Ned the Knight, rar!

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:43 am

Thoughts:

1. Shit, I haven't done ZZT in something close to 10 years. Wow. I still have fond memories, though. Hell, I could still tell you all the alternate paths through Code Red, this many years later. Wired into my brain, it is!

2. I found the ZZT Encyclopedia 3C here, really the only thing I actually finished from that era. It's shocking to see how far ZZT has evolved since then.

3. Re-downloading ZZT and Megazeux for the first time in almost a decade, I have a better appreciation now of why ZZT is more fun - Sure, megazeux has fewer limits, but sometimes doing interesting things within set limits is what make art great.

4. When I got ZZT again, I had an immediate hankering for an old game I remembered; Ned the Knight. The game's as fun as I remember, but the graphics appear a bit dated - has anyone made an effort to spruce the game's paintjob up? If nobody else has, I might give it a shot. Also, the Elevator room in the Sewers: The searchlight doesn't seem to be sending the "sparkle" message to the ring and rock correctly, which is odd; I check the code and it seems correct, and I don't remember experiencing that bug when I played through originally. What's up with that?

Also, any other, more recent games in the vein of NTK that are worth checking out?

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:03 pm

Sivion I guess is close, though it's not that recent. And hello!

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:22 pm

Gem Hunter SE kind of reminded me of Ned The Knight. Of course that's like 1998.

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:34 pm

Sivion I remember liking, haven't played in a really long time... I must give that a try again :)

Anyone know the deal with the NTK bug I'm experiencing in the Elevator Room of the sewers?

Also, question: I know that you're supposed to use a different ledge to jump down into the sewers based on whether you've got your sword, shield, armor, etc. or not.

Question: If you jump down without your sword/shield/armor, are you just fucked? Is there any way to get back up?

If I seriously work on updating the game's graphics this summer, I figure I'd want to remove any arbitrary cockblocks like that.

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:22 pm

Somebody play my games (I know that Smon reviewed my latest game; he rocks).

JDMSonic · Post by **JDMSonic** » Fri May 12, 2006 9:07 am

K so yeah it turns out you had to try the 'wrong' ring items in order. My bad!