Blast from the past

Death · Post by **Death** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:11 pm

Alright everyone. We all love Ultima Online, that's a given. But from time I time I like to look back on all the classics before Ultima Online. I'm talking about the ancient RPG's (Mind you, Ultima has certainly racked up some years). Everyone remember the days of the text based rpgs or the old school command line rpgs? Personally, these were some of my first rpgs. This thread is a salute to some of the old RPG's we've grown to love. I want to know what other RPG's people used to play before Ultima Online made it so that we can call each other noobs. Here's a couple of the ones that I loved playing:

Castle of the Winds 1 and 2:
These were made by Epic Megagames if memory serves me right (For those who can't remember the classic days of Epic, Epic now makes the super sweet Unreal Tournament series). I personally loved this game and from time to time, I will play it again when I remember it (I still got the original floppy disks too! I remember buying them at K-Mart for like 4$. You just don't get great games for that price anymore (Cept maybe the worms 2 cd I bought for $9.99 one year). I liked this game because it was just pure fun. Nice variety of monsters, weapons and spells.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_the_Winds

Ragnarok:
Hmmmm some people might have played this one before. Not Ragnarok online but I heard that it was based on this game. Check out this link for info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_(roguelike)

This is quite possibly one of the most advanced dos rpg's I have ever seen. The thought that went into this game is just incredible. They thought of things that just made it completely mind blowing. For example, fire creatures could make your scrolls burn up, enemies could make you permanently forget skills, you could make certain enemies extinct, you could kill shopkeepers if you were strong enough and steal all their goods. I could name a bunch of things that this game could do but this post would get really long. The amount of items and monsters in the game is just superb and I will often start up a new game and play it for a few weeks (So addicted to scrolls of knowledge, it's like RPG weed).

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Lymus · Post by **Lymus** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:30 pm

I <3'ed Phantasmagoria.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:36 pm

OMG that would be evil, a boss that makes your skills permanently drop. Like it can randonly do an attack that picks a random skill and makes it go down by 10 points. Oh the evilness....

"your skill in resisting spells has decreased by 10, it is now 90"
"you are not strong enough and can no longer weild your luna lance, holy knights brestplate and your aegis"
"you are dead"

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Death · Post by **Death** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:02 pm

Red Squirrel wrote:OMG that would be evil, a boss that makes your skills permanently drop. Like it can randonly do an attack that picks a random skill and makes it go down by 10 points. Oh the evilness....

"your skill in resisting spells has decreased by 10, it is now 90"
"you are not strong enough and can no longer weild your luna lance, holy knights brestplate and your aegis"
"you are dead"

lol funny you should mention that. The creature was known as the Nidslacr and I have already planned on creating something similar to it that has a chance of nullifying one of your highest abilities for 20 minutes. The rewards will be worth it, but the penalties will also make it fearsome.

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Lymus · Post by **Lymus** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:24 pm

"Shit, my magery's 0. Thank god I went human, cuz I can still spam MA. =D"

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Nosferatu · Post by **Nosferatu** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:49 pm

Lymus wrote:"Shit, my magery's 0. Thank god I went human, cuz I can still spam MA. =D"

Lmfao... wow i love these forums

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:03 pm

"Your magery has been decreased by 40, it is now -20"
"oh crap!"

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Death · Post by **Death** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:26 pm

Red Squirrel wrote:"Your magery has been decreased by 40, it is now -20"
"oh crap!"

**The anguimentis pierces your mind**
Your skill in magery has changed by -100, it is now 0
Your skill in evaluating intelligence has changed by -100 it is now 0

You mother fuc.....

hehe

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Lymus · Post by **Lymus** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:47 pm

"Your simple Winxp OS mind crashed!"
"Your INT decreased by 100 points"
"Your Stamina decreased by 50 points"

Never trust Gates.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 4:57 pm

*goes to wield new artifact called "The Vista"*
You need 1024 str, 1024 dex and 1024 int to weild this (2048 recommended)

"Someone manages to weild it"

The server has crashed.

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Lymus · Post by **Lymus** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:03 pm

Red Squirrel wrote:*goes to wield new artifact called "The Vista"*
You need 1024 str, 1024 dex and 1024 int to weild this (2048 recommended)

"Someone manages to weild it"

The server has crashed.

Call it the Vista-calibur. But it in a stone, whoever can pull it out is King of Skara.

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Nosferatu · Post by **Nosferatu** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:09 pm

lol

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