(C) Chasm / CPU
"Times of Lore"
Imagitec Design, Origin 1988
Giant fantasy RPG with Zvenigorod's
RAAS SB interface, sound and
graphics. Brilliantly. We have not seen
anything bigger and more complicated ...
The game has a huge map, with the
enced more than 5000 screens. This
Very much, but Imagine that
all loaded at once and does not require
additional podzagruzok ...
Here you can go in any UNE
governance, can get lost and
even die from starvation ...
"Your Sinclair" Issue 43
There is only one word for
descriptions of Times of Lore: ocharova
Indeed. You are immersed in the game
due to atmospheric non-transferable
Fere and the illusion of presence in the world
mages, orcs and valiant rytsa
Rey. Playing in the style
Gauntlet, but grazdo more edge
juicy: you surround the city, le
ca, bridges, and it's in color ...
In our opinion the Times of Lore
- Best arcade adventyura in
we played.
"CRASH" Issue 66
After such entry can be safely
fall in the boot menu application and
ship game, but I think it is worth reading,
what is written below.
Will not agree with YS on the definition of the genre the
game is more here Human Crash, because "that is an arcade
adventyura or quest, since the whole of volume and complexity
of the game the main character has had no changing parameters
(such as CON, CHA, WIS, etc.), except for energy, which can be
replenished.
In this article, I do not want to give sollyushen (it will
be lower than in the form of short stories) but I think it
would be useful to highlight some aspects of the game.
Let's start with management. The game works
Both Sinclair joystick and Claudia (QAOP, but
no fire - only the joystick), when clicked, SPACE is stopping
the game (Actually used as a pause) and activates a cursor that
moves along icons at the bottom of the screen. We analyze them
order:
If you are near something wrong peaceful character by activating
this option, you will be able to communicate with him.
In this case, usually comes out the following menu:
CHITCHAT
ASK QUESTION
CHITCHAT - welcome companion.
Usually, it is-load pastime, but some very intelligent types
can provide you with useful information.
ASK QUESTION - ask a question.
Fall following menu, where you can
ask about the rumors (RUMOURS) or ask
your question.
If you speak with the owner of a tavern menu, supplemented
by the following:
ASK FOR LODGING - ask about accommodation.
Paying ten pounds, you get
disposal of the bed, which can to
morning to leave their bones, passing adjusting
energy to the maximum. But special nishtyak
lies in the fact that you will be offered to ship the game
state. If yes answer, you get to the menu of shipment.
Menu description, see below.
BUY FOOD - Buy a diet for the Hawk
ten pounds.
If you offer any
mission or ask any question,
added to the list the following items:
REPLY YES - answer yes.
REPLY NO - say no.
Also, if you dobazarilis to buy some things here will
display:
BUY ITEM - buy a thing.
It is also to say a few words about
rumors (RUMOURS). Most of them are useless, but some give the
information which is very interesting.
Explore the subject. Virtually useless item to me personally
useful once (but how useful).
List your veshchichek, the number of
money and rations Hawk.
Throwing things.
Raise the subject.
Use subject.
When selecting this option can be accessed
acquainted with the number you dialed
points (paragraph SCORE) and download the pending game (LOAD).
If you choose the latter point, the
icon in the bottom of the screen will change to
following.
A, B, C, D, E, F - your choice of drive
on which you are shipping file.
E - RAM DISK in 128'oy memory. For
It uses three free pages. The disk is formatted for downloading
games, and it creates three initial shipment
for each of the characters (Knight, Valkyre and Barbarian).
F - Shipment is made on the RAM
DISK standard REAL COMMANDER. If
you are more than 128 kilobytes of memory, before
Download games run RC, create
RAM DISK any desired size, and you
able to work with him from the game.
Reread the directory of the current disc.
Exit the game.
SPACE key to switch to file selection menu.
In the file selection menu, use
the following keys:
QAOP, Sinclair Left 'Right - move the cursor.
True Video, Inv Video - flipping page by page.
R - read the directory of the current disc.
SS + 1-6 - hotkeys selection
drive.
Break, Edit - exit the game.
Enter, 0, 5 - activation.
When recording after selecting the file you
can edit its name. At the same time
The following keys:
Cursor Left, Right - move the cursor left, right.
Cursor Up, Down - moves the cursor at the beginning of the
end.
True Video - insertion / substitution (change cursor).
Inv Video - razdvizhka.
Delete - delete the character.
Graph - removal under the cursor.
Extend - clearing the input field.
Edit - restore the old name.
Break - back to the file selection.
If there is a disk error, then
icon will appear on RETRY, ABORT, IGNORE. Management standard.
Give the subject.
Candle in the lower right corner of the visually
shows the amount of your energy.
If it falls to its lowest level
(Ie did you get the Khan), all options except
Download the file locked. If being
menu Score / Load click on Space, then
you have the opportunity to get acquainted with the surrounding
space, paying no attention to the enemies (beneficial for the
replenishment of geographical knowledge).
With interface sorted out now
a few words on the gameplay.
In the game you (as you may have guessed) will meet good
characters and bad.
Bad need watering, which is very useful for rating and
backpack, because of bad throw out the following
Subjects:
FOOD - food. With any luck,
You can do without buying thereof, in the taverns, and eat
something your character likes. Four meals a day, take out yes
positive, and it will swell and breathe.
BAG OF GOLD - a few coins. Money
is never enough.
BLUE SCROLL - blue scroll. If it
use all the enemies around you zamrut.
RED SCROLL - red scroll. If
use it all the enemies around you disappear.
BLUE POTION - blue potion. If it
used to recover a third of the energy.
GREEN POTION - green potion. If
its use, energy recovers
completely.
Also during the game can get:
GREEN SCROLL - green scroll. Allows twice to move to any
city in the kingdom.
RED POTION - red potion. Has
unknown action: if it is used, your character begins to move (in
the direction where he was soorentirovan) up until the action
potions are not over, or until it rested in the obstacle
(including live). Acts twice.
DAGGER - dagger. Ineffective throwing weapons. For reuse,
should be selected from the ground.
RING - Ring. At some time
provides invisibility.
MAGICAL AXE - Magic Axe. Several powerful sword and acts
at a distance.
MAGICAL BOOTS - Boots walkers.
Allow famously run.
Something I digress ... Yes, there are bad
characters, which need watering, and there are
good, which soak completely contraindicated, because if you
apply at least one blow-peaceful citizen, he sharply offended
at you and attack. But this only half the trouble, then you
ignore all peaceful igruhu characters and must begin with the
last shipment. Then what happens if you're someone accidentally
wake up (with the sense of sleeping character).
In principle, this is all you need to know
to pass, unless of course you though, would be
few know English. Personally, I think
that except for one thing (it will be mentioned in the novel),
the game is all quite logical, and experienced players will
play quite nenapryazhno, and even very interesting. The only
thing that will be necessary, this map, as the city in the game
quite difficult to identify, apparently to firm version is
attached. My own, of course, has a lot of blunders due to the
fact that in the game there is no fixed locations, but I think
it will be very useful to you.
Now about the bug:
Some characters with whom you
will need to communicate during the game,
are arrogant habit of disappearing from their
places, then the game becomes impassable, and it should start
from the beginning (or with the delayed shipment previously).
Perhaps it is not so, but I drew a parallel between
these events and visiting Lankwell'a,
in particular, with the purchase of an ax. Therefore,
should have a small collection of shipments
just in case.
That's all. Map and story attached below.
