ScuzzBlog: Diaries May 2019 Entry 18th May 2019: Post 01: Quest and Glory: Iron Lord - Atari Quest and Glory: Iron Lord - Atari OK our hero returns from his crusades in the Holy Lands and finds that not only has his father been ejected from his thrown but his tyrant uncle now rules the land. Sound familiar ? Pretty much your stock adventuring knights in shining armour kinda stuff. Where you play the part of the down trodden hero who has to earn the trust of his people to take on the big bad guy. I had never actually known of this game till I picked the box up whilst sorting through my Atari stuff. I dunno why but it sounded more like an industrial tycoon kinda game set in the industrial revolution. The game was created by Atari in 1989 and published by Ubi Soft as part of their Quest and Glory box set. I was so taken by the game I thought I would give it a run. The game loaded no problem and requires only the joystick to martial you player into action. The interface is quite imaginative insomuch that you get a mini map that is more like a maze where you see your character walking around trying to find gates and doors etc to interact with. When you exit from the mini map and zone information window you get the image of the world. And when you click a new destination a small window pops up showing you riding to your next destination. Your actual location on the map is represented by a tiny image of you riding through the countryside. I actually did enjoy the game and found it very easy to interact with. I have downloaded an Amiga version [ bad boy ] as there was but one on Ebay and they wanted a load of dosh for it. So if you get the chance I would give it a whirl. Next up I played Blood Money which is part of box two of the special edition provided for the Atari 520STE. A scrolling shooting flying killing game which is pretty typical for its day. Quite well presented and also quite addictive. I thought the graphics were pretty good even though I was playing in black and white. The main reason for looking at the game was the Atari version of Anarchy which I do know very well as I have the game on the Amiga. Great game. Anyhoo ... that was my day with the Atari and some quite fun games. I still find the Atari very clunky as an OS and not my favourite. It always works though and the games do tend to function very well. Quest and Glory: Iron Lord - Atari Sorry for the poor display images. I always use the old black and white when testing stuff

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