by one of the quasilin monsters (usually by jumping over it), and all that exists back there are stamina potions and a dragon or two.<br /><br />Here's a map that I made of Doriath years back: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8126161/Doriath%20Map%202.png<br />In my map, the unused areas are greyed out to give you an instant visual of the unused section. Any treasure chests without an icon over them contain a stamina potion.S. Christian Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735180543452614513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617736995710068486.post-77775663050028602272013-08-22T09:48:19.827-07:002013-08-22T09:48:19.827-07:00Wow.. thanks Kiwi! I would have to read more about...Wow.. thanks Kiwi! I would have to read more about it and do some test. :)F-Cycleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303147534157314893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7617736995710068486.post-71556678429649823582013-08-22T09:19:07.846-07:002013-08-22T09:19:07.846-07:00For Graphic Mode I, there's only 32 groups of ...For Graphic Mode I, there's only 32 groups of 8 tiles of 2 colors. If you open up ICVGM214 and play around with it, then you'll understand what I mean. <br /><br />ld b,0<br />ld c,000010<br />call WRITE_REGISTER<br />ld b,1<br />ld c,%11000010<br />call WRITE_REGISTER<br />ld b,2<br />ld c,$06;name 1800<br />call WRITE_REGISTER<br />ld b,3<br />ld c,$9f;color table 2000<br />call WRITE_REGISTER<br />ld b,4<br />ld c,$3;pattern generator 0000<br />call WRITE_REGISTER<br />ld b,5<br />ld c,$36;1b00<br />call WRITE_REGISTER<br />ld b,6<br />ld c,$07;sprites<br />call WRITE_REGISTER<br />ld b,7<br />ld c,$F2<br />call WRITE_REGISTER<br /><br />This code above will set it to the "undocument" Screen mode 2 which you can assign 2 color per 8 pixel. You have to load tileset to bank 0x0800 and 0x1000 since masked mode affect the sprites 9-31. In this mode will make the game a bit more colorful. <br /><br />-KiwiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com