tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post1876832300885275951..comments2020-05-02T19:46:26.704-04:00Comments on Eamon Adventurer's Guild Online: A Trip Through Darrel Raines' Eamon IIGS DemoMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477311598407527292noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-32033395036236018262013-12-14T19:42:21.407-05:002013-12-14T19:42:21.407-05:00A fascinating Eamon variant!
Following Frank'...A fascinating <i>Eamon</i> variant!<br /><br />Following Frank's lead, I ran a few more image searches on the dragon shown on the IIgs splash screen; turns out the original art was apparently done by the Hildebrandt brothers circa 1977, and depicts none other than dear old Smaug:<br />http://fan.theonering.net/~rolozo/cgi-bin/rolozo.cgi/image/hildebrandt?order=filename&filename=smaug.jpg<br /><br />A fitting bit of trivia for the premiere weekend of "The Desolation of Smaug". :)Huwmanbeinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12484424290243522758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-88802850223626696202012-11-15T23:23:21.272-05:002012-11-15T23:23:21.272-05:00Done. It's quite fortuitous that I discovered ...Done. It's quite fortuitous that I discovered and acquired the file literally a day before the site went down.T Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878252997070039887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-32375465215461991042012-11-15T08:23:38.922-05:002012-11-15T08:23:38.922-05:00Thanks Thomas. Syndicomm, the site where the disk ...Thanks Thomas. Syndicomm, the site where the disk image came from, has undergone significant changes this year, and I doubt the image will show up there again, at least at the same address. I searched for it in the index of the asimov ftp archive but it's not in there. Could you send it to me? My email is bloomer at iprimus dot com dot auWadehttp://wadeclarke.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-85256261467616956262012-11-13T23:14:40.941-05:002012-11-13T23:14:40.941-05:00Wade Clarke! I'm a fan!
The image is indeed f...Wade Clarke! I'm a fan!<br /><br />The image is indeed from the Rankin/Bass film, whose visual aesthetic is seared into my psyche. Serendipitously, if one goes to the front page of Frank's above link, one is greeted by an image of an Apple IIGS and its monitor displays the landscape from the second screenshot.<br /><br />With the provenance of three of the images nailed down, it's fair to infer that Raines was grabbing random art.<br /><br />I'm adding a link to the file, though the site is presently refusing to load.T Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878252997070039887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-71553223766373956302012-11-13T17:59:28.653-05:002012-11-13T17:59:28.653-05:00Hmm, I'm inclined to agree with Wade's the...Hmm, I'm inclined to agree with Wade's theory of "borrowed" images being used as well.<br /><br />IxQuick turned up this result:<br />http://virtualgs.larwe.com/Virtual_GS/Graphics_Gallery_files/Dragon.jpg<br /><br />From searching images at:<br />https://s2-us3.ixquick.com/do/search<br />For the subject: apple IIgs red dragon<br /><br />Right on the second page of results. Oddly, Raquel's 2012 Eamon Deluxe dragon shows up on the first page of results even though it's not associated with the Apple IIgs and I didn't even include "Eamon" in the search.<br /><br />Must be a result of those ever-shifting forces that surround Planet Eamon... Frank - Eamon Deluxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016434140873556147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-52983085692173489312012-11-13T17:55:09.502-05:002012-11-13T17:55:09.502-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Frank - Eamon Deluxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016434140873556147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-86772943700208953452012-11-13T17:53:31.154-05:002012-11-13T17:53:31.154-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Frank - Eamon Deluxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016434140873556147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322604.post-67095225608646059072012-11-13T06:46:37.420-05:002012-11-13T06:46:37.420-05:00Wow, this looks very cool. Thanks for bringing it ...Wow, this looks very cool. Thanks for bringing it up. I am going to fire it up in an emulator. Maybe even on my real IIGS.<br /><br />Is the hobbit literally from the Rankin Bass animated pic? If so, does that imply all the monster graphics will be scans from other sources? I know I have that dragon on a IIGS graphics disk someplace, and I don't know the original source of it.<br /><br />I did try to brave the Hypercard IIGS Eamon after the earlier post about that, and I concur that it was inscrutably non-functional.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />- Wade ClarkeWade Clarkehttp://wadeclarke.comnoreply@blogger.com