Dungeon Master, a draft

I played Dungeon Master in the late 90s. It was a period on which I was playing adventure and role playing games from the 80s and the early 90s. I didn't have a copy of the DM manual and I still don't know if the manual would have a list of the magic symbols and/or any ready spells. I had to collect countless scrolls before I could decipher the symbols on the right top panel of the game.

Unfortunately, I never finished Dungeon Master. I do remember that I had mastered it but I don't recall the reasons I stopped playing it. I was probably just one level before the final boss. The dark wizard, Lord Chaos. I didn't need to draw any maps except from one level. That map is slightly visible on the below sheet, as it was drawn on the back page. Dungeon Master was a great game and I really enjoyed it.

A Visit to id Software, 1993

Joe Siegler IM'd me a couple weeks ago and said he found a VHS tape that had some DOOM footage on it before its release and if I didn't want it he was gonna throw it out.

I said, "Send it to me immediately."

So now I finally got it, ripped it to digital and then used iMovie to present it to anyone with an interest in DOOM history. The Vimeo page has more explanation on it so I won't go into detail here - check it out!

 - Romero

Prince of Persia, the Movie

plot: Set in medieval Persia, the story of an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Which is why after the prince was tricked by a dying Vizier to unleash the Sands of Time that turns out to destroy a kingdom and transforms its populace into ferocious demons. In his effort to save his own kingdom and redeem his fatal mistake, it's up to the prince and the princess to return the sands to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which also gives him a limited control over the flow of time.

I've played the first Prince of Persia (mastered it, to be precise) and the PoP 2: The Shadow and the Flame video games, but none of the 3D titles. The movie is based on the The Sands of Time, a 3D title. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to watch it :-P

Prince of Persia, IBM version

Memories: Prince of Persia (1989 version) was pre-installed in my (now prehistoric) IBM PS/1, along with Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold and Rick Dangerous II.