Dungeon Master Screenshot

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:23 am

http://www.pc-aladdin.de/blup/Dmtest.tif
www.pc-aladdin.de/blup/Dmtest.tif

This screenshot originates from a german magazine called Power Play 1/89, at that time being a supplement/inlay of Happy Computer Magazine and later becoming a stand alone product, now out of print.
Whatever, it shows a very strange handicon of the first character.
Did he loose his hand or is it merely an injury? It gave me the creeps, stamm with one arm.

Sadly I do not have any more tests or whatsoever of dungeon master, and I do not have any idea if this screenshot is taken from amiga or atariST, and which version it would be.

Post by **ChristopheF** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:59 am

It is the same here for Alex:
http://dmweb.free.fr/Images/DMScans/DMAmigaBoxBack.jpg

This may be from an early version of the game.

Post by **Lunever** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:37 pm

Ah, good old PowerPlay, I've been very fond of that magazine!

ToolMan · Post by **ToolMan** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:11 pm

[quote="ChristopheF"]It is the same here for Alex:
http://dmweb.free.fr/Images/DMScans/DMAmigaBoxBack.jpg

This may be from an early version of the game.[/quote]

When I played the Atari ST game (german version) in the 80th I remember there were injuries, which could not be healed by sleep alone. The injured body part was surrounded by a colored line (color depending on how much injured). The only way to cure that was by giving a healing potion. If an arm was hit and you took away the weapon, you were able to see this picture of the bandaged hand..

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:57 pm

The hand injury thing applies to all DM incarnations, but in the screenshot there is a hand missing! Perhaps the graphic wasn't ready for the demo screenshot, perhaps there was an idea for something more permanent...

ToolMan · Post by **ToolMan** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:07 pm

I am quite not sure (so maybe I 'll proof that), but I think the missing hand was the stage after that bleeding one, where you were no more able to use that hand until you healed it with a VI Potion..

mmmhh...trying hardly to remember....but I could swear I had that case when I played the game first...really a long time ago...

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 10:42 pm

i was thinking about the hand and stuff some time ago:

The leader cannot use three hands, see? In both screenshots, the leading character has no hand icon of the right hand.

Puh... they have changed it in later versions of the Atari, and enhanced it in the Amiga version, where you could drink out of fountains and push buttons on doors with sth. to throw ready in hand.
Mystery solved??

Diriyando · Post by **Diriyando** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:43 pm

Here you can see the whole Test in the PowerPlay magazine
http://www.kultpower.de/powerplay_testb ... master.jpg

and the CSB Test
http://www.kultpower.de/powerplay_testb ... esback.jpg

and Skullkeep
http://www.kultpower.de/powerplay_testb ... aster2.jpg

Post by **Lunever** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:50 am

Hey cool! It were these very magazines that made me start playing DM1 and CSB.
Does anyone have the DM1 and CSB walkthroughs from the PP-Magazine?

Diriyando · Post by **Diriyando** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:46 am

I have the first parts of the walkthroug (the one from Michael Hengst) (from level 1-13, without Lord Chaos) and every map, but not the last part with the final battle.. and one walktrough from an amiga magazine (name forgotten)

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 9:52 am

@Diriyando
Veeery cool, i always wanted to see this test of dm. I had only a preview, saying in the next issue there will be a test....Back then powerplay had been an inlet of Happy Computer magazine

dm:
I have copied maps from some mag, but they were incomplete, so i added secrets i found, most of them in the wormlevel. (actually the last secret i did not find had been the boots of speed in the 10th level)
csb :
I still have to check, but i think i have the last part somewhere..

Diriyando · Post by **Diriyando** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:59 pm

OK, my second walktrough ist from a magazine called AMIGA PRAXIS (I liked this walkthrough better, but the maps were terrible... the maps in the Powerplay magazine are really good)... it had several walktroughs and I have naerly the complete one of DM, only one page is missing, but that's (again) a part of the final battle and the list of spells.

Bye the way: Is it possible that many Germans visit this forum?

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:17 pm

A few - check the memberlist at the top right of the page, many people have put their countries and cities in

Post by **Lunever** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:21 pm

Diriyando: Hey cool. Can you make the PP-walkthroughs available on your site or mail them to me?

Diriyando · Post by **Diriyando** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 9:02 pm

I have to search one magazine, but I think I can scan them Sunday.. I should have enough time then

gene_kultpower · Post by **gene_kultpower** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:34 am

Hello to all!

Thanks for pointing to my website!

Diriyando wrote:I have to search one magazine, but I think I can scan them Sunday.. I should have enough time then

Is it possible that you acn share these scans with me as well? I would like to put them up in my "Powertips"-Section on http://www.kultpower.de.
Would be nice!

greetings

Diriyando · Post by **Diriyando** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 5:11 pm

Sorry, it'll take untill next Friday, because I couldn't do it and I don't have time now, because it's my Abitur on Thursday and I should learn

Post by **Lunever** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 6:37 pm

NP! Good luck with your A-levels!

Diriyando · Post by **Diriyando** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:35 am

O, Sorry... I'll do it this week... I'm goin' to write again when I've scanned it...

Post by **Lunever** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:14 pm

Diriyando: Wie lief Dein Abi? Was für LKs hattest Du denn? Und nach dem Abi - Studieren? Wenn ja, was?

Diriyando · Post by **Diriyando** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:15 pm

Wiel ziemlich gut, das war die mündl. Prüfung in Religion, mit 15 Punkten und die LKs waren Deutsch und Gemeinschaftskunde.... Ja, studieren, wahrscheinlich Germanistik und Philosophie... Und was das scannen angeht: Bis morgen kann ich den zweiten teil der Lösung liefern (das erste Heft liegt noch irgendwo im Keller), ab Donnerstag bin ich dann erstmal auf dem summerjam, in der folgende Woche folgt der Rest (oder wollt ihr alles zusammen haben?)

Post by **Lunever** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 6:09 pm

Sozusagen das berüchtigte Weichspülerabi

(ist nicht bös gemeint, ist halt nur fast das komplette Gegenteil meiner LKs: Hab auf dem 2. Bildungsweg Englisch, Bio, Chemie als LK und Erdkunde als 4.Prüfungsfach mit insg. 1,5 und studiere jetzt Medizin). Schreib Dich rechtzeitig ein (wenigstens brauchst Du keinen NC). Ansonsten kannst Du die Sachen ins Netz stellen wann es Dir am besten paßt oder mir mailen, Mailadessen tauschen wir am besten per PM. Viel Spaß noch!

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:19 am

ChristopheF wrote:It is the same here for Alex:
http://dmweb.free.fr/Images/DMScans/DMAmigaBoxBack.jpg

This may be from an early version of the game.

Hmm, maybe it's just me but...

"Syrias spell fizzles and dies", I don't remember this message (Only 'X requires more practice .... ')

Zed's tunic, I don't remember that being in DM (the graphic).

Lastly, the obvious open scroll in Zed's inventory is something unseen before.

Allanius · Post by **Allanius** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:59 am

ChristopheF wrote:It is the same here for Alex:
http://dmweb.free.fr/Images/DMScans/DMAmigaBoxBack.jpg

Take another look at that picture. In Alex's inventory you'll see 2 Heal potions with an empty potion bottle floating to the right of them. That is the "hand" cursor holding the bottle.

As far as the missing hand on the magazine page, I believe I see it to the right of the Shreiker in the form of a held arrow. It's also possible that the cursor was moved to the bottom right corner.

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 2:34 pm

The missing hand is ...the leader´s hand (yellow font), "used up" to hold the arrow;
In the newer versions, you can put two things literally speaking into the leader´s hand.