The traditional role-playing gamebook sequence Combating Fantasy is coming to Nintendo Change subsequent month.
Initially launched in 1982 and lasting to 1995 in its preliminary run, Combating Fantasy was the work of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, with the unique sequence consisting of 59 books.
Every journey performed equally to a Select Your Personal Journey ebook, but additionally had mild RPG components the place gamers had Ability, Stamina and Luck stats and needed to roll cube through the journey to get by way of talent challenges and fight sections.
Now the primary 4 books are coming to Change in Combating Fantasy Classics Quantity 1, which is about for launched on February 5.
Quantity 1 accommodates the next 4 books, which had been initially launched within the early ’80s:
- The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (1982)
- The Citadel of Chaos (1983)
- The Forest of Doom (1983)
- Starship Traveller (1983)
Developed by Australian studio Tin Man Video games, every ebook is recreated on Change with additional options together with:
- Problem settings and a Free Learn mode, which lets gamers skip to any web page and “play the ebook like an old-school cheater”.
- A map which lets gamers monitor the place they’ve been throughout their present and former playthroughs.
- The unique paintings, from such artists as Iain McCaig, Russ Nicholson, Malcolm Barter and Ian Miller, viewable in a collectable artwork gallery.
- An ‘automated Journey Sheet’ that retains monitor of the participant’s stats, stock and data gained.
- A brand new soundtrack and sound results accompanying the journey.
- An additional ebook on the Historical past of Combating Fantasy and a Rulebook.
“Enjoying Combating Fantasy gamebooks on a Nintendo Change seems like a pure match,” Tin Man Video games founder Neil Rennison stated in an announcement, “so we’re actually excited to deliver Ian and Steve’s beloved sequence to the platform. Could your Stamina by no means fail.”
