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Firelord

JerriJerri
edited February 2015 in Games
Does anyone fair complete this game?
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001775&loadpics=3
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  • ZoffyZoffy
    edited February 2015
    Never completed it, but it must be one of the most attractive games to grace the Spectrum.
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  • Battle BunnyBattle Bunny
    edited February 2015
    A couple of Norwegian guys finished it - see the tips in C&VG June 1987:

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue068/Pages/CVG06800056.jpg

    More tips were published than are listed at The Tipshop; check the Magazine References section in the WoS entry. There should be enough there to show how to finish the game without resorting to POKEs.
  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited February 2015
    Zoffy wrote: »
    Never completed it, but it must be one of the most attractive games to grace the Spectrum.


    I remember reading that Steve Crow based some of the houses on old cottages, and manors near his home. Great game, loved finding houses, villages. Nowhere near to completing it, though I did find the princess at least. ALways thought the chink, chink sound effect when you lose a life was pretty nifty for the spectrum speaker.
  • DarenDaren
    edited February 2015
    The walkthrough at the RZX Archive was done by Keith Rundle without pokes/rollback/etc:

  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited February 2015
    "A couple of Norwegian guys finished it..."
    Were they ever seen again?
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited February 2015
    Daren wrote: »
    The walkthrough at the RZX Archive was done by Keith Rundle without pokes/rollback/etc:

    Wow, it was fnished in only thirteen minutes!!!

    Impressive game, by the way.
  • fogfog
    edited February 2015
    dmsmith wrote: »
    Agree, I remember reading that Steve Crow based some of the houses on old cottages, and manors near his home. Great game, loved finding houses, villages. Nowhere near to completing it, though I did find the princess at least. ALways thought the chink, chink sound effect when you lose a life was pretty nifty for the spectrum speaker.

    I went tobridge in the summer last year, the owner of bubble bus was telling me about the old days. bubble bus was above an 18th century farrier / ironmongers.. and he was suprised the place was demolished / wasn't listed. so yer that bit of kent as other places has a lot of very old buildings.
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited February 2015
    dmsmith wrote: »
    ALways thought the chink, chink sound effect when you lose a life was pretty nifty for the spectrum speaker.

    Crowe always had great sound effects in his games, but that chink-chink was really something else, it was as good as a sample. Starquake is aurally magnificent too.
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited February 2015
    Vampyre wrote: »
    Crowe always had great sound effects in his games, but that chink-chink was really something else, it was as good as a sample. Starquake is aurally magnificent too.

    I've always suspected that it could be a very small sample. Could someone confirm or deny it?
  • Maroc's Other ProjectionMaroc's Other Projection
    edited February 2015
    Firelord is one of my fave games. Really polished.

    I have a childhood memory of playing this game shortly after kicking a football into a neighbour's garden (she had repeatedly threatened us with calling the police). While playing Firelord I would occasionally look out of the window to see if a police car was outside. It certainly added to the tension...
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  • JerriJerri
    edited February 2015
    Daren wrote: »
    The walkthrough at the RZX Archive was done by Keith Rundle without pokes/rollback/etc:


    WOW!
    its not firelord.
    Its a Thieveslord.
    :)
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  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited February 2015
    WOW!
    its not firelord.
    Its a Thieveslord.
    Aye it can be played that way, or with bartering, but you have to stand trial three times if you get caught, and the sentence is... :o





    RE: speech, yes there seems to be either speech synthesis or sampling here.

  • SimonLCFCSimonLCFC
    edited February 2015
    I actually mapped this back in the day. Took forever, and yep one of my fave Speccy games. Utter nightmare to finish though, but i'm sure I did it eventually (quicker than Technician Ted too :p)
  • dmsmithdmsmith
    edited February 2015
    I went tobridge in the summer last year, the owner of bubble bus was telling me about the old days. bubble bus was above an 18th century farrier / ironmongers.. and he was suprised the place was demolished / wasn't listed. so yer that bit of kent as other places has a lot of very old buildings.


    Sorry to hear that, how hard would it have been to have it listed?
  • goodboygoodboy
    edited February 2015
    interesting moment, game detected (checksum rom) model of speccy
    and prints various control for keys 67890

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  • QuazarQuazar
    edited February 2015
    Firelord was a great game!

    One of the few games I stuck with to finish, making a rough map and a page of notes on the way.
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