Blade of Destiny Problems

[Steve]

I downloaded 8 disks worth of Blade of Destiny but I'm unable to get it to work at all. It won't even boot! The files all have a [b] in the filename which I guess means bad. Does this mean the ADFs are no good or that it just doesn't emulate under WinUAE?

Try to install in under workbench and play it from HD, you'll be asked to swap disks many times otherwise anyway. It does emulate perfectly under WinUAE but I only tried it as HD installed.

[Steve]

Originally posted by Burseg
Try to install in under workbench and play it from HD, you'll be asked to swap disks many times otherwise anyway. It does emulate perfectly under WinUAE but I only tried it as HD installed.

No can do. All the disks come up as DF0:Uninitialized, DF1:Uninitialized, DF2:Uninitialized etc. Maybe the disks I downloaded are bad.

[b] does usually mean "Bad dump" when it comes to these ROM database-thingies, yeah.

The only version available in tosec is [b] it seems!
I sweat I installed this one from a tosec version. Anyway, I'll transfer the installed dir back from miggy to pc and upload to the zone

[Steve]

Originally posted by Burseg
[B]The only version available in tosec is it seems!
I sweat I installed this one from a tosec version. Anyway, I'll transfer the installed dir back from miggy to pc and upload to the zone

That would be great. Thanks Burseg. It's one game I've not played. Is it any good? If it's anything like Eye of the Beholder or Dungeon Master then I'll be happy.

PS. You should see a doctor about that sweating problem.

PS. You should see a doctor about that sweating problem

um. what...oh....bwahahahahahah

This is a VERY detailed game, somewhat non-linear as well. At least you can choose where to go and what to do. Apart from being 1st person in cities and dungeons, it doesn't play like eob or dm. It's more like might and magic VI or daggerfall on pc. Battle screens are 3rd person and turn based unlike eob or dm.

I think you'll enjoy it but creating your party needs extreme attention, you may spend hours doing that. There is a premade party but I don't like to play with it personally.

Both parts are ready, get it from the zone

[Steve]

Thanks. I'll go give it a try and let you know what I think.

[Steve]

Apart from slight graphical glitches but that's probably cos I'm running it from OS 3.9 using AGA. I'll make a HDF out of it and try it with a different setup. It plays fine though. It reminds me of Ishar 3. It has the same size display and the walking around a city and visiting shops. Looks like it could be quite good. I didn't try out any fighting but I do miss the Arrow buttons from DM & EOB & Ishar. It makes it a bit awkward to walk around. I was impressed with the auto-mapping feature though. I expect it was quite an innovative feature when it was released. I'll give it a proper play over the weekend when I can devote a bit more time to it.

Apart from slight graphical glitches but that's probably cos I'm running it from OS 3.9 using AGA.

The real thing...try the real thing It's one of the few old games that can directly use a VGA monitor connected to amiga with dblpal/dblntsc screenmode

If memory serves me right, you should be able to walk with numeric keys too.

[Steve]

Originally posted by Burseg
The real thing...try the real thing It's one of the few old games that can directly use a VGA monitor connected to amiga with dblpal/dblntsc screenmode

If memory serves me right, you should be able to walk with numeric keys too.

Damn. Now I wish I had a VGA->Amiga adapter plug.