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Articles& GuidesHere will be featured various articles andguides about retro-gaming, gaming history,CRPGs and how to better enjoy them. In thispreview, we included three articles:The first article is from Jay Barson, developer atRampant Games and prolific writer, full of insightsinto the RPG genre.The second comes from Michael Abbott. Hewrites at the Brainy Gamer blog/podcast, a great placefor debating games & the gaming industry.And finally, Scorpia, the anonymous legend ofgaming journalism. She was the CRPG expert forComputer Gaming World magazine during the 80’sand most of the 90’s. Until 2009 she posted at Scorpia’sGaming Lair, but has unfortunately retired. Still, shewas kind enough to contribute with an article and acouple of reviews for this book.For the full book, we intend to include articleson the home computers from the past, on the earlyPLATO CRPGs from the 70’s and a brief history ofRole-Playing Games as a whole.The map forMight & MagicIV: Clouds ofXeen, by artistMichaelWinterbauer.7
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Page 9: Gateway to Asphai: action-based bat
Page 12 and 13: Cartographyby ScorpiaSome companies
Page 15 and 16: The ReviewsThis is the meat of the
Page 17 and 18: “It was released two years before
Page 19 and 20: When in space, you must dock into s
Page 21 and 22: “I listened a lot to my playersan
Page 23 and 24: “The point is not whether youhave
Page 26 and 27: Alternate Reality:The CityParadise
Page 28 and 29: PhantasieSSI, 1985Atari ST, Amiga,
Page 30 and 31: Defenderof the CrownCinemaware Corp
Page 32 and 33: DeathlordAl Escudero and David Wong
Page 34 and 35: Dungeon MasterFTL Games, 1987DOS, A
Page 36 and 37: ZeliardGame Arts, 1987DOS, NEC PC-8
Page 38 and 39: Ultima V:Warriors of DestinyOrigin
Page 40 and 41: WastelandInterplay, 1988DOS, Apple
Page 42 and 43: HillsfarWestwood Studios, 1989DOS,
Page 44: Ultima VI:The False ProphetOrigin S
Page 47 and 48: The various plot-locked doors and u
Page 49 and 50: “Rob [Anderson] was in discussion
Page 51 and 52: Fate:Gates of DawnreLINE Software,
Page 53 and 54: “I have always felt the game syst
Page 55 and 56: Characters will vote key decisions.
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There are hundreds of systems to ex
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“At the very start, I wanted theD
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When creating your party the game a
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BloodNetMicroProse, 1993DOS and Ami
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Dark Sun’s dialogs look average t
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“It’s own type of game. It real
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DreamForge Intertainment, 1993DOSDu
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The Geoscape is where you’ll moni
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“With Ultima VIII, I wanted to be
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“Up to that time, Bethesda hadnev
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Whenever you enter one of Stone Pro
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Cyberlore Studios, 1995Windows and
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Albion features various different t
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“A bit into the development, thei
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Bethesda Softworks, 1997DOSAn Elder
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Gorky 17Metropolis Software, 1999Wi
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“Even though it wasn’t the foca
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“He [Richard Garriott] wantedBrit
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Square Co., 1999Windows and Playsta
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“For me the important part ofSyst
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Trends:“The Death of PC Gaming”
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“We used the term “kill/reward
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“The real-time pause combat syste
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“The game is scaled back from the
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Game Arts, 2000Windows, Dreamcast a
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“We wanted to create a livingworl
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“I didn’t want a combat systemt
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“The basic idea was that I wanted
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“The thing is: you always knowwhe
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Mods:Bethesda released The Elder Sc
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The story offers a glimpse into Chi
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“Leonard [Boyarsky], Jason [Ander
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“[...] we keep making games for t
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“One of the things we really enjo
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“I like the characters to comeoff
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“My favourite gameplay mechanicis
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“Basically, my belief is that Tit
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EasyGameStation, 2007*WindowsRecett
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The Witcherbook series popularityin
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“Each command performed byyour so
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“What inspired me to start this p
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Tales of Game’s Studios, 2008Wind
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Mods for Mount & BladeBattle Size C
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DECK13 Interactive, 2009Windows, Xb
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When inside dungeons, your party’
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Apeiron, 2009WindowsMarauderAperion
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“The story is gameplay - theallia
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“I guess the thing is, I don’t
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“We’re really highlighting thes
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Rampant Games, 2011WindowsFrayed Kn
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“We believe the role from thedeve
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“I would like players to conquert
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“We really created an ambitiousga
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Level Up Labs, 2012WindowsDefender
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“We feel that puzzles and alsopar
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“I think there’s good stuff to
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“We wanted something thatwould se
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“I think some folks prefer stats,
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Generation Xth: Code HazardTeam Mur
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ForgottenRuinsNot only we’ll talk
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A page fromSSI’s 1989-1990catalog
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As a first for CRPGs, or gaming in
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EA had already made early inroads i
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growing popularity of new genres, s
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the cyberpunk classic to PCs. Softw
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Westwood dideverything: gameports,
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Looking Glass Studios1990 - 2000To
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Troika Games1998 - 2005Many of the
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Darklands1992pg. 58Deathlord1987pg.
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Moonstone:A Hard Day’sKnight1991p
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