In the game, the player character visits Lord British and is instructed by him to kill certain monsters. The final mission is to kill a balrog, and after this has been accomplished, Lord British proclaims that "thou hast proven thyself worthy of knighthood".
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Is this the first true hallway-like game?
My dad’s parents ran a computer store in the 80s and 90s, so they (my entire family) are all a bunch of nerds, and my late uncle was especially into D&D, fantasy, crpg’s etc. I have no idea if he ever played this, but he definitely experienced what I now consider “early videogame history.” I was feeling nostalgic for hanging out and looking at Frank Frazetta paintings at his sword-decorated bachelor pad, so I decided to check out Akalabeth based on it being free on GoG and being playable on my Mac.
Yeah, I use a Mac, but I edit movies on it. It’s not ideal for gaming to say the least. Anyway.
Sometimes it’s easy to write off these early games as not-fun, which is fair since Akalabeth feels pretty rudimentary, but you know I always love an ambitious swing. Getting into a very abstract and imaginary mindset isn’t necessary to assess a game, but trying to bring fresh eyes did make this a little more fun for me personally.
Admittedly it didn’t make any sense at first and took some trial and error- eventually I had to look stuff up- but it did come with a manual which I think is cooler than the game itself.
My dad’s parents ran a computer store in the 80s and 90s, so they (my entire family) are all a bunch of nerds, and my late uncle was especially into D&D, fantasy, crpg’s etc. I have no idea if he ever played this, but he definitely experienced what I now consider “early videogame history.” I was feeling nostalgic for hanging out and looking at Frank Frazetta paintings at his sword-decorated bachelor pad, so I decided to check out Akalabeth based on it being free on GoG and being playable on my Mac.
Yeah, I use a Mac, but I edit movies on it. It’s not ideal for gaming to say the least. Anyway.
Sometimes it’s easy to write off these early games as not-fun, which is fair since Akalabeth feels pretty rudimentary, but you know I always love an ambitious swing. Getting into a very abstract and imaginary mindset isn’t necessary to assess a game, but trying to bring fresh eyes did make this a little more fun for me personally.
Admittedly it didn’t make any sense at first and took some trial and error- eventually I had to look stuff up- but it did come with a manual which I think is cooler than the game itself.
Ok, I know this game is important to game industry but it's just not fun to play at all.
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Another early game often cited for its influence on future titles, but on its own it's not very fun. The 3D rooms are mostly a lot of wasted processing power to render hallway after hallway.
Beaten: May 12 2022
Time: I genuinely have no idea, but 20 min if you know what you're doing
Platform: Mac (via Parallels)
This cool little game is the precursor to the Ultima series, and what's here is literally just the bones of Ultima 1 + a tiny bit of story. For what it is though, it's pretty cool. Plus the 1998 version's music is bangin
Time: I genuinely have no idea, but 20 min if you know what you're doing
Platform: Mac (via Parallels)
This cool little game is the precursor to the Ultima series, and what's here is literally just the bones of Ultima 1 + a tiny bit of story. For what it is though, it's pretty cool. Plus the 1998 version's music is bangin