The Summoning
published by SSI / Softgold Computerspiele in 1992, developed by Event Horizon Software, running on MS-DOS
type: action/reflex, role-play
genre: Fantasy, Action-RPG
perspective: bird's-eye (isometric)
player options: single player
languages: eng ger spa
genre: Fantasy, Action-RPG
perspective: bird's-eye (isometric)
player options: single player
languages: eng ger spa
4.1/5
Technical specs
software: DOS 3.x,
hardware: 286 CPU, 386DX CPU, Video Graphics Array, Keyboard, Mouse, AdLib SPU, Roland MT-32 SPU, PC speaker SPU, Sound Blaster SPU,
display: raster
Editor note
Yes, the character has limited capacity _and_ the game world has limited supplies _and_ there is no back tracking. Forcing players to choose very carefully which items they want to carry to the next level and exactly when to use said items or not. Failure to have the right items can put the game in an unwinnable state. Magic regen is extremely slow. There is a cheat patch for this game that does nothing except speed up Magic regen. Many consider this game to be near unbeatable (even with the regen cheat) yet magic regen is the only cheat anybody has bothered to create.
zerothis # 2019-05-12 19:27:04
zerothis # 2019-05-12 19:27:04Authors / Staff
design
Chris Straka (conceptual design)Chris Straka (creative design)Thomas Holmes (conceptual design)Thomas Holmes (creative design)writer
Chris Straka (manual writer)Chris Straka (interaction writer)Scot Noel (short story 'an enemy of dreams')graphics
Frank Schurter (art)Frank Schurter (graphics)Jane Yeager (art)Jane Yeager (graphics)Louis Saekow Desiḡn (art)Louis Saekow Desiḡn (graphic design)audio
Ed Puskar (music)Kurt Brown (additional music)Thomas Holmes (sound effects)Tony Mollick (additional music)tester
Chris Warshauer (playtester)Christina Watson (playtester)John C. Boockholdt (playtester)John Kirk (playtester)Kym Goyer (test support)other
Al Brown (editor)André Vrignaud (editor)Banta ISG (printing)Davis A. Lucca (associate)Eileen Matsumi (editor)Louis Saekow Desiḡn (dtp)Louis Saekow Desiḡn (pre-press production)Tags (55)
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External reviews (3) - average: 82.7% - median: 83%
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