Times of Lore

1988

"Times of Lore" is a 1988 adventure game programmed by Paul C. Isaac from an original concept by Chris Roberts, and published by Origin Systems. It requires a 64K Apple ][+ or later.<br /><br /><div><span><span></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:Verdana;font-size:9pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Description from Mobygames:</span><br /></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Kingdom of Albereth was under attack of barbarian forces. King Valwyn drove the barbarians away, but was wounded in battles. Searching for a place where he could rest and restore his strength, he left the city - but never returned. Now, a new hero must rise and defend his homeland.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is an action game with light role-playing elements, which follows the adventures of a young warrior (strong barbarian, armored knight, or quick valkyrie) to assist a weakened kingdom from various threats, and to recover special Artifacts that once made the kingdom strong.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Gameplay consists of moving the protagonist in real-time (day and night) through various terrains, like forests, towns, and dungeons. The player character gathers basic items, like health and magic potions, and increasingly powerful weapons as he completes tasks and advances the plot. Conversations are handled through key phrases. Battles involve a few types of creatures (skeletons, orcs, rogues) of which there can be various flavors.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Not much was written about the Apple version of Times of Lore specifically, so other versions of the game are referenced below.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Documentation:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/game_manual_Times_of_Lore" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore Instruction Manual</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> for C64 version </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/vgmuseum_origin_timeslore-refcard?q=times+of+lore" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore Technical Supplement</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://ia800102.us.archive.org/25/items/TimesOfLore4amCrack/Times%20of%20Lore%20%284am%20crack%29.txt" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">4am crack notes</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> on Times of Lore</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Review:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/YourCommodoreChristmasGamesSpecial88/page/n5" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A review of the commodore version of Times of Lore</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in Your Commodore Christmas Games Special 1988</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/1989-03-computegazette/page/n23" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">C64 Times of Lore Review</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in Compute! Gazette Issue 69</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Australian_Commodore_and_Amiga_Review_The_Volume_6_Issue_11_1989-11_Saturday_Magazine_AU/page/n71" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Review from Australia for Times of Lore</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in The Australian Commodore and Amiga Volume 6 Issue 11</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Walkthrough:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Times_of_Lore/Walkthrough" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore walkthrough</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> that includes references to numerous platforms</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Media:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/Computer_Play_1988-11_Computer_Play_Magazine_US/page/n33" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore Full page Advertisement</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in Computer Play 1988 Issue 11</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/stream/RetroGamingProductCatalogs/Origin%20Product%20Catalog%20%281989%29#page/n3/mode/2up" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore in the Origin Software Catalog</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> 1989</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/A2Video_Times_of_Lore" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore Boot Video</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Misc Magazine Mentions:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v6n05" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore being awarded “Best Action Adventure of 1988”</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> in the Best Quests section of Questbusters The Adventurers’ Journal Volume 6 Number 5</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v6n08" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Times of Lore positively referenced</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to another Origins title Tangled Tales: A Misadventure of a Wizards’ apprentice in Questbusters Volume 6 Number 8</span></p><br /><a href="https://archive.org/details/vgmuseum_questbusters_qbustersVI10/page/n13" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);" rel="ugc nofollow"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Listings for Times of Lore in the “Swap Shop” page</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(37,37,37);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> of Questbusters The Adventurers’ Journal Volume 6 Number 10 of people looking to trade copies of software. This ad appears in many issues.</span> <br /></div><div><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" /></div>

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