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    Fighting Fantasy books to be turned into videogames

    Oh man, I grew up with these books. Not sure how well they'll translate onto portable platforms though.

    Check out the Headline for more info.

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    Ah,Eidos apparently converted Warlock of Firetop Mountain into a videogame. Anyone ever play this?

    Thanks, DavidM for the tip off!

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    No, it was a long long long time ago before Eidos

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    There was also a deathtrap dungeon game at some point.

    I remember transferring one of the books to a computer game using "ST adventrue creator". Worked exactly the same way as the book.
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    Old school fun these, not sure how good a game would be, have never trusted the computer being random...they cheat you know!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidM View Post
    No, it was a long long long time ago before Eidos
    Oh, hmmm damn wikipedia.

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    Ahh the old Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (I think that were their names) books. I remember these books when I was at primary school! Im 34 now so that was a relatively long time ago. All about City of Thieves, best one by far. Doesn't Ian Livingstone work in the games industry somewhere nowadays?
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    I'm 34 too and remember these books with great fondness! Forest of Doom was my favourite I think (brilliantly illustrated by Ian McCaig IIRC).

    If only they could recreate the smell of the pages and get it to blow at you whilst you're playing the game.. I'd be like a pig in sugar and 13 again!

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    Yeah - forest of doom was also a good one, wasn't that number 3? Cant remember exactly. I can still remember all my friends gathered in circles in the playground, the familiar purrr of the pages being flicked and holding one of these books with my fingers bent around and securing the last 14 pages just in case I was about to meet a nasty death and had to re-track my steps. Did anyone ever bother with dice though? I know I never did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    Wizard of Firetop Mountain
    Warlock!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    Wizard of Firetop Mountain
    Shouldn't that be Warlock of Firetop Mountain?
    Used to be a big, big fan, probably had about 40 of the main books plus some of the specials that they spun off too.
    Definitely influenced my childhood.
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    Warlock!
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