Amberstar
| Amberstar | |
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| Studio | Thalion software |
| Publisher | Thalion software |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1992 |
| platform | Amiga , MS-DOS , Atari ST |
| genre | role playing game |
| Game mode | Single player |
| control | Keyboard , mouse |
| medium | Floppy disk (3.5 ") |
| language | German |
| information | Ambermoon's predecessor |
Amberstar is a role-playing game developed by Thalion Software . It was published in 1992 for the Amiga , MS-DOS and Atari ST computer systems .
Action and gameplay
It is a classic computer role-playing game in which the player sends out his hero troops to save the country. Initially, the player travels alone through the land of Lyramion, later up to five other characters join him.
The game's graphics follow a similar concept to Dragonflight , that is, all locations with a good overview, such as B. the outside levels are shown in 2D, all dungeons are shown in 3D graphics.
The battles are fought in rounds on a battle screen. The player first plans the moves of his pieces, which are then carried out in the combat round. When a character comes into play depends on the speed attribute .
The magic system is based on the three schools of white, gray and black magic. For each school there is a pure magic character and a magic / combat character.
reception
The dungeons, some of which were too large, in which the group of heroes can only rest in a few places, caused criticism. In addition, you could get into a playful dead end. Since only one save can be created with the three game disks, you could quickly lose all your progress in the game if a disk was damaged or accidentally overwritten. The level up of the game characters caused further frustration. A character can only reach higher levels if it visits its home guild with enough experience points and undergoes appropriate training there. In order to get the problems of the huge country under control, Thalion had a number of means of transport, such as B. horse, ships or giant eagle installed.
Ratings:
- Power Play 3/1992: 85%
A year later, Ambermoon, the sequel to the game, appeared, which seamlessly ties in with the Amberstar backstory. A trilogy was originally planned, but it was never completed. Albion is the unofficial successor , although it has nothing to do with the content of the predecessor.
Amberstar is with the help of emulators such. B. the DOSBox or the UAE , also playable on current computer systems.
Web links
- Amberstar at MobyGames (English)
- Amberstar on "The Thalion Source"
- Thalion Webshrine
- Amberstar on TheLegacy
- Amberstar in the "Hall Of Light"
- Amberstar - test report at "oldgames"
