Wizardry Long Live Wizardry! (And The All-New Games By Ex-Wizardry Developers)

[aweigh]

i updated OP with an addendum regarding the differences between the snes/ps1 versions of the first 5 wizardries.

 

[Dorarnae]

sigh, maybe I 'll start wizardry empire 2. I finished demon gaze and I am done with elminage 3 too. heh

 

[Siveon]

Ew, Demon Gaze.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

maybe I 'll start wizardry empire 2.

Make an LP of Carmine instead.
I want to see you shitting your pants and crying in pain.

 

[Dorarnae]

Ew, Demon Gaze.

hehe it's not that bad. it's not excellent but I've seen a lot worse. a 4 wizard party was more challenging overall at least.

 

[Dorarnae]

maybe I 'll start wizardry empire 2.

Make an LP of Carmine instead.
I want to see you shitting your pants and crying in pain.

have no idea what carmine is :s

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

maybe I 'll start wizardry empire 2.

Make an LP of Carmine instead.
I want to see you shitting your pants and crying in pain.

have no idea what carmine is :s

This.

 

[Dorarnae]

nah i'll pass hehe.

 

[Great Deceiver]

hmmm which version could this be

V_K
Fowyr
Mustawd
Electryon

Please download Retroarch, get the Mednafen core, and use one of the amazing CRT filters (I particularly like the gtu-v50 one, but everyone seems to love crt-royale; I'm not especially a fan of shadow masks).

100% accurate PSX emulation (unlike epsxe) and it looks fucking awesome.

 

[Siveon]

This.

Never miss a beat with PC-98 games, huh?

Please download Retroarch, get the Mednafen core, and use one of the amazing CRT filters (I particularly like the gtu-v50 one, but everyone seems to love crt-royale; I'm not especially a fan of shadow masks).

100% accurate PSX emulation (unlike epsxe) and it looks fucking awesome.

Ah yes, Retroarch and Mednafen. The codexian choice of emulation.

The UI is such a pain, though. What's their problem with a mouse UI?

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Never miss a beat with PC-98 games, huh?

Almost each Jap PC is a goldmine of dungeon crawlers and other cool games, even if you exclude generic jrpg animu crap.
Especially when some of them can be played without deciphering dem moonrunes.

 

[Siveon]

Never miss a beat with PC-98 games, huh?

Especially when some of them can be played without deciphering dem moonrunes.

I'm guessing Carmine isn't one of them. Are they in mechs?

Do tell about the non-moonrune required ones, though. I'm getting into a bit of importing myself for simpler games like shmups or action platformers. Not for regular RPGs, though, fuck that. Dungeon Crawlers, maybe.

 

[aweigh]

i fucking loathe accurate emulation and i loathe with the very core of my soul scanline SHIT. fuck off w/ that PLOP PLOP PLOP :guns:

i like my graphics looking like fucking vaseline all over the monitor all blurry and beautiful as fuck. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD DAY SIR.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Never miss a beat with PC-98 games, huh?

Especially when some of them can be played without deciphering dem moonrunes.

I'm guessing Carmine isn't one of them. Are they in mechs?

Do tell about the non-moonrune required ones, though. I'm getting into a bit of importing myself for simpler games like shmups or action platformers. Not for regular RPGs, though, fuck that. Dungeon Crawlers, maybe.

I've read some blog posts about Carmine which describe some story events and some gameplay mechanics. Apart from that, I have no information about the game, yet I still play it.
What I like the most about Carmine is the fact that almost all story events are irrelevant, they're just a small bonus for crawling around the place. And yes, there are mechs.

As for importing, the most obvious example is Baroque for PS1. I can try to check the list of installed games on my HDD once I'm done fixing my gaming rig. Keep in mind that I didn't beat most of these Jap games, so I can't guarantee that they're 'beatable'.

 

[Siveon]

The only kind I'm really wary about is PC-98 ones, non-console emulators are the stuff of nightmares for me. I still get PTSD flashbacks for trying to use an amiga emulator (even when its not that hard, I just never used one so I don't know what's SUPPOSED to work).

As for importing, the most obvious example is Baroque for PS1. I can try to check the list of installed games on my HDD once I'm done fixing my gaming rig. Keep in mind that I didn't beat most of these Jap games, so I can't guarantee that they're 'beatable'.

Sounds cool, but why not play the obviously superior PS2/Wii remake instead?

 

[Great Deceiver]

i fucking loathe accurate emulation and i loathe with the very core of my soul scanline SHIT. fuck off w/ that PLOP PLOP PLOP :guns:

i like my graphics looking like fucking vaseline all over the monitor all blurry and beautiful as fuck. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD DAY SIR.

wat

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

The only kind I'm really wary about is PC-98 ones, non-console emulators are the stuff of nightmares for me. I still get PTSD flashbacks for trying to use an amiga emulator (even when its not that hard, I just never used one so I don't know what's SUPPOSED to work).

PC-88/PC-98 emulators are easy to use.
Don't remember much about Amiga emulation, mostly because Amiga Dungeoneering Collection contains most Amiga games I ever wanted to play.

Sounds cool, but why not play the obviously superior PS2/Wii remake instead?

Nice bait, brah.

 

[Siveon]

PC-88/PC-98 emulators are easy to use.
Don't remember much about Amiga emulation, mostly because Amiga Dungeoneering Collection contains most Amiga games I ever wanted to play.

Oh, cool. Can't believe I forgot I downloaded that collection. Sadly I don't think PC-88/98 computers were really good in the Shmup catagory, afaik.

Nice bait, brah.

Aw c'mon, one more rant about why the remake sucks. Believe it or not I played the iPhone version and it was so bad it hurts.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Oh, cool. Can't believe I forgot I downloaded that collection. Sadly I don't think PC-88/98 computers were really good in the Shmup catagory, afaik.

Not a fan of SHMUPs.
Go play some XZR instead. There is a guide in Japanese for the MSX version, but the versions are (almost?) identical in terms of progression.

Aw c'mon, one more rant about why the remake sucks. Believe it or not I played the iPhone version and it was so bad it hurts.

Too lazy.

 

[Siveon]

Go play some XZR instead.

Oh, reminds me of those old Falcom games like Ys, not a bit fan of those though. They had some pretty funky combat...

The game centers on Sadler, a Syrian Assassin (a Shia Islamic sect) who is on a journey to kill the Caliph. The intro sequence briefly covers the history of the Middle East from 622 CE, the first year of the Islamic calendar, including a brief description of the Hijra, up until 1104 CE, the year of Sadler's birth. The game then starts in Baghdad, where Sadler rescues Rumi, and follows Sadler to Persia and then Babylon, where he must defend the Euphrates River from pollution by an oil magnate, encounter the Assyrian queen Semiramis and Babylonian goddess Ishtar, and visit the Tower of Babel in search of unicorns, before heading to Alexandria, becoming baptised in a Jewish village, and searching for Ouroboros. Eventually, Sadler makes his way back to Baghdad and murders the Caliph. It is then revealed that the Caliph was his father and they were separated when Sadler was kidnapped as a baby by the Assassins. The game then switches focus and enters a subplot about a Mongol invasion before Sadler is warped to the 20th century, where he must assassinate Russia's General Secretary and America's President, ending the game.

Yo so I've been playing some 7th Dragon. I'm much more of a mapping kind of guy but the combat is really fun for Etrian Odyssey vets. I like the animated sprites for each character model too. The dungeons themselves are very Dragon Quest-y which is good.

 

[Dorarnae]

just saw this. I am surprised there's english in the intro. I am wondering if the game has the option to switch the language.
I'll confirm that in a few days or next week, they shipped my order yesterday heh.

 

[aweigh]

jesus they've been using the same enemy sprites for almost 20 years now. Wiz empire 2 came out in the year 2000 in japan (2001 for pc), and i was just beating up on those very same faeries lol

other than that the port to pc looks very good. wonder if they'll add anything as the dungeons in original weren't up to scratch in my opinion. most were too "square".

edit: also notice they're using Original's green-colored map screen graphics from the psp version instead of making use of the upgraded and much better textured and colored neutral-tone map from the pc version of Gothic. one would think it would be easy to do it.

 

[Dorateen]

Coming from Elminage Gothic, it's refreshing to see the outdoor areas. Dungeon with a skybox!

 

[aweigh]

*added

- wizardry empire 2: legacy of the princess (windows pc) [all hail mr.richard999 and helly!]
- megami tensei 1 (nes) (english-language patched rom)
- megami tensei 2 (nes) (english-language patched rom)
- kyuyaku megami tensei (snes) (english-language patched rom)

by the way people if you do a google search for any string containing the words "Wizardry" + "List"/"Empire"/"Translation"/"Game Boy"/"Remake"/"Playstation"/"SNES"/"Remake"/"Complete"/"Japanese"/"Werdna" (!!!)/etc...

GUESS WHAT MOTHERFUCKING THREADS APPEAR IN THE FIRST PAGE BITCHES

edit: oh, jrpg forum thread about elminage also appears in the 1st page of results if you searc for elminage informaiton

 

[aweigh]