tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post4120845905004589476..comments2024-03-28T18:43:06.423+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Game 77: Eternam (1992) - IntroductionThe Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-61712417912411192212022-06-25T16:08:00.388+10:002022-06-25T16:08:00.388+10:00I played, completed, and have returned to this gam...I played, completed, and have returned to this game many times over the years (mostly for the cd sound track) I also have darken on an atari5200st FM This game was fantastic the humour was on point and the interface whilst novel made perfect sense coming from the Atari era, though in retrospect use of a mouse would seem like a better choice it was not the first choice back in the day. I believe I am what is called a true fan, Don is a childhood hero of mine along side the likes of the teenage mutant ninja turtles, it may simply be that if you were not there at the time you could not appreciate it in the same context, much as many these days can not appreciate duke nukem.LLangfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-90968260817276445662017-02-06T13:54:15.309+11:002017-02-06T13:54:15.309+11:00A French game in English with a Spanish manual. He...A French game in English with a Spanish manual. Here's where the fun begins...<br />TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-40568009917557928882016-11-17T08:51:31.100+11:002016-11-17T08:51:31.100+11:00I´ll go for 54. As far as i can remember, this is ...I´ll go for 54. As far as i can remember, this is a very strange game. Lupus Yonderboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480213869011573953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-80686474932318936982016-11-17T08:50:09.053+11:002016-11-17T08:50:09.053+11:00Correct, Fry. Bernard (moreso from Maniac Mansion ...Correct, Fry. Bernard (moreso from Maniac Mansion by the clues - he was actually the kid with the most 'special skills' in spite of also being the most cowardly.)Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-83752226314598011032016-11-17T07:48:21.956+11:002016-11-17T07:48:21.956+11:00Also, "vex" rot13's to "irk.&qu...Also, "vex" rot13's to "irk."Voltglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893726442063421240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-69290419800960178782016-11-17T05:43:41.769+11:002016-11-17T05:43:41.769+11:00I usually don't bother with them, because I am...I usually don't bother with them, because I am too lazy to un-rot13 them. Fun note: "Terra" rot13s to "Green", that's cute.<br /><br />Riddle answer: vf vg bar bs gur xvqf sebz Znavnp Znafvba/Qnl bs gur Gragnpyr, znlor Oreaneq?Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805219432946673379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-61453978448414947322016-11-17T05:19:47.504+11:002016-11-17T05:19:47.504+11:00(Nobody noticed the riddle, or I simply made it to...(Nobody noticed the riddle, or I simply made it too cryptic?)Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-63786111047047669422016-11-17T05:05:34.471+11:002016-11-17T05:05:34.471+11:00Dice says 37. And that was a rather good google tr...Dice says 37. And that was a rather good google translate, the result could have been much worse.Niklashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994906056143612738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-88760388352045783162016-11-16T09:18:33.306+11:002016-11-16T09:18:33.306+11:00Put me down for 42 please.Put me down for 42 please.Voltglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893726442063421240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-43505341825528510172016-11-16T09:15:59.495+11:002016-11-16T09:15:59.495+11:00Finding information about this game is quite diffi...Finding information about this game is quite difficult without spoilers - save looking through reviews and the like, I went with what the minimal information available suggested. I normally do a synopsis on the manual in my introductions, but this one didn't even let me do that. The 'story' written within is borderline unreadable, with all that really came through with any degree of clarity being the information already on the back of the box.Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-30212861536149791512016-11-16T06:54:11.603+11:002016-11-16T06:54:11.603+11:00Something's coming, and it does not smell good...Something's coming, and it does not smell good...I'll guess 40.Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805219432946673379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-92018991062707667992016-11-16T03:17:43.811+11:002016-11-16T03:17:43.811+11:00My guess is 39. My guess is 39. Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-59929052430614582752016-11-15T12:13:47.025+11:002016-11-15T12:13:47.025+11:00I'll guess 46. Does that box screenshot really...I'll guess 46. Does that box screenshot really say "143 speaking characters"? That seems awfully ambitious.<br /><br />I used to work with someone whose name was Don Johnson. When I first met him, he introduced himself by saying, "Not the actor." I wasn't familiar with the reference anyway, but I gathered that a lot of people had trouble not thinking about the actor when they met him.Reikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326356159794723662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-78241476678178058002016-11-15T11:08:33.959+11:002016-11-15T11:08:33.959+11:00No idea, but the protagonist ( I assume) kind of ...No idea, but the protagonist ( I assume) kind of looks like He-man, so.... 50Torchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929817555431987717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-79228789631734865672016-11-15T08:27:04.945+11:002016-11-15T08:27:04.945+11:00Never heard of this one, so let's kick it to t...Never heard of this one, so let's kick it to the random number generator with a...56!Paul Franzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12534869887402015019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-18487034051648191692016-11-15T07:17:27.937+11:002016-11-15T07:17:27.937+11:0049 for the score. Hopefully it will be interesting...49 for the score. Hopefully it will be interesting to play (or at least for us to read about!).Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-32594760364050096302016-11-15T06:57:55.373+11:002016-11-15T06:57:55.373+11:00I remember playing this game when I was 9. It was ...I remember playing this game when I was 9. It was confusing at times, with an user interface far worse than in the Lucasarts games. As I am french, I have not been annoyed by translation issues and I remember my father finding the script better than average.<br /><br />I guess a 48 : translation and UI issues, along with some very badly desinged puzzles, will prevent it from reaching a better grade. Bastien MARCHINAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-13938940845065995792016-11-15T06:04:29.772+11:002016-11-15T06:04:29.772+11:00To be fair, Infogrames was only publisher of Capta...To be fair, Infogrames was only publisher of Captain Blood and Chamber of Scifi Mutant Priestess - the real creators of those original adventures went on to make Dune, which we'll be seeing a bit later on this blog.<br /><br />This is a rather weird one, and I am quite interested to see how you like it. But your hunch about the interface is pretty much spot on - it would have been better if they had used mouse instead of keyboard.<br /><br />I am guessing 45.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-71996755635758828902016-11-15T05:16:59.541+11:002016-11-15T05:16:59.541+11:00The translation is quite good. Something more accu...The translation is quite good. Something more accurate would be "protection sheet" instead of "protective sheet" and "where the appropriate line and column intersect" instead of "where the line and column intersect appropriate"<br /><br />40 for me. I remember playing this on my 286 back in the day but nothing else.<br />Laerteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189425293036224646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-65889039311401101522016-11-15T00:08:13.109+11:002016-11-15T00:08:13.109+11:00> What some of you who follow Chet's blog m...> What some of you who follow Chet's blog might know this group for first is Drakkhen, a title so incomprehensible that it was almost impossible to follow... which is the game that this one is supposedly a self-aware 'parody' of."<br /><br />I didn't play Eternam at the time (I played on Amiga and didn't have a PC) but I remember reading about it in french magazines. I just checked back and while they mentioned that the game used an updated version of the Drakkhen engine, it was not considered as being a parody of it, or being related in any way. It had a lot of various references but I'm not sure there were to Drakkhen itself. It's possible that all the testers of the time missed the point, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06096054017603541355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-40298737674985830262016-11-14T23:37:44.058+11:002016-11-14T23:37:44.058+11:004343Laukkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258625692586860655noreply@blogger.com