Sword of Fargoal (remake)

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Sword of Fargoal is a dungeon adventure game published in 1983 by Epyx and designed by Jeff McCord.

The Protectorate Sword which was forged to vanquish evil has been stolen by a powerful wizard named Ulma and placed deep in an underground dungeon. Only when this sword is retrieved and given to Gedwyn the blinded hero, will Ulma be destroyed forever.

Your goal is to travel through a multi-level dungeon complete with treasures and traps that are randomly generated each time the game is played. Once your character is generated you will hack and slash your way through ogres, hobgoblins, and many other monsters in the hopes of eventually reaching the level where the sword is hidden.

The game does not end when the sword is in hand, the player must also escape the dungeon before it is destroyed by Ulma - you have 2000 seconds to do this.

This is an authorized remake.

Creators of this remake: Paul Pridham and Elias Pschernig

Project site, downloads (original game included) and more info:

http://fargoal.com/

[Pater Alf]

That's how a retro game should be. It keeps the spirit of the original, graphics are slightly improved, but still reminds you of the good old times and it's great fun to play.

Because of the randomly generated dungeons the game doesn't get repetitive soon and I like the idea that the game goes on when most other games end (after you found the sword) and that it gets even harde because of the ticking countdown.

[Chroelle]

Download link is not working. Here is another one: http://www.brothersoft.com/games/sword- ... nload.html

[Pater Alf]

Maybe we should try to get permission to host the game as the official download site is gone (the game was shareware before)?