+karri Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I've finally finished the game last night too. That last boss does have a lot of HP! I've been putting off writing the review for it until finishing so now I can finally get to it! Great! It is nice to see that people are actually playing through the game. Wyvern Tales is kind of addictive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpmeister Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Oh wow, this is... beautiful. I stumbled on this while looking whether it's possible to mod the Lynx so the games on it can be streamed, but I'm definitely interested in buying one of these. Expect a PM Ninjabba, I hope there will still be some stock I loved the Lynx as a kid and was really into RPG's so it'd be fun to relive my childhood a bit (possibly with VGA mod so I can introduce more people with the Lynx and the game library). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFG 9000 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Just got mine yesterday. Shipping to the USA took exactly three weeks for me. Both my boxes were crushed pretty badly and the shrinkwrap had a big hole right in the front of one copy. The game is great so far though. RPGs are one of my least favorite genres, but I've been looking forward to this one for ages and it's awesome to be playing it on my Lynx. I definitely want to play Wyvern Tales through to the end. I can't imagine what kind of work it took to get this so polished. Surely an RPG must be one of the most difficult genres to design, balance, and program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran Kotevski Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Hey is there any more copys of this game please. Or can the producer of this game make any more?.I am new to this forum and I'm trying to expand my lynx collection. I would love to have a copy of this game. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Send PM to the guy in the very first post. He'll put you in the line and when you're up next, he'll let you know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Great! It is nice to see that people are actually playing through the game. Wyvern Tales is kind of addictive. Got the review finished and published, have a read here - https://atarigamer.com/lynx/game-review/WyvernTales/5743444345487360 Great game, some parts not completely polished but it's the kind of game the Lynx badly needed! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 First day that I've been able to get time to open it and test it out - It's brilliant so far, really great! Well done =D =D I've not ventured far as its seems a bit JRPG-ish in that you need to level up by grinding away near town first. Super fun though despite all I've been doing is grinding and buying spells etc! Well done Ninjabba =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Beat the first Wyvern today! Have to admit, I am enjoying it =D A bit hard to work out where I am going after that - apparently need to speak to the Elder in some place beggining with an A - buggered if I can find the town and elder. Found a tavern and another dungeon I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael David Morsette Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I've been playing sporadically, very fun game. I need to do some grinding before I can progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlibbit Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I'm on the list but haven't gotten the chance to purchase yet. Really looking forward to digging into this game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbandsteve Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Mine arrived a couple of weeks ago and is in perfect shape. No damage what so ever. Shipping was to Australia. Thank you so much for all your hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran Kotevski Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Cant get a copy of the game :-( feeling sad. But maybe one day I will :-)..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 On the email list haven't seen the opportunity to purchase this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Brilliant work Ninjabba! Ive sent sent a request on your website, hope I'm on the preorder list for next run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valdez76 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Just received my copy yesterday and I love it. Great work and bring a sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valdez76 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Keeps me playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Greetings fellow Atarians and Lynx addicts! Today I give you a preview of the big project I've been working on for a long while now. The main reason to open a new thread for this is because I had to change the name of the project to something new because I overlooked a game with a similar name. Another reason is that it has been shown on e-JagFest this year and I would like to share what has been shown there on the forums as well. With that, I give you a sneak preview of the foundations of Wyvern Tales! There will be dragons coming to your Lynx in 2013! Attached is a small poster that I've been playing around with in 2 formats. I'm gonna try and have a website up and running soon if time allows it. At the moment the website has little priority though, so please ignore the URL in the poster for now. Thanks for 108Stars for helping me out with the project wherever possible. Been a great help so far, and I'll have to claim more of that valuable time in the near future. He also was kind enough to record the gameplay on his Lynx HD: Hope you enjoy the progress! Could you port this to an 8-bit console or S/NES or release a 10% - 20% demo rom for those of us who like playing on TV without high mod prices? Edit: I see I can probably just get the Lynx with just the VGA mod for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Could you port this to an 8-bit console or S/NES or release a 10% - 20% demo rom for those of us who like playing on TV without high mod prices? Edit: I see I can probably just get the Lynx with just the VGA mod for now. There's a bigger chance of me making a sequel to this game than porting it to any other system. I'm still tossing around the idea of making a pure dungeon crawler with random generated dungeons.. something I started with but dropped in favor of handcrafted dungeons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) I tried those random dungeons on RaspberryPi. The planned dungeons contain much more pleasure. It is almost impossible to get the same enjoyment from random dungeons. Another thing is that in a good dungeon enemies don't spawn in areas you have cleaned out. It is also essential that there is paths with less danger that are sneaky if you find them. Edited August 3, 2018 by karri 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 There's a bigger chance of me making a sequel to this game than porting it to any other system. I'm still tossing around the idea of making a pure dungeon crawler with random generated dungeons.. something I started with but dropped in favor of handcrafted dungeons. A sequel would be great. I just need to get the VGA mod or some of those magnifying spectacles in my fifties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjabba Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 I tried those random dungeons on RaspberryPi. The planned dungeons contain much more pleasure. It is almost impossible to get the same enjoyment from random dungeons. Another thing is that in a good dungeon enemies don't spawn in areas you have cleaned out. It is also essential that there is paths with less danger that are sneaky if you find them. Initially I wanted to make a more basic version of NetHack with classic JRPG graphics, but it became too complex quite rapidly. The current engine doesn't allow for enemies walking over the map so its indeed less suitable for a proper roguelike since there will always be random encounters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Lynx is based on 6502 so it is possible to port the code to other consoles including NES, TG-16, C64, and Apple II. (Atari 2600 as well but the limitation of TIA would ruin the game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Suzy has a sprite engine that renders things in real time. 16 colours is also a bit high end compared to other 6502 consoles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 NEs can do something like 50 colors at once but it's limited in sprites. C64 is fixed to 8 sprites and 16 colors but it's not impossible either. TG-16 might be the best one to port, over 500 colors and 16 sprites. I don't know what Apple IIGS is capable of, I only used older II and IIe with green monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyandeyanen Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I happen to have a IIgs actually. The system has no graphics acceleration outside a fill mode, the Mega II limits video memory access to 1mhz, and the 65816 CPU only runs at 2.8mhz stock. It does have 16 hardware palettes of 16 colors each, one can be selected per scanline out of the 4096 available colors in 320x200 mode. You can display up to 3200 colors per screen by modifying the palette between scanlines but that eats up the CPU cycles. Scrolling is unlikely to be smooth fullscreen due to the 1mhz memory access limitation, but several RPGs were made for the system including a top-down JRPG, Ys 1. The audio chip is the real star of the system, the Ensoniq 5503 DOC, which is capable of playing 16 independent samples. One of its 32 oscillators is used as a timer in the IIgs, since they're generally used in pairs you can only play 15 samples simultaneously in the IIgs. That's not much of a limitation, but the 64k audio RAM is.A port to another architecture is a lot of work though; I'd personally like to see a sequel on the Lynx instead. Once I've had a chance to play it of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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