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by rakenan
Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:36 am
Forum: The Destiny Knight
Topic: Spellcaster advancement
Replies: 4
Views: 5354

thanks, for some reason I thought it would be possible to become an Archmage with only knowing 3 of the 4 other spellclasses. In that case I think I will go Co -> So -> Wz -> Ma Ma -> So -> Wz -> Co with my casters and and 'grind' some levels to get more SP before I'll eventually turn them into Arc...
by rakenan
Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:57 pm
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: IPAD APAR works 'IN' but not 'OUT'
Replies: 9
Views: 8047

Are you using the proper coordinates? APAR uses relative coordinates, not absolute coordinates. going to 1n 1e -2 would put you one squre north and 1 square east and 2 levels down from where you are. While I forget the exact coordinates involved, if I assume you are trying to go from the 396 Berserk...
by rakenan
Thu May 17, 2012 4:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A "FAQ" Database?
Replies: 3
Views: 6405

Well I for one thought this idea would have caught on with at least a few people... I only check these forums maybe once a week, and that's only when I'm actively playing one of the games. They're just too slow to be worth checking more often than that. I think it would be a good idea to get a list...
by rakenan
Tue May 15, 2012 11:48 pm
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: what version did you play?
Replies: 21
Views: 23428

ZX Spectrum version back in the day, and the DOS versions from Ultimate RPG archives more recently. Commodore 64 for all three games, back in the day. More recently, I fired up several emulators to relive the glory. The best version of BT1 is, IMHO, the Apple IIgs. However, the IIgs never got BT3, ...
by rakenan
Thu May 03, 2012 6:37 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The Avengers
Replies: 2
Views: 3241

Re: The Avengers

Darendor wrote:So the Avengers movie comes out this weekend.

Who's excited?
I'm more annoyed that I have to work long hours all weekend. I'll be excited when I finally get a day off next Wednesday.
by rakenan
Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:14 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Original Might & Magic
Replies: 2
Views: 3744

Re: Original Might & Magic

Toddhitch wrote:Anyone know of a place to find info or playable versions of the original M&M game 1-3 is what I would be interested in.

Thanks.
gog.com has the entire Might and Magic series available. 1-6 are in one giant anthology for $9.99, I believe.
by rakenan
Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:58 am
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: Character generation
Replies: 2
Views: 3747

Has anybody done a serious study of how the game generates your characters? I ask because it appears to vary enormously between versions. Yes. Check This thread for specifics on MSDOS. For the attributes, there is a base value for each race. Then they throw two 7-sided dice, pick the higher of the ...
by rakenan
Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:29 am
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: Character generation
Replies: 2
Views: 3747

Character generation

Has anybody done a serious study of how the game generates your characters? I ask because it appears to vary enormously between versions. On the C-64 and Apple IIgs, the game appears to use a roughly similar approach - 1d8 + bonus for each stat, the bonus set by your race choice. If the result is ab...
by rakenan
Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:09 am
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: Starting a full play through
Replies: 6
Views: 6032

In fact, I made a dumb mistake. I was using the disk images hosted here at the Adventurer's Guild, and tried to get accustomed to the hacked character disk, so I started looking for a replacement. When I found the arnold images, I just grabbed the character disk (well, city disk according to the fil...
by rakenan
Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:57 am
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: Starting a full play through
Replies: 6
Views: 6032

It almost feels like giving up, but I'm playing the Apple IIgs version of BT1 and BT2. I'll have to start a new party for BT3, but that just means I'll get to level my rogue up with the rest of my party, since I can't see dragging a dead weight rogue through the first two games. I have to think that...
by rakenan
Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:53 am
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: Saving individual characters
Replies: 1
Views: 3073

I don't think there's a way to save individual characters (and thus dupe items) in the iPad version. You don't have a character disk to swap (I don't think, anyway) and you automatically save the full party at once. I think you're out of luck on this one. I'm wondering if the iPad version is just su...
by rakenan
Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:13 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Your thoughts on the state of the genre?
Replies: 12
Views: 15106

And for Dungeon Master fans, the Legend of Grimrock continues to make steady progress and seems to have an Ultima-style runic magic system: http://www.grimrock.net/ Legend of Grimrock is out now, and is quite good. It's not much like the Bard's Tale series - definitely more of a Dungeon Master/Eye ...
by rakenan
Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:54 pm
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: Starting a full play through
Replies: 6
Views: 6032

ZeroZero wrote:@rakenan

have you tried "Arnold's" disk version of BT1 for the C64?

The link is posted somewhere here in the forums.

Like here
That's the one that crashes when I try to heal at a temple. Maybe I got a bad download.
by rakenan
Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:45 am
Forum: Tales of the Unknown
Topic: Starting a full play through
Replies: 6
Views: 6032

Starting a full play through

Well, the bug bit me and now I feel the urge to play through the entire series of Bard's Tale games - well, the three in the trilogy, anyway. I played on a Commodore 64 back in the day, but that machine is now defunct. So the question is, what version to play? Since I'm emulating no matter what, it'...