Fairy Tale Adventure

[mr_a500]

I have an original copy of Faery Tale. It was the first Amiga game I ever saw and the second game I bought after getting my Amiga (Beast was my first game). It took me about 2 weeks of constant playing to complete it. Man, that game is HUGE!

About the codes: I was going to suggest you use the WHDload install to remove the protection, but I guess that's not an option on your A1000. The answer to the first game prompt is easy because it is always asked: "Make haste, but take HEED".

Other questions (I've memorized them by now):

Scorn murderous DEED
Summon the SIGHT
Wing forth in FLIGHT
Hold fast to your CREED
From illusion be FREED (never asked)
Defy ye that BLIGHT
In black darker than NIGHT
Need You'll more than MIGHT (never asked - and looks backwards!)
To quest for the LIGHT

I'd take pictures of the box (actually more of a flat record-style thing), but I don't have a digital camera. I could use my DCTV, but the quality would be low.

It is unbelievable that this huge game was written by one programmer back in 1986. David Joiner did the graphics, programming, music and everything! I'd say it is the greatest game ever written by a single programmer.

[mr_a500]

Ah, damn it. You posted while I was typing - making my post useless. (..who will give me back those wasted minutes of my life....;-))

[mr_a500]

Yeah, you definitely need those bird totems for the woods. I never had that "glitch" you mention - it sounds handy.

One of the funniest things in the game: sometimes when you kill all your attackers and walk away a bit and come back, one of the guys you thought you killed was just injured and he just stands in the corner and tries to avoid you. He has no weapon and doesn't attack. You can kill him again or try to talk to him or (if you're feeling really generous) you can give him gold then kill him. Strangely, you can't get your gold back from his dead body.

[mr_a500]

I just found a map here:

http://eager.back2roots.org/CHEAT/f/faerta.htm

[mr_a500]

This map may help: http://hol.abime.net/485/gamemap

That image is the equivalent of something like 250 bird totems! The game would have been a hell of a lot easier for me to complete if I had something like that years ago. That's not fair.

Actually it's better not to see the whole "world" like that. Part of the fun of the game was exploring - not knowing what you'd find. (except the few occasions when you had a bird totem)

The image is huge - 2048x2048. I had to break it into 4 chunks of 1024x1024 and reduce it from 24bit to the original 32 colours just to be able to view it on my Amiga.

[mr_a500]

The best advice I give folks is build your bravery before venturing out.

I've learned best way to build bravery is to head to the cemetary right away (after getting the hidden stuff in town of course). Stay inside the cemetary fence at the top by the gate. Once you kill one guy who has a sword or mace, you'll be able to stab them through the fence with it without getting hurt. Don't go too far from the entrance or you won't be able to search their bodies after killing them (bodies disappear if you move too far away). After you've killed about 30 guys, you'll be ready to leave the cemetary and kick some ass.

I'd really love to see a 3D version of The Faery Tale Adventure.

In Peter McGavin's Faery Tale HD patch readme, he mentions something about something about a Faery Tale sequel in development, but the link in the readme doesn't work anymore. I guess the development was cancelled.

[mr_a500]

Theres a FTA character editor on this site.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/james.jacobs/amigan.html
Thanks wwonka. I didn't try to save a character, But I tryed the editor and it looks real nice.

Sadly, that program is written with the damn 3.5/3.9 Reaction GUI, so I can't use it. :-( This is the only program I wanted to use that requires Reaction.

I have 3.9, but hated it and went back to 3.1 - and I don't feel like reinstalling 3.9 just to use this program.

[mr_a500]

If you really want the game spoiled for you, then check out the PDF: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=22284

The game is basically done for you and you just have to go to the spots marked with an "x".

It's a great document if you've already completed the game, then forgot, but don't want to spend 2 weeks to complete it again. (like me)