Knight Lore [English] | Famicom Disk System Playthrough | RadRedRooster
21Welcome to my playthrough of _Knight Lore (ナイト・ロアー)_ (game region: Japan) – also called _Knight Lore: Majou no Ookami Otoko (ナイト・ロアー -魔城の狼男-, Knight Lore: Werewolf of the Magic Castle)_ on the game box – for the Nintendo Family Computer Disk System (abbreviated to FDS), commonly known as the Famicom Disk System, an add-on for the Nintendo Family Computer (FC) or Famicom, the Japanese equivalent of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
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*– VIDEO INTRODUCTION –*
This playthrough shows:
• a no-death run of the first loop.
Loop two has the exact same nine maps as the first loop, but the items are invisible – just like they were in maps 8 and 9 of loop one. Beating this loop results in an alternate ending.
The timestamps for each map can be found at the bottom of the video description box.
*– GAME PATCH(ES) –*
English Translation
Released By: Psyklax
Patch Version: 1.0
The game is modified with an English translation patch. It can be downloaded from ROMhacking.net at – [https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3337/].
*– GAME OVERVIEW –*
_Knight Lore_ for the Famicom Disk System is an isometric puzzle action-adventure video game. It was ported by Tose and published by Jaleco. The game was released in Japan on December 19, 1986.
• Developer Ultimate Play the Game (now Rare) first brought _Knight Lore_ to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer in Europe in November 1984.
◦ The title is widely regarded as a seminal work in British gaming history. It introduced the (highly influential) Filmation game engine and popularized isometric graphics.
◦ Jaleco acquired the rights to publish the game in Japan. In addition to a port for the Famicom Disk System – a rather sloppy adaptation, missing a fair amount of gameplay – the company also released the game for the Microsoft MSX (1986).
• In _Knight Lore,_ Sabreman – the player character – arrives at Knight Lore Castle in search of a cure for his newfound lycanthropy (or werewolf curse).
◦ By collecting a series of items for the resident wizard, Melkhior, the cure is obtained.
• Although completed first, _Knight Lore_ was released as the third title in the _Sabreman_ series. By delaying it, Ultimate Play the Game was able to create another Filmation game – its sequel _Pentagram_ (1986) for the ZX Spectrum and MSX – before other developers could copy the style.
◦ _Sabre Wulf_ and _Underwurlde_ (both 1984) – developed exclusively for Western home computers – preceded the game.
◦ The sequel _Mire Mare_ was canceled.
Reference(s):
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Lore] – (English) Wikipedia
• [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ナイト・ロアー] – (Japanese) Wikipedia
*– TIMESTAMPS –*
[00:00] – Opening
[02:16] – Map 1
[09:59] – Map 2
[19:25] – Map 3
[30:31] – Map 4
[40:38] – Map 5
[52:22] – Map 6
[59:25] – Map 7
[1:10:26] – Map 8
[1:22:06] – Map 9
[1:34:05] – Ending
*– HASHTAGS –*
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