Lordlings of Yore

{{short description|1983 video game}}

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| platforms = Apple II

| released = 1983

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Lordlings of Yore is an Apple II video game published by Softlore Corporation in 1983.

Gameplay

Lordlings of Yore is a game in which the player is the lord of a shire who must manage knights and wealth, and eliminate opposing lords in a game involving strategy, tactics, and diplomacy.

Reception

Computer Gaming World reviewed the game and stated that "The graphic presentation of the game is excellent and overall I found the game enjoyable. There are enough alternatives and actions in this game to continue to make it interesting to play over and over again."{{cite magazine |title=Micro-Reviews |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=October 1984 |volume=1 |issue=18 |pages=38, 42}}

In a retrospective review of Lordlings of Yore in Black Gate, John ONeill said "Lordlings of Yore had a lot of promise, but I can only conjecture it was an abysmal failure as a commercial release."{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackgate.com/2013/08/26/vintage-bits-lordlings-of-yore/|title = Vintage Bits: Lordlings of Yore – Black Gate| date=26 August 2013 }}

Reviews

  • Casus Belli #20 (April 1984){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/casus-belli-020/page/n19/mode/2up | title=Casus Belli #020 | date=1984 }}
  • Jeux & Stratégie #35{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-35/page/50/mode/2up | title=Jeux & stratégie 35 | date=October 1985 }}

References

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