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Death Knights of Krynn - stuck for ages now.
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:14 pm
by Mark
Very frustrating, this one. After solving and mapping almost everything in the game, I'm stuck, because I can't find the way to the last encounter. It's been a while since I tried, so I can't give you specific questions right now. Maybe this post will wake up someone out there who has managed to solve the game and tell me where the hell I am supposed to go

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:44 pm
by Gunness
Hi Mark, I can't help so don't get your hopes up just yet

Just wanted to say thanks for the many terrific maps you've made over the years. Maybe posting an incomplete version of a DKoK solution will get somebody on the right track?
By the way, did you ever finish Curse of the Azure Bonds? I still have your solution and maps listed as incomplete

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:51 pm
by terri
Can either of you two gentlemen tell me where to find these two games, and what platform they are played on? I am tired of trying to solve my unsolved games, so need some new frustrations. Not that I am in your league....
Are we on the right track?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:24 am
by CJ_Egern
Hello, Guys and Girls,
I've played the games for over a decade ago....and think I even solved them...
But they aren't really Adventures, so are we allowed to discuss 'em here?
And I think....I have the solutions and maps written on some old paper lying in an old cardboardbox somewhere in my parents' attic

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:58 am
by Gunness
I know they're not straight text adventures, but neither are games like Zak McKraken or Murder on the Mississippi.
So I guess those SSI titles have just the right amount of adventurousness to warrant inclusion in the archive

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:03 pm
by Mark
Terri: I played those games on a c64 emulator. Plenty of webpages where you can find all this AD&D stuff for c64.
Jacob: unfortunately, Curse is still unsolved. But that is because I never found an unbugged version. Just gets stuck at some time in the game, so I don't think I will ever touch it again, hehe. Too frustrating, that one

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:36 am
by terri
Thanks for the info gentlemen. I downloaded one of the games and saw that it was a role-playing game. However, I was somewhat intimidated by the text/manual, so I think I'll pass, and keep my frustrations with two-word parsers, figuring out exotic verbs, etc.
re: terri
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:21 pm
by Mark
hehe... well yeah, it helps somewhat if you are an old AD&D pen and paper player. Then you know all those 5000 rules by heart, can forget about the 40 page rulebook and enjoy the storyline instead. If you are not, I'd agree it's quite scary

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:44 am
by terri
OK, you final (?) question. What does AD&D stand for? Adventure and ?.
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons? All dumb and dumber?

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:35 am
by Gunness
terri wrote:OK, you final (?) question. What does AD&D stand for? Adventure and ?.
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons? All dumb and dumber?

I have a hunch that your second guess would be right

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:04 pm
by Mark
To avoid further wild speculations... it certainly is "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons", hehe.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:55 am
by terri
Gee. I wish I could play games as well as guessing acronymns and riddles....
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:03 am
by Guido
Hm, I just played Champions of Krynn and maybe you have no last encounter. COK ends and you could continue playing it without having a "you have won" message.. Don´t know if this is what you mean but it could end your search! (btw I played the amiga emulated version)
And the last encouter should appear in Dark Queen Of Krynn. If there´s no "win" message in this game it´s crap!
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 2:25 pm
by Mark
I'm afraid there is one encounter I can't find. Looked up my old scraps and found out the place I was looking for is called Dargaard Keep. I played the c64 emulated game, btw. Surprised you didn't get a "you won" message in CoK, btw, as there certainly is a final showdown and a "you have saved Krynn again" passage

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:04 pm
by Guido
Ok, there is a final encounter but I mean there is no end in the sense of "turn off computer"

. I think I start playing DKoK and look if I´ve got the same problem (if time allows it).