Get Medieval

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Get Medieval
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Get Medieval is a 1998

Microïds for Microsoft Windows. The player controls one of four characters looking for the exit in a series of dungeons. The game is similar to that of the 1985 Atari Games arcade video game Gauntlet
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Gameplay

It can be played in three modes (Dragon Quest, Random Dungeon, Custom Dungeon) and on four difficulty levels. The game's four player characters: Archer (Eryc), The Barbarian (Zared), The Sorceress (Levina), and The Avenger (Kellina),

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It includes world editor called "GMedit" (or "WapWorld") for making custom levels.

Plot

The female warrior Kellina's father was killed by a giant dragon that terrorizes the kingdom and dwells in a dungeon protected by its minions. Kellina and her friends embark on a quest to kill the dragon.

Reception

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3] IGN's Trent C. Ward complimented the game's presentation, but felt that the humor in the game was overdone.[11] Jason D'Aprile of GamePro noted the game's similarity to Gauntlet, but praised the game's sound effects and overall look.[8] GameSpot's Tahsin Shamma wrote, "this game may be Gauntlet, but Gauntlet is still a lot of fun."[10] GameRevolution called it "a nice update to a classic game [that] understands its limits and accepts its fate with wry humor."[9] Next Generation wrote, "does the game offer anything new? Not really. But if you want to see how the pre-Pentium crowd lived, Get Medieval offers a pleasurable peek at the arcade arenas of the past, complete with chuckles."[12]

Reviews

References

  1. ^ "New Releases". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  2. ^ Gall, William (September 14, 1998). "Get Medieval Review". 3D Gaming World. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  3. ^
    CBS Interactive. Archived from the original
    on May 12, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  4. ^ Dembo, Arinn (September 22, 1998). "Get Medieval". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  5. ^ Altman, John (August 10, 1998). "Get Medieval". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on May 23, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  6. ^ Ardai, Charles (November 1998). "(Re-)Running the Gauntlet (Get Medieval Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 172. Ziff Davis. p. 282. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Miller, Sean (March 10, 1999). "Get Medieval". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions. Archived from the original on May 20, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  8. ^ a b D'Aprile, Jason (1998). "Get Medieval Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 4, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  9. ^
    CraveOnline. Archived
    from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Shamma, Tahsin (August 27, 1998). "Get Medieval Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  11. ^ a b Ward, Trent C. (August 31, 1998). "Get Medieval". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Get Medieval". Next Generation. No. 48. Imagine Media. December 1998. p. 136. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  13. ^ Lee, Ed (October 1998). "Get Medieval". PC Accelerator. No. 2. Imagine Media. p. 102. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  14. ^ Poole, Stephen (October 1998). "Get Medieval". PC Gamer. Vol. 5, no. 10. Imagine Media. p. 215. Archived from the original on December 22, 1999. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  15. ^ "The SF Site Featured Review: Get Medieval".

External links

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