| Lordlings of Yore | |
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| Publisher(s) | Softlore Corporation |
| Platform(s) | Apple II |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Turn-based strategy |
Lordlings of Yore is a 1983 video game published by Softlore Corporation.
Gameplay
Lordlings of Yore is a game in which the player is the lord of a shire who must manage knights and wealth, and eliminate opposing lords in a game involving strategy, tactics, and diplomacy. [1]
Reception
Computer Gaming World reviewed the game and stated that "The graphic presentation of the game is excellent and overall I found the game enjoyable. There are enough alternatives and actions in this game to continue to make it interesting to play over and over again." [1]
In a retrospective review of Lordlings of Yore in Black Gate, John ONeill said "Lordlings of Yore had a lot of promise, but I can only conjecture it was an abysmal failure as a commercial release." [2]
Reviews
- Casus Belli #20 (April 1984) [3]
- Jeux & Stratégie #35 [4]
References
- ^ a b "Micro-Reviews". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 18. October 1984. pp. 38, 42.
- ^ "Vintage Bits: Lordlings of Yore – Black Gate". 26 August 2013.
- ^ https://archive.org/details/casus-belli-020/page/n19/mode/2up
- ^ "Jeux & stratégie 35". October 1985.
External links
- Review in Family Computing
- Review in II Alive
- Review in Tilt (French)
- Review in Hardcore Computist
- Entry in The Book of Apple Software