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  • Trying to reach out to Yendorian Tales developers

    From Joel Alejandro Villarreal Bertoldi@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 1 13:22:44 2018
    Hello!

    I've found in this group a couple of posts regarding an old RPG game, "Yendorian Tales". One of the developers used to reply some questions about the game, and I'm trying to get in touch with him.

    Some of Rodney R Smith's activity in the group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!activity/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg/oRsG0f-s35IJ

    I'm mostly interested in carrying on the franchise. I'm working on an RPG engine and I've played this game countless times and still deeply in love with it, so I'd love to put my engine up to the test against such a game.

    Any information will be much appreciated.
    (There's a 0.00001% Mr. Smith might actually find this, but who knows, right?)

    Cheers!
    - Joey

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to Bertoldi on Sat Jun 2 09:16:07 2018
    On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 13:22:44 -0700 (PDT), Joel Alejandro Villarreal
    Bertoldi <[email protected]> wrote:

    Hello!

    I've found in this group a couple of posts regarding an old
    RPG game, "Yendorian Tales". One of the developers used
    to reply some questions about the game, and I'm trying to
    get in touch with him.

    Some of Rodney R Smith's activity in the group: >https://groups.google.com/forum/#!activity/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg/oRsG0f-s35IJ

    I'm mostly interested in carrying on the franchise. I'm
    working on an RPG engine and I've played this game
    countless times and still deeply in love with it, so I'd love
    to put my engine up to the test against such a game.

    Any information will be much appreciated.
    (There's a 0.00001% Mr. Smith might actually find this,
    but who knows, right?)

    Cheers!
    - Joey

    Wow, Yendorian Tales. There's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

    I have to admit, I never got into the series. I tried it but the
    old-school graphics and interface were a real turn-off for me, and the storyline didn't grab me either (at least, not the little bit I
    experienced). I gave up on it pretty quickly and - unfairly - that
    experience soured me against other similar projects.

    I think it is unlikely that you'll find the developer still lurking
    about here after 22 years, but - as you say - you never know.

    But wow, Yendorian Tales... what a blast from the past.

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  • From Ross Ridge@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jun 2 18:05:19 2018
    Joel Alejandro Villarreal Bertoldi <[email protected]> wrote:
    I'm mostly interested in carrying on the franchise. I'm working on an
    RPG engine and I've played this game countless times and still deeply in
    love with it, so I'd love to put my engine up to the test against such a >game.

    I wouldn't bother. Make your own game world that's inspired by Yendorian Tales, like Fallout was to Wasteland. It would probably cost you a lot
    more than you think to buy the rights to make a Yendorian Tales game,
    probably more than it would be worth. The orignal author may not even
    have the rights to it, often pubishing deals require signing over all
    the intellectual property rights to the publisher.

    Calling your game "Yendorian Tales III" over say "Leojian Tales" or
    "Saga of Yendor" isn't going to do much to help you sell more copies
    of the game. You can easily adapt the game world by scratching off
    names and writing in new ones just like countless people have done with Tolkien's Middle Earth.

    --
    l/ // Ross Ridge -- The Great HTMU
    [oo][oo] [email protected]
    -()-/()/ http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rridge/
    db //

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  • From Joel Alejandro Villarreal Bertoldi@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 2 18:03:00 2018
    Sure, I have a backup plan in case I don't find him. I did get in touch with the publisher and they replied they don't have the rights anymore so that front would be clear.

    I just, well, wanted to give it a shot, heh.

    El sábado, 2 de junio de 2018, 15:05:22 (UTC-3), Ross Ridge escribió:
    Joel Alejandro Villarreal Bertoldi <[email protected]> wrote:
    I'm mostly interested in carrying on the franchise. I'm working on an
    RPG engine and I've played this game countless times and still deeply in >love with it, so I'd love to put my engine up to the test against such a >game.

    I wouldn't bother. Make your own game world that's inspired by Yendorian Tales, like Fallout was to Wasteland. It would probably cost you a lot
    more than you think to buy the rights to make a Yendorian Tales game, probably more than it would be worth. The orignal author may not even
    have the rights to it, often pubishing deals require signing over all
    the intellectual property rights to the publisher.

    Calling your game "Yendorian Tales III" over say "Leojian Tales" or
    "Saga of Yendor" isn't going to do much to help you sell more copies
    of the game. You can easily adapt the game world by scratching off
    names and writing in new ones just like countless people have done with Tolkien's Middle Earth.

    --
    l/ // Ross Ridge -- The Great HTMU
    [oo][oo] [email protected]
    -()-/()/ http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rridge/
    db //

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  • From Trimble Bracegirdle@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 12 23:44:50 2018
    RPG game, "Yendorian Tales".
    Seems to be "Abandonware" status nowadays.
    There is a download here of https://www.myabandonware.com/game/yendorian-tales-the-tyrants-of-thaine-9z9

    working in DosBox

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    (='.'=)
    (")_(") mouse

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 21 13:02:13 2018
    I love this game! I spent endless hours in those worlds. I wish you luck with your project as I'd love to go back to this type of game. :)

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