Hero's Quest / Quest for Glory - Amiga - Gaming Memories And Review

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Published on February 22, 2021 4:26:05 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVThrivsdsw

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Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero (1989)

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Review

Duration: 58:21

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Famous for their adventures, Sierra attempts to integrate role playing into the adventure genre with Hero's Quest, later renamed Quest for Glory. While the RPG aspect doesn't quite hold up on its own, the aspects which translated well truly set this game apart as an adventure. Tackling the Amiga conversion here, we shall discuss the complicated relationship Amiga users had with Sierra, but hold firmly that a good game is a good game, and this one is good, even if it could have been better on this machine. We'll read from the manual, cover a number of magazines thoughts from back in the day, and show off some awards like adventure of the year 1989, and 15th most innovative game of all time. Presented here on original Amiga hardware, in its designed NTSC mode with a 4:3 aspect ratio.

My written review for Hero's Quest: https://shot97retro.blogspot.com/2021/02/heros-quest-quest-for-glory-in-depth.html

This review in dedication to friends Stygian Phoenix and Brian Davis, true lovers of Sierra and the Amiga. Check out Stygian's playthrough of the VGA remake here: https://youtu.be/miLtSXv39_0

*Correction; at one point in the video I made reference to Brian Davis' love for Sierra starting with the Amiga version of Space Quest, it was actually the Amiga version of King's Quest.

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00:00 - Bugs!
00:09 - Introduction
01:03 - Dedicated to Stygian/Brian Davis
01:50 - Creating character
02:27 - Starting game/Adventure with RPG elements
03:25 - Boxes with Brian Davis
04:55 - High resolution graphics/A 3D adventure?
05:52 - Famous Adventures Correspondence School manual
07:33 - Talking about the quests/Non linear
08:24 - My hand mapping
08:50 - Compute magazine review
10:22 - Sales chart/Breakthrough/Trend setting?
11:13 - Exploring outside of town
13:08 - Sierra changing things up despite the same game engines
13:37 - Amiga World Review/Commodore News/Working hard for our money
15:40 - The text parser/our first fight
16:35 - VGA remake comparison/Commands from manual
17:20 - The interesting people you meet, the story that is told
19:05 - Dealing with the storm giant/differences with classes
20:41 - Finding a ring/GP PC Strategy Guide review
22:21 - Save early, save often/discussing combat
22:51 - Comparison with DOS version
23:48 - Commodore news from Info magazine
24:58 - Info magazine review
26:53 - Responding to Info's quite critical review/straight port?
27:35 - You feel like you're role playing as a thief
28:25 - Ports from Sierra/dithering
30:48 - Reader mail from Info magazine
31:58 - CGW's 1989's best adventure of the year
33:06 - CGW's best games of all time/most innovative games
33:45 - A good game is a good game
34:08 - Casting spells/2nd fighting system
34:57 - Sierra supporting the Amiga from Shay Addams
36:59 - Music on the Amiga/Meeting the Baron
38:08 - Definitive version?
39:21 - Hero's Quest changes name to Quest for Glory
39:53 - Review from Quest Busters news letter
41:04 - Dancing to death/Dying in Sierra games
43:18 - Sierra News Magazine/Ken Williams/Amiga News
47:00 - Sierra made a lot of Amiga games
47:48 - Thieves and magic users' mini games
49:20 - CGWs review from Scorpia
51:33 - Wise guys/Strategy Plus magazine review
52:11 - Amiga Action magazine review
53:22 - Amiga User International review
54:35 - CU Amiga review/Beating the game/Your Amiga review
55:32 - End cut scene/Zzap review/Amiga Format review
56:21 - Amiga Joker's Top 5 RPGs/Final thoughts
57:55 - NSlate
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