Moonstone - A Hard Days Knight
 

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

Well, it has only one bad point I could think of: it is too short, you won't need more than 0.5-1 hours to finish it. But because this game makes so much fun you surely will start the game again after you've finished it. :wink:

Moonstone
 

Hehe used to play this game alot on the amiga, alongside with "Cyber Empires" aka "Steel Empire"

Deff one of my favorite games back then. :wink:

Yay... just played it throu... damn.. it brings back ALOT of memories... it's one of the games i BOUGHT for my Amiga 500 back when it was released in 92-93'ish.. (can't remember when i bought it)
And it took 30-40 mins to finish as usual.. ;)

SPOILER:
The trick is to just finish the dragon off.. and man.. the dragon is one of the easiest creatures to kill once you get hold of a claymor..
Just lure it into steaching it's neck down, chop it with an over-head blow, and move towards it, and back again.. repeat until dead ;) Muhahaha

i used to play this game on the amiga way back as well. The disks were screwed tho so you could never finish the game. i never thought id play this game again but by god ill finsh this son of a bitch this time

Muiltplayer is the absolute best tho i used to paly 3 palyer with my 2 brothers and always lost :( lol

its been so long that i dont remember is the only way to play multiplayer with one computer or can u do it over networks?

fantastic fucking game well done tom for posting it you are a ledgend

man i never realised how censored this bord was, "son of a femal dog"
jesus

Well.... The site is growing and as long as there are people out there that gets offended by reading certain words, we will have sencorship on this page.

Sorry :cry:
(I hate the sencorships as much as anyone).

I don't think censorship is that bad, since there are sometimes people too, that just would love to go on with all that **** and **** words if allowed. Especially when there are even more people visiting the site.

Gentlemen, may I ask for your help?

I CAN'T RUN the game. After the introduction finishes, the program crashes back to windows, no messages displayed.

Couls anyone help me? What am I supposed to do?
I run WinXP in a P4 with 512mb ram

Thank you in advance.

You should always try to run old games in DOSbox before doing anything else. This program is the best program out there for playing such games.

You can download it from our main site. :)

Thanks for the hint,

I did download it, but I am ehmmmm,,,,
unable to understand how to use the dosbox.............
any help?

Thank you

Use the newbie guide:

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.p...ation+of+DosBox

Basicly...

If you have the game installed (unzipped) in C:\Games\Moon\
comman-line looks like this:

"c:\[wherever_dosbox_is]dosbox.exe c:\Games\Moon"

A window pops up, saying "C:\" at it's last line...

This is the "Moon" directory..
Now just execute the main program (MS.exe) and the game starts running..

Now there is other variables so "c:\[wherever_dosbox_is]dosbox.exe c:\Games\Moon".. read the readme.txt for them is DosBox..

ENJOY!

Exscuse me! But is there anyone that can tell me how to defend attacks? Or can give a kind of "Manual" of controls?

Thanks very much and improve my english ;)

Congratulation for the site! It's wonderful!!!

You can parry attacks when you press fire+back (from the direction of your enemy).

Manual... of.... controls.... :shock: :x

DAMN!
They will be up, in 5 minutes!

Umm... Expect it as soon as I have found it in one of my two laptops :oops:

Good thing we have so many new people drop by and get Tom doing things or else he'd forget.

Hehe...

But there is an unused topic in the Request part, where you people can help me remember. It's just that no-one has bothered writing something there... except for Danny252 who just gave me some lip :P

:roll: So I need to wait that you found them? OK! ;) No Problem ! :D thanks!

This game is best when played with a bunch of friends I think. there's nothign more fun than letting your friend get hold of the moonstoen only to bumrush him and chop him to bits before going ot win the game yourself. The rivalry in this game was the best part.

Ok.... Clumsy me has managed to loose the file with the controls.

Could the person who sent them to me ages ago, please sent it again? :unsure:

So what to do when you have defeated the arena, and got hold of the moonstone?

never did get this far, since the game i had was buggy, and crashed when i next time viewed my backpack with the moonstone in it.

When you have the moonstone, all you have to do is just wait for the right day to appear, then the end-video appears end the game ends.

Could I get some help? When I try to start the game it wants me to put diskA in drive and press fire. (???)
Sounds simple but I really don't know what I should do. :huh:

Played it in DosBox, available on this site? ;)

YES! It works! I guess DosBox did it's job again :ok:

I need some help... I found out how to get soundblaster soundeffects by editing the moon.cfg file, but how do I get music :music: ? (using dosbox)

I'm not exactly sure now, but it should be set to Adlib, if I'm right there... ;)

I use adblib.

Last time I played Moonstone was on WinUAE. It has better Music, I think. Does the PC Version support digital sound effects?

I had some problems while emulating it on the Amiga. When I kiled the dragon for example and took a key valley, i had all 4 in my inventory shown on the wrong position. This caused the Amiga to make a Guru Meditation (blue screen of death on Amiga). Ar there similar bugs, when I emulate it on dosbox?

c ya
gdp2000

I never played it much, so I never got to the dragon. But the time I played it, I didn't encounter any bugs.

But it would be nice to know for sure. So try it, and tell what you find out. That would be great! :ok:

can anyone please give me a description of the scrolls and what they do

Description:
c ya
gdp2k

I have another question about that game...Does it have an Extro ? I just finished the Guardian in the Valley, got the New Moonstone and now ? Was that everything ? Or what do i have to do with the Stone ? :Titan:

You have to return the moonstones to moonstone. I can remember that the right moonphase is necessary.

There'll be the extro.

Did you play it on DosBox? Did you encounter any problems?

c ya
gdp2k

The easiest way to use DOSbox would be to simply drag the game file into the open DOSbox window :ok:

Or:

Newbie's Guide To DOSBox

Like Moonstone guys? - see my site!

www.moonstonetavern.co.uk

Cheers :ok:

great site!! :ok:

I played moonstone last time on the amiga emulator, and it was a great version because it had a bug wich alowed you to sacrifise daggers for lives.. LOL

In the dos version you have to click on your character values to get a life in moonstone...

c ya
gdp2k

I got a problem. I run the game fine, but no buttons seems to respond. And the intro goes on until the insert disc A appears and nothing happens. I run it in dosbox yes. and I also dont have sound.
Windows XP here.

Hello...Does anyone know why the game crashes while encountering dragon with yellow knight…I also have to re”mount” my drive again…and that sucks!!!....... plz help…

I have windows XP

i used to play this game on my amiga and i love it.
but i can't get it to work and i don't know how to make it work i just get to the point were it says you have to put in disc A and i can't get on. does anyone know what to do?

Are you trying to play the game in Windows XP?

man, what a game...
i remember playing it on my atari st, and i thought of the game a few times since then but couldn't remember the name...
then i saw the screenshots, and boy was i happy

could someone just list the keys and the uses of the scrolls

btw since i don't know where else to say it:
THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST SITE EVER

Thanks.

You attack using combinations of the cursor keys and the Enter key :ok:

yes i tried it in windows xp

thanx a lot

I thought so... You must run the game in DOSBox. (You can find it on our main site, in the Program section - link in the left menu) :ok:

When I play, it says, please insert disk A....... what the hell?

Could we please have some more information?
What system are you playing the game on, and so on?

Just came across this game...looks like my kind of game. Short, replayable, a touch of rpg and arcade. I love games with overhead maps. =) I wonder why I've never heard of this game before.

Anyway, can anyone give some pointers here? I assume I have to master parrying as right now my strategy to go all out and hack opponents is't doing the trick.

So I press back and hit my return button? (Actually I'm using the joystick and buttons).

As for making money, do you get any money win defeating other nights? Is there a way to loot them? I tried the dice game but didn't win once in 5 tries so I'm out of coins.

Also when entering a lair, I saw a chest but I couldn't live through the multiple monster attacks so I have yet to see what rewards I get.

So basically get money by kiling things, improve you level and visit towns to heal and buy stuff? Just want to make sure I get the routine down.

You loot ;)

I never parry. The best strategy for me is to attack, then move out of the way. :ok:
(Learn the attack pattern of your enemies).

I played in dosbox but the game not work after main menu screen( choice how many player etc). cursor can't go down to play the game....
help me please.....
(i used win xp pro amd prosesor)

I am experiencing the "Insert Disc A" problem too. The intro runs as it should, then I get the "Insert Disc" screen, and it says "press fire", and no key is going to make anything happen... (I'm pretty sure that one of the following was used as the "fire" button: Enter, Spacebar or Right Shift)

I'm trying to run the game using VDM Sound on a Win XP system.

Try using DOSBox.

I have WinXP as well, and I played through the game (and updated it to the site). Worked for me.

I voted this game as a best amiga game ever.

I got this disk error, When i just put all the files in one folder.
Try to use "Check-out" thing.

:ranting: When I try to start the game is stands "insert disk a and press fire" but what the **** is fire? :ranting:

:ranting: When I start the game I get a message that says "Insert Disk A an then press fire" what the ***** is fire!!!!! :ranting:

Try pushing every button available.

this game is the greatest game I ever seen.
:sniper: :tom

You're welcome.

I need help.


When I die, I go to the inventory, and I don't know how to exit it... :help:

If I remember correctly, you need to move the sword cursor either to the middle between the two "gates" and klick there or to the very edge of them either left or right and klick there. Either way, I hope it helps ;)

get your self d fend - the handy dandy frontend for dosbox, it rules, period, jus make sure u get the right version o d fend for your version o dosbox.

joy of joys im playin moonstone again :D site rules as you guys know, amazingly enuff it seems that i aint being spared the weird bug syndrome as with evry copy o moonstone i have ever played in the past. sometimes the darn dragon attacks me 3 times in a row, on the 3rd time it crashes out on me, anyone else had this problem, mb its my d fend config , god knows :eeeeeh:

when the dragon apears, dont move, keep ur hands off your joy stick / paduntil he starts moving then move, shld stop it crashing

:( almost felt like crying when i saw a "no go" sign on the download....
I just love this game....i miss it so much..use to play it on my long gone Amiga600....i really love this game... :\ *sigh*

:Titan: At last the Knights of the moonstone embark once more on their quest for immortality... The dragons treasure will be mine in due time... The black knights shall fall under my blade... And I will be renown as the supreme immortal being, a star on the sky, and a god amongst men...

:cheers: Cheers everyone! Moonstones back!
Were there made any changes to the pc version of the game? Until recently I had only tried the amiga version. :bleh:

less bugs.

I THINK IS A FUN GAME YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN RIGHT? BUT I CANT MAKE IT WORK *** the rest of this post has been erased due to insulting content - strobe

How do you throw knives?

Press Up + Forward ;)

Due to the whole discussion 'bout moonstone, I'm an old fan as well... And I've tried to make the game work ever since I came to knowlegde about the option of playin' it again... but nothing I've tried has worked... neither DOSBox nor any other program... DOSBox simply won't start up the game, as described in; "newbies manual"... And windows can start the intro, but thereafter I'm experiencing the same problem as many others, "insert disk a and press fire"...

So please help... The despair will soon get the upper hand, if not succes will be achieved! I REALLY loved that game, an' I wanna play it again!!

Hi !

I'm not english or american so excuse me for my poor words...

I have a question :

How can I download this game ? Is it free or not ?
I don't understand the ESA site.

Thank you

ESA is an organization protecting the copyrights of game makers.

If a game is ESA protected it is not legal to download it.

This game can not be downloaded.

Thank you Sebastianos :ok:

I saw everyone here explain that they were pleased to play with this game today so I thought it was possible to download this game here or in an other site.

Where can I buy it ?

If someone has a good news for me, please write it to my mail : seajaws@free.fr

Thank you. :bye:

It was free to download here until the people from the ESA came. Here's what happened:

While Kosta was admiring his site some people came to his house and said: "Kosta? ESA. Come with us. We'd like to go over some of your records with you... upstairs." They tied him to a bed and wouldn't let him free until he agreed to protect the games that weren't classed as abandonware.

Heck of a story eh? :cheers:

It's stupid !

The game is not sold anymore so why they don't let it be downloaded ???? :tai:

It's their reason.If you put blood sweat and tears into a retail game you would want everybody loading it for free, right?

That's strange...

I'm ok to download it for free, but I can't do it now.
I'm ok to buy it, but I can't do it cause it's not sold anywhere.

Well, what can I do in order to play this game ? :crazy:

This Game Rules!!!Hey who killed the dragoon because always when i have three keys he atacks me and kills me and i end the game.Can the dragoon be killed???

the authors are chuffed that people used to download this game ie: the two guys who coded the game and hand drew the graphics. unfortuantly when you get a game published you lose copywrite to the game. this is one of those games where i dont accept this argument
ther people who put blood sweat aND TEARS INTO MOONSTONE WERE HAPPY THAT THE GAME WAS BEING PLAYED AND DOWNLOADED STILL. ITS THE COMPANY WHO PUT ZERO SWEAT INTO THE PRODUCT THAT DENY IT TO PEOPLE. sorry for the caps , cant be bothered to retype.

Huh? :blink: Try to make it shorter I dont get the point please.

learn to read?

Yes, he can be killed. Move carefully in to him and attack him with the sword upper forward, then retire quickly before he releases the flame. And always go up and down, he follows slower and you can sting him with the sword when he reaches your level, then go up or down again.
And don't even try to fight with him before you don't have one of the two most powerful swords, either the broadsword (I think it was called so) or the magical sword (the most powerful one) or similar.

Yes, he can be killed. Move carefully in to him and attack him with the sword upper forward, then retire quickly before he releases the flame. And always go up and down, he follows slower and you can sting him with the sword when he reaches your level, then go up or down again.
And don't even try to fight with him before you don't have one of the two most powerful swords, either the broadsword (I think it was called so) or the magical sword (the most powerful one) or similar. [/b][/quote]
Thanks.And I think the strongest sword in the game is Sword of Sharpness thanks again.

Hi. Can anybody please help me with the controls? The only thing I can do is attack. :unsure:
I really want to play this game, but I don`t understand the controls.
PLease help.

Use combinations of Enter and the cursor keys :)

Press either Enter + direction keys to attack in different manners or on joypad the button for attack + steering cross.

Thank you!

But what abaut throwing knifes?

Enter + UP ;)
That is, only if you have them. If not, nothing to throw *g*

Btw, you can cheat the driuds at Stonehenge. They tell you, that they want magical items for life. But you can give them those daggers for new life :D

Thank you- :D

how do i download the game? And do you guys know where to find The Lost Patrol ? Games not availible for WinUAE ?

You don't download the game. ESA permits that, as visible on the button where download button is else supposed to be, so it's illegal to download it somewhere else, and you'll have troubles finding the game for download.

Where can i get a working copy of moonstone?? i've spent hours playing the game back in the day on my amiga only to have it crash the moment i set eyes on a moonstone! it's been hanging over my head for years and i need to lay it to rest!!! please help!

If I remember correctly, there was a problem with the amiga version of the game, so a lot of people never got to see the ending.

anyway, HOTU has a pc version available for download, which I believe is sanctioned by the ESA. I don't know if it works, though, but I'm guessing it does.

Do anybody know how i can start play?? I start play and i must get disk a... how i can do this?? I want play it but i dont know hw start :(

Extract the files instead of moving them into same folder.

I can't download the game from dthe main page!! How come??? where the hell in esa website is supposed to be the download?!??! THANKS!!!!!!

Ok, I read is not possible to downloaded from the web, but maybe someon can put it sharing in the emule... or send it to my mail?? Thanks!! I loved this game!!

EDIT: you can find it in the emule! great!! :D

I Dled this game from the Home of the Underdogs but that version doesnt work.

When i try to get in in the Dosbox, it just collapses. Does anyone know if its a problem of the version or if i need an start disk or something? Thanks!

Trylle klovn

Just to say that the version in the home of the underdogs it DOES WORK. :ok:

Hi guys/gals,

Few more words from me:
- you need 1 moonstone to finish the game,
- to finish the game you have to kill the final boss, and completely destroy all the
spots with monsters (one more time - ALL of them),
- not only the upper attack works on the final boss - my final blow was the slash,
it took me about 7 hits to kill her (4 upper ones, and slashes). The boss was one
of the easiest monsters to kill. I had 5 points in strenght and 5 in Constitution, 3
Talismans of the Wyrm (its accumulate), and 3 Rings of Protection.


Remember!
"If you go to your home village and you have less then 3 life points,then your
village druids will heal you for free"

If you have more questions about the game, check out this site:
http://www.dungeony.cz/hoborg/amiga/...one_manual.htm

Its not mine (i mean the website) so I do not know how long the site will stay on a
sever, make a copy of it or something...

Have a good hunting !

This is XP compatible but I can't play it? Also, I have tried to download a useable DOXBox... but no go? HELP!!!

Hi

To the creator(s) of this site you PWN!
that said.

i love moonstone it is 1 of the best games i played it a cupple of times when it was new and later (when the 350mhz computers was new) i was chasing the game and has been ever since for pc and a pc that was compatible well 2 years ago i finnaly got my hands on a computer able to play it (70mb hdd in total ^^) then i stumble upon your site beacuse 1 of my friends and me were discussing if dune:2 was the first rts or if it was UTOPIA did not kknow that game (then) so he gave me the link to your site and people i gotta say you did a amezing job ^^

btw you can kill the dragon without having to move around all the time just get between his leggs and he will constantly try and eat you well just hold fire+up to me that upper chop? well you know what i mean and you can kill him easy as that

once again thanks for a great site ^^

Can i get a copy of this off someone please!!

how do i down load it???

Hey just look at this stie http://www.moonstonetavern.co.uk they are makeing a remake

I have played both the amiga and PC version (i OWNED the pc version wiht box, manual, map and disks about 10 years ago, i hear its worth alot of money in germany now :(

the amiga version (i am running right now im WinUAE) has better sound, music, is slightly harder, and mythril the mystic actually does something.

the pc version is a bit easier, but the lairs have more monsters.

the buttons, for all those out there, are as follows

'FIRE (enter)' plus:

up arrow -Strong overhead chop, does most damage but its slow

forward arrow(towards opponent) - quick slash, fast and medium power. good for finishing guys off

Down arrow - This will parry an overhead chop from the other knights and the
axe/hammer guys and the jab from spears (not the big blue trolls though)

back arrow(away from opponent)- reverse chop, weak but sometimes useful

up+forward - upper thrust. good for dragon and balloks (big jumping guys in NE section)

Down+forward - Jab. longest range attack, use on spear men. second spearman wont come until the bleeding stops :D

down+back - Block. Blocks the Slash of other knights and of the hammer/axe
trollocks.

back+ up - Dagger throw. great to stop enemies and finish guys off.

specials - press down and fire on the ratmen (in forest) to stab them in the head/in the tree. also down and fire when the mudmen have you in their hand.

sorry that last one was so long...

to finish the game, you have to go to stonehenge (in the forest) when the moon is right, this will give you the finale!

in the pc version, dont bother visiting mythril - he doesnt really work.

to exit your inventory, press fire (enter?) when the cursor is OVER one of the white pillars

In the PC version (maybe amiga) sometimes when a new day starts, or you beat a lair, the screen will be black. press SPACE to go to your inventory, and then exit and the map should re-appear!

the dragon can be killed with any sword, just takes time with shortsword. you can get in a position where, when he lowers his head to breathe fire you can hit him with overhead chop just in time. we used to call it the 'death roll'. just keep doing overhead chop and you cant lose!

to force the dragon to fight you (he usually has sword of sharpness) in PC (maybe amiga?) version, when its your turn press SPACE then exit. do this as many times as you need to eventually the dragon will pick you as a target.

Thats about it, i have finished this game probably 100 times ask me anything :D

You're actually wrong, that Mythril gives sometimes some bonuses, but sometimes he's in bad mood and turns you into a frog where you can't enter lairs (if I remember correctly) and are beaten automatically by enemy players if they encounter you, losing a life and probably some items (they like to steal good stuff).

Im talking about the guy at waterdeep in the bottom corner, not the magician (MATH) in the tower in the wastelands.

he often has errors in my pc versions as well, where every item in the game is listed down the screen in no apparent order.

these are just my experiences, some versions/systems might play the game perfectly.

as for 'mythril the mystic', on the PC version i have played the only responses you could get from him where
'My powers are weak right now and i cannot reach into the cosmos'

or, in the top left hand corner of the screen the letters AMAAG would appear and again, nothing would happen. AMAAG has become a running joke with my friends and i when we want to annoy each other :D

anyway, dont let these common errors turn you off, its a *GREAT* game...i play it still when i am in the mood

why when you want to download it says no go because its esa protected how?
ive checked who the members are and mindscape arnt one :blink: im only sayin this cause i want to play it again :ph34r:

Yeah, the Oldwarez list says it is Abandonware, but the company is ESA protected.
If you have solid evidence that the game is fit for download, please give it so that someone can sort it out.

well i dont but some1 else must surely? :help:

:wall: :wall: :wall:

:sniper: :Titan:
He he boom

try the moonstone tavern?

last time i was there they had both versions... the guy who runs the site posted earlier in the forum have a look through for the link to his site.

ok thanx
:cheers:
:sniper: :wall:

ok, i have a tiny problem.... i dont know what the attack key is, im led to believe that the Right CTRL key is one? however, i have a laptop and its not equipped with that particular key...

any ideas

I think it was Enter or Return.

Yes enter should see you right. cant remember the commands for the second player in the pc version though :P i think tab may have been the attack button

where can i download it? on the reviewpage,its not possible :help:

This game is protected by the ESA, I'm afraid you can't download it from this site. Your only real hope is to find it on eBay or soemthing. You could try e-mailing the ESA or the copyright holders (not sure who they are for this game), your chances of success are somewhat low, however.

Ive got it downloaded right but it keeps turnin off when the movie is finished.It says illegal instruction i also run xp but if i need a dos box plz giv the link

Here you are: DosBox

thanks but how do u use it

The tutorial is HERE
If you'll have any problems just ask

it tells me to insert disk A and press fire buton

what do i do??? i have pressed all buttons in my keybord

plz help me

Could anybody please tell me wich is the fire button.I cab't get past the message saying insert disk a in drive and press fire. WHAT BUTTON IS FIRE ?????? please answer quickly as I am drewling after this dammned game! :)

Tried "Enter"? Or "Space"?

Thx 4 instructions still cant work but still tryin :)

I saw that the manual hadn't been posted yet, so here it is. I didn't write/transcribe it, but I found it.



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The Humble Guy's HumbleDox

Presents

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight: Complete Game Manual


Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight

MOONSTONE PC ADDENDUM CARD

Installing Moonstone to your Hard Disk

Log into your A: drive and type 'INSTALL'. Follow the on screen
instructions to configure Moonstone for your PC.

Playing Moonstone from Floppy Disks

Log into your A: drive and type 'MS' [enter]

Moonstone requires at least 620k of Free Base Memory. You may have
to adjust your CONFIG. SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to free up enough
memory.

We strongly recommend that you set up a Disk Cache when playing
Moonstone. For further information refer to your MSDOS user guide.

Additional note for Soundblaster users

In order to play Soundblaster sounds you may need to set up your
Soundblaster in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

The default setting is as follows:

SET BLASTER=A220 17 Dl T4

If this does not activate sounds when playing Moonstone, then your
Soundblaster is not at it's default settings. Consult your
Soundblaster manual to set it up correctly.

You will also need to set up expanded memory in order to hear
Soundblaster samples. Using EMM386 or another Memory Manager set up
at least 400k of expanded memory. This area of memory is used to
store all the samples used in the game.


THE HISTORY OF THE QUEST

A very sacred time is upon the people. A time that descends once
every thousand years.

As the Druids will be only too happy to tell you, this is the season
of the Moonstones! Danu, the spirit of the moon, has turned his
attention away from the activities of the cosmos to those of the
earth. It is during such a time that the Gods bestow a fabulous gift
to the greatest warrior in the land; a gift of ultimate power! But
first such a warrior would have to prove himself.

Thus, the first warrior to complete "The Quest of the Moonstones"
will rece;ve this great blessing. But any warrior considering such a
quest must be prepared to wander the surrounding land, enduring many
hardships, risking life and limb all the while.

The land comprises four vast territories. To the northeast
are the Northern Wastelands, home to giant Baloks that inhabit this
great rocky territory. To the northwest are the Misty Moors, with
their great tribes of vicious Troggs. Southwest lies the Great
Forest, infested with the cunning Ratmen. And finally to the
southeast you will discover the Wetlands, where half plant, half
humanoid Mudmen stalk human prey inside their vast swamp.

Over all these territories the Great Dragon roams high in
the sky, searching like a hawk for the next traveller to eat or
plunder.

Hidden deep in the middle of the four territories, at the
very heart of the land, lies the most sacred of places, "The Valley
of the Gods", wherein can be found the sacred Moonstones.

To complete the quest, you will have to assume the arms and
armour of a knight. Then you must explore all the lands that
surround you to find the four keys which will give you access into
the Valley of the Gods.

Along the way you will have to defeat many creatures and
retain their gold and magic treasures to increase your strength so
that you might survive the perils of the shadowy half world that
lies within. Once the keys are found, you will then make your way to
the Valley to find the sacred Moonstone, fighting horrible demons of
immense power and strength.

Once a Moonstone is acquired, you must then race to
Stonehenge to present the fruit of your quest to the great Moon God,
Danu. However, there are four possible Moonstones that are each
keyed to a different phase of the moon, so you will have to wait for
the right moon phase before you may complete your quest.

But wait! Did you think you would be alone in the quest? Of
course not! All the great knights of the land know of this most
sacred of events. So there will be other great warriors looking to
be the first to complete the quest. You will certainly have to do
battle with many mighty warriors before your quest is done.

Moreover, you are bound to encounter the dreaded Black
Knights, who wander the land trying to convince any who will listen
that the Druids are heretics, slaying any who do not. They
particularly hate the quest of the Moonstones and will track down
any who participate, especially if they are close to completing the
quest! These knights are renowned for their ability to raise their
skills during combat. They are never beaten until they are slain!

After long, careful thought you decide to surrender to the
fates and the strength of your metal. Donning your warmest clothing
and grabbing your trusty sword and armour you set off, swearing to
be the first to complete the quest or to die trying: for none can
resist the pull of the Moonstones.

KNIGHT'S STATISTICS

Strength, Endurance, and Constitution

The knight's abilities describe what you can do physically in the
game in terms of numbers.

Strength is a measure of how strong you are in combat. The
more strength a knight has, the more damage you will inflict upon
your opponents.

Constitution is a measure of how much physical punishment a
knight can withstand before you collapse. The higher your
constitution, the more damage you can take before losing a battle.

Endurance is a measure of how much physical activity a
knight may endure before you become exhausted and must rest. The
higher your endurance, the further you can move in a day.

A knight's abilities can be temporarily raised by various
normal and magical items. They can also be raised permanently by a
magical gift from either the wizard Math, or by the Mystic. You can
also permanently raise your abilities through "experience".

Experience

Experience is earned by successfully conquering a lair. 1 point of
experience is earned for each lair that is cleared. 2 points are
earned if the Dragon is slain. 3 points are earned when the Guardian
is defeated. In a 3 or 4 player game, for each point of experience
earned, either strength, endurance, or constitution can be raised by
one point (at the knight's choice). In a two player game 2
experience points are required and in a one player game, 3 points.

Life Points

Life points are a measure of how close to death a knight has become,
due to injuries sustained during combat. Each knight starts the game
with 5 life points and every time you lose a combat, a life point is
lost. When you are reduced to 0 life points, you are dead and and
for you the quest is over. There are many ways to raise your life
points. You can pay a healer in the cities. A potion of healing will
raise life points. If you go to your home village and you have less
than 3 life points, then your village druids will heal you for free.
The last possible way of raising life points is to offer a magic
item to Danu at Stonehenge. Life points are divided up into hit
points. If during combat your current hit points are reduced to 0,
then you will lose the combat and a life point. Hit points can be
healed at the healer or through healing potions. Knights also heal
naturally each day that is passed.

The Phases of the Moon The phases of the moon are the key
to the success of your quest. Once the cycle of the moon matches
your moonstone you must reach Stonehenge to fulfil your quest before
the cycle changes. Only then will you successfully complete the
quest. As a knight with such a Moonstone in your possession, you can
be sure that the other knights will stop at nothing to destroy you.

Throughout the game, the phases of the moon will change constantly.
This affects the strength of some of the creatures and is key to the
powers contained in the Moonstone. After each knight has had three
turns (each knight gets one turn per day), the moon advances one
phase. The order of the phases are as follows:

Full / Three Quarters / Half / One Quarter / New / One Quarter /
Half / Three Quarters / Full...

Movement

Your position on the map is shown by an icon. Move the joystick in
the direction that you wish to move. When you come in contact with
another icon, that icon will start to glow. At this point you may
choose to encounter that icon by pressing the fire button.

Forests, mountains and swamps slow your movement down
considerably and increase your chance of encountering wandering
monsters outside of their lairs.

During your turn you have these keyboard options.

SPACE BAR- Displays current knight's inventory.

E - Ends your turn early so you may rest and recuperate your hit
points.

ENCOUNTERS

Lairs

In each territory there are six lairs to be explored. Each lair is
filled with a certain number of monsters that must be defeated in
order to acquire their treasure. Only one lair in each region
contains one of the four keys required to enter the Valley of the
Gods. Once a knight acquires the treasure from a lair, you are
awarded an additional experience point .

The City of Highwood

Located within the misty moors, where the high circle of the Druids
resides, is the seat of religious power. The great druids are very
secretive and don't generally deal with outsiders. One exception is
that they trade artifacts of a magical nature for religious research
in the High Temple. To discover the cost of an item, move your
pointer over its icon and the the value will be displayed at the top
of the screen.

The City of Waterdeep

Located within the wetlands you will find the home of Mythral the
mystic . He is renowned for his ability to lift a knight's soul to a
higher cosmic plane . When your soul is returned to your body, you
will find that your abilities have been either raised or lowered by
1 point. It is a gamble you must take if you put your trust in
Mythral. You may increase your odds with Mythral by donating more
gold. A minimum of 10 gold pieces should be donated to improve your
chances.

Within the walls of both Highwood and Waterdeep, you will
find many interesting characters. Healers, Inn-keepers and
Merchants. Some of these should be of more than academic interest;
the potions and weapons they will sell you will save your life!

Healers

The healer charges 10 gold pieces to heal a knight to full hit
points and 15 gold pieces for each life point. You must be at full
hit point status before the healer can heal life points.

Taverns

A popular game played in the taverns is 'Dragon Dice'. The game is
run by a Dragon Dice Master and is played by placing a bet ( ranging
from 1 to 5 gold pieces) before rolling 3 "Dragon Dice". If one of
the following combinations is rolled, in any order, then the
corresponding payback ratio is won:

SEE DICE.TIF for a Diagram of the Dragon Dice dividends.

Merchants

Merchants sell armour and weapons. The prices are as follows:

Throwing Dagger. ... 2 gp Broad Sword......... 10 gp
Claymore Sword...... 25 gp Chainmail Armour.... 30 gp
Platemail Armour.... 50 gp Battleplate Armour.. 75 gp

Villages

Each knight has his own home village from which you start at the
beginning of the quest. No other knight may enter your home village
under any circumstance. If, when you return wounded to your village,
you have less than 3 life points your senior village druid will heal
you to full hit points and grant you a free life point. This kind
gift is only granted 3 times throughout the course of the Quest.

Wizard's Tower

The mighty wizard Math, the most powerful mage in the land, resides
in his desolate tower in the northern wasteland. If he is pleased to
see you he will bestow upon you either a magic item, money, or
choose to raise either your strength, constitution, or endurance by
one point. If he is annoyed by your insolence however, he will turn
you into a toad for a number of turns. The more often you visit him,
the more likely he is to become annoyed.

Stonehenge

This is a very sacred location, second only to the Valley of the
Gods. This is where the channels to the gods are most strongly felt.
The first knight to present a Moonstone during the correct phase of
the moon will have proven himself to be the greatest warrior in the
land and will be lifted up to the heavens to sit by the gods for
time immemorial.

Stonehenge can also be used for healing purposes. If a
knight offers a magic object, you will be healed to full hit points
and receive 1 life point.

Other Players and Black knights

You may challenge other knights to battle by moving onto them. To
the victor goes the spoils, and the loser edges ever closer to death
and failure in the quest. The victor may take either all the losers
gold pieces or one object . If, however, the winner takes the last
life point from the loser, then the winner gets all the loser's
gold, objects, and magic objects.

Valley of the Gods

Once you have collected all 4 keys and you feel strong enough to
endure the wrath of the Guardian, you may then enter the Valley of
the Gods located in the centre of the 4 territories. If you defeat
the Guardian in battle, you will be granted a Moonstone. While you
remain within the Valley, you are untouchable by other knights.

MONSTERS

Troggs

The Troggs are a terrible humanoid race that exist in all four
territories. They are highly intelligent with a society very similar
to humans, whom they hate with a burning desire for forcing them to
live in places deemed unfit for humans. They use hammers, axes and
spears in combat and have terrible war beasts that they've raised on
human flesh. The tribes that exists in the Misty Moors are
exceptionally vicious and renowned for their strength and skill in
combat.

Ratmen

The ratmen are a small, carnivorous race that exist in the trees of
the Great Forest. They are not very strong, but are always found
together in large numbers and are exceedingly agile. They are often
referred to as "Moon Devils" because they seem to grow stronger as
the moon waxes. It is also known that these little creatures carry a
deadly disease and if you are bitten by one of them you must be
quickly healed by the healer or drink a healing potion, or you will
surely perish and fail in your quest.

Mudmen

This strange race that infests the Wetlands seems more like a colony
of intelligent plant life found in the mud than an actual animal,
but sages say more research is needed. They are hard to see as they
just appear to rise out of the mud, overpower a knight and drag him
down into the mud to do unspeakable thinqs to him.

Dragons

Dragons are huge, flying, fire breathing lizards. They are cruel and
greedy by nature and fly around the four territories looking for the
next traveller to slay and plunder. Dragons are exceedingly
dangerous in combat and difficult to slay. If a dragon defeats a
knight, he will take all his gold pieces and one magic object
(unless he reduces that knight to 0 lives; then he will take
everything). However, whoever slays a dragon will take over it's
accumulated wealth and magic objects.

Baloks

Baloks are vicious humanoids with huge jaws, long teeth and powerful
limbs. Legend has it that Math magically engineered these beasts in
his youth to act as guards for his tower, but the experiment failed
and they have since escaped and multiplied. They now stalk the
northern wastelands in search of prey and are one of the most feared
of creatures.

Trolls

Trolls are vicious creatures that feed on human flesh. They are
large, hairless humanoids that fight with huge clubs capable of
striking down the mightiest warrior with one blow. These legendary
creatures are greatly feared throughout the land.

Black Knights

These rogue knights serve a religious sect called 'The Dark Hall of
Purity' that believes the druids are blasphemous and must be
stopped. They wander the four territories searching for followers of
the druids who are trying to acquire the Moonstones, in order to
prevent them from completing their quests. The Black Knights have an
uncanny ability to grow more skilled in combat and strength during
an encounter.

Guardians

The Valley of the Gods is guarded by sinister demons. Only the best
warriors in the land will ever stand a chance against a guardian.
They can drain points from a warrior's abilities and when they
defeat you in combat, they take 3 lives instead of 1. It is
essential that you must possess the best armour before you join
battle with a guardian, or else it will be a short extremely
one-sided battle.

MAGIC ITEMS

To invoke a magic item, bring up the inventory screen of the knight
by hitting the "SPACE BAR". Then, using the joystick move the dagger
pointer over the magic item you want to select and press the fire
button.

Potions, scrolls, and gems (except the Moonstones) disappear after
one use. Other magic objects have unlimited uses. Each magic item
has its own market value determined by the druids in the High Temple
in High Wood.

Potion of Healing

This will heal a knight to full hit points or, if he is already at
full hit points, add 1 additional life point.

Gem of Seeing

By using this magic item, you may look within a lair and see what
treasure exists there. Upon invoking the gem of seeing you will
return to the region map but your icon will appear as a crystal
ball. To view the contents of a lair move the crystal ball over top
of the lair and press the fire button.

Sword of Sharpness

This magical sword does even more damage than a claymore sword.

Ring of Protection

This magical ring increases the amount of damage you can take in a
combat. Upon taking this item you will see your hit points increase.

Talisman of the Wyrm

This magical cross will reduce the damage from dragons by half. This
effect accumulates so the more crosses you possess, the less damage
you suffer. A knight should be sure to possess this item before
doing battle with the Dragon.

Scroll of Haste

When this scroll is invoked it will allow you to move twice as far
as you normally could in one day. If cursed with a disease, you will
only travel half your normal distance.

Scroll of Acquisition

This magical scroll will allow you to take one object from another
knight. Upon invoking the scroll you will see the inventory of the
other knights on the right side of the screen. To select a different
knight move the pointer over top of the arrows in the centre strip
and press the fire button. This enables you to rotate through the
knights. When you see the knight you wish to plunder, move the
pointer over top of the item you wish to take him and press the fire
button.

Scroll of the Hawk

When this scroll is invoked it will allow you to move to any
location in the four territories with the exception of Valley of the
Gods . If this scroll has been cursed, you will be teleported to a
random location on the map.

Scroll of the Wyrm

When this scroll is invoked it will force the Dragon to attack
another knight. Using the arrows in the centre strip on the
inventory screen select the knight which you wish target. If the
scroll has been cursed, the knight that invoked the scroll will be
attacked by the Dragon. Be warned!

Scroll of Protection

If you are victim of an unprovoked attack, you will be prompted, if
you so wish, to cast your scroll of protection in order to avoid the
battle. If the scroll has been cursed though, it will cause your
controls to be reversed during battle.

Magic Key

There are four magic keys in the land. You must collect all four
keys in order to enter the Valley of the Gods, there to meet the
Guardian.

Moonstones

You will be awarded a moonstone upon defeating the Guardian within
the Valley of the Gods. There are four possible Moonstones that you
could be awarded. A full Moonstone, new Moonstone, or one of two
half Moonstones (one waxing, one waning). Each Moonstone will double
the amount of hit points you currently have during the proper moon
cycle of the moonstone.

System Requirements

Amiga with 1 megabyte of memory, 1 or 2 joysticks.

Loading Instructions

Insert Moonstone Disk A into drive DF0: and turn your system on.

Knight's Equipment

Each player starts out with padded armour, a long sword, 10 throwing
daggers (a knight can carry up to 10 daggers), and 10 gold pieces (a
knight can carry up to 150 gold pieces). Each knight also begins the
game with a strength, constitution, and endurance rating of 1, and 5
life points.

Game Options

Number of players

Up to 4 players may play Moonstone.

Gore Switch

This allows the player to turn the blood and gory deaths on / off.

Practice

This mode allows 2 players to do battle with each other.

Select Knight

Choose which knight you wish to be. To select a knight simply
highlight the knight you wish to be and press the fire button. This
will prompt you to type in your name if you wish. Once done press
return, or the fire button.

KNIGHT BATTLE MOVES

Combat is done with the joystick(s). When the fire button is not
pressed, the joystick moves the knight around. When the fire button
is pressed, the joystick executes 8 different combat moves. They are
as follows:

1) Throw Knife

This throws one of the knight's throwing daggers.

2) Overhead Chop

This attack does twice the damage of a swing or thrust, but is
easily avoided because of the time it takes to swing the sword.

3) Upward Thrust

Good for hitting opponents jumping over the knight.

4) Thrust Backwards

This is a thrusting attack directed backwards.

5) Swing This attack sweeps the area in front of the knight.

6) Block This defence allows you to block the swing attack.

7) Special Defensive Invokes a special defence move which varies
from monster to monster.

8) Lunge This attack has the longest range apart from daggers.


Throw Overhead Upward
Knife Chop Thrust

\ | /
\ | /
\ | /
Thrust -------|------ Swing
Backward / | \
/ | \
/ | \

Block Special Lunge
Defensive


When a knight faces the other way, the controls flip along the
horizontal (i.e. 1 and 3 switch, etc.).

If your knight begins to flicker during a battle, the game is
warning you that you have 10 hit points or less left.

Knight's special defence

Many of the monsters have special attack moves which render you
helpless unless you use your special defence.


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whoops, that was me. Stupid thing, thought I was logged in.

Wtf? Hey, it was maybe little better if you uploaded the thing somewhere and then linked to it here. Now it takes a whole mile to scroll down, mate.

the game won't work... It says "insert disk A or something like that".. anyone?

Did you try to install it? Don't install it, it's already in the installed state, just re-download it, extract it to some folder and play.

Has anyone figured out how to do fatalitys? I`m preety sure there are some. Anyways, it has been posted earlyer, so just a reminder http://www.moonstonetavern.co.uk/

How can i save in this game?

You can't, you can only play the entire game through in one piece, like on the earlier consoles like NES or Gameboy. But it's not that really long anyway, should take around 2 hours to finish.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Manual @ Jul 5 2006, 01:36 AM) [snapback]241603[/snapback]</div>
thanks for posting this (-: i have completed the game multiple times now but never understod what all the scrolls was good for cept to offer to danu ty

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FreeFreddy @ Aug 12 2004, 12:15 PM) [snapback]8426[/snapback]</div>i have downloaded this game but am having problems starting it, it keeks asking for disk a, how do i get the game to run and what is the fire button?

You say to use DOSBox, yet lots of my games are listed (using dir) with a wierd symbol, like this~. My keyboard cant recreate it, so I am unable to execute games. Any help?

Move your Dos games into other folders with max 8 letters, then you can see and mount their names appropriately in DosBox.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scatty @ Sep 10 2006, 09:24 PM) [snapback]254251[/snapback]</div>Nice one mate! Cheers for that!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scatty @ Sep 10 2006, 09:24 PM) [snapback]254251[/snapback]</div>Actually, now I've shortened folder names, some aren't even listed at all! Help? (again)

What do you mean, they aren't listed up at all? Maybe you set the attribute "hidden" for them by mistake and therefore can't see them normally?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scatty @ Sep 10 2006, 09:24 PM) [snapback]254251[/snapback]</div>Dont worry mate, its ok. Just had to close DOSBox and re-open it. Cant get cannon fodder 2 to work tho

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(chelski3000 @ Sep 10 2006, 11:14 PM) [snapback]254283[/snapback]</div>Cant get past the bloody insert disk screen on moonstone either

Not even that. Just punch in RESCAN.

1) Throw Knife
???

2) Overhead Chop
Up + ENTER

3) Upward Thrust
???

4) Thrust Backwards
Backwards + ENTER

5) Swing This attack sweeps the area in front of the knight.
Forwards + ENTER

6) Block This defence allows you to block the swing attack.
Down + Enter

7) Special Defensive Invokes a special defence move which varies
from monster to monster.
???

8) Lunge This attack has the longest range apart from daggers.
Forward, Down + ENTER


Is this correct? Can someone tell me how to throw Daggers? :)

To throw daggers just press Up+Enter like in Overhead Chop, or maybe it was Up+Forward+Enter, don't remember anymore. You'll throw dagger automatically if you have any. Overhead Chop works only if there's something over the head to chop :P

up and back (away from your enemy) will throw daggers.

enter is fire/attack/button A/ whatever.


i just wish i was playing games right now so bad!!!

How can I throw dagger or use scrolls.

Thx for help

Sweet! This find has made my day, this was my favourite game when i was five. I've been searching for ages for this game :brain:

@everyone:

In this forum, there are many hints on how to end the game and see the damn extro.
I just wanted to add one thing (it almost drove me crazy):
As sonn as you have the bloody moonstone (after smacking up the blue bitch with the whip in the valley of the gods), you have to return it to stonehenge in the woods. But it has to be full moon. You can see that on the screen "Next day...Press fire to continue". Remember that before desperately crashing your computer into the trash.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Hard Day's Knight @ Oct 28 2006, 06:21 PM) [snapback]264030[/snapback]</div>it doesn't have to be a full moon, depends on what kind of moonstone you got from the guardian. It can be a half-moon moonstone or a newmoon moonston or fullmoonstone.

:sos: "Please insert Disk A in Drive press fire when done"

How can i get rid of this message??

I want to play that good old baby!

Thx already, nice site.

Greetz, RealDDc.

Just tried this game and HOLY CRAP the controls are hard to get a hold of...
Anyone know how to change the "fire" button in to something more suitable than return?

I have a huge Problem with the Moonstone right now... I got the Half-Moonstone and I am Waiting at Stonehenge for days and days again but it never ends!!
Is this a known bug or something? Do ich have to kill all Monsters first?

You have to get full Moonstone first, and only then the game ends at the Stonehenge at some certain day.

Ok,i have read all the pages related to this. Nothing works for me.

Im running on WinXP.

Always gettin Insert diska and press fire

I have DOSBox.

I tried pulling folder to dosbox window. Doesnt work.

I did mount a:\Stuff\igre\MS , doesnt work did mount a:\Stuff\igre\MS\Diska , doesnt work.

I did all this for H:\ (my HD where ms is)

I tried hitting all buttons when insert diskA apeears for all this cases, doesnt work.

Someone please help!

( after mounting drives etc i start game by just clickin ms.exe through windows, is that the problem? )

I figured out by moonstonetaver guid.

for people like me

1. Firstly stick the Moonstone directory at c:\moon (remove Moonstone folder but cut moon part out and put it in c:)
2. Run DOSBox and type the following... mount c c:\moon
3. Then type c:
4. It simply remains for you to type ms.exe
5. Wahey - no more "Insert Disk A" messages!

Plz I Need help to the moonstone game, I got it on the computer but then i lunch it the movie come and then it crash and say "16-bit MS-DOS-undersystem C:\DOCUME~\Mads\Skrive1\Moonst\ms\MS.EXE NTVDM CPU'en has fund an bad file CS:0000" and i have try to take the computers coler down to 16 bit but it don't work? :wallbash: Plzz help me? :huh:

Dosbox?

for all the people that are still searching for the control:
http://moonstone.classicgaming.games...s/joystick.gif

found on moonstonetavern.co.uk/ really great site :ok:

i have downloaded the game and extracted it.i also have the dos box which works.how do i play the game now?please answer me...

Read the readme that came with DosBox. It's all explained there.

Having a spot of trouble here. When I get to the main menu the cursor automatically scrolls downward as if I were pressing down on my arrow keys. This happens when selecting my knight and makes movement impossible. Anyone have trouble like this? Thanks.

Dosbox seem to work on most of the games i have downloaded but when i try with moonstone i get Error : path not found (..\DISKA) ANy ideas

Thanks

Quick possibilities:

Make sure the folders in question doesn't have names of more than 8 characters in length.

If that is checked and cleared:

Have you mounted a virtual C drive or a virtual D drive? If D, try changing it to C. This letter would be the lone letter before the path in the DOSBox mount command.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mighty Midget @ Jul 30 2007, 10:20 AM) [snapback]301917[/snapback]</div>was using moon as directory and was typing mount c c:\dosprog (dosprog being where i keep dos programs)
then
c:
cd\moon
ms.exe
same problem still exists

It is also possible that your download is corrupt. Try download it again.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mighty Midget @ Jul 30 2007, 11:14 AM) [snapback]301929[/snapback]</div>
Same prob any other ideas?

thanks for the help by the way

No problem :) but I'm afraid I must pass this on to someone slighty less inept on tech issues. Keep checking the forum and someone wil eventuallyl come along with an answer.

well i have tried running it on dosbox 0.65 and 0.70 and both of them worked (with your directories)
check if you have all these files in the moon directory:

+[MOON ]

--files:
108 files with size 991 830 bytes

--directories:
++[DISKA] - has 37 files, size 426 561 bytes
++[DISKB] - has 103 files, size 542 404 bytes
++[DISKC] - has 88 files, size 687 708 bytes
++[SAMPLES] - has 49 files, size 267 250 bytes

apparently you are missing the diska directory, by the error message

and here i have uploaded the selfextracting archive (maybe your winzip wasnt updated)
http://www.zshare.net/download/29062753cd10de/

Thanks Man so glad i caqn finally play this game did not have any sub folders on my download not sure why but your link worked a treat thanks again

no problem. i think you should update your winzip=)

Call me lame but I just can't beat this game. I always found it tough on the Amiga and the old 'go to Stonehenge' cheat for extra lives was in existence back then, I seem to remember, but for some reason, it never worked on my machine and it doesn't work on this machine now, either. I seem to be suffering from an ancient gypsy moonstone curse. I head rumours of a trainer for the Amiga but by that time I'd given up and had better things to do with my time, particularly when there was no save function.

Does anyone have a way of cheating? I just want to see what happens if you win through in the end. A way of adding lives if I'm in desperate need would be extremely helpful.

Start a game with several human players. In a multiplayer game you only need 1 instead of 3 victories for a stat raise.
If you don't get all the treasure after defeating a lair you it stays and you can collect XP again and again easily there by revisiting.
The easiest way to cheat is saving every few seconds with the amiga emulator and reload if you loose a battle.
Try to get 2 actions per turn by clicking very fast before the others' turns start.
Most important piece of equipment is the "sword of sharpness".

The stonehenge cheat should work on the amiga version, maybe you didn't do it properly. What exactly did you do ?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kmonster @ Aug 4 2007, 10:21 PM) [snapback]302838[/snapback]</div>I don't think it's the Amiga version. It looks exactly the same as my old Amiga version but I'm running this on Dosbox rather than an Amiga emulator. Which Amiga emulator does the cheat actually work on?

The most common amiga emulator is WinUAE and Moonstone should work pretty well with it. The other emulators I don't know.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kmonster @ Aug 6 2007, 08:17 PM) [snapback]303199[/snapback]</div>Okay, thanks for the tips :ok:

Hot diggity daffodil i forgot just how damn fun this game is, and how gory!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Nov 19 2006, 11:26 AM) [snapback]267583[/snapback]</div>I'm having the same problem. So can somebody answer this question?

Do you just wait at stonehenge or do you have to present it at a certain time?

I think you have to present it at the proper moon phase.

OK guys, how to change controls...?

There must be a way!

sorry for double post:

once again, 2 questions:

1. how to change controls...?

2. what gives "moonstone.c00" file...?

(I've got two versions, with and without it...)



thank you.

1 you probably cant
2 i have no clue

Help!!!!
 

I loved this games so much as a kid so was buzzing when i found this!!!!

Only problem is after the intro it says to enter disc 2 and press fire, i obviosly don't have disc 2 and i don't know what fire is!!! What am i doing wrong!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The fire key is likely something obvious - like Enter, Space or Ctrl.
The game archive on Abandonia has all the files you need.

My laptop hates Dosbox (actually, it hates any kind of emu), so any game i run in Dosbox, goes extremly, and then I mean extremly, slow. However, worked fine on my other comp, which is broken since a few days back, so I can't use it.

So, I'm looking for some other way to get through the "insert DISKA..." screen.
My first idea was to make some floppy disks, but then a voice in my head said; "hey this is a laptop, what's the chance of that it will work?" so I laid that idea aside. But now I'm clueless. So, anyone got a sugguestion that doesn't include an emu? :wondering:

Virtual floppy drive and floppy images?

archive broken
 

When I try to unzip the downloaded file I get an error message from winace. It says 'archive is broken' and refuses to unzip the file.

Any ideas?

Could be a corrupt download. Try download it again.

Cursor scrolling
 

Just installed it and I have a slight problem...the game cursor is automatically scrolling to the bottom right corner of the screen. Now, and it has been a long time, I do recall having a problem like this with my amiga years ago - but how do I stop it???

moonstone saved games?
 

hey i got everything working but i cant always play the whole game in one sitting. is there a way to save my game? I'm using the DOSbox0.75-win32 and have windows xp if that info helps...

Do you have a joystick connected? When it is not properly calibrated it will always draw the cursor into one corner in some games.

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Sound doesn't work for me.


Any help?


Seems like a fun game but it's a bit dull to play with no sound.




Moon.cfg is set to Sound=SB



dosbox default is

Blaster=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6




Moonstone doesn't appear to have any way of setting up the sound.

Try changing the values for Soundblaster in dosbox.conf to A220 I5 D1 H5 T6 or type in DosBox
set blaster=A220 I5 D1 H5 T6
and see if that would help.

Once again...
www.moonstonetavern.co.uk

Great site for anything Moonstone, plus one of the regulars there made up a WinUAE version of it all fully configured without extra clutter (and not much larger at all) Quite frankly, its brilliant. You just need to throw it somewhere on your HD and run the .exe
Its found under the emulators and abandonware menu.

I strongly recommend getting the amiga version. The sfx are superior, the AI of the black knights isn't quite so stupid and the Dragon's flight path isn't quite so focused on killing a particular knight (he attacks you when your under him but doesn't beeline in the amiga version so you can avoid him if you need to)

Go visit his site, its worth it. If its down for some reason send me a message and I can send it to you but its in better taste if you get it from there.

I managed to actually finish the game in 1player mode in this version, so no bugs that I'm aware of.. or found.

Unable to start the game
 

Hello,

I have some issues starting the game, Directly after the intro is done I get an error saying "NTVDM CPU illegal instruction" and alot of codes after it.
Anyone knows how to fix this? I'm running the PC version

Use DOSBox (yet another link).

controls
 

Hello,

Anyone know the conrols for the game?
arrow keys for moving and enter for hitting. but how do you use potions and scrolls?

Dragons & Quest Knights (including Battle Moves) and Magical Equipment at The Moonstone Tavern.

Press space on the world map to open your status screen , you will find them there.

Anyway , great game , even though it's really short and would hardly replayable if the combat wasn't so much fun:)
Decapitations , yay! XD
The game also becomes ridiculously easy once you know the dragons' pattern.

I am having problems with the sound though.
There is no music outside the cutscenes and everything else sounds extremely crappy :no:
This is very different from what I remember it to be on the Amiga.
Does anyone know if this could be caused by some problem with the sound settings or if this is purely because of differences between both versions?

It truly was a great game, but has had some flaws and was too short. We're working on a game inspired by Moonstone, which will be longer and more elaborate.

If you're interested, take a look at our production thread:

http://www.bigbluecup.com/yabb/index.php?topic=39841.0

Looks great!

Yeah looks very nice. ^^

Oh my god. How many people have posted in this thread asking questions that were answered already, earlier in the thread? F**ckin' read it!

I was also having a couple of issues but having read the whole thread, now i have none.

But for anyone else who comes after me, i'll give some quick advice.

Use DOSBOX. D'uh.
Enter and Space are fire buttons.
To attack you first hold down fire then a direction.
A, X, D, and W are also direction keys (presumably to two player fights but i'm not sure which is the matching fire button, probably Space)
Get better at fighting the enemies by starting a 4 player game and playing each Knight. You won't have to worry about other knights attacking you either. You will eventually have to start fighting and killing knights to get the keys though.

I remember playing this game soooo long ago and in particular a 3 player with my brother and a friend. The friend had never played before and wandered straight into a Balok lair. He randomly swung his sword around and somehow killed it (only one spawned), and got the sword of sharpness for his loot!

I know i must have played this several times but that's the only time i can remember, must have been too long ago!

Great game.

flashy
 

wow. this reminds mee a lot of zombie knight and zombie knight 2... flash games. wonder if the creator played this game before.

http://download.cnet.com/Zombie-Knig...-75761948.html

Hey Guys!

I played Moonstone A Hard Days Knight as a child on a Amiga 500.
Now i´m working on my own knight game, which i call "Iron Blood."

It´s not directly a remake of Moonstone A Hard Days Knight, but it will be very similar to it!

Check out the website:
https://www.knight-game.com

Newest screenshots can be found on our Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/IronBloodGame

Thank you!
Gazu

Hey Gazu, I checked out your game page. It looks a lot like Moonstone with new graphics. Hope it works out for you.

Moonstone is now on GOG for $5.99

It's also still free here.

Or did you meant hat it should not be available here anymore? As, if it's for sale it's no longer abandonware?

Exactly.