LGR - Faery Tale Adventure: Book I - DOS PC Game Review

[@WhiskeyRichard.]

"Hazy memory of a childhood game" Exactly how I found LGR

[@redseve]

"High fantasy socialism" I'm gonna need to remember that one

[@olivercharles2930]

Let me remind you.

[@redseve]

@@olivercharles2930 I forgot all about that, thanks

[@olivercharles2930]

@@redseve You're welcome. I just had to do it lol

[@GamerPersonTV]

LGR, the fact that you reply to so many of your comments is truly great. You're one of the few KZbinrs who truly listens to your audience.

[@blindazabat9527]

If I trust my memory, when you die your body stays where it happened. Your other self can go back there and collect all you had before dying.

[@roygalaasen]

I think that is correct. If you managed to get back at all. I think I managed to get back once. When I died right outside the start town lol.

[@DystruktoBoi1]

Yup, you find a little gravestone of your brother and can pick up all the stuff you had previously.

[@alexkuhn5078]

"The moral of the story: Stay at home!" ...epic forshadowing

[@BusinessZeus]

shut it

[@SonofSethoitae]

@@BusinessZeus Name checks out

[@jeggieinc]

Mr. LGR, thanks for sharing a game from your childhood. It's always entertaining hearing you talk about all these older games. Shame I was too small a child to get to appreciate these things :"(

[@Dhirallin]

It was pretty ahead of its time if you compare it to other games from 1987 like Ultima. Especially the Amiga version which had really good music. The author David Joiner did the programming, gfx and music and took about 7 months to make the game and released it almost as soon as the Amiga came out. He used all sorts of crazy tricks, like using the disk drive chip to load the map in parallel with the cpu, so that there was no loading time.

[@spatulasnout]

An interview with David Joiner here, including recounting his development process of the Amiga version of Faery Tale: www.abime.net/interviews/view/interview/id/71

[@MichaelLeroi]

I honestly really loved this game. Played it through with the family during quarantine, made some fun memories. I still enjoyed your review, despite disagreeing with most of your criticisms. 😅

[@ImmenseDefencecemre]

I know this isn’t really relevant but my dog died in my arms tonight, I have no idea how to cope with it but this video helped me take my mind off it. Appreciate your content and thanks for your hard work.

[@moribundman]

Remembered this game in exactly the same way. Heard a guy elsewhere online mention the name and thought "THAT'S IT" and "I wonder if LG did a review of this?"

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I upgraded my video card on my 286 to play this game...

[@sablesanctum]

"Fart on these" should definitely be a valid command in all text adventures.

[@maxdaman91]

You have just re-jogged my memory of this very game! Played it on the Mega-Drive around my uncle's when I was 4 or so. Been trying to figure this game and another out for ages now.

[@CitizenKanevideos]

Hey LGR, I just wanted to say thank you for making these great videos. Especially the Endless Space one you made quite some time ago, which actually led me to buy the game. But seriously, your videos are great, informative, and they're nice to watch after a long day. So, yeah, keep up the good work!

[@pagb666]

For a DOS game from '87, the scrolling is super smooth D: Remember playing this on the Amiga, but having no clue of what to do as I didn't even know english.

[@Pukwudgie_Surprise]

I never get tired of your reviews.

[@SirMalorak]

The thing you describe at the beginning perfectly describes a memory I have with one of these "play computers" - A sort of Notebook/laptop thing in orange and blue with several games of which I remember almost none. It was monochrome black n white and generally way behind its time but I remember it fondly. Then there is this HUGE game collection. There was a Battleship game for the Gameboy on there which had cool animations so it caught my interest. I also got to play solomon's key which I only found out about 1 year ago because of a video. Has such awesome music!

[@LGR]

Halls of the Dead? Don't own it and have never played it, but I hope to eventually. Apparently it was made by an entirely different team of designers, and published by someone else since Microillusions went out of business not long after FTA1.

[@LGR]

Two things I seriously miss living in this increasingly digital-only age.

[@TheLORDMJ]

I remember searching for a couple of NES games that I loved to play as a kid, but I forgot the names. Luckily, when I would finally find them, I would relive only the good memories. Last game that I was searching for a really long time was Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja. What a awesome platformer.

[@schweedy1985]

I had a solid 20 year run of exactly this sensation for the nes game Solar Jetman. I played(and loved it) at some kids house, who happened to be something like a friend of a friend of my cousin. Needless to say I never saw the kid again, and the vague memory of the game stuck with me, driving me insane until randomly coming across a youtube vid of its game play... then water was turned to wine, dogs and cats slept together, and SNL was funny again. It was wonderful.

[@LGR]

Yes but my problem with it remains. You're a complete weakling once again when you die, except this time you don’t have any starting loot. Finding your way back to a body is darned near impossible due to the sheer size of the map. Even then without some good stats and loot you’re sure to quickly die due to the randomly-spawned hordes of enemies every few steps. So you *can* find the body, but the point remains: I see having 3 brothers as useless, just stick with the first and reload if he dies.

[@FOWLMUSIC]

You aren't wrong from a strategic standpoint... but the game was designed for a sense of adventure and wonder. It wasn't meant to be a strategic speedrun. Although your start is far more challenging with the second brother, and then absolutely BRUTAL with the third brother... the idea is that your knowledge of how the game works has improved to the point that you can make it work somehow... it was an interesting mechanic regardless...

[@Doowoo]

Thank you Phreakindee. I love the vibe of nostalgia and childhood memories your videos constantly emits. Keep doing what u do and again.. thank you! :)

[@petyrcirino7681]

I must say that I really enjoy your videos. They are fun and always a treat. Keep up the good work. :)

[@zintosion]

I have a pretty average dirk thank you.

[@pantoura_rsr]

I remember a racing game from the '90s which had vehicles surrounded by spherical force fields racing on a dystopian future setting. Looking for it ever since.

[@elitezararus286]

To be fair. The genesis Port is alot better, and this game is boring as you said, however if you farm at the grave yard for like 1 hour you basically cant die and finishing the game can be fun. that's my only advice. . Also, if you want to get the turtle early just follow the south road all the way to the watch tower, use a grey key on the door and there is a sea shell inside, which lets you summon the turtle early. takes 20 minutes to get from starting fresh.

[@blackidna]

Elite Zararus Genesis (more specifically MegaDrive, in my case) version was the very first I ever played and FUCK was it unforgiving to new players! Still, it pushed me to play it more and more. Too bad it was my cousin's console and cartridge and we lived too far apart from each others. Was the Genesis version a cartridge with a yellow tab on the side as well?

[@TheCommanderNZ]

There is a chest just outside the starting village to the south that you could glitch by doing a save reload trick and you could keep opening it and getting all the loot. After 30 mins your inventory would be completely full and heaps of money.

[@TheCommanderNZ]

@@blackidna yeah, they were Electronic Arts cartridges.

[@roygalaasen]

@@TheCommanderNZ haaaaaa..... I played on the Amiga. Save and load was anything but trivial... toc...toc...toc...scraaaatch...toc...toc...5 minutes later...

[@mjkittredge]

I figured out as a kid that you could stand inside the graveyard walls and stab enemies on the other side safely as they helplessly milled about trying to get me

[@Bacon8t0r]

My hazy childhood memory was the old Dos game Castle of the Winds. Finally learned the name a few months ago after YEARS of trying to remember it

[@A7exandersca7es]

adventure mountain which I thankfully found again thanks to you.

[@Toad64]

Wow, I still have the 3.5" disks of this game. I never made it very far, and it's been forever since I've played it! Good video! Have you ever played Veil of Darkness? I used to love that back in the day, and for some reason watching this made me want to play it again!

[@robotface74]

hey awesome review. i love the dos/old school pc reviews you do. ever play a so-so game called shadows of cairn? terrible yet comedic voice acting, lots of running and awkward fighting too. i think you'd make a funny review of it. i oddly enjoyed playing this game back in the 90s.

[@joolsstoo3085]

I played this one on the Amiga 500. Looked a bit better, especially at night, but the main attraction was the music. Beautiful tunes for battle, night and especially day made the boring slog more bearable. In the end though it's still the same game, my brothers and I managed to beat it through sheer force of will (that desert crypt with the incredibly long hallway anyone?) and determination.

[@Chris-Kay]

You over-looked that when a brother dies and another brother takes his place - You can regain all the original possessions by finding your dead brothers corpse FTA was my favourite game of the 80's - I played it for months and could simply could not stop - loved the music as well - I still want to know who wrote it

[@Furthermore26]

I still have this game sitting on my shelf. I could never get into it. I would always quit around the first combat experience as it was just terrible. Kudos to you for sticking with it. I highly enjoyed watching this.

[@jinjo2200]

The game that was a vague memory as a kid was The Legend of Kyrandia and Conquests of the longbow (which was long lost until I found it in the closet :).

[@yoolka05]

How about Day of the Tentacle? I loved it when I was a kid!

[@deadguy718]

I'm eagerly awaiting for a review of one of the Tomb Raider games.

[@EjectedStomach]

What's the intro music from? Catchy stuff!

[@LateBlt]

Is it just me, or does the music at the very end of this video sound remarkably like the PC speaker rendition of "Erana's Peace" from the original EGA version of the first Quest For Glory game?

[@pc-sound-legacy]

The Amiga version offers a wonderful soundtrack. Too sad they didn't convert it to Adlib for the pc version.

[@drunkensailor112]

Yes. This can't be overstated enough. Fantastic sound track on the amiga. I just checked it out on my amiga again.

[@LGR]

I've got a full review of it if you want to relive some memories!

[@badlorie]

The hazy memory of a childhood game clip made me think of the “mixed up mother goose” game, which I believe was made by Sierra way back when

[@GabrielVesuvio]

Man... Even feeling nostalgic you don't fail to give us a sincere and funny review. You're my new hero, LGR :D

[@LGR]

Thanks for noticing! I certainly try.

[@camman007]

I love the character's posture when walking south

[@magnusm4]

how about reviewing maniac mansion or day of the tentacle?

[@_h_h263]

What is that Mario game in the background toward the beginning? I didn't think that Nintendo had any PC Mario games.

[@KidpandaAG]

I bought this game for the Sega Genesis when it first came out and actually played it all the way to beat it, music was much better as it wasn't PC beeper sound, but I agree, there is zero reason to go back to this game nowadays, so now it just sits on my shelf....alone....unwanted. Oh well, great review yet again !

[@spencerprie1179]

My game I can't remember is not a game, but a kid's book, that while reading prompted the reader to enter code into DOS to experience certain action sequences. The code I wrote out was supposed to emulate landing a helicopter. I didn't get it to work, but still fell in love with coding.

[@richardg8376]

Like you, this was one of the first PC games I played in 1990 on a 386 with my dad. Spent quite a bit of time on it until we upgraded to a Pentium 120mhz and the game ran so fast you died of starvation within a second of starting. My hazy memory of it was definitely flattering. You forgot to mention that since Julian was the best fighter of the three, and the game was 99% combat, the game was basically over when he died. Kevin was as lame as he sounds, unable to kill any enemies and with no friendly NPCs to make his kindness stat useful. Still feel like trying it out again though...

[@FOWLMUSIC]

It's worth it.. but get an Amiga emulator and play the real version... the ports were terrible.

[@reroshaggy]

You I have no idea what you've done for me. This game was in fact one of those infamous games I could not remember the name of. I played the Mega Drive version more than I feel comfortable admitting, had every strategy guide and never managed to beat it. Years!!! I have been trying to remember...thank you and damn you as well lol.

[@theferaldays]

I used to play that game very intense on the good ol' Amiga 500 and i loved it! The graphics were a bit better than on PC and i loved the music. Yes, the world was huge, indeed, but i was too curious exploring every corner. There were two things i really hated: wandering in the forests (because they slowed you down and those damn wraiths got me almost every time and the steering when the character starved. And a tip: to quickly get stronger, travel to the graveyard southeast and fight enemies with the fence between you and the monsters. As long there are no wraiths... ;)

[@joolsstoo3085]

I had this on the amiga as well. Took a good long time to beat and the last area is pretty weird, but it kept my brothers out of trouble. I never got tired of that music either, especially the battle and night themes.

[@Ozziw162]

I know that feeling about having a game stuck in memory, but don't remember the name of it... Took place in a castle (atleast I think it was a castle), where the different screens acted as rooms, with an isometric viewpoint a'la Double Dragon, and a huge amount of traps and enemies to deal with (but no way to defend yourself, as far as I know...)! Had it on either Amiga, or Commodore 64/128... First game to ever make me miss children's broadcast... Damn you nostalgia! XD

[@m.a.packer5450]

Every time I see box art for games like this, it reminds me of what Conan Obrien said about Atari game art: "...promises far more than the game could possibly deliver"

[@richardpage9474]

Beat this on Sega Genesis way back may moons ago, one of those EA titles that came with a cluebook, thankfully. 25yrs later I'm not mad at it.

[@notOctopicake]

My hazy memory is an old PS1 game that had a free for all fight between monsters, one of them was a four legged monster with a giant mouth that could make copies of itself. I still am trying to remember the name of it.

[@brianbernstein3826]

figuring out how to get past the dragon and then finding the magic wand were good memories! I enjoyed the game a ton

[@asfsdasd]

Have you played the second one? Great graphics and vastly improved gameplay, unfortunately not a lot of people are familiar with it.

[@jamethlawthon5602]

So this channel has been recommended to me for years. Most recommended channels are ass but I very much regret not clicking before.

[@Iivaitte]

00:07 yes, I am still trying to find out the name of this one nes or genisus game where you played as mutants on skateboards. it has a battle side-scrolling thing as another half of the gameplay. If anyone knows this game please tell me

[@BloodRedFox2008]

That feeling you were describing at the start is one I know all too well. Recently I was trying to recall an old JRPG for the PS1 I remembered renting only once long ago but could not remember the name of. All I could remember was that it had "Legend" in the name and it involved a unique battle system involving inputting button combos that almost felt sorta fighting game like. At first I confused it for Legend of Dragoon simply because that was one of the only non-Final Fantasy JRPGs for the PS1 I could remember (but don't own), but upon looking up footage I realized I was way off (Dragoon's battle system is more akin to Final Fantasy). Only after looking up a list of every PS1 game ever released did I suddenly remember the name: Legend of Legaia. After seeing that boxart again online did the connection suddenly become almost whole, and after looking up footage I went "THERE WE GO! Oh wow why did it take me so long to remember this game's name?"

[@XavierBergeron]

+BloodRedFox2008 Haha! I've been feeling the same recently about this 2D platformer I used to play as a kid in elementary school! Your comment inspired me to go searching for it! All I could remember was everybody playing Icy Tower in our small computer room with blurred memories of this other game that I enjoyed over that. The parts I remembered were some wintery slides and the character was either a dog or a squirrel. I just looked up Icy Tower, giving up on that other game for now and when I went looking at the publisher's webpage, I saw an oddly familiar title and scenery. Happyland Adventures! Ah man, it feels great!

[@ValentinoLimon]

+BloodRedFox2008 Legend of Laigia

[@thequeenundisputed]

Legend of Dragoon's battle system may seem similar to the battle system of various FF games at first glance, but it's actually quite different. It's turn based, so there's that similarity, but the fighting actually centers around attacks called additions. You set an addition to use in battle and then when fighting you perform that addition by performing a set of precise button presses that line up with each hit of the characters weapon. As you level up and complete additions properly you'll unlock more difficult and complex additions that are usually more powerful or yield additional SP - which changes up your ability to go into dragoon form, where you can use powerful dragoon additions and magic. There's also a system of combating counter attacks from the enemy. At any time during an attack an enemy can attempt to counter attack and you must is a different button at a specific time to dodge the attack and continue your addition. If I were to compare this battle system to any other game, it'd probably be Super Mario RPG or the games from the Mofhr/Earthbound series.

[@Unbravewintermute]

My friends and I used to play this on the Amiga. Man, I had no idea how bad the music was on the PC version. Come to think of it, I didn't know there was a PC version. I did know that there was a sequel game (I don't remember the name) made for Windows many years later. You had all 3 brothers at once.

[@wetterschneider]

Wasn't the game world huge because it was fractally generated for high compression onto the floppies?

[@eolfeci]

Clint! Excellent review man.

[@pantoura_rsr]

Thanks, mate. Should've looked for it there before asking here.

[@DynamixWarePro]

The game I can't remember is (well I have quite a few) but I'll share two of them. The first is a game I played as a demo on possibly a PC Gamer demo CD in the mid to late 90s (possibly 95-97 around that time). It is a 2D adventure game. I remember this game, the main character was a guy with blonde hair and wearing middle ages type male clothing with buckled shoes and white stockings. Anyway, You started in a house and you had to click on objects and the character would say something about the object, like clicking under the bed, he would say something about "fluffadusties" and the difference between dust bunnies under the bed and belly button fluff (possibly called "fluffadisties navalus") I do remember in the demo having to go outside into a garden like area with a washing line and I think one of the goals was to find a mushroom. The game demo ended around here when you had to go into the village. I remember on the same magazine as the demo, there was a 2 or 3 page spread about the game showing screenshots of it. The second game I really want to know what it is. I also played it on a PC magazine demo CD, possibly PC Gamer. I played it also in the mid to late 90s, possibly on the same CD as the first game. This game is a 3D role playing adventure game. The graphics were quite good and the game began with a shot of the player in bed, a young elf or something like that, Its the morning and the player gets out of bed. The game starts with your mother asks you to go into the cellar and get something (I forget what it is) but when you go down there I think there is something you pick up here and or a mirror you walk through that is a portal to somewhere else. What I do remember is being inside a tree after this and having to race in carts against some fairies (or some similar magic people) and having to do laps around a small course that went round the middle of the tree. If you beat them you could continue on. I remember an indoor area with a locked gate and you had to find a key to open the gate, but I don't know which order that part came in, I think this area ended the demo. One area I do remember is an outside area, a desert like place and you were on a cliff overlooking the desert. There were creatures here which had faces a little like cthulhu and you could talk to them. I don't remember much else except an Ankh amulet rings a bell, but when I search for games with Ankh amulets in them, I only get the PC game Ankh, which isn't it. So if anyone knows, please reply as I really want to know what these are!

[@Patman128]

My brother had a friend who owned just about every NES game and every memory of them playing NES is a hazy, nameless-game memory. I still try to find out what the hell they were playing sometimes.

[@TrueRedDevil91]

I would love a review of Dink Smallwood.

[@davyl92]

My hazy memory is of a game which I actually haven't played, but my dad. It was a dungeon crawler on a floppy disc, I specifically remember telling him to give his character two swords instead of a sword and shield. He died seconds later. I felt so bad I told him to do that so thats why I recall that so good I guess, I was around... 5 or 6 years old maybe? But I still remember the visuals so cleary, it's been bothering me for a while now that I STILL don't know the name of the game.. I also remember it being on a 3 and a half inch disc. Just thought I'd throw that out here :)

[@eduardopipinel]

Btw Clint, when are going to make the Ultima series?

[@vresi]

When the earlier brother dies it creates a pile of bones which the next brother can track down and pick up which contains all the inventory the earlier brother had. I have this game on Amiga and it's in my opinion one of the best games in the genre ever created, mostly due, of course to it being among the first... in the genre. And boring?! Are you crazy! There's always something to do, there's always things to find. You can travel on water by turtle, you can travel in air on a golden goose. There are mountains, lakes, thick forests, swamps, deserts, snowy plains, islands, castles, dungeons, dragons, kings and princesses. This game is absolutely phenomenal.

[@pvtpuddin]

I remember back when I was 4 or 5 years old, my daycare had an old Mac, and on that Mac was an adventure game that took place in some sort of castle. I remember that we could never play it for more than 5 minutes, because of a wizard at the top of a set of stairs that would always kill us. I wish that I could remember the name of that game.

[@CherryPixelBun]

I bought Fallout 2 yesterday. Do you have any advice on how to get out of the Temple Of Trials with taking a crap ton of health.

[@Disthron]

Have you played the sequel to this? I was wondering if it was any good.

[@lynchie137]

Hey, LGR. Have you played the Sega Genesis version. And if so, what did you think of it?

[@9bitjim]

This is where ultima 7 sets the bar on open world rpgs. Large map and alot to look at, also a great story.

[@LupinusGames]

awesome! I totally know how you feel on that, even tho i was born in the late 80s most of my early childhood was games like these and earlier xD rather than what was new back then. x3 the big floppies i totally remember those.

[@-taz-]

I played the Amiga version at my friend's house in 1988, and yeah, I remembered the music and the graphics but forgot the name for a decade. Even though I've never seen it since then, the music always goes through my mind every few weeks or so... Maybe I'll get to see how accurate (or not) my memory is as I watch this review :)

[@ihatejamon]

LGR is one of the greatest of time 👍👍

[@albedo00]

My game whose name I just can't remember was a fixed-screen space shooter for windows 95 I think, kinda like Galaga but every level was episodic and the enemies were already on screen at the start of every level, without anymore appearing. You deployed a claw to grab powerups and every 5 or so levels there was a boss, usually the same bigass jet-looking ship, but it was awesome, miss that game.

[@riffbw]

This IP is ready for a revamp. Three brothers vs a necromancer. Animal companions. The Red Knight. The forest maze. The Astral plane. There's so much that can be taken, fleshed out, and expanded.

[@cornsyruptrucker]

So how did the disks taste?

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

Aren't there, like, mods to spruce it up a bit?

[@MrYaotubo]

It makes me wonder, if these games are obscure english games (german in this case, as the original for this was made by germans i think). What would other obscure games from other countries be?

[@Daehawk]

Played it on the Sega Genesis and loved it. Rented it many times.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Looks like the red knight mentioned at the beginning was a...red herald!

[@guns4geeks]

I used to play raid on bungeling bay on NES as a kid, and forgot the name of it. Fifteen years after we sold all our games I refound it by chance on youtube. Now I can raid the crap out of bungeling bay all freakin day!

[@Vattsu]

Hey LGR! I remember that you said you will try to make a Daggerfall (The Elder Scrolls II) review and I hope you will do it soon.

[@ninedragons1]

HEY! I had this game for my Sega Genesis. I didn't know it was an old PC port. The music and controls is much on the Genesis.

[@TorinnDerg]

Does anyone know what the music is at the beginning?

[@praveensharma9893]

+Jolt-Z It's 'Sandstorm' by Darude

[@ackackermans4062]

Magicland Dizzy by 4MAT

[@delatroy]

LGR, do you know of an old DOS racing game by chance? I've been looking for years, but was never able to track it down. All I remember is CGA pink and black goodness, probably late 80s or early 90s, skulls..., checkpoints that you had to go through, fast gameplay, some kind of HUD.. that's pretty much it. Terrible I know!

[@ZombieRyushu]

I remember a game like that, it was an Apple II game called SMIRK, It's a Zork Clone/Hack (Text Adventure) I played it on an Apple IIe

[@LGR]

You do in my made-up High Fantasy Socialism, which is what I was referring to here, and didn't just say Socialism ;)

[@retrolane3481]

the game play sounds a bit like real life, I love it !

[@Namaka101]

Cool, but how about feary tale 2? i liked it, played it not too long ago.

[@spidermcgavenport]

have you ever just felt the need to use an hex editor on your dos game's?

[@ChescoYT]

Genesis version was superior in features. Played the hell out of it! Protip: Map is so big, just make bee-lines straight to the things you need to do, otherwise its just a timesink. I LOVED this game back in 1993, so addicted to it and finishing it. If you're a hardcore RPG'er and want to play one of the games worthy of RPG history, id recommend it. For everyone else, u can pass.

[@vresi]

"Genesis version was superior in features." To PC perhaps, but not to the Amiga version, not by a long shot, and that version is from 1986.

[@KapnKerfuffle]

I agree. And trying to play with only a mouse to move and fight on PC seems painful.

[@vagnernunes8021]

Old times, the best.

[@HaakonAnderson]

edit in some footage from No Mans Sky in and you got a brand new review.

[@RumAngel]

OMG YES!!! This game use to give me nightmares as a child when I'd watch my older brother play it.