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[HobbesOz]

Hi i am enjoying the game very much but im having a problem. I have made it to Hatamoto rank but each time a significant event happens (like an assassination or death of daimyo) the program freezes up any suggestions? its pretty annoying because i just cant get to the next stage because of it thanks

[Japo]

It will go on after a while, wait a minute. Or better yet use the latest version of DOSBox which fixes that problem for me.

Originally Posted by Tanaka

By the way, I did complete the game in no-dachi, with unsurpassed honour, unsurpassed ability as general, adult heir, blah-blah. I DID get the fabled 3,500 points, but I did NOT get the 300 years. Actually, in the "scroll of honor" the score with 300 years is slightly higher than 3,500, 3,530 I think. So definitely there's some kind of hidden Easter egg in the game.

I think age also plays a factor. I did notice that when I tried finishing the game (same stats) as a young adult vs. a mature adult, I get 30 or 40 more points as a young adult.

And I'm stuck at 3,470 highest as a young adult with a youth heir. Getting older just brings the score down.

Originally Posted by Guest

A classic game indeed.

I'm very tempted to try a remake myself - I have this idea for simple pre-rendered backdrops for the various menus and choices.

I'm wondering how much little to change in terms of the rest of the game. I'm worried that if I tried to change too much its not going to retain the simple charm of the old game - but I'd really like to avoid it being as simple as a direct graphical upgrade.

What do you think? What would you change?

Guys! Anybody still read this?
I've never been much of a gamer but I did enjoy coding and modding games once upon a time. I always thought this game was great, not only because of the actual gameplay (though it gets repetitive), but because it could be made into a 'learn japanese the easy way' game. I remember my 5yo nephew playing this and knowing lots of Japanese words. I think the game could go further and throw in more Japanese (maybe some verbs) as you go further in the game - eventually the whole screen may be japanese and yet you'd know what it was about!

Of course, the concept could be extended to other games for other languages too.
I know we've all seen games that 'reward' you for learning to spell or multiply, always for little kids or far to boring for teenagers and up, but I don't think there's any, 'learn another language' program that tackles it in quite this way.

Now there's a project for someone with a little time on his hands. I wouldn't mind a little credit when the money starts rolling in though.

Shannon Wheeler
Fort McMurray, AB

[Maestrotogo]

Great game, I still have the floppies....and floppies for Pirates and Civilization.

D-Fend is what I use to play them now...hard to find a Tandy 1000 these days...:thumbs:

how do you save this game in the current dosbox? thanks in advance in answering this question =)

[arete]

The way you ...usually save the game? Unless there's no save function in the game menu.

[DarthHelmet86]

I have just checked the manual and the save fuction is Alt S. That will save your game.

yes Alt+S saves the game, but it wont let you unless you're at your home/fief. didnt see that "condition".

[teknik]

great threads for a great game . just done an attic clear out and found amongst others a complete boxed version of s of s with map booklet techie notes and 2x 3 1/2 floppies and 3x 5 1/4 floppies. I remember in the manual you had all the signs of the clans and it was an early form of anti piracy in that you had to put a name to a sign to prove you had the book.
Will have to try and add a 3 1/2 floppy drive to my desktop and see if they still work No chance of finding a 5 1/4 drive)