Bloodwych Amiga 1989
Anthony Taglione aka TAG and Mirrorsoft released Bloodwych for Atari ST and Amiga in 1989. Bloodwych is most notable for its two-player split-screen mode, character interaction system and icon-driven interface. The two-player split-screen mode is facilitated by 2x 128x76px drawspaces. [1]
Bloodwych is a flip-screen cRPG in the vein of Dungeon Master of 1987.
Bloodwych graphics were drawn by Peter Owen-James. The Crystal Guardian of Bloodwych was painted by Chris Achilleos.
TAG also released Bloodwych: The Extended Levels for the Amiga in 1990 (Data Disk Vol. 1). The Data Disk added recruitable monsters, new spells, enhanced graphics and +25 dungeon levels.
The Amiga version of Bloodwych was distributed on 1x 880kB diskette; the Atari ST version on 1x 720kB diskette.
Bloodwych IBM PC MS-DOS 1991
TAG released Bloodwych for IBM PC MS-DOS in 1991. The IBM PC version of Bloodwych displays in 16-color EGA or VGA 320x200 and supports Roland, AdLib or Tandy audio.
The IBM PC version of Bloodwych was distributed on 1x 3.5" 720kB DD diskette. The install size is 480 kbytes megs (65 files).
- Bloodwych Manual: 75 pages
- Bloodwych Hints & Tips: 25 pages
- Bloodwych copy protection: Manual reference: enter pass code for grid location
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Flip-screen cRPG active drawspace size comparison (in horizontal and vertical pixels):
- Dungeon Master Atari ST 1987: 16-color 224x136 drawspace
- Pool of Radiance IBM PC 1988: 16-color EGA 88x88 drawspace
- Bloodwych Amiga 1989: 16-color 2x 128x76 drawspaces
- Eye of the Beholder IBM PC 1991: 256-color VGA 176x120 drawspace
- Fate Gates of Dawn Amiga 1991: 32-color 176x107 drawspace
- Black Crypt Amiga 1992: 64-color 208x140 drawspace
- Dark Queen of Krynn IBM PC 1992: 256-color VGA 88x88 drawspace
- Lands of Lore IBM PC 1993: 256-color VGA 176x120 drawspace
- Hired Guns IBM PC 1993: 256-color VGA 4x 140x82 drawspaces
- Perihelion The Prophecy Amiga 1993: 32-color 176x120 drawspace
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