Get Medieval
Get Medieval is a 1998 hack and slash dungeon crawl video game developed and published by Monolith Productions and Microïds for Microsoft Windows. The player controls one of four characters looking for the exit in a series of dungeons. The game is similar to that of the 1985 Atari Games arcade video game Gauntlet.
Get Medieval
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- 1998
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- action game
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Get Medieval is a 1998 hack and slash dungeon crawl video game developed and published by Monolith Productions and Microïds for Microsoft Windows. The player controls one of four characters looking for the exit in a series of dungeons. The game is similar to that of the 1985 Atari Games arcade video game Gauntlet.
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• Title — Get Medieval • Developer — Monolith Productions • Publisher — Monolith Productions Microïds • Designer — Chris Hewett Jace Hall • Producer — Chris Hewett • Programmer — Brian L. Goble John LaCasse Bryan Bouwman • Artist — Garrett Price Israel Evans Aaron Carlson • Composer — Daniel Bernstein Guy Whitmore • Genre — Dungeon crawl, hack and slash • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Windows 95
Gameplay
Gameplay
It can be played in three modes (Dragon Quest, Random Dungeon, Custom Dungeon) and on four difficulty levels. The game's four player characters: Archer (Eryc), The Barbarian (Zared), The Sorceress (Levina), and The Avenger (Kellina), differ only in speed and strength. The slowest character (Zared) is the strongest, the fastest (Eryc) the weakest. Players can find Attack and Defense upgrades, losing them once their characters die. In the multiplayer mode, the game can be played via hotseat or network. It includes world editor called "GMedit" (or "WapWorld") for making custom levels.
Plot
Plot
The female warrior Kellina's father was killed by a giant dragon that terrorizes the kingdom and dwells in a dungeon protected by its minions. Kellina and her friends embark on a quest to kill the dragon.
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The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. IGNs Trent C. Ward complimented the game's presentation, but felt that the humor in the game was overdone. Jason D'Aprile of GamePro noted the game's similarity to Gauntlet, but praised the game's sound effects and overall look. GameSpots Tahsin Shamma wrote, "this game may be Gauntlet, but Gauntlet is still a lot of fun." GameRevolution called it "a nice update to a classic game [that] understands its limits and accepts its fate with wry humor." Next Generation wrote, "does the game offer anything new? Not really. But if you want to see how the pre-Pentium crowd lived, Get Medieval offers a pleasurable peek at the arcade arenas of the past, complete with chuckles."
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- 1.New Releases. GameSpot.
- 2.Gall, William. Get Medieval Review. 3D Gaming World. September 14, 1998.
- 3.CBS Interactive. Get Medieval for PC. GameRankings.
- 4.Dembo, Arinn. Get Medieval. Gamecenter. CNET. September 22, 1998.
- 5.Altman, John. Get Medieval. Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. August 10, 1998.
- 6.Ardai, Charles. (Re-)Running the Gauntlet (Get Medieval Review). Computer Gaming World. Ziff Davis. 172. 282. November 1998.
- 7.Miller, Sean. Get Medieval. The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions. March 10, 1999.
- 8.D'Aprile, Jason. Get Medieval Review for PC on GamePro.com. GamePro. IDG Entertainment. 1998.
- 9.Dr. Moo. Get Medieval Review. GameRevolution. CraveOnline. October 1998.
- 10.Shamma, Tahsin. Get Medieval Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"]. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. August 27, 1998.
- 11.Ward, Trent C. Get Medieval. IGN. Ziff Davis. August 31, 1998.
- 12.Imagine Media. Get Medieval. Next Generation. 48. 136. December 1998.
- 13.Lee, Ed. Get Medieval. PC Accelerator. Imagine Media. 2. 102. October 1998.
- 14.Poole, Stephen. Get Medieval. PC Gamer. Imagine Media. 5. 10. 215. October 1998.
- 15.The SF Site Featured Review: Get Medieval.
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