crash Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Alternate Reality and Ultima series should be on the list. Please suggest your other favorites. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelmischief Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Ultima IV, Alternate Reality Dungeon. Warm your thinker up on some Infocom stuff; Zork, Hitchhikker's, Asylum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves Return of Heracles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 How was Questron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nognir Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I only played Questron on the Commodore 64, but it was a quite good game. Plays a lot like the first Ultima games, but I can't remember the story of the game.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Phantasie I and II 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Wizard's crown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twh/f2 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Gemstone Warrior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twh/f2 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Oh. And not to forget Auto Duel! Atarmania has some pretty nice scans of the manual as well as the colored map which came with the original game. Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 There are a few that I was not familiar with, so thanks for the suggestions. Loved Ali Baba, but never got into Heracles for some reason. Will have to try it again. I'm surprised there aren't more good RPGs considering how many 8-bit games were made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Ultima III - fantastic - as I only had a copy (originally), try playing from scratch with no manual or anything where you work out all the commands and do your own world map - might take longer but it's an extremely rewarding game. Questron was fun but I never put the time in to get very far not quite a RPG but be sure to play His Dark Majesty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RetroElectroDad Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 The games I lost most late night hours to would be these, from most to least accessible:- Alternate Reality - The Dungeon (probably The City too but for some reason I never got around to playing that one) Ultima III and IV Wizard's Crown and The Eternal Dagger (very hard core with a strategic battle system) I'd find it very hard to pick a favourite. I still have on my wish list to play (but I never seem to have enough time to devote):- Temple of Apshai Questron Phantasie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbking67 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Seconds for Ultima III & IV and for Phantasie I & 2. Sadly no Ultima V or Phantasie III, but these are great on the ST and should have been Atari 8 titles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Günther Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 For me, it always was Gateway to Apshai for it's fluent gameplay (kind of an early action RPG, really). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 If you ont mind bad graphics and can survive the first hour orso then check out Telengard. The C64 version is graphically much better but I still got some enjoyment out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I have Phantasie for the 8bit. Always lamented the fact Bards Tale came out for the C64 and not Atari. It looked so bad ass back in the day. A few years ago I finally got it for my NES. And now that I've spent time with it I think Phantasie is a better game. I wasn't missing much. Except it being in solid state with no disk drive to burn out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 2 hours ago, JagChris said: I have Phantasie for the 8bit. Always lamented the fact Bards Tale came out for the C64 and not Atari. It looked so bad ass back in the day. A few years ago I finally got it for my NES. And now that I've spent time with it I think Phantasie is a better game. I wasn't missing much. Except it being in solid state with no disk drive to burn out. I use a real, spinning hard disk so I have no Solid State Flash to burn out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) Pretty much any RPG from Origin, SSI, Epyx and Datasoft. They are all fun RPG's from DungeonQuest(Temple of Apshai) series to Phantasie and Wizards Crown, to Ultima series and Alternate Reality. And yes, I love me some good old Telengard too! I never missed A Bard's Tale since I had the wonderful Alternate Reality games. It would have been nice, but I played it a bit about 15 years ago when I had a C64 I was restoring for sale, and I much preferred Alternate Reality to it. Though Bard's Tale is at the top of m y C64 software list when I get one for keeps soon. Edited May 29, 2020 by Gunstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 A8 Phantasie is still one of my favourite games on any system. I really have to stick to my goal of starting in on Phantasie II this summer, as I never did get around to playing it in the '80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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