IBlackwyche ngumdlalo wevidiyo wesenzo osungulwe futhi wakhishwa ngabakwa-Ultimate Play the Game for the Commodore 1985 ngo-64. Umdlalo uyisitolimende sesithathu ochungechungeni lwe-Pendragon kanye nokulandelwa kwe-Entombed. Emdlalweni, umgadli ohlonishwayo uSir Arthur Pendragon uvaleleke emkhunjini ohaunted futhi kufanele akhulule umphefumulo kaputeni wakhe. Umdlalo uvezwa ngefomethi ye-isometric 3D. Uchungechunge lwePendragon lwakhiwa futhi lwenziwa ngabazalwane uDave noBob Thomas, nabasunguli be-Ultimate uTim noChris Stamper ababandakanyekanga ngenye indlela entuthukweni. Ukuhlelwa nemidwebo yomdlalo kukhuthazwe kakhulu yi-HMS Victory nedolobha elizungezile lasePortsmouth. Umdlalo uthole izibuyekezo ezixubekile lapho ukhishwa. Abagxeki bebehlukaniswe ngemidwebo yalo mdlalo nokusetshenziswa kabusha kwe-sprite, kepha bagxeka umdlalo ngokufana kwawo kakhulu nabandulelayo. Lokhu kwalandelwa isitolimende sokugcina ochungechungeni lweDrag Skulle, olwaphuma kamuva ngo-1985.
Umdlalo wethulwa ngefomethi ye-isometric futhi usethwe ngaphakathi komkhumbi we-haunted obizwa ngeBlackwyche. Inhloso enkulu kaSir Arthur Pendragon ukukhulula umphefumulo walowo owayengukaputeni wakhe uRichard Cavendish. I-Pendragon ingasebenzisa izikhali ezahlukahlukene njengemimese, imimese, nenkemba yemilingo ukuvikela amathambo esitha. Umdlali uqala umdlalo ngamandla aphelele futhi ukhathala kalula njalo lapho umdlali ehlaselwa isitha. Lapho iPendragon iphelelwa amandla, isandla esikhulu samathambo sidonsa isidlali esikrinini, sibabulale. Izingxenye ezahlukahlukene zemephu zihlakazekile ezungeze i-galleon futhi zinikeza ukubuka konke okuphelele kwe-worldworld yomdlalo uma zonke izingxenye sezithathiwe. Ezinye izinto ezisakazeke kulo lonke umdlalo zifaka okhiye beminyango ekhiyiwe, isibhamu sokudubula izinganono, namatinkethi, okugcina okungenakusetshenziswa okunye ngaphandle kokukhulisa amaphuzu omdlali.
Uchungechunge lwePendragon lwenziwa ngabafowethu uDave noRobert (Bob) Thomas kunabasunguli be-Ultimate uTim noChris Stamper. UDave Thomas waqala umsebenzi wakhe ngo-1983 ngenkathi eqala ukukhiqiza imidlalo eminingana ye-Atari 400, kufaka phakathi abathengisi abanesisindo esiphakathi njengoWarlok kamuva owamlanda u- £ 5.000 emncintiswaneni weCalisto Software. Yize aqala ukusebenzela inkampani enza imidlalo yamavidiyo, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wayeka ngenxa yobunzima bokuhamba kwakhe kwamakhilomitha angama-109 nsuku zonke. Kungekudala ngemuva kokuthi uDave Thomas eshiye iCalisto Software, waqala ukusebenza kwiThe Staff of Karnath, isiqephu sokuqala sochungechunge lwePendragon. UBob Thomas wayengumdwebi wezobuchwepheshe oqeqeshiwe woMnyango Wezokuvikela futhi wayenolwazi lokuklama izindlu zangaphakathi zeRoyal Navy. Ngokusho kukaDave Thomas, ukubekwa kukaBlackwyche kwakugqugquzelwa kakhulu yiHMS Victory kanye nedolobha lasolwandle lasePortsmouth. Igama elithi "Sir Arthur Pendragon" lakopishwa lisuka kumlingiswa kaBlack Prince Pendragon ovela kuJack the Giant Killer. Imidwebo yomdlalo yaklanywa nguBob Thomas ngenkathi ikhodi ibhalwa nguDave Thomas. Abafowethu uThomas banqume ukukhombisa uTim noChris Stamper inqubekela phambili yomdlalo wabo ukuze ihlolwe, yize benamahloni ngokuthi indawo abasebenzela kuyo isophahleni lwabazali babo. Behlatshwe umxhwele ngumdlalo, abafowethu bakwaStamper bathume uchungechunge lonke ukuthi lukhishwe lweCommodore 64. UDave Thomas ukhumbule ukuthi wonke umdlalo abawenzayo wawungaphazanyiswa yi-Ultimate. Uma umdlalo usulungile, wawuthunyelwa ukuhlolwa kwekhwalithi bese ushicilelwa ukuze ushicilelwe.
Umdlalo uthole izibuyekezo ezixubekile ngesikhathi ukhishwa. Umbuyekezi ovela kwi-CVG uthole ukuthi imidwebo ifana ncamashi nomanduleli wayo u-Entombed futhi wagxeka izinga eliphansi lemininingwane lomlingiswa womdlali uSir Arthur Pendragon. U-Eugene Lacey woMsebenzisi weCommodore uncome le midwebo futhi wathi ibushelelezi futhi inemininingwane ethe xaxa, yize evumile ukuthi ibukeka ifana neyangaphambili. UStuart Cooke weCommodore uthole nemidwebo "ephindaphindwayo" futhi wathi ngenxa yokufana kwayo yonke imibala, waba nenkinga yokunquma ukuthi ukuleso sigaba somdlalo. Ababuyekezi beZzap! Abakwa-64 bagxeke imidwebo futhi bachaza ama-sprites "njengabesabekayo" ne-animation njengo "lousy" enombala omncane noma ongekho nhlobo. I-sprite kaSir Arthur Pendragon isetshenziswe kabanzi ngababuyekezi beZzap! 64, ngombuyekezi oyedwa ezwakalisa ukukhungatheka kokuthi kungani u-Ultimate eqhubeka nokusebenzisa ama-sprites afanayo emidlalweni yabo. Omunye umbuyekezi ulahle ukugqwayiza kwe-3D ngesizathu sokuthi bekungalingani futhi "kuyacasula". UTony Hetherington weComputer Gamer naye ugxeke imidwebo "yokuphinda ama-landscapes" nokusebenzisa imibala ngokufana, waphetha ngokuthi umdlalo odumazayo. U-Lacey utake i-gameplay wathi "iyamlutha" futhi uthatha iBlackwyche njengehamba phambili kulolu chungechunge. UHarding uthe lo mdlalo "ungcono ngamamayela" kunaphambi kwawo, kanti uCooke ubecabanga ukuthi igeyimu iyaphindaphindeka ngenxa yenani lezindawo. Ababuyekezi beZzap! U-64 ugxeke yonke igeyimu, waphawula ukuthi ama-puzzle abemabi futhi awaphikiswa futhi imvamisa abenza bazizwe befana ne- "deja-vu" ngokufana kwayo nabandulelayo. Umbuyekezi kamagazini ofanayo ubuke lo mdlalo njengomzamo omubi emdlalweni we-arcade adventure futhi wathi le mibono ayisebenzi kahle. UHetherington uphethe ngokuthi iBlackwyche iyadumaza ngomdlalo we-Ultimate, inikezwe izicoco zangaphambilini ezinjenge-Atic Atac neKnight Lore.
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