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What was keep like.
well, it was like a cross between, urogue,Ularn,and diablo.
But better than all 3.
As a UCSC undergrad in the late 80s I remember well when first KEEP
came alive.
there were 20-30? ish dungeon levels
and every 3 levels there was an entrance to a bonus/themed level
Keep in mind I havnt played this game in over 10 years so my memory is
full of holes. (But boy do I wax nostalgic for Keep)
Levels 1-3 (garden)
Bonus level Rat warrens Slay the Rat King
Levels 4-6 courtyard
bonus level Hive Slay the Wasp king/queen
levels 7-9 outer bailey?
Bonus level kennels Slay the kennel master and his 3 nasty dogs
levels 12-15 inner bailey
Bonus level (Charons moat) Give an obulus to charon ;-)
1evels 16-19 keep
Bonus level torture chamber
20-23 outer cloister?
bonus (fairy's land?)
--
anyway, it also had a special level with a wizards workroom.
and the final level with the battle with the concil.
Maybe there were 30-40 levels in all
the variety of weapons/armor was astounding
fire/litning/acid etc weapons
also slaying properties undead,insect,etc
tons of armor,gaunlets/boots/helms/etc.
What really made keep unique, was that there were 7-9? different gods
and you could sacrifice to them to get gifts,
ranging from potion effects to permanent stat,weapon boosts.
also you could become an avater to a god for a unique weapon/armor and
immunites.
you could also sacrifice stuff to a god to have it grant you
resistance to a type of attack/penalty
i.e. acid resistance, electric resistance, paralysis
resistance,blindness resistance, etc, 14-16 immunities in all.
--
stats
str
end
willpower
quickness?coordination?
and 2-3 Im forgetting.
I cant do it justice,
but every time I think of.
"A brilliant flash of holy radiance" I smile and wish I could play my
favorite old school game again.
I really miss keep, if there was any game I could bring back from the
dead it would be KEEP
Better than Hack, better than Ularn, Better than Urogue.
Keep, the best of them all.
Malhavock
What was keep like.
well, it was like a cross between, urogue,Ularn,and diablo.
But better than all 3.
As a UCSC undergrad in the late 80s I remember well when first KEEP
came alive.
there were 20-30? ish dungeon levels
and every 3 levels there was an entrance to a bonus/themed level
Keep in mind I havnt played this game in over 10 years so my memory is
full of holes. (But boy do I wax nostalgic for Keep)
Levels 1-3 (garden)
Bonus level Rat warrens Slay the Rat King
Levels 4-6 courtyard
bonus level Hive Slay the Wasp king/queen
levels 7-9 outer bailey?
Bonus level kennels Slay the kennel master and his 3 nasty dogs
levels 12-15 inner bailey
Bonus level (Charons moat) Give an obulus to charon ;-)
1evels 16-19 keep
Bonus level torture chamber
20-23 outer cloister?
bonus (fairy's land?)
--
anyway, it also had a special level with a wizards workroom.
and the final level with the battle with the concil.
Maybe there were 30-40 levels in all
the variety of weapons/armor was astounding
fire/litning/acid etc weapons
also slaying properties undead,insect,etc
tons of armor,gaunlets/boots/helms/etc.
What really made keep unique, was that there were 7-9? different gods
and you could sacrifice to them to get gifts,
ranging from potion effects to permanent stat,weapon boosts.
also you could become an avater to a god for a unique weapon/armor and
immunites.
you could also sacrifice stuff to a god to have it grant you
resistance to a type of attack/penalty
i.e. acid resistance, electric resistance, paralysis
resistance,blindness resistance, etc, 14-16 immunities in all.
--
stats
str
end
willpower
quickness?coordination?
and 2-3 Im forgetting.
I cant do it justice,
but every time I think of.
"A brilliant flash of holy radiance" I smile and wish I could play my
favorite old school game again.
I really miss keep, if there was any game I could bring back from the
dead it would be KEEP
Better than Hack, better than Ularn, Better than Urogue.
Keep, the best of them all.
Malhavock
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