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Where can I find ole Robin of the Hood
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Since playing Sierra's Robin Hood game as a child, I have always had a healthy love for the hooded thief. Not only do I generally tend towards the bow in any RPG that has sufficient support, but I'm even known, on occasion, to name these characters "Robin". Though, I am never really inclined to seek out Maid Marian, since she is really just a hoe. Little John, and Friar Tuck on the other hand... They are who I want to roll with.
The problem is, there are like... ZERO games-of any value whatsoever-dedicated to this icon of fairminded thievery. What is the problem? Am I alone? I have even thought of creating a full-on mod for Oblivion, though I don't have the time to do so to extent I would like.
Robin Hood games, Anyone?
The problem is, there are like... ZERO games-of any value whatsoever-dedicated to this icon of fairminded thievery. What is the problem? Am I alone? I have even thought of creating a full-on mod for Oblivion, though I don't have the time to do so to extent I would like.
Robin Hood games, Anyone?
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It would rock. Going on adventures, robbing from the rick, giving to the poor (give it away:happier locals versus buy your seldf stuff:local mistrust you, bows, arrows, swords.
Splendid!
Infact - it's the right time frame - Assassin's Creed sequel should so be about Robin Hood!
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There was one on the original GB based on the Kevin Costner movie that was really good as well.
Or I can work on that mod.
Conquests of the Longbow was actually the game that lead to me DEMANDING that my parents buy a mouse for our computer. There was one section of the game, the part where you're disguised as a monk -- you have to go into a room, switch out some item quickly, and then run out before you're caught. I had been using the arrow keys to control the on-screen cursor --- when you clicked a direction, the icon on-screen would move over a certain number of pixels..
..thing was that during this scene, it was IMPOSSIBLE to get the cursor to stop over the place you had to click. The cursor would jump to the left or right of the spot every time. I tried plugging in my joystick to move the icon around, but the cursor would move too slowly to do the deed as well.
Finally got the parents to buy a mouse, and did the scene with ample time to spare. Ahhhh Sierra. You made me get my parents to buy so much stuff. Hint books included. Calls to 1900 tip lines included (only once!).
And yeah, I would be all over a Sherwood Forest incarnation. Maybe you can pretend to control Kevin Costner for the time being? :o
I played the balls off of that game as a kid and I'd love to go through it again. I remember having to beat the dude in the bar at some weird game that was quite fun to play.
In fact, I'd love to replay the King's Quest games as well.
There's also the PC squad-based RTS Robin Hood: the Legend of Sherwood:
It looks like the author's site has the game available for download.
http://www.christymarx.com/writing/longbowfiles.htm (from OP)
You will need to use DOSBOX to run it, since most Sierra games used clock cycles for timed events.
http://www.dosbox.com/
This was one of my favorite games from childhood.
aka Mount and Blade.
I think I've got stupid in my old age - I can't figure out where to go after I leave the camp site
So far I've been killed by an oak tree and the guards in the pub.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
Don't you have to go to the overlook above the road? I remember always having to go there to stop whoever was traveling for the given day
it usually set the next part in motion.
EDIT: west of camp, if I remember right.
EDIT more: killed by an oak tree. I love it!
Oh well, I'll just amble around until it turns up, just like the old days of pixel hunting.
off the wall and your money out of the small box. Go
outside, where your men will talk to you. Follow
Will up north to your shooting glade. Give Simon a
small bit of money and practice shooting if you’d
like. From your camp, go left 3 times to the
Outlook.
Extra spoiler, which you shouldn't look at if you wanted to suffer through the game re-incarnated, frustrated 12-year-old style. I'm serious!:
There's also a walkthrough on gamefaqs that leads you to getting the "worst ending possible", which I think is fantastic. I never did know the right answer to choose when trying to cature the guarded treasure that comes down the road
Something tells me my research on the Battle of Maldon won't be as promptly done as I had hoped...
You start off a couple of missions as Robin moving around being all stealthy, knocking out guards to steal gold etc. there are puzzles in the maps where, for example, you shoot a target with your bow at a distance to create distractions and suchlike.
Later on, once you get a band of Merry Men going -- with special characters of course -- you can choose what missions to go on. You can, for example, ambush a shipment of gold. The maps have special triggers that set off traps, which you need to either activate by shooting the with an arrow or having someone nearby.
Edit: Forgot to mention the swordfighting. You do it with the mouse by tracing gestures on-screen. Sounds awkward, but works pretty well!
Anyway, awesome good fun and super cheap now. Highly recommended.
Add some Assassin's Creed style free-running in there and I think we've got a winner.
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Sounds just like modern-day Nottingham!
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Some people are working on "A song of ice and fire" mod too
We need more games where you can sneak and steal stuff and then swing from a chandelier during your escape.
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