Tempest Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Can someone list some good RPG's for the Atari ST/STE? I generally like Bard's Tale type RPGs, but other types are good as well. I hear the Ishar and Phantasie series are good ones to look into. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Two words: Dungeon Master The Ishar series was decent. Most of the other RPGs I remember on the ST were DM clones, including several shareware/freeware ones. Of those, I'd say Towers was probably the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The Phantasie series was pretty decent. The Ultima series was most excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Can someone list some good RPG's for the Atari ST/STE? I generally like Bard's Tale type RPGs, but other types are good as well. I hear the Ishar and Phantasie series are good ones to look into. Tempest They did Bards tale for the ST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Can someone list some good RPG's for the Atari ST/STE? I generally like Bard's Tale type RPGs, but other types are good as well. I hear the Ishar and Phantasie series are good ones to look into. Tempest They did Bards tale for the ST Yeah but I've played Bard's Tale I-III and Ultima I-V to death on my Apple II. I do need to check out Ultima VI though. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The Phantasie series, I, II and III (IV was only released in Japan), were my all-time favorite RPGs on the Commodore 64. I've since collected most other versions, including for the Atari ST, which along with the almost exactly-the-same Amiga version looks the best. To me, the Phantasie series is very close to playing tabletop D&D, though of course keeping in mind that the originals were for 48K Apple II's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 How about Legends of Valor? d-bug did a HD installable conversion for it, and enabled it to run on faster machines. And on the quicker MSTE and the Falcon (especially) you get a huge speed advantage over stock STs. Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 The Phantasie series, I, II and III (IV was only released in Japan), Wow I never knew there was a Phantasie IV. Too bad it's in Japanese, I actually have an MSX 2+. I wonder if anyone has bothered to translate it? Probably not... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The Phantasie series, I, II and III (IV was only released in Japan), Wow I never knew there was a Phantasie IV. Too bad it's in Japanese, I actually have an MSX 2+. I wonder if anyone has bothered to translate it? Probably not... Tempest Yes, Phantasie IV was released for the Japanese Sharp computer and MSX2 specification. There is a fan-made English translation released as a ROM a year or two back, which I have in my archives, but I haven't gotten around to trying yet. I want to convert it to a real disk for use on my MSX2 system, and, barring that, use it on the Pandora via emulation after that comes... Why there was never an official US release is beyond me, but of course it's all but impossible to know what the full story is with the game... Glad to know you're a big Phantasie fan too. I also have Legends and Legends II, which were solid attempts to clone most of the gameplay from Phantasie I and II on the TI-99/4a: http://www.adamantyr.com/crpg/article_01.htm I have the MSX2 version of Phantasie boxed, but was never able to afford a boxed version of Phantasie IV, which can sometimes hit triple digits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 How about Legends of Valor? d-bug did a HD installable conversion for it, and enabled it to run on faster machines. And on the quicker MSTE and the Falcon (especially) you get a huge speed advantage over stock STs. Sweet. I forgot all about that game. I could never figure out if the game had an actual plot, plus it ran dog-slow on a standard 1040ST. I really need to try it out on my Falcon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I really need to try it out on my Falcon. It runs amazingly on the Falcon. It's like a different game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Dragon Flight is a great game, but I don't know if it was ever released as an English version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Bard´s Tale I, II, II, Star Command! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Bard´s Tale I, II, II, Star Command! With the exception of Bard's tale I none of the others were released for the ST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Bard´s Tale I, II, II, Star Command! With the exception of Bard's tale I none of the others were released for the ST. I have Star Command boxed on the Atari ST... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Bard´s Tale I, II, II, Star Command! With the exception of Bard's tale I none of the others were released for the ST. I have Star Command boxed on the Atari ST... I stand corrected then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) Can someone list some good RPG's for the Atari ST/STE? I generally like Bard's Tale type RPGs, but other types are good as well. I hear the Ishar and Phantasie series are good ones to look into. Tempest Some of my favorites are: Dungeon Master Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back Ultima: 3-4-5-6 (don't like 6's graphics, but love its features) The Bards Tale Phantasie 1-2-3 AmberStar (this game rocks!) Hero's of the Lance Hillsfar Pool of Radiance Lure of the Temptress (is that really an RPG? Love the graphics though) Legends Of Valor and I'm sure there are others - this is off the top of my poor, just got up from working 12hr nightshifts, befuddled mind... Edited February 16, 2009 by DarkLord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Why there was never an official US release is beyond me, but of course it's all but impossible to know what the full story is with the game... Glad to know you're a big Phantasie fan too. I also have Legends and Legends II, which were solid attempts to clone most of the gameplay from Phantasie I and II on the TI-99/4a: http://www.adamantyr.com/crpg/article_01.htm Fun factoid: I used to know Ed Johnson who created Legends for the TI-99/4A 20-something years ago. His house is a couple miles from mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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