Iron Lord
{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{About|the 1989 videogame|the 2010 film|Iron Lord (film)|other uses}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Iron Lord
| image = Iron Lord.jpg
| caption =
| developer = Orou Mama
Ivan Jacot
| composer = Jeroen Tel (C64)
| publisher = Ubi Soft
| released = 1989
| genre = Adventure
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Atari ST, Archimedes, Atari ST, Amiga, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
}}
Iron Lord is an adventure video game developed by Orou Mama and Ivan Jacot for the Atari ST and published by Ubi Soft in 1989. It was ported to the Amiga, Acorn Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and MS-DOS.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| award1Pub = Amstrad Action
| award1 = MastergameGame review, Amstrad Action magazine, Future Publishing, issue 61, October 1990
}}
Computer Gaming World approved of Iron Lord{{'}}s graphics but criticized its performance and load times, especially as the reviewed Amiga version could not run from a hard drive. The magazine nonetheless concluded that the game was "an above-average combination of adventure, strategy and action gaming".{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1990&pub=2&id=72 | title=All That Glitters Is Not Iron / UBI Soft's Iron Lord | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=June 1990 | accessdate=16 November 2013 | author=Greenberg, Allen L. | pages=62}} The game was reviewed in 1990 in Dragon #159 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.{{cite journal | title=The Role of Computers | last1=Lesser | last2=Lesser | last3=Lesser | first1=Hartley | first2=Patricia | first3=Kirk | journal=Dragon | issue=159 | date=July 1990 | pages=47–53}}
Reviews
- Your Sinclair (October 1989){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-46/page/n15/mode/2up|title = Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 46|date = October 1989}}
- ST Format (February 1990){{Cite web|url=http://www.stformat.com/stf07/index.html|title = ST Format - Issue 7}}
- Commodore User (October 1989){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-73/page/n31/mode/2up|title=Commodore User Magazine Issue 73|date=October 1989}}
- Amiga Joker (January 1990){{cite web |url=http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ironlord.htm |title=Amiga Reviews: Iron lord |website=amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com |access-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005030433/http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ironlord.htm |archive-date=5 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}
- Commodore Format (October 1990){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/commodore-format-magazine-01/Commodore_Format_Issue_01_1990_10#page/n83/mode/2up|title=Commodare Format Magazine Issue 1 1990|website=archive.org|access-date=28 August 2023}}
- Sinclair User (October 1989){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-091/page/n31/mode/2up|title=Sinclair User Magazine Issue 91|date=October 1989}}
- Amiga Format (February 1990){{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_1887|title = Iron Lord review from Amiga Format 7 (Feb 1990) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}
- Zzap! (February 1990){{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_7016|title = Iron Lord review from Zzap 58 (Feb 1990) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}
- Power Play (February 1990){{cite web|url=http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=206|title=Iron Lord|website=kultboy.com|access-date=28 August 2023}}
- Tilt (March 1990){{cite web|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero076/TILT%20076%20-%20Page%20112%20(1990-03).JPG |title=Tilt Magazine 1990 issue 3|website=abandonware.org|access-date=28 August 2023}}
- Zzap! (Italy) (October 1989){{Cite web|url=http://www.zzap.it/explorer.php?album=38&immagine=22|title = Pagina 22 di Zzap! Numero 38}}
- Crash! (October 1989){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Crash_No._69_1989-10_Newsfield_GB/page/n43/mode/2up|title = Crash - No. 69 (1989-10)(Newsfield)(GB)|date = October 1989}}
- ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) (February 1990){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-29/page/n59/mode/2up|title = ACE Magazine Issue 29|date = February 1990}}
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (December 1989){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1990-01/page/n95/mode/2up|title=Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (January 1990)|date=January 1990}}
- Amiga Power (May 1991){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Power_Issue_01_1991-05_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n106/mode/2up|title=Amiga Power 1991 issue 1|website=archive.org|access-date=28 August 2023}}
- Enchanted Realms (January 1991){{cite web|url=https://www.mocagh.org/enchantedrealms/enchantedrealms4.pdf |title=Enchanted Realms
|website=mocagh.org|access-date=28 August 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-iron-lord_s8484.html Iron Lord] at Atari Mania
- {{lemon64 game|name=Iron Lord|id=1335}}
- {{WoS game|id=0002543}}
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Category:Acorn Archimedes games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in France
Category:Video games scored by Jeroen Tel
Category:Video games set in the Middle Ages
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