Phantasie series

[Winston Douglas Wood]

Hi Winston Douglas Wood ! Thanks for everything! I would play Phantasie V if there was a downloadable version of it that runs as a normal game would. I don't really play stuff in browsers as I have never had good experiences with that. So if you make a download version I would definitely check it out! I really enjoyed Phantasie 1 which I emulated the Apple II version of recently. Really ahead of its time in many ways and still a blast to play, so I expect V to be much of the same. Cheers!

I'd like to second this. I don't know if it's a scaling issue, a browser issue, or a game issue, but when playing thru the browser my clicks aren't registering where I actually clicked... As you can guess, it makes generating a party insanely difficult (and I am waiting until fixed as I like to reroll quite a lot).

Also Mr. Wood, totally unrelated, but have you ever considered porting Phantasie 1/2 into the Phantasie 3 engine with the AtariST/Amiga version for graphics?
Probably not... But the engine improvement over the older games is awesome and much quicker/satisfying to play. A steam release with that for modern PCs would be something I would pay for immediately
Congratulation on the launch of Phantasie 5, looking forward to playing it in the future.

What platform(s) have you tried Phantasie V on?

I wrote the Apple II versions of Phantasie I-III. All the other versions of Phantiasie I-IV were converted by others who own their respective code so I don't have access to it.

I tried to play using Google Chrome on a Windows 10 computer for Phantasie V.
I have a 3440x1440 screen, browser is not scaled bigger (ie: with middle mouse button) and still at 100%.

As for the other version, it really is too bad. They're still incredible games even with modern machines and everything. Even the Phantasie III you programmed yourself, the core is there... Pretty sure your code could be "upgraded" (for lack of a better term) to run on modern machines. Then it's only the matter of getting those graphics/sounds in.
Oh well, Maybe one day it will happen, who knows. Thanks for chatting with us.

It actually works for me at different zoom levels but that was a good idea to make sure you are at 100%. Try hitting F12 which takes you into a developer mode that is supposed to simulate a mobile device somewhat.

 

[Winston Douglas Wood]

Atm, I would like to know if there are other races that are not being randomized. If there are and it is tied to specific towns then i guess its good. All I know is starter group has a gnoll and I've never rolled a gnoll up.

If that isn't a bug then skill selection could use a tweak. Atm, it doesn't select well if you change your mind on a skill. I think click one to select and again to unselect would work better. It really was confusing trying to reselect a skill the first time through.

Anything else could just be natural features like FOG OF WAR. I know 3-4 had none so I figured that carried over to 5. To be honest, thie FOG OF WAR discovering and uncovering each square is the most important thing.

I know Fluent would say offline version. Lol.

There are other races and you do encounter them at different points in the game.
When picking skills ignore what is currently selected choose your three skills and just click on them in any order.
I will think about the FOG suggestion.
Let me know if anyone want a offline install.

 

[Fluent]

Atm, I would like to know if there are other races that are not being randomized. If there are and it is tied to specific towns then i guess its good. All I know is starter group has a gnoll and I've never rolled a gnoll up.

If that isn't a bug then skill selection could use a tweak. Atm, it doesn't select well if you change your mind on a skill. I think click one to select and again to unselect would work better. It really was confusing trying to reselect a skill the first time through.

Anything else could just be natural features like FOG OF WAR. I know 3-4 had none so I figured that carried over to 5. To be honest, thie FOG OF WAR discovering and uncovering each square is the most important thing.

I know Fluent would say offline version. Lol.

There are other races and you do encounter them at different points in the game.
When picking skills ignore what is currently selected choose your three skills and just click on them in any order.
I will think about the FOG suggestion.
Let me know if anyone want a offline install.

I would love an offline install!! You just made my day sir!

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Ditto! Hell yeah to offline install.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Gamepad/joystick/controller or even numpad/arrowkey support would be nice.

BAH! I lost some of my notes on my characters. Bloody Hell. Anyway, I took out Punisher a level 1 troll with enough str/dex to use a battle axe. I managed to gear up some for armor and now everyone in party is level 5. I need to check new abilities/spells if any. I have a huge roster of alts I could just level up quickly to level 4-5. Grinding isn't all that hard. I might need to change my pixie's or is it sprite's spell to missile 1 instead of 2 (not that i mind blasting stuff to ribbons.) I still have all my screen shots. I kind of lament I didn't record every mobs special attacks. TBH, I'd have to let them attack and reload if I died since I tend to kill them before they get attacks of. I am starting to think I should have trained my back row alts with something other than block and dodge like traps, lockpics, and steal but none of them are really burglars. I have some set up who are though so I'll need to train them.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

OK, so retooling my party and leveling some other newbs with the experienced party who is mostly level six I have found out you get some spells at various levels. Paladins finally get heal at level 3 and they seem to have good power to cast so hell yeah include one if you don't want a healer. 2 Wizards are nice so far esp when you hit level 6 as the spells start to really come. My burglar I started at level 1 now has missile spell at level 3 but I use a bow mostly and added picklocks and disarm. One wizard has find item, listen, and steal . Generally with this group as is I think I could do pretty well. I just need to even out their levels and get xp as close as possible for when level 6 or 7. Some of the more powerful armor and weapons are on the other alts. I might switch out some of the stuff as it'd make sense. I'll have to look to see what bows require. My burglar has 22 dex but I'm not all that sure what does what. Power goes up every level and is basically mana. I believe one alt (probably the second sprite wizard has a high charm stat. My one healer got one hell of a boon of hp up to 56 at level 5 beating the first healer. We'll see what burglar and paladin get later. So far, Factotum I am not all that impressed with. Relatively average skill gain, meh power, and spells aren't all that great though Heal 1 is good when you get it. As it stands this is the spell progression.

Level 1 = 0
Level 2 = 1,000
Level 3 = 2,000
Level 4 = 4,000
Level 5 = 8,000
Level 6 = 16,000
Level 7 = 32,000
Level 8 = 64,000


Fighters
Spell:
Missle at level 4
Identify at level 7

Paladin
Spells:
Heal 1 at Level 3
Missile 1 at Level 4
Heal 2 at Level 6
Protect 1 at Level 7
Identify 1 at Level 7

Burglar:
Spells:
Missile 1 at Level 3
Heal 1 at Level 6

Factotum:
Spells:
Missile 1 at Level 3
Heal 1 at Level 4

Healer
Spell:
Heal 1 at level 1
Heal 2 at level 3
Protect at level 5

Wizard:
Spells:
Missile 1 at level 1
Identify at level 1
Flare 1 at Level 2
Missile 2 at level 3
Heal 1 at Level 4
Slow at level 4
Missile 3 at Level 6
Flare 2 at Level 6
Protect 1 at Level 7
Speed 1 at Level 7
Slow 2 at Level 7

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I just noticed I am sporting 121K in gold. There is literally nothing to spend gold on atm. :/ I'd pay for a trainer tbh in skills I have to neglect

 

[mediocrepoet]

I just noticed I am sporting 121K in gold. There is literally nothing to spend gold on atm. :/ I'd pay for a trainer tbh in skills I have to neglect

Kind of unrelated, but my favourite Gold Box moment is dropping money in Pool of Radiance because it's too heavy to carry around and my party can't walk anymore.

 

[Ladonna]

I just noticed I am sporting 121K in gold. There is literally nothing to spend gold on atm. :/ I'd pay for a trainer tbh in skills I have to neglect

Kind of unrelated, but my favourite Gold Box moment is dropping money in Pool of Radiance because it's too heavy to carry around and my party can't walk anymore.

At least at the start you have to save every coin you get to train. I missed that by about the 3rd level or so when the money/gem/jewellery heaps started coming in. Wasn't it tied to the experience system?

 

[mediocrepoet]

I just noticed I am sporting 121K in gold. There is literally nothing to spend gold on atm. :/ I'd pay for a trainer tbh in skills I have to neglect

Kind of unrelated, but my favourite Gold Box moment is dropping money in Pool of Radiance because it's too heavy to carry around and my party can't walk anymore.

At least at the start you have to save every coin you get to train. I missed that by about the 3rd level or so when the money/gem/jewellery heaps started coming in. Wasn't it tied to the experience system?

Also true. I'm not sure though, but there are some technical discussions about the back end systems in the Gold Box thread. Someone there might know if it hasn't already been posted.

I know that by the time I hit the big kobold battle in the wilderness, I used to end up with a truly ridiculous amount of copper coins that I'd end up dumping.

 

[Filthy Sauce]

In gateway to the savage frontier, I remember money almost being non existent at the start. It's the only goldbox game where some of my characters 'lost' xp, because I couldn't find cash to train.

Then one day my party was just wandering around a garden or some sort of hedge maze in a city, and got attacked by a panther(?). It had gems that sold for 1000s. Never worried about money for the rest of the game.

Edit: Shit. I'm retarded. Thought this was the goldbox thread.

 

[mondblut]

I just noticed I am sporting 121K in gold. There is literally nothing to spend gold on atm. :/ I'd pay for a trainer tbh in skills I have to neglect

Kind of unrelated, but my favourite Gold Box moment is dropping money in Pool of Radiance because it's too heavy to carry around and my party can't walk anymore.

They played it for lulz at the end of Champions of Krynn (I think). Right before the final boss encounter there was a treasury having enough spare change to load the whole party down to 3 movement points.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I don't believe encumberance ever occurs in the Phantasie series.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Anyone else delving into this game. I keep getting tied up in other shit to continue so progress is slow. I also consider levelling up the other noob alts. I don't take long.

 

[Winston Douglas Wood]

Phantasie Resurrection is now available as an offline download for PC and MAC. Here

 

[SpoonFULL]

Phantasie Resurrection is now available as an offline download for PC and MAC. Here

Blocked by Chrome (Insecure download)! Can anyone confirm this is safe.

 

[octavius]

Blocked by Mozilla as well. "Insecure connection".

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

I managed to download it by opening link to new window.

edit.
I've used this to analyze suspicious links.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Iphone must not care. It popped right up as P5.zip. 320mb DL. Awesome, except I have to start over. Oh well. Or I might finish online. It hardly uses any bandwidth for me; even less than EUO.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Phantasie Resurrection is now available as an offline download for PC and MAC. Here

Blocked by Chrome (Insecure download)! Can anyone confirm this is safe.

Completely safe. As soon as you put in your banking information for confirmation purposes, you can begin the completely secure gaming experience™! Feel free to turn off your phone to avoid anything that might distract you from making the greatest gaming memories of your waking life, like pesky text alerts.

The information above is purely for entertainment purposes. I take no responsibility for any fraud, hardware damages, or any other unfortunate incident that may occur through any actions taken before or after reading anything I write.

 

[SpoonFULL]

It is strange and do not inspire confidence that the developer is not responding to the reported download issues.

 

[Ladonna]

Phantasie Resurrection is now available as an offline download for PC and MAC. Here

Blocked by Chrome (Insecure download)! Can anyone confirm this is safe.

Completely safe. As soon as you put in your banking information for confirmation purposes, you can begin the completely secure gaming experience™! Feel free to turn off your phone to avoid anything that might distract you from making the greatest gaming memories of your waking life, like pesky text alerts.

The information above is purely for entertainment purposes. I take no responsibility for any fraud, hardware damages, or any other unfortunate incident that may occur through any actions taken before or after reading anything I write.

The opening Nigerian Prince quest is actually pretty full on. Even gives a real phone number to call along with the backstory of how his father, the good King Obombo, tried to stop the Communists, but before he fell, managed to put his 1 TRILLION dollars into a secure account. All he needs from me is my own bank details and he is willing to split the money 50/50. Looks like I won't have to worry about cash for the rest of the game (Goldbox memories flooding back).

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Does anyone know solution for the quest for the next Bitcoin with best ROI?

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

What? ROI?

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

What? ROI?

Just jokin.