Dragonskulle
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Dragon Skulle is a video game for the Commodore 64
developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game
in late 1985
. It is a sequel to The Staff of Karnath
, Entombed
and Blackwyche
, and is the final title to feature the aristocrat
adventurer, Sir Arthur Pendragon.
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game
Ultimate Play the Game
Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper...
in late 1985
1985 in video gaming
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. It is a sequel to The Staff of Karnath
The Staff of Karnath
The Staff Of Karnath is a video game for the Commodore 64 developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. It was the first of a series to feature the aristocrat adventurer Sir Arthur Pendragon.-Introduction:...
, Entombed
Entombed (video game)
Entombed is a video game for the Commodore 64 developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1985. It is the first sequel to The Staff of Karnath, and features the same aristocrat adventurer, Sir Arthur Pendragon.-Introduction:...
and Blackwyche
Blackwyche
Blackwyche is a video game for the Commodore 64 developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1985. It is a sequel to The Staff of Karnath and Entombed, and features the same aristocrat adventurer, Sir Arthur Pendragon.-Introduction:...
, and is the final title to feature the aristocrat
Aristocracy (class)
The aristocracy are people considered to be in the highest social class in a society which has or once had a political system of Aristocracy. Aristocrats possess hereditary titles granted by a monarch, which once granted them feudal or legal privileges, or deriving, as in Ancient Greece and India,...
adventurer, Sir Arthur Pendragon.
Introduction
Typically for an Ultimate release, players are given a tantalising and cryptic introduction :SHADOWY VAPOURS
- At last my journey's end draws near, as the Isle of Dragonskulle looms closer on the horizon. My search for the evil Skull of Souls had been successful. As I approached the Isle, I felt aware of an evil so powerful that my soul seemed in peril. The Skull had become aware of my presence. Almost at once, shadowy vapours began to envelop my craft and breathe images of death into my face. The terrified screams rang through my head of those who in distant times had challenged the Skull. Their souls torn from their bodies and consumed by its fiery breath. I began to wonder what terrible creatures had been summoned by the Skull to do its bidding and protect it from the magic empowered within me.
THE WARNING
- The vapours surrounding my craft, twisted and grew and out of them flew spirits of the undead, messengers from the Skull sent as a warning to those who would dare to challenge it.
- "Thy soul shall be taken", they said in hideous whispers which seemed to echo around in my head. I watched in horror, as they leaped and danced around me as though in jest at my plan to destroy the Skull and his evil minions. Then as quickly as they had appeared, the spirits drifted away and back into the waters from whence they came. The vapours slowly cleared and there before me lay Dragonskulle, its twisted rocks and cliffs deformed throughout an age that was older than time itself.
- A gigantic Skull carved from a mountain face leered threateningly down at me as I approached the Island's shores.
- I knew that with all the terrible power the skull possessed, this would be my greatest challenge. My destiny now lies close at hand, as the Ultimate forces of darkness and chaos gather in strength and prepare to meet their final adversary."
Images
External links
- Dragonskulle at Ultimate Wurlde
- Dragonskulle review at ZZAP!64 magazineZzap!64Zzap!64 was a computer games magazine covering games on the Commodore International series of computers, especially the Commodore 64 . It was published in the UK by Newsfield Publications Ltd and later by Europress Impact....