Shot97 | Curse Of The Azure Bonds - Amiga - Gaming Memories And Review @Shot97 | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
The second in the line of Gold Box titles, and winner of 1989's Origins award for fantasy game of the year. Waking confused and dazed with five azure symbols, the heroes of Phlan unveil a plot to control them for the greater harm of all the realms. Today I'll be covering the 1990 Amiga release. We'll take a look through magazines of the era to see how others felt when it was new, compare the game with the DOS version, and read through some of the incredible manual.
My written review for Curse of the Azure Bonds: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2020/11/curse-of-azure-bonds-in-depth-written.html
My wonderful party members:
-Lactobacillusprime: youtube.com/c/lactobacillusprime
-MaximumRD: youtube.com/c/MaximumRD
-Theshadowsnose: youtube.com/c/Theshadowsnose
-Stygian Phoenix: youtube.com/channel/UCeAkF_WsVB1ZlTkDnPhaqwg
-Polaventris: youtube.com/c/Polaventris
Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
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00:00 - Shock the monkey!
00:12 - Introduction
01:15 - 2nd game in franchise, but 3rd on Amiga/Icons
02:05 - Welcome the party/memorizing spells
02:30 - Reading from the box
03:05 - Intro text from game/copies sold
04:22 - A Bard's notes on Phlan from manual
05:22 - Hillsfar/character transfer
06:46 - Introduction from manual
08:07 - New character classes
09:14 - New "fix" command/first battle
10:11 - Investigating the Amiga's release date/thieves guild
11:24 - Commodore's revolving door/Scribing spells
13:13 - Info magazine review/sewers
14:39 - More story elements/Best Gold Box game?
15:58 - More linear than Pool
17:00 - No side quests/First Bond removed
17:52 - History of the Dalelands from manual/Outdoor areas
19:54 - More spell casters during combat
20:30 - The Swanmays/party members in story
21:54 - Dragon magazine review/first deaths
24:00 - Fewer random encounters/2nd bond removed
25:52 - 1989 Origin Awards best fantasy game
26:43 - Computer Gaming World review/Scorpia
29:04 - SSI responds to Scorpia/Yulash
30:17 - Thoughts on the ending
30:58 - Meeting Alias
31:46 - Alias from the journal entries/The book Azure Bonds
33:12 - Fighting the godMoander
35:02 - CGW top readers games list/sales charts
35:38 - Best game for the C64 from Compute/SSI catalog
36:44 - Zhentil Keep
37:30 - Thoughts on Amiga Gold Box titles/Comparing with DOS
39:11 - Making the title screen better
39:44 - Beholder battle/dithering
41:44 - Amiga Action review/Beholder Corps battles
43:23 - Zapp magazine review
45:00 - Wish more people would cover Amiga versions of these games
46:05 - Burial glen/RPGs compared to text adventures
47:02 - Interview with Joel Billings of SSI/Amiga supports AtariST
48:44 - Thoughts on economy/Items/Mapping/Rakshasa
49:20 - Dialogue with Tyranthraxus
50:38 - Final battle/ST Format review
51:45 - ST User magazine review
52:16 - Brief looks at German magazines
52:42 - Thoughts on European and American perspectives
53:24 - End sequences
54:13 - Final thoughts/The People's RPGs
55:09 - NSlate
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Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
Gaming Memories and Review Season 7 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMzaiUMMf8uZIzFmOGoCG1le
Gaming Memories And Review Season 6 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMwS9kcZ7UTmZ5M1mZc7jHKS
Gaming Memories And Review Seasons 1-5 Playlists: youtube.com/c/Shot97/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=4
#CRPGs #GoldBox #CurseOfTheAzureBonds
Gaming Memories And Review - Ep. 7x1 (100th overall!)- Curse of the Azure Bonds, Commodore Amiga
The second in the line of Gold Box titles, and winner of 1989's Origins award for fantasy game of the year. Waking confused and dazed with five azure symbols, the heroes of Phlan unveil a plot to control them for the greater harm of all the realms. Today I'll be covering the 1990 Amiga release. We'll take a look through magazines of the era to see how others felt when it was new, compare the game with the DOS version, and read through some of the incredible manual.
My written review for Curse of the Azure Bonds: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2020/11/curse-of-azure-bonds-in-depth-written.html
My wonderful party members:
-Lactobacillusprime: youtube.com/c/lactobacillusprime
-MaximumRD: youtube.com/c/MaximumRD
-Theshadowsnose: youtube.com/c/Theshadowsnose
-Stygian Phoenix: youtube.com/channel/UCeAkF_WsVB1ZlTkDnPhaqwg
-Polaventris: youtube.com/c/Polaventris
Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
---------------------------
00:00 - Shock the monkey!
00:12 - Introduction
01:15 - 2nd game in franchise, but 3rd on Amiga/Icons
02:05 - Welcome the party/memorizing spells
02:30 - Reading from the box
03:05 - Intro text from game/copies sold
04:22 - A Bard's notes on Phlan from manual
05:22 - Hillsfar/character transfer
06:46 - Introduction from manual
08:07 - New character classes
09:14 - New "fix" command/first battle
10:11 - Investigating the Amiga's release date/thieves guild
11:24 - Commodore's revolving door/Scribing spells
13:13 - Info magazine review/sewers
14:39 - More story elements/Best Gold Box game?
15:58 - More linear than Pool
17:00 - No side quests/First Bond removed
17:52 - History of the Dalelands from manual/Outdoor areas
19:54 - More spell casters during combat
20:30 - The Swanmays/party members in story
21:54 - Dragon magazine review/first deaths
24:00 - Fewer random encounters/2nd bond removed
25:52 - 1989 Origin Awards best fantasy game
26:43 - Computer Gaming World review/Scorpia
29:04 - SSI responds to Scorpia/Yulash
30:17 - Thoughts on the ending
30:58 - Meeting Alias
31:46 - Alias from the journal entries/The book Azure Bonds
33:12 - Fighting the godMoander
35:02 - CGW top readers games list/sales charts
35:38 - Best game for the C64 from Compute/SSI catalog
36:44 - Zhentil Keep
37:30 - Thoughts on Amiga Gold Box titles/Comparing with DOS
39:11 - Making the title screen better
39:44 - Beholder battle/dithering
41:44 - Amiga Action review/Beholder Corps battles
43:23 - Zapp magazine review
45:00 - Wish more people would cover Amiga versions of these games
46:05 - Burial glen/RPGs compared to text adventures
47:02 - Interview with Joel Billings of SSI/Amiga supports AtariST
48:44 - Thoughts on economy/Items/Mapping/Rakshasa
49:20 - Dialogue with Tyranthraxus
50:38 - Final battle/ST Format review
51:45 - ST User magazine review
52:16 - Brief looks at German magazines
52:42 - Thoughts on European and American perspectives
53:24 - End sequences
54:13 - Final thoughts/The People's RPGs
55:09 - NSlate
---------------------------
Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
Gaming Memories and Review Season 7 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMzaiUMMf8uZIzFmOGoCG1le
Gaming Memories And Review Season 6 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMwS9kcZ7UTmZ5M1mZc7jHKS
Gaming Memories And Review Seasons 1-5 Playlists: youtube.com/c/Shot97/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=4
#CRPGs #GoldBox #CurseOfTheAzureBonds
Gaming Memories And Review - Ep. 7x1 (100th overall!)- Curse of the Azure Bonds, Commodore Amiga
