Times of Lore

Description

The Kingdom of Albereth was under attack of barbarian forces. King Valwyn drove the barbarians away, but was wounded in battles. Searching for a place where he could rest and restore his strength, he left the city - but never returned. Now, a new hero must rise and defend his homeland.

Times of Lore is an action game with light role-playing elements, which follows the adventures of a young warrior (strong barbarian, armored knight, or quick valkyrie) to assist a weakened kingdom from various threats, and to recover special Artifacts that once made the kingdom strong.

Gameplay consists of moving the protagonist in real-time (day and night) through various terrains, like forests, towns, and dungeons. The player character gathers basic items, like health and magic potions, and increasingly powerful weapons as he completes tasks and advances the plot. Conversations are handled through key phrases. Battles involve a few types of creatures (skeletons, orcs, rogues) of which there can be various flavors.

Part of the Following Group

• Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst

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User Reviews

An okay game, but kind of annoying mechanics.	DOS	Mirrorshades2k (273)
An Ultima-inspired RPG that performs adequately.	DOS	Trixter (8728)
Plays more like Gauntlet than an RPG	DOS	Pix (1164)
One of the most inspiring atmospheres of Lord British's catle !	DOS	Henry Aloni (64)
A neat game.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4418)

The Press Says

Your Sinclair	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1989	91 out of 100	91
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1989	90 out of 100	90
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Feb, 1989	80 out of 100	80
Power Play	Amiga	Feb, 1990	79 out of 100	79
Power Play	Commodore 64	Dec, 1988	78 out of 100	78
Amiga Action	Amiga	Dec, 1989	71 out of 100	71
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	Commodore 64	1992	70 out of 100	70
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	DOS	1992	67 out of 100	67
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Nov, 1989	65 out of 100	65
Nintendo Power Magazine	NES	Mar, 1991	3.1 out of 5	62

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Trivia

Although not in Times of Lore itself, the game is mentioned in Ultima V by a 'Christopher' in one of the Brittannys surrounding Lord British's castle. 'Christopher' says it will be quite a masterpiece and hopes you purchase it when he sends it off to the printing presses.