Project Overview

In this project there are 5 games from the 70’s and 80’s, and each person was given a random title of the 5 with the intention to re-imagine the game. It’s very unique because it gives us the chance to be creative and because the games are so old, the possibilities are almost endless in what you can do.

The title still has to be the same, but virtually everything else can be changed.

The title I was given was ‘Feud’

Feud is a 1987 game based around a two sorcerer’s who are twins, and hate each other. When Leanoric casts an aging spell on Learic, Learic has only one day in which to kill his brother, meaning both characters are preparing to kill one another.

A very basic storyline, but I have the freedom to change whatever I wish, so long as there is Feuding involved.

It must be night, right?

The game was somewhat open world as you could progress through screens to different areas in search for your twin. The gameplay centered around collecting herbs in order to make spells to defeat Leanoric, in which he was also doing the same.

The game also featured an insert card featuring backstory for the game: 

“No one knows ‘ow long they have been ‘ere; even old Albert don’t recall ‘em comin’ an’ ‘e reckons ‘e might be over ‘undred! We didn’t mind when they kept themselves to themselves. I mean, all we wants is a bit o’ piece an’ quiet an’ leave to go about our business. We’re simple folk ‘ere in Little Dullford and we can’t be doin’ with magic an’ spells. I never did ‘old with folk meddlin’ in things best left alone. We’d see ‘em o’course; in the forest pickin’ toadstools an’ suchlike, or p’raps one would pop into Tubby Hieke’s shop for ‘erbs an’ stuff, but by an’ large they left us normal folk alone, and that’s ‘ow we like it. They’d ‘ad arguments before, we all know that. Well, readin’ them magic books all day they can’t be right in the ‘ead can they?Anyway, two summers back, or maybe three (I remember because that was the year Albert’s donkey died), old Leanoric (he’s the older one I think), he turned ‘is brother Learic into a frog! His ownbrother! but he turned ‘im back after a week an’ at least they didn’t bother us.

Two weeks back, all this changed; first the forest went quiet fora few days, not even a sparra’ dared to make a sound. Then thenoises began, first shoutin’ then all manner o’ bangs, explosions and things best not thought about. Yesterday, old Leanoric uppedan’ left an’ moved to another ‘ut on t’uther side o’village.Hieke (who knows ‘em better’n most), reckons they’s about to start a feudin’ an’ woe betide the poor soul who gets in their way.  That as maybe but there’s strange things afoot in this ‘ere village an’ no mistake. It don’t take no fancy book learnin’ to figger we ain’t seen the last o’this, you mark my words.”

Spells consisted of: 

Teleport - this spell will teleport from anywhere you like back

to your cauldron;

Protect - this one will make you invulnerable for a short while;

Sprites - this is a missile spell;

Zombie - this will create a slow moving zombie that’ll follow you

around.  If Leanoric is on the screen the zombie will appear on

top of him, draining his energy;

Swift - this allows you to move at twice the speed for a short

time;

Freeze - if Leanoric is on the screen, this will stop him from

moving;

Doppleganger - will produce a replica of you which will divert

Leanoric’s attention while you do other things;

Lightning - a missile spell;

Invisible - makes you invisible;

Reverse - will make Leanoric move in the opposite direction to

the one he wants to;

Heal - self-explanatory;

Fireball - a missile spell.

For a game so old, the story and amount of spells is actually quite impressive. Out of the 5 games, this game had the best animation for the character and best graphics.

  http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001744 Accessed 04/10/2011
  http://www.fraserking.co.uk/spectrum/screenshots/Feud.png Accessed 04/10/2011]