The Sacred Armour of Antiriad

[Mr Creosote]

https://www.goodolddays.net/game/id%...-Antiriad.html

It is one of those games which sound highly fascinating, but which nevertheless I'm happy about that my partner in crime played it instead of myself. I suck at these games and hearing about them from someone who can appreciate them better is more interesting them going through hours of frustration on my own I'm pretty sure there are fans here...?

[TCD]

There's an extra ] in the link.

I think I played this one on the C64, but it's over 30 years ago. Might give it a try tomorrow as I remember it to be quite fun to play.

[Mr Creosote]

Originally Posted by TCD

There's an extra ] in the link.

Whoops, thanks!

[Predseda]

This was one of the games in the era, when game names were just cool. Other examples:

Equinox
Exolon
Cybernoid
Eidolon
Starquake

and so on. It was always some mystery behind the name, expectation of something exciting.

[ImmortalA1000]

Antiriad was not fun to play, just like Cauldron II, due to poor controls. When you are out of the armour it's about as playable as Dark Castle.

The rest of the game is fine but it is annoying to play because of the rubbish controls.

[Coagulus]

I enjoyed it at the time on my Speccy but it's aged badly. Had great music from the late great Richard Joseph though.

[ImmortalA1000]

Probably should have mentioned I only played the C64 version back then. It was on the Hit-Pak 6-pak compilation by Elite. I think the Amstrad versions has the same controls but I've never seen other versions.

[dlfrsilver]

The only good thing in Antiriad is the music. the game itself is shite.

[kremiso]

a C64 classic, well i have played only on that

i like to replay it every now and then

it's a short game, once you know what to do it's easy imo

[Seiya]

this games i played on C64 and fascinating me for the music and when you wear the armour. Not a great game in the long run, but playable

[kamelito]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

The only good thing in Antiriad is the music. the game itself is shite.

Si enjoyed playing it and finishing it on the Speccy back then. The C64 version with it’s collision detection was unplayable to me.

[ElectroBlaster]

I remember when it came out!

I had the demo, wanted the game.. only because of how cool the name sounds.

[CFou!]

Originally Posted by ImmortalA1000

Antiriad was not fun to play, just like Cauldron II, due to poor controls. When you are out of the armour it's about as playable as Dark Castle.

The rest of the game is fine but it is annoying to play because of the rubbish controls.

I loved Couldron II CPC and control (i had made full map longtimes ago

[Tigerskunk]

Loved this game and played through it.

[CCRider]

Played this game at the time only on a friend’s CoCo 3, and giving this system’s tradition of unlicensed ports, it was named Rad Warrior.
If only I knew at the time that it was also available for my Speccy… :/

[masteries]

I played this game in his ZX Spectrum version,
good music, great graphics, good animations;
but very hard when you are in barefoot.

The player attack pattern based in throw stones
is not very effective due to stone´s trajectory

As InmortalA100 stated, its fun when you acquired energy cells,
boots, and punch in order to use the armour... but until this point
you will suffer a lot.

[DisasterIncarna]

theres a sort of "massive/obvious" remake, ofc not official in the form of https://psytronik.itch.io/soulless2

[jizmo]

Originally Posted by ElectroBlaster

I had the demo, wanted the game.. only because of how cool the name sounds.

Yes! I never even played the game, but always loved the title as I'm a sucker for these cool mysterious sounding naming conventions!

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe / Shadow of the Beast / Curse of the Azure Bonds etc

[Kagesan]

I always liked the game, even though it’s not really that fun to play today. It’s like a proto-metroidvania back from when these sorts of games were still called action adventures. You’ve got to love the use of the Iron Maiden font for the game's logo, too.

I think the game's historical significance can hardly be understated. If I’m not mistaken, Antiriad was the first game Dan Malone created graphics for. You know, the same Dan Malone who would go on to create the visuals for Cadaver, Speedball 2 and The Chaos Engine, thus co-shaping the Bitmap Brothers' distinctive look together with Mark Coleman.

[lmimmfn]

Mamemeister did a great interview with the programmer recently(Richard Leinfellner) - [ Show youtube player ] where "The Sacred Armour of Antiriad" comes up, talking about the name etc.