Conquests of the Longbow - The Legend of Robin Hood

[Tom Henrik]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/173)

[mika]

Man, this is like the best Sierra game out there! I remember playing this game non-stop. Thanks guys!

[Tom Henrik]

Man, this is like the best Sierra game out there! I remember playing this game non-stop. Thanks guys!

Guys?

I am plural now? :wink: :lol:

[FluffDaddy]

This game rules, me and me dad played it when i was younger, a good job done again, nice one!

[mika]

Guys?

I am plural now? *:wink: * :lol:

Whoops, typo ... missed that one ;)

[adamcoxoff]

This is a great game. The first adventure game that really hooked me into the genre. I have played it through twice, yet never gotten the maximum amount of points. Glad to see it's made the roster.

[Tom Henrik]

How to get maximum points...

DIFFICULT!

When I played through it, my highest score can be seen in the last screenshot. And it is WAY below the max. Maybe it is because I shot one of the pixies? :lol:

[Woodlander]

I played this ages ago and loved it ^_^

Been DLing from Abandonia for awhile now, and also been searching for this game since about a year ago. And hey hey it just pops up here ^_^ Thanks guys

[Malchior]

:shock: <- This is me at the moment!

I have been looking for this game for quite a while. I had frankly given up.

Tom, you're a BLOODY LEGEND!

[Tom Henrik]

:shock: *<- This is me at the moment! *

I have been looking for this game for quite a while. I had frankly given up.

Tom, you're a BLOODY LEGEND!


Thank you.
I AM available for children's parties, by the way :lol:

[Data]

I still have that game on floppies somewhere :)
was a nice game I got stuck when I had to change into a tree or so :)

[Havell]

I'm stuck on the part where you have to give gemstones to the monk, the gemstones guide with the game isn't much help as none of the riddles are I get asked are in the guide.

[Tom Henrik]

@ Data
Those days are over. I have made a complete list over the Druid names for all the trees, and also the Druid Hand Codes so that you know how to say the names.

@ R Havell
Tell me the questions you get.
There may be flaws in the Gemstone Riddles document. The reason? Well... I had to break the copy-protection as I played it. I could not find any solutions on the net. Meaning those riddles are the ones I got. Just tell me the riddles you get, and I will try to solve them 8)

[Havell]

Couldn't you just upload the appropriate section in the manual?

[Tom Henrik]

I don't have the manual.

I have MADE them manually. Meaning I BROKE the codes using only my SMARTS and a lot of TIME! So... :wink:

[Havell]

...I should use my brains to break them myself :) .

[Tom Henrik]

Good luck, but please write down the questions and answers in this topic. That way I can update the file :)

[Havell]

For all the people wondering how to get maximum points, I found a guide. A big spoiler but if you don't want to know, don't read it:

http://www.the-spoiler.com/ADVENTURE/Sierr...bin.hood.4.html (http://www.the-spoiler.com/ADVENTURE/Sierra/robin.hood.4.html)

[Havell]

In the fair where you have to find the correct coat of arms, the correct coat of arms was not the one listed on the site, I got the one with the red lion on a white background. It said it was the Cornish coat-of-arms, maybe in the manual there are many coats of arms for different things and it randomly asks you to identify one of them.

[Tom Henrik]

That might be the case yes. Well, I have to make a complete list then :)

[Havell]

I could help you with that.

[Tom Henrik]

I could help you with that.

Thanks. I have sent you a PM :)

[xndr2181]

I know I should probably post this in the troubleshooting section, but I seem to find I get a quicker response when I post it under the game discussion, :P . Anywho, robin's head keeps moving back and forth like he's in a seizure. Second, whenever I go to the save screen, the game freezes on me, if anyone could help that'd be great!
-Sean

[Woodlander]

Edited Post

Same problems as above. D-Fend helps with the Head thing and gives it the sound back, but trying to save causes the application to crash :cry:

[auhsor]

The head moving thing was something that affects all sierra games from that era. It was caused by the way the game measures the clock speed or something. More info (well quite alot of info actually) is found here: http://www.spacequest.net/misc/timerissues/index.shtml

When I played this game ages ago I downloaded part of the manual from somewhere. I uploaded it to my site, and you can get it here: users.tpg.com/lukinso/Conquest of the Longbow - Manual stuff.pdf
Feel free to put it on this site, cos it's not really mine.

[xndr2181]

Edited Post

Same problems as above. D-Fend helps with the Head thing and gives it the sound back, but trying to save causes the application to crash *:cry:
what dos running program are you using?
-Sean

[Guest_guest]

I've got the game running fine, but has anybody else had trouble with the part where you have to wait by the oak tree for Mr. Green, (or something like that) to arrive? I know that you're supposed to capture a pixie, but they never show? what's up?

[Havell]

Are you waiting by the tree? Because they don't come there, you have to go out into the forest (one of the screens where there is just a forest clearing), if you wait for a while there then one should show.

[Guest_guest]

I hate the pixie! I hate him! So, now that I finally got him to show up, (thanks!), catching him is literally impossible! The net will never fall in the right place. I've been literally been at it for two days. I think it might be my touch pad mouse. How has every one else managed this?

[Tom Henrik]

I use a mousepad too ;)

The trick is to throw the net just in front of him. And there is no trick what so ever involved in finding the pixie. Just go into the forrest and wait. He will appear after a little while, and if you miss... just wait a little longer. He always shows up.

[InsaneBunny]

Does anyone know where i can find this game w/o having to buy it..i had it but when I sold some of my other games I think i accidently slipped one of my disks into the whole lot that i sent away...so now i have the whole game except one install disk..which doesnt help me out a lot.....*sigh* I love the game, even tho i have passed it several times.....I still enjoy to play it..just wish i could!!!
Thanks!!!!

[FreeFreddy]

Ehmm, you can download this game from this site, you know? http://forum.giga.de/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
Here's the link: http://www.abandonia.com/game.php?genre=adventure&ID=173
Have fun. ;)

[InsaneBunny]

Woo! Thanks :) :)

[auhsor]

Hehe B)
Thats the purpose of this site: To make these games available for peoples like you.

Hope you have fun playing this game again. I know I've had alot of fun playing this game, and have many memories playing it as a kid.

[horsecrazy]

I downloaded this game yesterday and spent a couple of hours playing it last night; it's a lot of fun. I'm enjoying it so far, the only problem is that when I get to the scene where Marian is being attacked by the monk, I shoot him with my bow and as he falls down I get booted out of the game. Every time. It's seriously ticking me off, because I'd like to keep playing. Has anyone experienced this before or have any idea how to fix it?

[Tom Henrik]

:blink:

NEVER heard of that one, but you can let Marian die in this game... :angel:

[FreeFreddy]

Ow wow, that's not very romantically then... :blink: :rolleyes:

[horsecrazy]

I know. :D I finally just let her die because otherwise I couldn't get any farther, but I was hoping someone could help me get past that part.

[Tom Henrik]

That is one of the finer points of this game. It doesn't have to have a positive outcome :twisted:

[Wilo]

Sometimes I think you guys are evil. otta write one nasty story or something. maybe a nasty evil game.......ahh whatever. and about the crash thing. I'd say thats just pure random stuff. try redownloading I guess

[horsecrazy]

I guess letting her die isn't the greatest idea; I got the clothes from the beggar and then went to the cobbler's, but now when I give him Marian's slipper he asks me where I got it and I tell him it fell off Marian when the monk killed her-so he beats me to death with a hammer for letting her die! :blink: I guess I'll just try downloading it again.

[Tom Henrik]

Nasty :lol:

[Havell]

I once tried to complete the game while getting the lowest score possible, you do things like threatening the begger to get his clothes and shooting the fens monk with an arrow instead of fighting him with a quaterstaff (both of these give you -100 points).

[horsecrazy]

You can fight the monk with a staff? Is that later in the game or at the part where Marian is being attacked? I tried re-downloading it and it still doesn't work!! I think I'm going to try it on my sister's computer because mine is just about brand spankin' new and maybe it's having problems because it's an older game.

[Tom Henrik]

Have you tried the game in dosbox?

[horsecrazy]

Er...that would be a 'no,' since I don't know what dosbox is. LOL But it did work on my sister's computer, which is an older one, so my computer was obviously too fast for it or something.

[captivus]

does anybody know how to play that game where you're supposed to win amethyst ?

[Havell]

You have to create a line of three pieces, if you manage this, you may remove one of your opponent's pieces. After all of the pieces have been placed on the board, the players take it in turns to move one of theirs pieces to a spot adjacent to it. The last one with three pieces on the board wins!

[Farsight]

Im stuck in the part with the pixie and the green man.
I can't catch the pixie even though the net goes in the right place. It's almost like it jumps over the net. Is there some way to pass this, slow down the pixie or a save game passed this?

[Kon-Tiki]

The way I did it, was curse like there's no tomorrow 'bout it while talking to a friend of mine on Msn who's played and finished the game. He suggested I send in my savegame files to him and he'd try it, as he's done it before. He started to curse as well, but eventually got it.

Hmmm...

Maybe I ought to open this baby up in SCI Studio and see if I can make it any easier to catch the little bugger.

[Wizardallergic2cats]

I am having a problem, being able to use the hand code. I have the hand code documentation...but how do I use the code on say the end of the game.
Very Frustrating I got to the end part and now I am stuck


Wiz

[Tom Henrik]

Do you mean the part where you free the crusader from his prison?

You are supposed to use the code showed to you by Lady Marian.

[MattB]

Originally posted by Tom Henrik@Aug 4 2004, 05:43 PM
Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!
hey man how do you play that board game in the pub :cry: :huh:

[BUFFY]

Hi Im loving this site! :ok:

I have the original manual of Robin and don't mind scanning the coats-of-arms (there are a few and the one required can change) and other information so it can posted. Throw me a bone admin if you think it'll help.

P.S, I also had the glitch where the game quits and marion dies, cannot remember how I fixed it though... patch/new computer etc...

[auhsor]

My reply a few pages back links to a file that has all the coat of arms and stuff. feel free to use them.

[Spike]

Ok, I feel like a bozo but I can't compeet at the archery turniment because I can't fire more than one arow. I start with an arow in my bow but when I fire I am left with my hand and bow but no arow. The same thing happend on day one when I was shooting with Simon but it didn't seem to mater then. I have tride presing every key on my keybourd but nothing works. I know I can just turn off the arcade option but I would like to play. Any ideas?

[BUFFY]

Originally posted by Spike@Nov 10 2004, 07:18 PM
Ok, I feel like a bozo but I can't compeet at the archery turniment because I can't fire more than one arow.
If my memory servers me correctly, LEFT click fires, click on his HAND to RELOAD.... :ok:

Also, the website that contains the coat-of-arms pdf etc, I couldnt find it there? Im either incredibly blind, but i searched the games section and everything. My manual at home has notes about the board game and everything so If i dont find the pdf I might just scan it anyway.

[auhsor]

Hehe, I had the link to my page wrong. Here it is:
Conquests Of The Longbow Manual Stuff (http://users.tpg.com.au/lukinso/Conquest%20of%20the%20Longbow%20-%20Manual%20stuff.pdf)

I don't know how much help it is, but it's something.

[Mickey Bitsko]

I love this game. Great concept. nice art work, good dialogues. One of those adventure games (like Sam & Max, DOTT and the Space Quests) I like playing again from the beginning. My only problem is I spend way too much time at the start walking around lost in Sherwood Forest looking for Little John! Besides that, a true classic.

[inflikkt]

this game rocks..i totally remember it from back in the day :):)

so does this whole site..i love more than half of all these games, its awesome to be able to replay them now./

i have a problem with it though..i am at the capturing the pixie part..

right after i capture the pixie and robin follows him to the top of the screen.. it freezes.. robin still moves his head around but it wont change screens to go to the tree mans part. it just locks up with the hand wait icon and doesnt change..

what could i do to get past this part?

any help is much appreciated
thnx

[BUFFY]

Originally posted by inflikkt@Nov 18 2004, 03:15 AM
i have a problem with it though..i am at the capturing the pixie part..

right after i capture the pixie and robin follows him to the top of the screen.. it freezes.. robin still moves his head around but it wont change screens to go to the tree mans part. it just locks up with the hand wait icon and doesnt change..

what could i do to get past this part?
I could send you a saved game file past the point where it freezes. There may be a patch for what you are experiencing as some people get odd bugs and others dont... but if you are still having this problem, either myself, or someone already with a save game at that point could send it to you? :bye:

[adamcoxoff]

Originally posted by Wizardallergic2cats@Sep 25 2004, 08:54 PM
I am having a problem, being able to use the hand code. I have the hand code documentation...but how do I use the code on say the end of the game.
Very Frustrating I got to the end part and now I am stuck


Wiz
to use the code just grab yourself and then (in this case by the tower) touch your hand to spell out the druid name for the ivy. I think it's gort or something like that, but i haven't played this game in little while.

good luck dodging the rocks

adam

[TangibleOrange]

Ja, ja... Kudos for putting this game up.

One friggin' problem that's starting to annoy me immensely; Every time I save the game on Day 13 (and it might be due to my save slots being full?) and I try to Load those save games after starting the game, or in the game, I get an error message saying "0.SND NOT FOUND" and the game freezes... :ranting: It's balls because it means once I get to day 13, I have to finish the game in one go (which isn't too hard) but it's just a hassle... and just not very nice, Mr. Sierra.

So, yea, anyone heard of this? :help:

Cheers,
The Tangible Orange :sneaky:

[scissorhands]

Yep. Totally stoked this is on your awesome website. Now I'm on the board, too. So that's cool. Cheers. :cheers:

[Tom Henrik]

Welcome :ok:

[wormpaul]

Nice atavar...

Love pic's like that :ok:

[candice]

to anyone with problems with the game freezing up (during pixie/rescuing marian sections etc):

google for dosbox (it emulates a slow pc), download and install it, then play cotl using it. my game runs fine with it, and i can also listen to the sounds as they were meant to sound, when i configure dosbox to emulate soundblaster.

seriously. it's a tiny program, and fixes all your problems. no need to use other peoples' saves, etc.

[Tom Henrik]

That program is also on this site ;)

Right here. (http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=programs)

[Everybody'sfavoritehero]

^___^ I still have the old floppies too! I never would have stopped playing had I not lost my documentation to the ages


Tom, you deserve to be named legendary and have a statue made of you and placed in the roman colliseum or something like that. Cheers mate :cheers:

[goblins]

yes these guys are doing a great job and another great old dos game

[PepvK]

I like the game, condemned the pixie, but now I have a REALLY BIG problem and loathe the idea of having to start all over again. I'm supposed to be saving marian from the burninators, but as it appears I've forgotten to make a plan with my comrades, and am already inside st Mary in my oldest savegame.... (if i go to the fireplace, they kill me, if I don't i'll be spotted and the killed, the pub entrance is closed) in other words, whatever I do, I'll DIE (and so will marian, but who bothers?). anyone got me a savegame just before when i'm s'posed to ask the merry men for advice? PLZ

[Guest_Alex]

First off, does anyone know how to fix it so I can save my game? When I try, the game just shuts off. Second, who remembers the prequel to this, Conquests of Camelot? That was a good game. Who's got it?

[13th_stage]

I am so happy I found this game. I played this for hours when I was a kid. My parents would have to drag me away. I remember the game came on like five or six floppies.

My thanks to the people who made this game available again.

[claire]

"right after i capture the pixie and robin follows him to the top of the screen.. it freezes.. robin still moves his head around but it wont change screens to go to the tree mans part. it just locks up with the hand wait icon and doesnt change.."


This has just happened to me too! If anyone can help me with this i'll be you're new best friend!

I read something about sending saved game files to fix it?
Thanks in advance! :cheers:

[AmelieBella]

I hate the pixie. With all of my being, I despise it. The pixie has caused me to miss work, I hear that stupid little pixie melody in my dreams at night. I've noticed other people complaining about it, but I never thought it would be this disturbing, this horrific. My dear God, someone has to help me...

Side note, Tom, you rock.

[claire]

I'm alreasy using the dos box but that stupid pixie stills freezes the game. I've tried anything i can think of to fix it - including pounding on mouse when they start walking towards the tree screen - but nothing! evil pixie must die! :ranting:

[claire]

Woo hoo! it unfroze!!
I decided i'd try a few more things to see if i could foil that evil pixie so i went 3/4 of the way across the screen on the right hand side and half way down, i put on the cold ring and when the pixie appeared i threw the net down in front of myself and it worked! all this might have nothing to do with anything but that's what worked for me!
Good luck folks! :ok:

[fridayweb]

Originally posted by horsecrazy@Sep 6 2004, 06:51 PM
I downloaded this game yesterday and spent a couple of hours playing it last night; it's a lot of fun. I'm enjoying it so far, the only problem is that when I get to the scene where Marian is being attacked by the monk, I shoot him with my bow and as he falls down I get booted out of the game. Every time. It's seriously ticking me off, because I'd like to keep playing. Has anyone experienced this before or have any idea how to fix it?
The exact same thing happened to me when I shoot the monk attacking Marian... so it's not just a random problem, I guess. Very odd!

[fridayweb]

Thanks to reading everything in this thread, I downloaded Dosbox. Praise be! This works excellently and has fixed all my glitches. Thanks to everyone who offered advice in this thread. :)

[BUFFY]

For those that experience the game "freezing" at the screen where you save Marion from the Monk, or have trouble capturing the pixie, I have sent Tom Henrik (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=04&MID=98) two saved game files (Monk is dead, pixie is caught :))

Firstly if you have problems with freezing try DosBox (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2696), if that doesn't work PM Tom Henrik (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=04&MID=98) nicely for one of the following files:

1. Kill Monk to save Marion
2. Captured Pixie

Captured Pixie Notes:
The Coat-of-Arms is Kings of Ireland, but this could change. The pixie will lead you to the "Greenman". If you get stuck on the riddles, here is a link to the solutions. (http://www.geocities.com/on_looker_77/greenman.txt)

Save game file Instructions:
* I sugguest you installed the game again (eg. \Robin2) unless you want to delete all your previous LONGBOWS.0??/LONGBOWS.DIR files.
* You will recieve two files, the saved game and the saved game directory file. Place them in the main directory. When you go to load the game it will show two files listed in the Restore box but only the saved game file you got off Tom will work.
(Just delete the one with the "interpreter" error - If you got both saved games they both will work).

Files: LONGBOWS.004 (Marion) and/or LONGBOWS.013 (Pixie captured) with LONGBOWS.DIR.

Also another note about playing the board game:
Click your hand on the points where two (or more) lines met each other to place a piece. Stop him from getting three in a row as you try to do the same.
Once all pieces have been placed, move your pieces around (you cannot skip a "square") to form three in a row, then you can remove a white piece. Continue till there are less then 3 white pieces left.

Lastly a Gemstone riddle not in documents:
I must ride upon a firey horse, through valleys filled with adders and seek the fate that awaits me. What should I take?
1. Turqoise
2. Blue with white mark
3. Black

[maple leaf]

:blink: i've been trying to catch that frickin pixie for DAYS!! i only downloaded the game on my laptop to waste a bit of time, not send me to the loony-bin! :w00t:

:help:

[maple leaf]

Originally posted by claire@Jan 21 2005, 02:17 PM
Woo hoo! it unfroze!!
I decided i'd try a few more things to see if i could foil that evil pixie so i went 3/4 of the way across the screen on the right hand side and half way down, i put on the cold ring and when the pixie appeared i threw the net down in front of myself and it worked! all this might have nothing to do with anything but that's what worked for me!
Good luck folks! :ok:
:sneaky: thanks, i'll try the rings..

[BUFFY]

Throw the net IN FRONT of the pixie

[maple leaf]

:blink: but i am throwing it in front. :crazy:

i love this game, i played this when i was a kid, i don't remember having any trouble netting the little guy though.

[digitab0y]

Nice site been looking for game for a while, used to own it but lost the disks! Thanks! :cheers:

[Guest_mike]

I have problems in running the game, even with boot disc from DOS
charachters doesn't show and disappeare and everything crashes when I kill the black monk in the beginning
Only a writing appears after crash in dos prompt saying "no more handles!"

what can I do???

tnx

[dragonLancer]

did you try runnin it in DosBox? :guns:



-----------DragonLancer

[Guest_mike]

yeah, but characters don't show anyway

what can I do?

[mereum]

[COLOR=red]
HELLO ALL!
I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY (SOMEWHAT) DOWNLOADED THIS GAME. HOWEVER, WHEN I GET TO THE PART WHERE I'M SPOSED TO SAVE THE GIRL AND FIGHT THE GUY IN BLACK, I CAN KILL HIM, BUT IT SHUTS THE GAME DOWN. I HAVE READ OTHER POSTS ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON, HOWEVER I'M RATHER COMPUTER-ILLITERATE AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I CAN DO TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. IS THERE ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO DUMB IT DOWN FOR ME? I SURE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP. THANKS VERY MUCH!
-M.

[auhsor]

I'm sure someone will be able to help, but for next time try not to post in all capitals. It makes your post hard to read, and is considered shouting. :)

[mike_m]

I fixet this by saving just before shooting the black monk and, before loading i waited till the end of the intro

[Pan]

Anybody please help me. I cannot save the game. However hard I try, it just keep replying that my save slots are full. ( but there are nothing in it! ) Should I reconfig my dosbox program? How?

Ps. My brother had been playing another game and it can save fine enough, so I really don't know what's the problem.

Thanks in advance

[BUFFY]

Hmmm....

Check the attributes of your Robin Hood folder - right click, properties, untick the Read-Only box.

Make sure you first of all run INSTALL.EXE, set up the options, I used IBM and soundblaster throughout, then run SIERRA.BAT using DosBox. (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2696)

DosBos is for WinXp and Win2000, you may not need it if you are using Win98.

[Doc Adrian]

after 2 days of this attempt to catch the Fairy/Pixie/Firefly on steroids I am wishing to use a grenade not a net. Beyond that though, I love this game!
Bring me back to the days of my childhood.

I have all the documentation for this, I would be happy to offer it if the administators would like it

Doc

[BUFFY]

Yeah they want the manual, they need it in PDF format....

If you dont have a PDF maker, send it my way and i'll put it in the right format and send it to Tom Henrik. I used to have the manual for this aswell, its a pretty nice one with all the Tree names and Sheild types....

This and Kings Quest 4 where nearly the only games we brought back then, they costed a small fortune but the manuals are so neat@!

[Todd]

For all of the people having freezing problems when shooting the monk attacking Marion on day 2:


You don't necessarily need DOSBox. I love troubleshooting problems and, thusly, I stumbled into this relatively easy solution. All you have to do is constantly keep saving the game after clicking bow on monk to shoot him. Do it as quickly as possible when you return to game from previous save. Move mouse to top of screen, click options link, save your game, return to game, move mouse to top of screen, click options link, save your game (same save game name if you wish), return to game, save, return to game save, etc. I know this sounds tedious, but you only have to do it until Marion leaves the screen; not very long at all. Once Marion leaves the screen the game will function as designed. It is certainly worth it considering all the frustration the freeze causes. For those who don't want to download DOSBox or are not proficient on its operation, this is the quick, easy fix.

[The Hero]

Hi Does anyone know how to beat the guy at 9 men a morris ive been stuck for the longest time?

[DeathDude]

That was a hard part of the game for me too, the main point is that you want to try to get 3 of your pieces in row, then this will allow you to start taking his pieces, it takes practice but eventually you should get it.

[dugdug3]

HELP! I have DOXBox and i downloaded the robin hood game. I open install.exe and it says it installs...But where too?? I cant find the game anywhere.

Sone help??

THanks!!! I love ABANDONIA!!


Doug

[The Hero]

no matter what i try i cant get it please help
does anyone have a saved game or somthing??

[Guest]

nooooooo, no no no nooooooo :crazy: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: I love this game it is probably the best game I have ever played in my life, so im at the middle of day 13 (last day) and I get to the tower and I do the druid code for ivy and the game goes to a black dos windows and says "Out of handles!" OMG I am so sad I have to finish this game someone please help me get this fixed, im begging :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Guest_fridayweb]

Originally posted by inflikkt@Nov 18 2004, 03:15 AM
right after i capture the pixie and robin follows him to the top of the screen.. it freezes.. robin still moves his head around but it wont change screens to go to the tree mans part. it just locks up with the hand wait icon and doesnt change..

what could i do to get past this part?

any help is much appreciated
thnx
I had the same problem, but I only seemed to freeze when I went to the top of the screen. Thus I went to the forest area to the left of the green man's tree and captured the pixie there. He ran off to the right once I released him, and the game proceeded from there. Hope that tip helps! :)

[FatCat]

I have found a patch for the greenman bug.
But it seems that i can't post it here or is there a way?

[Fall-Out-Boy]

can some one help me because i just downloaded this but cant get the sound to work

[The Hero]

Get dosbox and run the install in dosbox and set everything to sound blaster then play the game via dos box
hope that helps

[Fall-Out-Boy]

well i figured it out and i was just running it in dos but now it shuts down half way through so i was trying it in dosbox but i can only get past where i mount the folder to C but cant figure out how to install it

[The Hero]

just drag the games install over the dos box exe

[Gejmer Božo]

This is a great game. I had a wonderful time finishing it. Btw. - is there any chance you can be sentenced to death on the end? If you play the bad guy with all other people?

[DeathDude]

Seems like it, never tried it, but I assume that if you do all the manner of bad things, such as threatening people and want not it could happen.

[Sephirajo]

Oh, thank you so much for this game! I have the 3.5 floppies somewhere and I've been searching for it online to download for years now. This game gave me hours upon hours upon hours of enjoyment when I was younger.

My siblings and I even transcribed someone the midi music for the piano. This game had it all, and now I can enjoy it again.

One day, I will get max points.... one day.

[Guest]

Does this game have voices in it, doesnt matter but if it does someone just let me know.

[DeathDude]

Pretty sure there isn't any voices in the game, haven't heard any.

[indiana jim]

Do you want the manual? Just holla!

[Dominic]

The first time where i see "The Lady Of Robin Hood's Dreams" on the game it shuts off the game, does this happen to any one else? If you know about it please help.

[ecr]

I'm really enjoying this game, bit after 5 days I still can't catch that pixie. Is it still possible to get that post-pixie save game from Tom Hendrik that was mentioned on this forum? I would just be so happy to get back to playing the game. Earlier I also had the problem that when I shot the monk attacking Marian, my game crashed, but I got past that by runnung cpugrabber.

[gENIUsMasteR]

I've got a big problem, when I answer the riddles of the tree man, he never accept my answers, even if they were right and so I become a oak and that's annoying.

[Guest]

Originally posted by ecr@Apr 28 2005, 06:53 PM
I'm really enjoying this game, bit after 5 days I still can't catch that pixie. Is it still possible to get that post-pixie save game from Tom Hendrik that was mentioned on this forum? I would just be so happy to get back to playing the game. Earlier I also had the problem that when I shot the monk attacking Marian, my game crashed, but I got past that by runnung cpugrabber.
where can i download cpugrabber because mine does the exact same thing.

[DEATH KNIGHT]

DARN! i cant wait until this is gonna be in my pc!!!! btw :bye: to admin :D

[Guest_ecr]

You can download cpugrabber and other slow-down programs at http://www.geocities.com/kulhain/
Hope this helps.By the way, when you get past that pixie I'd like to get a save game!

[nulo]

how i can caught the pixie ?

[scotiep]

Is this game protected now or something? I can't download it. Maybe I am doing something wrong too. Someone help please

scotiep

[Tom Henrik]

ESA told us to remove the game. Read why here (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5252)

[Guest_Phoenix]

I figured out why the game freezes after capturing the pixie. It only freezes when the pixie leaves to the north. I noticed that it was very difficult to try to get Robin to leave north in the forest. He would keep getting hung up on the scenery and not be able to figure out how to walk north.

So, to capture the pixie without freezing, go to the willow tree and walk north twice and then west until you come to a clearing. As soon as you see the pixie, throw the net down, and he'll fly onto it and get captured. The pixie will then leave to the south, and Robin won't get caught on the scenery.

Hope this helps.

[Doc Adrian]

It was frustrating the first time I played it, until I found out about the handcode working my clicking on myself.

Truly satisfying to beat it at last

[A. J. Raffles]

No ESA-bashing, please.

[Tom Henrik]

Added the scans for the marvellous box! :ok:

Thanks Alex, you da man! :kosta:

[Guest]

Looks like I stumbled across this site a few months too late. I've been keen to play this game again for a while, but it's ESA protected and I can't find it for sale anywhere. Anyone have any ideas on where I could find a copy?

[A. J. Raffles]

You might try ebay, for example, but it appears to be pretty rare; ebay.com is currently offering a copy, though: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...eName=WDVW&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8205138833&category=62053&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1).

[horsecrazy]

Ok, after starting this game and then forgetting about it for a while, I decided to come back to it and begin playing again, and now I need some help. I'm on day 9 at the very beginning of the day; I know I'm supposed to wander around the forest until the sheriff's men start chasing me, but I've been wandering around for at least a half hour and nobody has shown up yet. Is there a certain screen I need to go to to trigger this part of the game, or something else I need to do before they'll show?

[Doc Adrian]

Not that I know of...you might want to try the overlook or maybe the willow grove

[A. J. Raffles]

Just wondering: are you still collecting gemstone riddles? I got three riddles which aren't on the list yet.

[A. J. Raffles]

This is probably a stupid question, but does anybody know what exactly those different endings are? And what does it depend on which one you get - just your score, or does the number of outlaws and the ransom you collected matter as well? They should, really, otherwise what would be the point in listing them in the first place?

[Doc Adrian]

I will have to fire it up and play intentionally bad..but I think that the Sheriff and Abbot can be pardoned and you and your outlaws could get hung for playing poorly and not helping people and the like.

[A. J. Raffles]

So far I've only managed the "good" ending, the "good" ending minus Marian and the "bad" one (i. e. getting hanged - but Richard spared the outlaws for some reason), and that one was very hard to achieve. It's pretty depressing for an ending, though, so it wasn't really worth it... But I've read somewhere that there are at least five different endings, and I was wondering what the others might be.

[geeksicle]

I found a site belonging to Christy Marx, who has writing credit on this game, where you can download Conquests of the Longbow and also Conquests of Camelot. I've been playing Longbow and it seems to work fine. Is this likely to be legal? Is it okay for me to post a link here? I know you're not allowed to link to warez but as these are allegedly put up by the writer, I'm confused as to whether they're okay to link to or not.

[A. J. Raffles]

I doubt the writer will actually own the rights to the game, though...

[Internet Stealth Man]

I'll post the link to download it.

link removed

I mean, if the DESIGNER herself is releasing the game on her site for free? Then we as the "abadonia community" cant possibly be breaking any laws right ?

Well, here you go!! ENJOY - This is my contribution to this site. MY way of "thanking" you abandonia!!!

Even if you are the designer (I'll give you the benefit of the doubt), you still don't own the rights to the game, they belong to the parent company, which is a member of ESA. so any download link is violating their copyright (unless they have permission, which is rare) and so is breaking the law. That is why I've remved the link - Havell

[Grand Dad]

I am playing it again after umpteen years and am stuck at the 'Nine Man Morris' game for the gem. I've completely forgotten how to play it and beat the 'nasty' veteran. Never before did I have this problem, but then that was years and years ago.

:help:

Oh! And by the way I have the manual which deals with the gemstone riddles, the Druid hand and the coat of arms...need it?

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Grand Dad@Sep 6 2005, 08:48 AM
Oh! And by the way I have the manual which deals with the gemstone riddles, the Druid hand and the coat of arms...need it?
Tom said something about somebody scanning the manual about a month ago, but apparently putting up scans and boxshots takes quite a while. None of my scans are up yet.:(
Anyway, if I were you I'd send a PM to Tom about the manual in case he wants it anyway. He likes to have all sorts of scans, not just manuals but boxes, disks - anything scannable, really.

If you're finding the nine men's morris bit too hard, you might try setting the difficulty setting as low as possible during that scene. But actually it's quite easy.

[Grand Dad]

Easy sez you...here I am trying to lose the first game so that I can play with him again (only four men left) but he doesn't seem to want to win :cry:

[A. J. Raffles]

Just don't let him know that you want him to win.;)
If all that doesn't work, why don't you try asking a mathematician about it? I'm sure there are strategies of winning based on some sort of mathematical principle...

[jediman71]

I recently started playing the game again after many years and it is still as good a game as it was 15 years ago!!! I remember playing as a little kid and not being able to ge past the second day. I could never find Marion!!!! For some reason I thought that the father oak tree had the ladies slipper!! But now that I can read quite well I can get through the dialouge much better and pick up on little sexual hints throughout the game. I also played through the game with the hint book, so I never picked up most of the plot lines because I knew how to do everything. But now I'm really enjoyed.
I also never realized that their were so many different ways to finsih quests... such as your men rescuing the boys or Little John getting the yoemens clothes or using the hand code to get the password after Marion dies.

God this game is amazing!!!

[jediman71]

Originally posted by A. J. Raffles@Sep 6 2005, 08:34 PM
Just don't let him know that you want him to win.;)
If all that doesn't work, why don't you try asking a mathematician about it? I'm sure there are strategies of winning based on some sort of mathematical principle...
If I were to offer any advice, I'd say just try set up your pieces so you block his mills' as easily as possible and set yours in sets of 2/3 so you can just move pieces back and forth to take his pieces. I played yesterday for the first time in years and beat him in the first try. Or just lower the arcade difficulty and it's pretty easy.

[Grand Dad]

:cheers: for winning in the first game. I did too when I first played the game - a very long time ago, guess it was pure luck because I know a 'd**n' about Nine Man Morris. Now I am down to 6 men and he has almost all, he just keeps moving back and forward whn I try to give him a chance to get my men...whn I try to move into vacant plce he blames me for cheating. May be if I play it again I'll do better. Haven't tried for sometime :whistle:

[Guest]

Hey this game is availablve for download on the net. Just do a search for the writer of the game. Her name is Christy Marx. Doing a search for "christy marx" and the name of the game will get you to her site for download of this game.

[A. J. Raffles]

Listen, this is all very well, but we have no evidence whatsoever that this "designer" actually owns the rights to the game. And if she doesn't, she's breaking the law and we shouldn't be pointing people to her site or giving them advice on how to find it.

[Faltru]

Does anyone know where i can get a list of the riddles and thier answers?

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Faltru@Nov 8 2005, 12:19 AM
Does anyone know where i can get a list of the riddles and thier answers?
Here you go (http://www.geocities.com/onlinesierra/mapsandpix.html).:) (You'll need to scroll down to the corresponding riddles, obviously.)

[Grand Dad]

You'll still have to do them right, I suggest saving after each successful answer :D

[Grand Dad]

You'll still have to do them right, I suggest saving after each successful answer :D

[MdaG]

Originally posted by A. J. Raffles@Oct 23 2005, 06:25 PM
Listen, this is all very well, but we have no evidence whatsoever that this "designer" actually owns the rights to the game. And if she doesn't, she's breaking the law and we shouldn't be pointing people to her site or giving them advice on how to find it.
Well if she doesn't own the right it's just a matter of time before she is shut down. It is after all not a secret (anymore) that she has it up for download.

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Grand Dad@Nov 8 2005, 05:18 PM
You'll still have to do them right, I suggest saving after each successful answer :D
Or you can just save before you answer (but after the specific questions have been triggered) and keep trying. There's not that many combinations, actually, so it's fairly easy to figure out all the answers that way. For example, the gemstone riddles are fixed from the moment you step into the boat (or perhaps from the moment you arrive at the gate), so if you save at that point, you'll always be given the same riddles. The sequence in which you click the stones won't matter anyway, as long as you get the right ones, so it's really quite easy.

[no name]

Originally posted by A. J. Raffles+Nov 8 2005, 08:10 AM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (A. J. Raffles @ Nov 8 2005, 08:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>******QuoteBegin-Faltru@Nov 8 2005, 12:19 AM
Does anyone know where i can get a list of the riddles and thier answers?
Here you go (http://www.geocities.com/onlinesierra/mapsandpix.html).:) (You'll need to scroll down to the corresponding riddles, obviously.)[/b][/quote]
By the way, i noticed the link to Alphabet 1 and Alphabet 3 were the same graphic. In order to see Alphabet 3 graphic, you have to change the url "alphabet1" to "alphabet3"

Here is the correct link you all will need

http://www.geocities.com/onlinesierra/sier...y/alphabet3.gif (http://www.geocities.com/onlinesierra/sierracopy/alphabet3.gif)

[Guest_Virus]

I'm having this akward problem solving Green Man riddles. Even if I type in the right answer, he still says that it's worng. The game works perfectly for me through Dosbox, but whats should I do?!?!?! Plz help!!!!THX

[Guest_Virus]

Never mind. Turns out in order for it to work, after entering the correct answer you have to click on the center of the palm.

[Grand Dad]

The correct sequence is the key :ok:
Good Luck!

[Guest]

I downloaded the game from a website, but i dont know how to get it to work. It came in a zip file. I also have dosbox but don't know how to use it! Somebody help me please!!! I played this game when i was little and LOVED IT. I just want to play it again!!!

[The Fifth Horseman]

Go to the Troubleshooting section. Read the FAQ's. Go to the DosBox site. read the FAQ's. Go to the main Abandonia site. Read the DosBox FAQ there as well. Get D-Fend. You're about ready.

In other words, you just asked what has been asked and answered more times then I care to remember.

[bryan]

how do i download the game? i couldn't find a download link on abandonia

[Shrek]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bryan @ Jun 24 2006, 12:47 AM) 239270</div>
how do i download the game? i couldn't find a download link on abandonia
[/b]
That's because the game is from Sierra, which means it is protected and we can not host it - sorry but that's how it works...
If you really want it you will have to find another way to get it.

[Grand Dad]

Tough luck! Most of the fine old games are now controlled by ESA :wallbash:

[Guest]

Hi,
I downloaded this game twice but there's a problem - on day 2 when i shoot the monk who's harassing marian, the game shuts down and i get sent back to windows...
does anyone know how to fix this problem?

[Grand Dad]

Check for a bug or reinstall it. Some expert may advise you better! <_<

[johnnybeware]

:blink:

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I'm completely stuck. I can' seem to get the green man to accept my hand code. I type it in, right or wrong, and then click on my palm and it closes the hand screen, but the game doesn't aknowledge that i've done anything.

any ideas?

[Lulu_Jane]

If I remember correctly it's all about where exactly you click on the hand. At the end of your answer click the center of your lower wrist... I may be wrong (my memory has failed me before ;) ) If you re-read through this thread I believe that this problem has been covered before though.

Good Luck :)

[johnnybeware]

Thanks for the help.

I knew it was the palm i was suppose to click, however, it wasn't working for some reason. I guess my old version had become corrupt? I found a copy of the game on the net and after installing it my latest saved game was corrupt (first hint). Although trying an old save on the old one hadn't helped, loading back and making my way to the tree with this one fixed it right up.

Strange little issue, that tree was starting to drive me nuts.

[Grand Dad]

I believe Lulu Jane is right! Never had this problem :).

[Guest]

Does anyone else have trouble not being able to run this game in fullscreen mode of dosbox? It works fine for me in non fullscreen mode, but I much prefer to play fullscreen. It stutters on the intro music and then freezes with fullscreen.

[Grand Dad]

Frankly I haven't played it recently, that is after getting this new computer and XP and on DOSBox. But on Win98 never had this problem.
I am sure somebody will tell you more :).
Good Luck!

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Mar 5 2007, 03:22 PM) 281984</div>
Frankly I haven't played it recently, that is after getting this new computer and XP and on DOSBox. But on Win98 never had this problem.
I am sure somebody will tell you more :).
Good Luck!
[/b]

Dang, would really like to play this game, but really dont want to play in smalls screen mode. :sos:

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Mar 7 2007, 02:28 AM) 282212</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grand Dad @ Mar 5 2007, 03:22 PM) 281984
Frankly I haven't played it recently, that is after getting this new computer and XP and on DOSBox. But on Win98 never had this problem.
I am sure somebody will tell you more :).
Good Luck!
[/b]

Dang, would really like to play this game, but really dont want to play in smalls screen mode. :sos:
[/b][/quote]

Ok it works in full screen mode if you run the executable file in windows 95 mode. Yea! :brain:

[Grand Dad]

"Dang" and dang again....I tried playing it after my last post about the game and it just doesn't work. I am still stuck at the Pup trying to get the gem from the old coot. [Remember this is about the fourth time playing without any problems] so why now? Once started I DO like to finish a game :(.

[Guest]

Sorry to necropost this topic, but I looked through the whole thread and nobody answered how to get past the glitch in the Green Man part when nothing happens when you answer. I've tried clicking everywhere, including the center of the palm, and I've tried clicking dozens upon dozens of times. I tried clicking letters until it reset, cause I remember doing that yields a wrong answer, but it doesn't, it brings me back to me standing there. If I talk to the green man the scene starts over and he turns me into a tree again and gives me a new riddle.

The weirdest part is I didn't have this problem the first time I played through. I'm only having it now that I'm trying to get a perfect score.

[faeornran]

I'd think that this is an exception to necroposting since there really isn't a better place to post it without creating a redundant new thread.

Have you tried walking off the screen and coming back on or loading to before you caught the pixie? It could have just been a timer issue that didn't reset, or maybe something didn't trigger when Marian showed you how to use the scroll.

[Grand Dad]

That could be the reason...if you answered correctly the first time you don't face that problem, unless there's a bug! :(

[RettMikhal]

I posted that under guest, I thought I was logged in.

The bug is even weirder than I thought. After I 'answer' and nothing happens, I can literally move, as a tree... I just slide around, but when I try to leave the screen I just go forever and never transfer screen. I can even shoot the green man, which makes the game freeze. I tried capturing the pixie again, and the same problem happens.

I still don't understand why this happened this time, but not the first time around.

[The Fifth Horseman]

FYI, the Games Discussion forum is by its specific one where no matter how old a thread is, replying to it won't be treated as necroposting.

[Elisabetta611]

Ok, I need help.

I'm at the Green Man's test. I answer the riddles. Correctly, I might add. I click or press ENTER, both causes my answers to disappear and I end up as a tree.

WHAT am I doing wrong? I've got the hand code memorized by now, yes, I tried it A LOT!

[Carcaroth]

Man, I hate this ESA people. How does it work? They write to the site telling you to not distribute the game? Cause I doubt they will make money with it again. Its almost 15 years old. The PS2 generation wont waste their time with a game with graphics like this. They should rethink their policy...

[The Fifth Horseman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Carcaroth @ May 16 2007, 02:48 PM) 290489</div>
Man, I hate this ESA people. How does it work? They write to the site telling you to not distribute the game? Cause I doubt they will make money with it again. Its almost 15 years old. The PS2 generation wont waste their time with a game with graphics like this. They should rethink their policy...
[/b]
ESA gets paid to shut down software piracy. The definition of that includes Abandonware sites.
And no, they don't just write telling you to not distribute the game... they write telling you to stop distributing the game in 48 hours or be permamently shutdown and subject to a lawsuit.

This game is 16 years old, actually, thus getting out of the protection period that is a result of our agreement with ESA and as such it might be placed back for download any day now.

[Carcaroth]

Hm. Sounds hopeful. Thanks for the explaination, man. :ok:

[Ulver]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Apr 1 2007, 03:35 AM) 285696</div>
Sorry to necropost this topic, but I looked through the whole thread and nobody answered how to get past the glitch in the Green Man part when nothing happens when you answer. I've tried clicking everywhere, including the center of the palm, and I've tried clicking dozens upon dozens of times. I tried clicking letters until it reset, cause I remember doing that yields a wrong answer, but it doesn't, it brings me back to me standing there. If I talk to the green man the scene starts over and he turns me into a tree again and gives me a new riddle.

The weirdest part is I didn't have this problem the first time I played through. I'm only having it now that I'm trying to get a perfect score.
[/b]


I have exactly the same problem, I answer the riddle, right or wrong, I press EVERYWHERE on the palm but nothing happens. Then, I can move around as half-man half-tree ( :wallbash: ), leave the screen and go to other places like nothing has happened. HELP

[Guest]

Just to let you guys know, this game is also compatible with VDMsound, unlike it says at the page.

[Grand Dad]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Elisabetta611 @ May 16 2007, 03:03 PM) 290462</div>
Ok, I need help.

I'm at the Green Man's test. I answer the riddles. Correctly, I might add. I click or press ENTER, both causes my answers to disappear and I end up as a tree.

WHAT am I doing wrong? I've got the hand code memorized by now, yes, I tried it A LOT!
[/b]

I doubt if are doing anything wrong! Seems more like a bug? Is it the first time you are playing it?

[Guest]

Hello, Sorry to re-revive this thread. I owned the game way back when I had a 286SX16 and I loved it. Wikipedia brought me to Christy's site where I redownloaded it.

I'm stuck in exactly the same way I was stuck 17 years ago... I'm at the abbey, I grabbed the robes, but I can't figure out how to get into the hedges, or to get to a room where I am supposed to talk to a monk and get a casket for wine.

Help? I move to the top of the screen and it doesn't go to another screen, if I try to click higher, it brings up my 'controls'. Where am I supposed to click?

[Rett]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jul 16 2007, 05:04 PM) 299697</div>
Hello, Sorry to re-revive this thread. I owned the game way back when I had a 286SX16 and I loved it. Wikipedia brought me to Christy's site where I redownloaded it.

I'm stuck in exactly the same way I was stuck 17 years ago... I'm at the abbey, I grabbed the robes, but I can't figure out how to get into the hedges, or to get to a room where I am supposed to talk to a monk and get a casket for wine.

Help? I move to the top of the screen and it doesn't go to another screen, if I try to click higher, it brings up my 'controls'. Where am I supposed to click?
[/b]

I remember just going to the northern most part of the Church, and it should bring you to the center with the pews and the stained class windows. From there just go to the right side door and follow the hedgemaze, follow an FAQ to find a map.

To get the casket, you need to go into the southern left room of the church, where you'll find the abbot drinking. He'll ask you to bring him another full casket. Make sure to play the drunk man at the bar and win.

[Guest]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rett @ Jul 17 2007, 01:14 AM) 299767</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Jul 16 2007, 05:04 PM) 299697
Hello, Sorry to re-revive this thread. I owned the game way back when I had a 286SX16 and I loved it. Wikipedia brought me to Christy's site where I redownloaded it.

I'm stuck in exactly the same way I was stuck 17 years ago... I'm at the abbey, I grabbed the robes, but I can't figure out how to get into the hedges, or to get to a room where I am supposed to talk to a monk and get a casket for wine.

Help? I move to the top of the screen and it doesn't go to another screen, if I try to click higher, it brings up my 'controls'. Where am I supposed to click?
[/b]

I remember just going to the northern most part of the Church, and it should bring you to the center with the pews and the stained class windows. From there just go to the right side door and follow the hedgemaze, follow an FAQ to find a map.

To get the casket, you need to go into the southern left room of the church, where you'll find the abbot drinking. He'll ask you to bring him another full casket. Make sure to play the drunk man at the bar and win.
[/b][/quote]

THat's it. When you walk into the center of the room it changes perspective. Thanks!

[Grand Dad]

Must not only play but win to get a precious stone from him. This is essential as the Abbot will ask you to taste (test) the drink you bring! He is a suspicious blighter! :)
Happy Hunting & PEACE!

[die k-fed]

is there a speech version of this? or just text only?

[Grand Dad]

I doubt if there's any speech in this version, remember it's a very old, old game :)!

[pellets]

Why ESA.... WHY....

*crying my heart out*

[_r.u.s.s.]

coughgooglecough

[Grand Dad]

Oh! Ah! ESA well it's there, nothing anyone can do about it :(.

[Jus'Me]

I've read this whole thread and multiple walkthroughs, searched Google, etc., can't find any answer to my problem. Hopefully someone here can help!

I'm on Day...12? The Sheriff's men are sweeping the forest again. I can walk around my camp, the widow's cottage, the outlook, Watling Street, and the willow grove unhindered. But the second I walk into any part of the generic forest or the oak grove, I get the "stop hand" cursor and am instantly attacked by soldiers -- thus I'm unable to run, access my cursors, or turn into a tree.

To clarify, I'm not stuck on the mechanics of turning into a tree. I was quite successful with the hand code the first time while escaping the soldiers. But the second time doesn't even give me the chance to try. Is this a bug, do I need a slowdown program (I'm already using DOSbox), or am I missing something?

Thanks!

[Incappucciato d'Ombra]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jus'Me @ Sep 27 2007, 05:10 AM) 313378</div>
I'm on Day...12? The Sheriff's men are sweeping the forest again. I can walk around my camp, the widow's cottage, the outlook, Watling Street, and the willow grove unhindered. But the second I walk into any part of the generic forest or the oak grove, I get the "stop hand" cursor and am instantly attacked by soldiers -- thus I'm unable to run, access my cursors, or turn into a tree.
[/b]

Very strange :blink: I've played the Amiga version without problem and the only things that may be different are:
1) i simply run on a location with one druid tree and automatically Robin will be transformed into a tree (no need of code :ph34r: ).
2) the amiga emulator automatically set up the perfect speed (of the amiga processor) so the game run at the right speed.

I don't know if even in the PC version is possible to run on a location with a druid tree and automatically be changed onto a tree..... try... just in case :ph34r:

Try also to slow down Dosbox speed, i remember that if i had lost even only few seconds ... sherif's men caught Robin and the game is over (so if your PC/Dosbox speed is too high the game run so fast that you can't do nothing).

[Jus'Me]

Thanks for your tips, Incappucciato d'Ombra. PC version doesn't seem to give you any help -- no automatic tree-morphing! I also tried slowing everything (in-game speed and DOSbox speed) way down, which made the game crawl but didn't fix the problem. I ended up going back to a saved game, just before the first time the Sheriff's men swept the forest. Rather than going to the Ancient Oak (where the Green Man lives), as I did the first time, I went to the Ash Grove SW of the widow's cottage. Played the game through to the second sweep, returning to the Ash Grove, and had time to run, access cursors, and turn into a tree again. Problem solved! Must've just been a weird bug/glitch I ran into. Hopefully this will help anybody else who might have this same problem. :D

Thank goodness for Abandonia and its forums!

[Grand Dad]

That's good Jus'Me...I am happy for you :)! Never had this problem myself though!

[CBK]

This game should be added for download it's not protected by the ESA anymore. Christy Marx who did all the writing for Conquests of the Longbow has made the game free.

http://www.christymarx.com/writing/robin.htm

[bannan]

I feel stupid, but Ive looked all over the page and i cant see the download link, help me!

[Incappucciato d'Ombra]

You cannot see the download link simply because the game is still protected, instead of the download link you can see the "ESA- NO GO" picture :) (or is a link? then perhaps i verify :p)

As for the post of CBK, i think that must be verified and only then the download link will replace the esa no go :)

[The Fifth Horseman]

Essentially it's one of the authors offering the game from her personal site. Since it doesn't seem to have caused her any problems with Sierra, I think we can safely declare CotL freeware.

[Luchsen]

Done (until further notice).

[Sal]

:laugh:Hurrah...Finally able to downlaod this great game..Thanks Abandonia..Can't wait to play...SAL

[Tommyboy71]

Greetings!

I have recently downloaded Robinhood. I had this game over a decade ago as a teenager. I never beat it, but I found it again on here and am trying to get it to work! I have downloaded Dosbox and know how to use it basically. My problem is, the Robinhood version you download is the pre-installed version. how can I install this?

Thank you to all for your time and help,

Tommyboy

[The Fifth Horseman]

if you need to change the game's configuration look for EXE or COM files in the directory other than the one used to start it.

[OriolesRule]

You can fight the monk with a staff? Is that later in the game or at the part where Marian is being attacked? I tried re-downloading it and it still doesn't work!! I think I'm going to try it on my sister's computer because mine is just about brand spankin' new and maybe it's having problems because it's an older game.

Abandonia.com's version is 1.1. I'm not sure if this is the latest version ever released. This game still crashes at random times due to "Out of handles!" :notrust: The errrors are probably due to a limitation with the SCI engine itself. Well, that's another reason to save your game! :idea:

You can only fight the Abbey's monk in brown robes with Little John's quarterstaff. The exact time clicking the walk cursor determines which monk appears on Watling Street first. Don't take too long! You can also visit Watling Street by clicking the hand cursor on it, as if you can just grab & pull it towards you. Don't worry about meeting the "wrong" monk, because you'll meet the other one tomorrow. You need to meet both of them to finish the game.

Speaking of playing as an Abbey monk, does anyone know of a good first move or general strategy for winning Nine Men's Morris? I remember searching and finding an entire solution on the Internet somewhere, but there's no hints at all in Abandonia.com's walkthrough.

[OriolesRule]

How to get maximum points...

DIFFICULT!

When I played through it, my highest score can be seen in the last screenshot. And it is WAY below the max. Maybe it is because I shot one of the pixies? :lol:
I don't know how he did this, but some player INTENTIONALLY finished the game in the worst possible way to see the worst possible ending. Not only did the outlaws fail to add to the puny 300 ransom they started with, the merry men actually LOST 10 outlaws & only scored 980/7325 points! You must do everything Robin Hood doesn't stand for. (make people mad, kill peasants, & letting Maid Marien die & not resurrect her)

He's posted the worst ending on YouTube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay5sdkzCkNo&feature=related

[OriolesRule]

Oh, thank you so much for this game! I have the 3.5 floppies somewhere and I've been searching for it online to download for years now. This game gave me hours upon hours upon hours of enjoyment when I was younger.

My siblings and I even transcribed someone the midi music for the piano. This game had it all, and now I can enjoy it again.

One day, I will get max points.... one day.

I have a secret to get max points. Please don't try for max points before finishing the game once, but if you wish to redo the entire game for max points, here's the max points walk-through.

http://www.the-spoiler.com/ADVENTURE/Sierra/robin.hood.4.html (http://www.the-spoiler.com/ADVENTURE/Sierra/robin.hood.4.html)

Look at the bottom of this walk-through for the all of the coat-of-arms & other information which was included in the original manual which you will need to finish the game.

http://www.the-spoiler.com/ADVENTURE/Sierra/conquests.of.the.longbow.1.html (http://www.the-spoiler.com/ADVENTURE/Sierra/conquests.of.the.longbow.1.html)

[lazylisa]

Just finished the game, really liked it a lot, except that I lost some points by turning the arcade level way down. :) I was tired of being hit by falling rocks on that damn tower!

I love how Sierra will find a way to inject some humor into even the most "serious" games. This is what happened when I was disguised as a monk, and I clicked the hand cursor on the other monk in the abbey:

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8466/scidhuv004bt9.png

[The Fifth Horseman]

You should tell Kevin McCullough about this... I'm sure he'll love to spout another tirade on how computer games are corrupting the minds of innocent little children (LULZ).

[Inn_depth]

I have been trying to play this game for years but I can never get it to run properly, not even in Dos Box. Every time I catch that green little fairy the games glitches out and closes the application down.

Will I ever get to play this game all the way through?? If there are any patches available let me know.

Thank you


Hailey

[guitarstring1084]

I just found out about dosbox and I;ve been trying to play this long lost game I used to love but Don't know what file runs it. My last comand promp is C:\Robin> Does anyone know what I have to type to make the game run? And do I need a disk? Thank you!

[The Fifth Horseman]

My last comand promp is C:\Robin> Does anyone know what I have to type to make the game run?
Robin.bat
or
Scidhuv.exe

[_r.u.s.s.]

to find an excutable of any game enter comand
dir *.exe or dir *.bat and it will show you excutable files

anyways, the excutable file in this game is robin.bat or sierra.bat, so just type one of those

edit: oh horseman was faster

[guest_erik]

i'm on the last day, i got to the point where i'm escaping the tower. it asked me if i wanted to save, so i did. well i got hit by one of the rocks and died, and now i can't restore any of my saved games. it just keeps saying that it can't be found, yet the files are in the game folder. i've read through the entire thread and it said nothing about this. i would greatly appreciate some help

[cnquist]

I loved the sierra quest series but I had never played this game... Until now. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I especially liked the songs that your friends sing if you die and the easter eggs of fellow Sierra game creators in the Festival.

[guest]

nooooooo, no no no nooooooo :crazy: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: I love this game it is probably the best game I have ever played in my life, so im at the middle of day 13 (last day) and I get to the tower and I do the druid code for ivy and the game goes to a black dos windows and says "Out of handles!" OMG I am so sad I have to finish this game someone please help me get this fixed, im begging :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

I'm also encountering a similar problem. I get to day 2 and I shoot the monk that's attakcing Marian and it goes back to the command prompt screen and says "Out of Handles".

Does anyone know why this is doing this? Or how I can fix it?

[gumpy]

I'm also encountering a similar problem. I get to day 2 and I shoot the monk that's attakcing Marian and it goes back to the command prompt screen and says "Out of Handles".

Does anyone know why this is doing this? Or how I can fix it?

Sometimes Sierra's VGA games tend to do this for no reason at all. Try saving your game near the point where it crashes and then reload and try that part again and see if it works.

[Guest]

Sometimes Sierra's VGA games tend to do this for no reason at all. Try saving your game near the point where it crashes and then reload and try that part again and see if it works.

I've tried that several times. I've saved my game right before I shoot the monk and re-loaded and re-played it as many as five times and it continues to happen.

What makes it even more frustrating is that I have the floppy discs. I'm not running the game on DosBOx I'm running it straight from MsDos.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

[El Quia]

You could try, sometimes, to lower the level of detail to the minimum and now I don't remember if speed to the bottom or to the top. Usually, those settings help me at those weird error that used to plague Sierra games :(. That was one of the very few thing I had against Sierra games :). Also, going to a save game a bit earlier in the game and trying other things firsts? A lower success rate than the other tip, but sometimes the memory misstep (I suspect it is this) turns inoffensive.

My other favorite error was "Oops! You did something we didn't expected" and crash to DOS. It was specially fun when it happened once at the end of the animated sequence at the end of the trials of adulthood of the Simbani in Quest For Glory III :D

[cnquist]

Have you tried running it is DOSBox? You never know it might clear things up. I don't think I have had any classic Sierra errors using DOSBox.

[gumpy]

Try DOSBOX, and also try saving a game before you get to the screen with the monk, and then reload from there.

[Lulu_Jane]

Gumpy please read the thread, not only was almost the exact same advice posted directly before you, but a similar suggestion was made in the last few pages and the user with the issue explains they have tried this. No need to be spammy :)

[red_avatar]

I've tried that several times. I've saved my game right before I shoot the monk and re-loaded and re-played it as many as five times and it continues to happen.

What makes it even more frustrating is that I have the floppy discs. I'm not running the game on DosBOx I'm running it straight from MsDos.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Use DOSBox. Running out of handles is usually caused by real DOS limitations. You could try to increase the number of the FILES environment variable under DOS but DOSBox does not have such limitation AFAIK. Otherwise, it's a known problem with Sierra games and quitting the game and then reloading a previous save can solve the problem (do NOT just reload in the same game).

[RWilco86]

This was one of the best games of my childhood... and again of my teen years. Timeless, difficult fun. Talk to the trees.

[Visitor]

So I found this old game of my dad's and started playing it cuz I like that sorta thing. I got about halfway through it when my computer crashed and I installed it on a new one and started over. However, whenever I get to the part when I have to save Maid Marian, when I shoot the attacker the screen goes black and a message reads: OUT OF HANDLES. What does this mean and how can I fix it? I love this game!

[DarthHelmet86]

Are you using Dosbox to play the game?

[Phantom]

DOSBox is the most reliable when it comes to play old DOS games. No second option for me.

[simpleblue]

This is one of my favorite adventure games! I remember playing this as a kid and being stuck for hours at certain spots but determined to pass it.

I tried my best a few days ago and got about 7100 or so points. I think choosing to have arcade mode turned off is why my score was not higher. I played it using the scummvm engine on my Motorola Xoom and I've found this platform to be the most enjoyable experience as all you have to do is touch the screen to play.

After beating the game I played the 'worst' I could by threatening everyone I could with the arrow and making sure as many outlaws die as possible. I ended with 12 outlaws and 300 randsom. But I did not find a way to kill Maid Marian. I tried to let her die in the fire when she is condemed as a witch but when I got to the place she is burning at and I was about to open the door the game says, "Where is Will, he should be blowing his horn." Then instead of letting me enter, the busy hand comes up and it freezes. I've tried it many times with the same result. Perhaps there are so many combinations in the game that the programmers might have missed a few and so the game doesn't know what to do and freezes.

After Marian is saved from the fire I tried letting her die in the willow grove, but it comes back to bite you on the 13th (last) day. If she is dead then when you try to pass the river to go to the Monastery the willow-o-wisps will tell you it is not in their plans and they wont let you cross, but in any event you'd not have the password you need to pass at the end. Also you are warned by your outlaws that you're basically doomed, so I'm wondering how people are able to kill her?

[ffxplayer]

Does anyone know what to do when I get an Interp .Err in Dosbox? I've re-downloaded the game and it's still happening. Whatever .exe or .bat file I try to run, other than Install, it gives the same result.

[Trololoooooooool]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/173)

heyy downloaded the game 5 minutes ago but i dont find this magicial word from the manual xD where can i find it ?

Thanks =)

[DarthHelmet86]

Did you download the extras? From what I remember they have all the games copy protection in them, you are going to need most of them. Druid Hand codes, Tree names, Coat of Arms and I think Gemstone riddles.

[AnitaM]

Was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction--any help would be appreciated!

Just downloaded the game, but find I am unable to save--I get an "illegal action" message. Do I have something on the wrong setting? Is there something else I have to download?

I have a feeling the answer is pretty simple, but my brain is pretty wrung out at the moment. Also, if this is the wrong place to be asking, please let me know where to go to get the answer.

Thanks! :)

[DarthHelmet86]

Are you running the game in Dosbox? If so what are your mounts and Dosbox version? If not grab Dosbox and run it in that we have a nice tutorial if you need help HERE! (http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406)

[Aelfrey]

Hey, I'm running Windows 7 and I downloaded the game today. However, when I tried to install it, Windows told me that it's not compatible with this version of windows. Will dosbox fix that issue?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Yes.

[JFB]

Anyone have the answers to the gemstone codes?

[Lulu_Jane]

All the copy protection answers are available through the documentation links on the game page :)

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/173

[vonpookie]

As far as documentation goes, I still have the original box, manuals, and inserts for this game. I could scan them--if there is any interest, let me know! :)