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Re: Tolkien-related game by Papyrus [history] ??

9 posts by 7 people · 31 May 2000 - 10 Jun 2000 00:18 UTC

Stan Marsh 31 May 2000#266370
I used to have indinapolis (spelling??) 500 on the amiga, and I loved it. A few weeks back I got an amiga emulator for PC, ran indi - guess who made it? Pete > I tried to load it on the slowest PC I have and it wouldn't, but lookingat
Quoted text (12 lines)> the box it seems that it's a action game with some strategy probably. Any > help would be appreciated, especially if anybody knows about other less > mainstream Papyrus titles. Road Rash comes in mind ;) > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >
ymenard 31 May 2000 06:05 UTC#266409
I was checking out some of my old game collection when I stumbled upon my collection of Lord of the Ring-related software. Boy do I have lots of them ;) Upon studying the titles was one named "Riders of Rohan" for MS-DOS. Everything is normal at this point until I see that it was developed by PAPYRUS and produced by BEAM Software/Konami. Mmmmm... So I search for more information on this title. So can it be true? Anybody at Papyrus can confirm such thing? Here is the information I can gather from it : Name : Riders Rohan Year : It has to be at the start of the 90's Officially licensed of course It was a strategy game Developed by the Papyrus Design Group Authors : Phil Redmond and Hank Howie I tried to load it on the slowest PC I have and it wouldn't, but looking at the box it seems that it's a action game with some strategy probably. Any help would be appreciated, especially if anybody knows about other less mainstream Papyrus titles. Road Rash comes in mind ;) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Dave Henrie 31 May 2000 06:26 UTC#266412
Not a clue. I had a Lord of the Rings game for my amiga. Great combo of screen by screen adventuring with kinda real time army level combat.(group your little clusters of Riders from Rohan into a large group to defeat Saruman, then ride like hell to Minas Tirith for the big showdown){while not forgetting to gather the southern kingdom's soldiers} Don't forget to check out www.theonering.net for info on the upcomming Lord of the Rings Movie. dave henrie ymenard wrote:
Quoted text (29 lines)> > I was checking out some of my old game collection when I stumbled upon my > collection of Lord of the Ring-related software. Boy do I have lots of them > ;) > > Upon studying the titles was one named "Riders of Rohan" for MS-DOS. > Everything is normal at this point until I see that it was developed by > PAPYRUS and produced by BEAM Software/Konami. Mmmmm... So I search for > more information on this title. So can it be true? Anybody at Papyrus can > confirm such thing? Here is the information I can gather from it : > > Name : Riders Rohan > Year : It has to be at the start of the 90's > Officially licensed of course > It was a strategy game > Developed by the Papyrus Design Group > Authors : Phil Redmond and Hank Howie > > I tried to load it on the slowest PC I have and it wouldn't, but looking at > the box it seems that it's a action game with some strategy probably. Any > help would be appreciated, especially if anybody knows about other less > mainstream Papyrus titles. Road Rash comes in mind ;) > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Andre Warringa 31 May 2000 15:36 UTC#266314
On Nunnini's site is an interview with Kaemmer, telling a little bit about the making of Indy 500. Andre On Wed, 31 May 2000 21:47:41 +1000, "Stan Marsh" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (26 lines)>I used to have indinapolis (spelling??) 500 on the amiga, and I loved it. A >few weeks back I got an amiga emulator for PC, ran indi - guess who made it? >Pete > > >> I tried to load it on the slowest PC I have and it wouldn't, but looking >at >> the box it seems that it's a action game with some strategy probably. Any >> help would be appreciated, especially if anybody knows about other less >> mainstream Papyrus titles. Road Rash comes in mind ;) >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> >> -- May the Downforce be with you... >> -- http://www.WeRace.net >> -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't >realise >> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. >> >> >> > >
ymenard 31 May 2000 18:41 UTC#266239
"Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote > Don't remember too many motor bikes in the Lord of the Rings. ;) Ridersof > Rohan would involve horses I think, surely not the same Papyrus. After getting some interesting replies on N3.d, it was indeed Papyrus who developed the software. Surprisingly, they did lots of non-racing games or software during the start of the 90's. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Simon Brown 31 May 2000 19:12 UTC#266334
Don't remember too many motor bikes in the Lord of the Rings. ;) Riders of Rohan would involve horses I think, surely not the same Papyrus. Simon.
Sean Higgins 01 Jun 2000 05:11 UTC#266232
Did you post this on EVERY NG you visit? Damn Cross poster!! You need to get some newsgroup etiquette! LMAO -- Sean Higgins Proud Member of Beaver Creek Racing Redline Racing League www.rrlnrs.com CNSRL www.cnsrl.com ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YY1Z4.3867$[email hidden]... > I was checking out some of my old game collection when I stumbled upon my > collection of Lord of the Ring-related software. Boy do I have lots of them > ;) > > > Upon studying the titles was one named "Riders of Rohan" for MS-DOS. > Everything is normal at this point until I see that it was developed by > PAPYRUS and produced by BEAM Software/Konami. Mmmmm... So I search for > more information on this title. So can it be true? Anybody at Papyrus can > confirm such thing? Here is the information I can gather from it : > > > Name : Riders Rohan > Year : It has to be at the start of the 90's > Officially licensed of course > It was a strategy game > Developed by the Papyrus Design Group > Authors : Phil Redmond and Hank Howie > > I tried to load it on the slowest PC I have and it wouldn't, but looking at > the box it seems that it's a action game with some strategy probably. Any > help would be appreciated, especially if anybody knows about other less > mainstream Papyrus titles. Road Rash comes in mind ;) > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >
ymenard 01 Jun 2000 05:34 UTC#266233
"Sean Higgins" <[email hidden]> wrote > Did you post this on EVERY NG you visit? Naw I surely don't post in alt.binaries.duster.sheeps (ohh oh eh ;-) ). > Damn Cross poster!! You need to > get some newsgroup etiquette! LMAO Someday those N3.d guys will learn... someday... yes, someday... <machiavellian Dr. Evil laugh> -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Rigs 10 Jun 2000 00:18 UTC#263964
ymenard wrote: > After getting some interesting replies on N3.d, it was indeed Papyrus who > developed the software. Surprisingly, they did lots of non-racing games or > software during the start of the 90's. They also did a space-sim called Nomad. Wasn't bad for the time, it's on some of the abadonware sites. I believe they went into some 'edutainment' as well, though I can't confirm it... =-Rigs-= 'On a Twinkie rampage with a cable modem...'

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