logden@tc.fluke.COM (Leonard Ogden) (02/08/91)
I recently picked up an older game called Faery Tale. I'll betthere are many who've played and completed this classic. I'm in the earliest stagest of the game, having explored town andinvestigated the graveyard south. I'm looking for a key to thecrypt in the graveyard, and any general pointers to the game. How do I handle this three brothers deal? Should I expect to winit with the first one (ie save every few moments?), or do I kindof use one guy up and then go on to the next, or do each of thebrothers have something specific to do? Well, thanks for listening. Len Ogden
samuel@rind.cs.cornell.edu (Samuel M. Weber) (02/09/91)
In article <1991Feb7.213401.17045@tc.fluke.COM> logden@tc.fluke.COM (Leonard Ogden) writes: >I recently picked up an older game called Faery Tale. I'll betthere are >many who've played and completed this classic. Yes, one of the best games ever written! >How do I handle this three brothers deal? Should I expect to winit with >the first one (ie save every few moments?), or do I kindof use one guy up >and then go on to the next, or do each of thebrothers have something >specific to do? No, none of the brothers have anything specific to do, and there is no real reason to use one over any other. Generally what happens is that when you first start playing the game you go through brothers like popcorn while you get the hang of the game (So, unlike some other games you don't get frustrated at having to keep restarting). When you get the hang of it you generally can finish without using up Julian's lives. Have fun! -- Sam Weber "I never think of money, I think of milk and honey, samuel@cs.cornell.edu Grinnin' like a cheshire cat!" --The Muppet Movie
avatar@oak.circa.ufl.edu (02/09/91)
If you need a little help with combat in Faerie Tale Adventure, here is a way to live almost forever. I only invented it on the C64 so I dont know if it will work on others, but here goes: In the C64 at least, you take advantage of a bug. Put a write protected data disk in your drive or some other disk from a different game. Die. When the computer messes up, don't tell it to format the disk. It will put you back where you were, but with exactly 0 hit points. Go into some water or get hit by some- thing before you heal any. Your life will jump to 999. Now the only way you can die is by a special instant death situation. (Obviously, I found this out by an accident and subsequent experimentation.) (The accident was most important, though.)
avatar@oak.circa.ufl.edu (02/09/91)
And about the brothers, though my bug, if it works on your computer, will pre- vent the need, don't ever die. It will screw you. You lose stats and your nextt brother will have lost all of the stuff you dropped. It is infinite pain and certain death.
balistik@nevada.edu (SHAWN HICKS) (02/10/91)
In article <00943F51.C348B500@MAPLE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU> avatar@oak.circa.ufl.edu writes: >vent the need, don't ever die. It will screw you. You lose stats and your nextt >brother will have lost all of the stuff you dropped. It is infinite pain and >certain death. Not true! ;> All you have to do is find your dead brothers place of death. There you will find his bones and whatever he was carying. //B//
avatar@oak.circa.ufl.edu (02/10/91)
Yes, you need only find the brother's bones, but when you died far away underground and the new guy has nothing not even any blue stones it ruins the game.
diogenes@bbs.sbs.com (Charles Bandes) (02/11/91)
logden@tc.fluke.COM (Leonard Ogden) writes: > How do I handle this three brothers deal? Should I expect to winit with the f Don't worry about the other brothers - you will win with the first one. Important hints - talk to the queen of the ice palace as much as possible - it increases your luck to 65. Also - attack the turtle - it doesn't get hurt, and your bravery goes up. Do this until your bravery is VERY HIGH! Also - save the game very frequently, so you get more use out of your maps - this way you can save, then look at the map, and start the game again from the save, without wasting the map! Good luck
vernon@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Vernon Wheeler) (02/12/91)
In article <00943F51.C348B500@MAPLE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU>, avatar@oak.circa.ufl.edu writes: > And about the brothers, though my bug, if it works on your computer, will pre- > vent the need, don't ever die. It will screw you. You lose stats and your nextt > brother will have lost all of the stuff you dropped. It is infinite pain and > certain death. If you return to tambry an die just outside the last couple of times. his bones are easy to find. Remember when you are killed you do not always end up where you die but some where durring youre lattest steps. going in circles semms to update this. if you dont recover the stuff quickly go to the graveyard again. Vernon Wheeler