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Citadel of the Dead
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| Author: | RJ Best |
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A rerelease of the dungeon RPG DragonBlade.
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Manuals are always welcome to be uploaded.
Xeriphas1994, I'm the developer of the games Citadel and DragonBlade -- I'll take the $10 bucks now! Just kidding. Glad you got some fun out of the game.
I know these entries are 8-10 years old, but if anyone needs any elaboration or clarification on the games, just ask. My email is rjbcal@msn.com. I also have the manuals for all the games. If interested I can upload copies here (if allowed by the forum admin?)
For the record: Citadel of the Dead was commercially distributed to stores around the U.S., but in spite of being told the game had sold "thousands" of copies. I never saw a penny from the distributor. So I retooled the engine from DragonBlade & Citadel of the Dead and used it for GayBlade, a spoof of DragonBlade, with the tagline:
"Empress Nelda has been captured. You must rescue her. So get your Apron out, grab your Gold Tiara, and unsheath the dreaded Turbo Blo Dryer. You're going to war!
Take a mechanically solid "Wizardry" dungeon grinder, spread on bright System 7 colors, and garnish with that priceless 1990s sarcasm. Not having internet back then, I couldn't believe what I was seeing when a co-worker shared this. I spent years trying to find the author and pay the 10 bucks (not realizing he couldn't accept it if the company had shut down). If you love old-school RPGs, you must try this!
This is now an .img.sit file, ready to use in emulators.
I remember playing this game a fair bit, the demo anyways. This was a long time ago, and as far as I could remember you needed to re roll your party characters a lot to get some seriously cool stats. After that it was a matter of going down, moving around not far from the entrance and taking down some enemies, then going back up to town before anybody died. I had to inch my way in and avoid the traps, also saving up for good stuff was not easy, monsters came in random pack sizes, some as large as 8 or 12 (I can't remember, it was oh so long ago). Good game, but the demo only had two levels and just as I was starting to get into the swing of it, I ended the demo... so sad
to watchsmart: Get a real mac then...
the game remind Dungeon master and Ultima 3(exploring the dungeon)
I get lots and lots of lock ups in both Basilisk II and SheepShaver. Unplayable for me.