This was one of my favorite games as a kid and I don't think I ever got further than about 25 minutes into this video. I think I would mostly turn it on just to vibe to the music

Thanks for this. I’ve been playing since the early 90s and could never find in depth videos or lore on the game. One of my favorite games ever.

@gamecalendar187

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Same here, it's so underrated and I've never seen someone go through focusing on the lore and details either, so I thought that would be fun. 100% nostalgia for me, playing it is like being back in my bedroom as a 6 year old.

So I had been looking for this game for what had been over ten years. When I was younger, I read a complete walkthrough of the game in an issue of Nintendo Power (when the game was remade for the game boy color) and it sounded like the coolest damn game, ever. Just today I rediscovered Shadowgate. Interesting lore and a badass castle. Good video.

For me the part I got stuck on (and had to finally look up) years ago was the fact that the sphere is a multi-use item. It never even occurred to me that you could go back and get it, or that the torch would be powerful enough to melt the lake. Regarding the references, 'Philistines' is a reference to David and Goliath. 'Gehenna' is also the Hebrew world for 'Hell' and is sometimes mentioned as a fire/furnace.

Oh, and my favorite 'funny text' is if you try to "Use Self". The game scolds you for your proclivities, haha. There actually is a way to beat the game without the cloak. If you save the game in the fire room, and then die, you basically respawn in the fire room but it doesn't push you out. I think there's also a way to get past the sphinx by just immediately using one of the items on it BEFORE it asks the riddle - I don't remember which object it is, but basically one of them will always work if you do it before asking the riddle. So, if you care about your inventory staying slim you can do that. You can also dump a bunch of stuff in the burning oil, and I think in the acid fountain as well. I heard of a Kickstarter recently I am wanting to check out where they got the info/files for a planned sequel that never got made and remade it in the old school style. My son is also really into retro games and we play this game together a lot, so I think I might get it for him (as I think it did end up getting made).

56:47 This is a reference to a scene from "Life of Brian"

47:45 You got it right with your David and Goliath reference. Goliath was a Philistine, making war on the Israelites. I like how they skip right from that classical reference to a cyclops pun on "Bulls-eye!" There's a theme in the game that cleverness is more important than might; the sword is never useful except for this coup de grace, the spear only gets you through one time. I thought you made the best moral choice by giving the cyclops a second chance before murdering him. I was surprised to see the troll come back; I thought that the lack of a hitting the bottom crash meant that the Grim Reaper was there to catch him. 49:54 If the Castle Shadowgate now looms before you, where have you been all this time? The waiting room? 51:14 That's really funny about opening the bucket. I already watched an entire walkthrough of this game but I am enjoying yours much more.

@gamecalendar187

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments, that cyclops pun went right over my head. :) That's an interesting take, you also don't fight the gargoyles, hellhound, wyvern, werewolf, dragon or Warlock Lord "head on". Instead beating them cleverly with the spell, holy water, star, arrow, shield and staff respectively. I'm glad you felt I gave the cyclops every chance to stand down before I offed him, feels like I can sleep with a sound conscience now. In my mind, the cyclops is guarding the main castle (looks like he's in a courtyard after all) while the part before that is a minor, less epic structure. Or a complex that's built like a wall around the main castle.

@MasterZebulin

5 ай бұрын

@@gamecalendar187 You're close about the castle part: The part you just went through before the courtyard is actually the passageway through the Gatekeeper Mountain. That's why it has so many defenses. I mean, it's called _Gatekeeper_ Mountain! What did you think it was!?

Great clip! Thank you for this!

Dig the vid man. Keep it up!

30:00 This room I remember. Was so stuck on this. I think solving this took me longer than all other rooms together.

@gamecalendar187

Жыл бұрын

Same, I think I was stuck there for years. Just played the part before that door over and over

@bradnoyes1471

8 ай бұрын

Same here. I rented this game when I was a kid and this was as far as I got. But I loved the game, so I asked my parents to get me the game and the guide book for my bday, and they did. I think I might even still have the guide book somewhere.

39:36 Presumably there is a way to open this secret door that doesn't involve shattering the glass every time, but when the only tool you have is a hammer...

@gamecalendar187

Жыл бұрын

We need to take back that idiom and make it our own. "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like the secret mirror-door from Shadowgate for the NES."

So much nightmares and being scared of the dark because of this game.

@gamecalendar187

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that :( I don't know about you, but I found the torch-running-out-music to be one of the most unsettling and stress-inducing parts.

LOL carpets CAN be burnt and beaten, and stepped on by horses..... that was actually a good guess!

@gamecalendar187

9 ай бұрын

Gotta think outside the box 🤔🤓

Why did you only make 2 videos? This one was great.

@gamecalendar187

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll hopefully be able to make more in the future 😊

My most memorable game. Key behind the skull. I can't believe i stuck to it before finding it. Beat it. Looks like you are drinking from a ba y bottle.

You forgot to drink the liquid from the green pot in the laboratory with the mutated dog. I think after you do, you grow blue hairs on your hands, but it doesn't kill you. You can also TORCH the tapestry hanging in the banquet hall room, the one it says you can't reach. Or you can jump into the lava in the "Motari Riseth" room (brings up some funny text). ALSO you can press SELECT in each room and it will give you a hint of what maybe to do.

@gamecalendar187

9 ай бұрын

WHAT!? I had no idea about the SELECT thing, that's amazing. I have to try it out

@robertanderson2898

9 ай бұрын

@@gamecalendar187 lol and sorry to comment so late, this is old I know. Just discovered it though! Yeah it doesn't give you direct hints, but some clues like there's more to this room than it seems. Stuff like that. Quite a few rooms are the same, but there are many different. Nothing that exciting..... THANKS!

@gamecalendar187

9 ай бұрын

that's okay, i'm really glad you commented - for some reason a lot of people seem to be finding their way to the video lately which is awesome 😊@@robertanderson2898

@robertanderson2898

9 ай бұрын

@@gamecalendar187 Heh I started a game recently, immediately I TORCHED myself twice and got 3rd degree burns, then I HIT myself and saw stars....... but didn't die. I went through the entire game like that (I even lit the black oil in the Firedrake room back up and it did me in, LOL. There are other things I found out you can do. You can try to drink the green pot liquid TWICE, but it won't let you and it'll say something different. And you can use the HAMMER on the MIRROR, then LOOK at the mirror, heh heh. Peace out!

@lisamarieligreci-newton7804

7 ай бұрын

@@gamecalendar187 You can also try to use the staff on the Warlock and then he kills you, haha.

When you intentionally let the torch timer run out my inner child almost got ptsd 😆 ,i also played this a lot as a child but only got through it once with a guide on some parts in later years after the invention of the internet 😅 if i remember correctly so did we have fun on the swedish translation for the bad guy, was he not called something like "den onde kejsare warlord" 😂

@gamecalendar187

10 ай бұрын

Den onde Lord Warlock! #neverforget

58:03 It's very realistic that you got caught up in reading at the library until your torch started to go out and you were reminded there isn't much time. I really enjoyed reading through the books, thank you for the lore! 1:19:08 Today I learned there is a stone called black sapphire. I thought it was as oxymoronic as a blue ruby or a white emerald. 1:35:48 Your mom used to watch you play this game? Did you play together or just in the same room? You know, if you run out of torches, the logical thing to do would not be to fall on your face and die but to crawl back to the last place where you stole a torch. Since they apparently last about two hours, it is probably somebody's job to make the rounds and replace them. Perhaps that person gets scared and goes home once they see someone has been going around breaking mirrors and stuff.

@gamecalendar187

10 ай бұрын

I think it was mostly to help with the english walkthrough that was eventually needed to beat the game :) I agree, I'm thinking the hero has some kind of severe darkness-triggered balance issue.

How donyounget sp many torches?

@gamecalendar187

Жыл бұрын

Just pick up every torch you come across, should be plenty

ok, I haven't watched this yet, but there's only one thing I want to know about this game. What da hell does it mean that "birds will be different"?

@gamecalendar187

Жыл бұрын

I also want to know ;( That book is really quite weird, I wonder if it's an obscure reference/in-joke by the developers, or just a case of the translation gone bad.

@MasterZebulin

5 ай бұрын

Maybe it's referencing planes?

@realtyranny3310

5 ай бұрын

@@MasterZebulin Could be--That future evil mechanical technology!

@MasterZebulin

5 ай бұрын

@@realtyranny3310 I don't know! Maybe!?

a few years ago i saw a collection on steam with the 3 nes kemco point and click games but now i can't find it or remember the name.

@gamecalendar187

10 ай бұрын

MacVenture, could that be the one?

@xzs432

10 ай бұрын

it's the 8 bit adventure anthology volume 1.@@gamecalendar187

@MasterZebulin

5 ай бұрын

8-bit Adventure Anthologies Vol. 1

Playing RPGs that tell you that you need to equip gear or it does nothing lead to a little kiddo version of myself doing: "use sword on self" 💀

@gamecalendar187

10 ай бұрын

Rest in peace 😢😢😢 You couldn’t have known ❤ 🗡️

Come back

And here I thought I was the only person in Sweden who loved this game! There is another Shadowgate! On Nintendo 64, play it!

@gamecalendar187

Жыл бұрын

I definitely want to play the N64 one! Have you played the "remaster" from 2014?

@gorasul12

10 ай бұрын

I played the remaster with my younger sister, it was a good remaster as it seemd that they really cared for the original 😁

@gamecalendar187

10 ай бұрын

Agreed! I'm also very hyped for the upcoming 8-bit sequel@@gorasul12

@gorasul12

10 ай бұрын

@@gamecalendar187 Wait wait wait, they are making a sequel of Shadowgate? 😲

@gamecalendar187

10 ай бұрын

They are! Check out ”Beyond Shadowgate” 😊