Video Game?
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Yes, the second knightmare game, for the Amiga (the retro home computer of champions), did receive 85% in a magazine, but it played like another game- Captive (it was based on the same engine, actually).
Darn it, I knew there was a magazine scan I could have done. I'll do it soon. I'll scan in the review.
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I have an Amiga, maybe I should track it down. Does anyone know how easy/difficult it is to find?
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There are a few bits of info on games here http://knightmare.com/reviews/compgames/index.htm
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If it helps anybody, I've got Disk images of both 'Official' Knightmare games that you can run in an emulator ('WinUAE' for Amiga and whatever you can find for Amstrad CPC).
Can E-mail on if anyone wants them.
However, if any of the 'head-highs' aren't keen on me doing this Please tell me!
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Yes, ironically Amigas can read PC disks, but PCs can't do vice versa.
That's why the disks have to be converted into 'ADF's. Then they'll work under WinUAE. On yet another hand, you also need the Kickstart ROM for an Amiga, which can be obtained either (illegally) on the Internet, purchasing 'Amiga forever' from Cloanto (sic?), which gives you the ROMs legally (and shows you how to set up an Amiga), or you get them from an...Amiga.
Yes, it's a lot of work for a game that in the end isn't that great.
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Yes, it's a lot of work for a game that in the end isn't that great.
I suppose you mean for a game based on the series of Knightmare it wasn't that good.. Or did the Captive engine just fail it in general? Hmm.. Because from what I can remember, Captive and Captive II: Liberation were both very good games for the Amiga.
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^NOOOOOO you don't want activision to make it, they suck.
Edit: after writing that I just realised that my screename is in reference to an old activision game - so I looked stupid just then...
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Yes, it's a lot of work for a game that in the end isn't that great.
I suppose you mean for a game based on the series of Knightmare it wasn't that good.. Or did the Captive engine just fail it in general? Hmm.. Because from what I can remember, Captive and Captive II: Liberation were both very good games for the Amiga.
It hasn't aged well in comparison to some other games released at the time. Captive and Liberation have fared better, yet I don't see many people rushing to play them now...
What I mean to say simply is that I didn't like it. It was, as I recall from the demo, far too hard. I also couldn't understand what to do. I just got hit by goblins.
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hey all. just wondering if you want to play the game online for free no downloads or whatever then click here:http://www.ciunga.it/jxspeccy/arc/3.html?g=KNIGHTMR&128k=1 should just have a window appear and you can play knightmare in it. woooo
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Ah, the old 'prison cell' puzzle - I can almost hear my Commodore64 joystick smashing off my bedroom wall. Just remember that a good knight always spares a thought for the needs of others...
The Activision game wasn't actually that bad, if you look at it simply as a generic adventure. It was pretty tough, and there was a large area to explore, even if the locations all practically looked identical. As a Knightmare game, though, it didn't capture the spirit of the show at all. Not only was there combat involved (the dungeoneer could find and use a sword), but the player comes under near-incessant assault from random ghouls and beasties. It is also free-roaming, and there are no dexterity puzzles of any kind - totally out-of-step with the spirit of the show. No videogame has ever conveyed the atmosphere and play dynamics of the TV show, instead merely slapping a Knightmare motif on all sorts of game styles (there was a bit of a Blopdwych rip-off, if I remember - must be the Amiga version).
This, however, is where I step in.
Have a read at the Here's a mad idea... thread and help me in my endeavours. It's time we rectified this particular inequity. Mwahahaha.
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hey all. just wondering if you want to play the game online for free no downloads or whatever then click here:http://www.ciunga.it/jxspeccy/arc/3.html?g=KNIGHTMR&128k=1 should just have a window appear and you can play knightmare in it. woooo
Kool! Thanks for this.
Found some instructions on how to play Spectrum games in general at http://www.ciunga.it/jxspeccy/p_doc.html#howtoplay
I'll certainly give this a mention in the next update.
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