Retro365 | Wilderness Campaign - Synergistic Software, 1979 - Apple II (4K) @Retro365 | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
A short play of Robert Clardy's Wilderness Campaign, released in 1979 by his Synergistic Software.
With the completion of his first game, Dungeon Campaign, Clardy's skills had evolved and his ambition soared. Somewhat dissatisfied with how his own limitations and that of the Apple II's memory had defined the scope of his first game, he wanted his new game to feel a bit closer to his pen-and-paper Dungeon & Dragons experiences, with more role-playing features, more possibilities, and of course a switch from the blocky low-res to hi-res graphics.
Wilderness Campaign would come to feature a large outdoor environment, with randomly placed villages, temples, tombs, ruins, and abandoned castles. In the villages, you had the opportunity to hire troops or buy equipment and weapons for your party for your upcoming struggles against evil.
The goal of the game was to gather enough gold to hire and outfit an army, find the Sanctuary of the White Mage, and receive a powerful device to defeat the Great Necromancer, who had been tyrannizing and devastating the kingdom for ten years.
I'm playing the Applesoft BASIC version released with Dungeon Campaign in 1980.
Enjoy and please remember to visit my blog at https://www.retro365.blog where I post new articles every month.
A short play of Robert Clardy's Wilderness Campaign, released in 1979 by his Synergistic Software.
With the completion of his first game, Dungeon Campaign, Clardy's skills had evolved and his ambition soared. Somewhat dissatisfied with how his own limitations and that of the Apple II's memory had defined the scope of his first game, he wanted his new game to feel a bit closer to his pen-and-paper Dungeon & Dragons experiences, with more role-playing features, more possibilities, and of course a switch from the blocky low-res to hi-res graphics.
Wilderness Campaign would come to feature a large outdoor environment, with randomly placed villages, temples, tombs, ruins, and abandoned castles. In the villages, you had the opportunity to hire troops or buy equipment and weapons for your party for your upcoming struggles against evil.
The goal of the game was to gather enough gold to hire and outfit an army, find the Sanctuary of the White Mage, and receive a powerful device to defeat the Great Necromancer, who had been tyrannizing and devastating the kingdom for ten years.
I'm playing the Applesoft BASIC version released with Dungeon Campaign in 1980.
Enjoy and please remember to visit my blog at https://www.retro365.blog where I post new articles every month.
