Times of Lore

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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.

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Alternate Titles

• "Ultra Realm" -- working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Fantasy Creatures: Orcs
• Gameplay feature: Hunger / Thirst

User Reviews

An okay game, but kind of annoying mechanics.	DOS	Mirrorshades2k (282)
An Ultima-inspired RPG that performs adequately.	DOS	Trixter (9116)
Plays more like Gauntlet than an RPG	DOS	Pix (1234)
One of the most inspiring atmospheres of Lord British's catle !	DOS	Henry Aloni (64)
A neat game.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4634)

Critic Reviews

Power Play	Atari ST	1989	87 out of 100	87
Power Play	Amiga	Feb, 1990	79 out of 100	79
Power Play	DOS	Mar, 1989	77 out of 100	77
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	Amiga	1992	68 out of 100	68
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Mar, 1989	59 out of 100	59
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Atari ST	Jan, 1989	7 out of 12	58
Questicle.net	NES	Oct, 2013	C-	42
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library	NES	2016		40
Retroguiden	Commodore 64	Jul 18, 2013	4 out of 10	40
All Game Guide	Commodore 64	1998		30

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Trivia

Game Art Beyond

In 2018, Times of Lore was selected as one of the biggest classics on the Commodore 64 by the creators of the C64 graphics collection Game Art Beyond. Times of Lore was honoured with a high resolution title picture (based on the Amiga title screen artwork) in a special C64 graphics format called NUFLI, along with a new C64 SID interpretation of the iconic C64 original title score.

References to the game

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.

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