chadtower Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I'm playing this too... I started on a grassy knoll by an empty house. I saw no castle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebug Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...50&hl=dark+mage I had this same problem. You have to hit reset when you start the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...50&hl=dark+mage I had this same problem. You have to hit reset when you start the game. 898310[/snapback] Yeah, this is definitely a "bug" in the cartridge version of the game. I did try to contact Greg Troutman about it in hopes he could investigate the problem, but I never heard back. It's been a while now, so I'll try writing him again. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 You've got to be fucking kidding me. My son and I spent 90 minutes the other day trying to find a way to get past that damn troll and over the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 glad i'm not the only one, whilst I love the idea of a text adventure on the 2600, i gave up on this one ages ago. nice to see it's not just me. would have been nice to know about that reset thing long ago. lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 We even drew maps and made symbols and crap... there was NO solution. Now to find out the game has a major bug! Doh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebug Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 We even drew maps and made symbols and crap... there was NO solution. Now to find out the game has a major bug! Doh. 898903[/snapback] ...No If you can get to the troll, you're playing the actual game. The bug only occurs right when you start the game up. If you don't hit reset, you will be in a sort of 'mini-world' with only two rooms to explore and no solutions. I was also never able to finish the game, but I chalked it up to my lack of skill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 You've got to be fucking kidding me. My son and I spent 90 minutes the other day trying to find a way to get past that damn troll and over the bridge. 898749[/snapback] We even drew maps and made symbols and crap... there was NO solution. Now to find out the game has a major bug! Doh. 898903[/snapback] The bug is with starting the game by pressing the fire button instead of reset. There is no bug that prevents you from finishing the game. As I said a couple of years ago in this very thread: you have to make sure that you don't give away anything that you could use elsewhere (like on the troll bridge ) first. Also there are situations where you need to do more than one thing to solve a problem. Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 So what you're saying is, there are actions that could lead you to being unable to complete the game and no way to repair that damage. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Take the black rose to the Castle. Give it to the guard and he will let you see the king. Give the black rose to the king, the end. 68236[/snapback] NO, YOU RUINED THE ENDING! DAMN YOU STAN JR, DAMN YOU!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) We'll be checking out Dark Mage on tomorrow's (Fri Jul 10) ZeroPage Homebrew stream LIVE on Twitch at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT! Hope everyone can watch! Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Radial Pong (2002 WIP) by Jeffry Johnston (@calamari) Dark Mage (2002) by Greg Troutman Silhouette (2007) by Curtis F. Kaylor Galagon (2020 Harmony Games #4) by John Champeau of Champ Games (@johnnywc), Nathan Strum (@Nathan Strum / Graphics and Design), Ross Keenum (Music and Sound), Dave Dries (Packaging) Edited July 10, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Not able to edit above post with link to YouTube archive of stream.... here it is! (SET VIDEO TO 1080P60 FOR FULL QUALITY) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 A similar text adventure would be "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring". https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 43 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: A similar text adventure would be "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring". https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=2023 Thanks so much, great suggestion Thomas! I'll add that to the list of homebrew games to play on an upcoming show. ? Just started up the game and I see you had a hand in it, excellent! - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Room Arcade Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) Game Instructions Needed Are you guys still around? @Eckhard Stolberg? It seems that Dark Mage has no manual. ("This cart comes with no docs.") By chance, does anyone here have time to write some instructions for this game for the community? Just asking. Maybe use the text of the manual of the Dark Mage hack, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, as a template and just edit it? Edited March 19 by Living Room Arcade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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