Looking for an old text-based RPG magical game.

March 5, 2008 9:13 PM

I'm trying to find an old computer game that we used to play in school (probably around late 80s). It was a text based RPG with puzzles and magical items.

Here is what I remember about it;

* The game was text based but colored even though the graphics was somewhat primitive.
* The bottom 1/4 (or 1/5) of the screen was where the text of the story was. The rest was a pixel drawing of a scene. It wasn't animated either.
* It was story based (old rpg probably..) with items, and puzzles.
* I remember the scenes including a forest, and magical items.
* I'm not quite sure if there was a wizard in the game, or a castle or a princess, but it was very fantasy-like.

I've done some research, and found "Enchanted Forest", but I know it isn't that for sure, there weren't any attributes to the character you played (not that I remember..) Any input would be much appreciated, thanks!

posted by mrbloo to computers & internet (14 comments total)

King's Quest?
posted by greenland at 9:42 PM on March 5

You might want to go to Moby games and put in the platform and guess the year if you can. That might get you closer.
posted by sien at 9:50 PM on March 5 [1 favorite]

You could try mudmagic.com- but if you're looking for old MUDs, this is a good one.
posted by malusmoriendumest at 2:23 AM on March 6

Could it have been one of the "S.A.G.A." graphical versions of the old Scott Adams adventures?
(Couldn't find a screenshot anywhere).

Descriptions of all the games here (although I couldn't find any screenshots of the graphical versions).
posted by jozxyqk at 3:14 AM on March 6

Was it perhaps one of the early Ultima games? The first two or three had a screen like the one you describe, with text at the bottom and basic graphics above.
posted by Shoggoth at 3:46 AM on March 6

How about the Secret Island of Dr. Quandary? I used to love that game.
posted by olinerd at 3:53 AM on March 6

Wizard and the Princess, by Sierra Online (1980). Also known as Adventure in Serenia. First colour graphic adventure game ever.
posted by Sparx at 4:40 AM on March 6

There's also a whole world of primitive Apple II text / graphic adventures put out by Penguin Soft, but you didn't mention how pixely the graphics were.
posted by johngoren at 7:03 AM on March 6

The Pawn?
posted by Caper's Ghost at 7:06 AM on March 6

Shadowgate?
posted by Dr-Baa at 1:49 PM on March 6

Twin Kingdom Valley? Mid-eighties, UK, and astonishing in its day. Lots of pukey colour mixing and scenes built from slow-rendered circles. Gameplay. Making of.
posted by 4eyes at 4:59 PM on March 8

Thanks everyone for your input, I'm sure it is one of them. I haven't checked out all the links yet, but I'll do that now!
posted by mrbloo at 9:34 PM on March 8

By the way, if you happen to remember the type of computer you were using (Mac, PC, Commodore, Atari, etc), that would help narrow the choices down a bit.
posted by Dr-Baa at 7:29 PM on March 9

Oh hey, since your tags include "DOS Game," I should take that as a hint of what the game was on!
posted by Dr-Baa at 7:33 PM on March 9