[Coco] Paladin's Legacy

[Fred D. Provoncha]

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> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:55:34 -0500
> From: "Allan Chaney" <chaneya at acwoodworksinc.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] COCO to PC transfer and Using VCC
> To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> Fred,
>
> Thanks for the compliment.  Yes I wrote it on a COCO II and then sent it off
> to Sundog in the fall of 1988.  Glen Dahlgren with Sundog loved the game but
> wanted me to get it running on the COCO3 as well and to keep it under 64k so
> it would work on all COCO models.  It took me an entire year to not only get
> it running on the COCO 3 but to get it polished enough for commercial
> release and to convert my then basic disk I/O into assembly.  I finished it
> just in time for Christmas 1989.  That experience convinced me NOT to pursue
> computer programming as a career but to keep it as a loved hobby.
> 
> Anyway....if you decide to play the game again.  I can tell you everything
> you could possibly want to know.  I have also scanned the manual in case you
> or anyone else wants it.
>
> I just replayed the game for the first time in almost 20 years and I was
> shocked how hard it was just getting started with a new character.  So just
> a tip....when you role your character max out your strength and Dexterity
> and don't worry about intelligence and Wisdom. You can increase those when
> you find Black Boxes in the Mines.  Also hit that first Human City and buy a
> weapon and armor and Wear and Arm yourself to improve your AC and WC.
> Another huge tip is....Just west of the starting location in the game,
> through the thick forest is the Elven City of Elm.  In the upper right
> corner of that city are a couple of elves hanging out by a fire.  Talk to
> one and he tells you of a Wood Nymph that comes out on the darkest of
> nights.  That Wood Nymph will heal you to full health for free if you are
> pure of heart.  Do any transactions at the City of Thieves and you become
> evil.  Also you are asked that question at the beginning of the game. Go to
> the Cathedral just west of your starting point and give alms for become pure
> of heart.  
>
> I don't know what I was thinking when I charged 100 gold for a healing
> potion from the Bishop in the Cathedral.  And it only heals for 100 HP??!.
> That's nuts!
>
> Allan Chaney     


Allan,

Thank you for your offer of help with the game! I already have the manual, so I'm already set there. Thanks for the tips! I think the main stumbling block I faced, if I remember correctly, was that there were certain dungeons that I had to get to in order to progress further in the game, which were inaccessible without acquiring a special pair of boots to cross some certain terrain. The boots were only to be found in the City of Theives. Once going there, I would become evil and I would eventually die due to damage inflicted during encounters with creatures, since I was unable to heal myself at the Wood Nymph anymore since I was no longer pure in heart :-(

Fred Provoncha




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