who remembers this Gem ?
i had to dig out my closet recently and uploaded id a few pals who had never seen it before...
wow i had alot of fun playing that game.
link to the video
Go to Dragonstrikevideo.
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I remember that. I was irritated at the idea that a manscorpion could be killed by its own venom.
On the other hand, we need more fire elemental ballerinas, because they're HOT!
And, of course, more Malibu.
I think this was actually my first introduction to gaming. I can't remember how I got it, whether my parents bought it for me in a store or someone gave it to me as a gift. I never actually played it, but I remember the mat and the video. It was cheesy, but at that time it was pretty cool and helped draw me into gaming.
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By the by, here's a great video review/riff of the tape. It's quite hilarious!
maybe its just me but I cant connect to that link.
The thing I remember about the video was people were like blurry or something and there was a dwarf that was sealed into a wall.
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kmal2t wrote: maybe its just me but I cant connect to that link.
The thing I remember about the video was people were like blurry or something and there was a dwarf that was sealed into a wall.
Odd, now it won't load for me either.
Oh well, here's the blipTV hosting of said review.
still no. Just put it on youtube?
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kmal2t wrote: still no. Just put it on youtube? I've found it there in three parts:
part one
part two
part three
Some of the guy's MST2000 comments were pretty funny. God that video was CHEESY
edit: No..after finishing part 1, this commentary guy is hilarious. I can't believe I wanted to play DnD after seeing this crap!
In 1993, shortly after DragonStrike came out, I was at a convention where our booth was across the aisle from the TSR booth, and that video was played on a loop the entire weekend. I think the TSR employees were even more sick of it than we were, because they had to see it at *every* convention that season.
TSR completed, but never released, a second game in the series, WildSpace. Lisa owns a nearly complete copy, missing only the video (which was completed). You can see a trailer for WildSpace here.
I miss TSR. Even with utter crap like this they still gave an A for effort and did great stuff.
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kmal2t wrote: edit: No..after finishing part 1, this commentary guy is hilarious. I can't believe I wanted to play DnD after seeing this crap! This is by the Spoony One, who won a Mashable award a few years ago for being the funniest person on the internet - and I think he still is.
It's down at the moment for some reason, but I strongly urge you to check out his website at www.spoonyexperiment.com to read, see, and hear him tear apart bad old movies, video games, and more!
Vic Wertz wrote: TSR completed, but never released, a second game in the series, WildSpace. Lisa owns a nearly complete copy, missing only the video (which was completed). You can see a trailer for WildSpace here. Holy crap, is this where those persistent rumors about a WildSpace TV series back in the mid-90's came from?
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Here's a fun little fact that pretty much no one knows about the Dragon Strike video.
The moronic king in the video is called King Halvor II.
However, there's also a character by that name as a card in the Spellfire card game. In the official Spellfire Reference Guide, Vol. 1, the card (064/1st) is briefly discussed in terms of its game-play value (which is very little, since it has no powers), and then there's a bit of flavor text given:
Quote: This king is best known as the bumbling ruler in the DRAGON STRIKE videotape adventure. What is not so well known is that the bumbler is actually an imposter. The real king Halvor II, shown here, was a noble and good king of fiery temper. He carried a magical sword of unknown powers. His current whereabouts are unknown. In the third edition of the card game, the card was updated to note that his sword was a +5 flaming weapon "that cannot be removed by any means" (which is clearly meant to indicate he can't be disarmed of it, not that he can't put the weapon down). The Spellfire Reference Guide, Vol. 2 shows this version of the card, but has no additional flavor text.
Remember it no, have it yes.....
Not sure if the VHS is in it or not.
I cracked up at the end. I didn't realize that really was Malibu from American Gladiators.
Was that his big acting debut? Eat your heart out Anthony Hopkins.
Youtube link works for me.....
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Remember it and had it. Still have some of the miniatures but the rest of it has vanished over the years. The same holds true of my old copy of heroquest.
After all these years I finally primed the miniatures and my kids and I have been painting them. Loads of fun.
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kmal2t wrote: I cracked up at the end. I didn't realize that really was Malibu from American Gladiators.
Was that his big acting debut? Eat your heart out Anthony Hopkins.
Either that or TERROR T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire, but there's only so much bad acting I can take in one day, so I'm not going to think about that right now.
Wow, these are horrible! :)
I had this! The video was sooo bad... I liked that it came with multiple, 2-sided game boards and lots of minis.
Alzrius wrote: Either that or TERROR T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire, but there's only so much bad acting I can take in one day, so I'm not going to think about that right now. I have that CD, as well as "Track of the Werewolf"... Bought them both back when they came out in the late 90's. They were a great "choose your own adventure" style concept, but had terrible acting...
My best friend had this game growing up which was funny that he had it, since his parents wouldn't allow him to play D&D at the time. I'm assuming they didn't put two and two together. I'll have to ask him next weekend if he still has it.
If you ask this question a few years from now the one you'll get in reponse will be.
"Whats VHS?"
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Digitalelf wrote: I have that CD, as well as "Track of the Werewolf"... Bought them both back when they came out in the late 90's. They were a great "choose your own adventure" style concept, but had terrible acting... I think I had both of them too, though I just recently found out that there were video versions of them.
Yes! My mom got Dragonstrike for me and my brother back in 93; it was the first roleplaying-related thing I ever had. I still have the d10 that came with it, but lost the rest.
I remember struggling to understand what a "Hero Spell" was. "So he writes things down and fireballs appear? Awesome!" (I was 10 and my English was pretty poor)
I'm pretty sure half those guys were porn actors of some sort, though.
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