I only played this once back in 1995 or 6. Can't remember exactly when. My friends and I had fun with it. You nabbed Hok Tuey, here's your reward, don't spend it all in one place!
Thanks so much for posting this. I bought this game back in 1991 but I could never get past 3/4s of the game. There was some kind of software error. I think later they posted a fix. Sadly, it did not get onto the CD. Therefore, fun to see how it ended with your series of 6 videos. Such memory lane!
Took forever to try and remember the name of this game, but once I did, the nostalgia of my childhood came rushing back. Loved playing this game as a kid. I remember thinking how advanced and involved this game was for it's time. Crazy to see how far games have come in the last 25 years.
ah the memories! I remember spending lots of credits in the bar trying to see how many drinks i could come up with. If I recall, if you have too many drinks the bartender will refuse to serve you anything more. lol
I had not thought about this game in more than a decade. I remember playing this on my family's old computer as a kid and loving it. Most of the really old CD games of that era were, well, horrible. But Spaceship Warlock always stuck in my mind as one of the fun ones. I think it was that it gave you more freedom to do things than one would have expected from a game of it's ilk. Thanks for uploading this. It's a nice nostalgia trip. Wonder if I still have my old CD somewhere.
SW was awesome. It came with our Mac LC II in 93 or so and I thought it was so cool that you could order different drinks at the bar in the spaceport. I was about 10 and would always ask my dad the names of different alcoholic drinks that I could type in.
Looking back on it, I was 3 when this game came out, And it is probably the first video game (back then we called them computer games) I ever played. Of course I didn't beat it till I was 10, when the disk resurfaced from out basement. My last playthrough wason a original I Mac with OS9. Hard to belive the program still worked after that long, but I made it farther than my Dad ever did on it. The disk vanashed and resurfaced several times over the years, we could never find it when we wanted to play it. Such an underated game, way ahead of it's time with the graphics. Love it!
@madmadhatter Right on! As far as I know, this is the first full-color CD-ROM game. There were other CD-ROM games out, but this one was a milestone for the visuals/multimedia. Most people didn't even have color Macs at the time of its release.
I feel like that movie was partly inspired by Blade Runner and Heavy Metal. Though this game does remind me of Fifth Element and a few other movies combined into one game.
@@nicolaspace1182 Awesome information. Now I have a comic to hunt down and read. From what I see so far, the art work looks beautiful! I see Taika Waititi is eyeing at making a film adaptation of the comic as well.
The spaceship animations are really great and were far ahead of its time. Presto Studios talked about this game as an inspiraten for "The Journeyman Project" - never heard of "Spaceship Warlock" before.
+Jürgen Mayer As far as I know, this was the first color game with audio released exclusively for the CD-ROM, so everything that came afterwards took a ltitle inspiration from it. I actually got to speak with the developer last year, and it sounds like it was a struggle being the first ones to do something like this: obscuritory.com/essay/joe-sparks-interview/
@TokyoDawn1984 How I'd love to... getting the raw music files is impossible without having a copy of Macromind Director (not even Macromedia!), but I can attempt to rip a few songs by recording them. People have requested the music from this quite a bit, as with Robot City. Before I start a playthrough of Eastern Mind, I might do a series of music uploads.
And one of the FIRST EVER (if not the first) adventure games made with MacroMind Director to boot... especially because at the time, Director's main use was for business presentations and interactive kiosks, and it was a tool far less suitable for game creation than it has since become.
I still have my CD of this game, I played... basically this part as a kid (5 or so). A lot. I wasn't any good when it got to actual combat-y stuff so I'd just replay again and punch the guy out and everything. Never knew you could actually go in the bar, though. That's totally new to me. The game played very similar to how this played since we had a 486, I believe, so the trailer that came with the game always ended sound clips too early and stuff like that.
And I kinda feel like you weren't supposed to be standing there in the orbital space port for so long while it played peaceful music. It's exactly how it went for me, but I bet the cutscene with the shuttle was supposed to last longer.
I remember this game being mentioned in Videogames and Computer Entertainment magazine, as one of the trailblazing CD-ROM titles. I wonder how many people actually had the hardware to play it at the time. I know I didn't.
+Mario Moreno That was one of its big selling points: not a lot of people had the sort of computer that could play it, but for everyone who did, this was basically the only game in town for a while!
That's what I have been using. If it's running choppily, consider using different video drivers with 3.1 (this has been helpful for Warlock specficially) or manually adjusting the cycles on DOSBox. The number of cycles it automatically assigns for Windows could always stand to be higher. Hope that helps!
@RiotShield Absolutely. I always keep saying "Sure I'll do this x day," but real-life stuff like work and classes keep getting in the way. But since Day 1 doing Spaceship Warlock, I wanted to do a compilation of all the crazy death scenes.
Could you give some guidance about this video driver thing? I remember using 3.11 briefly in my teens but never became an expert, lol. I am sure it will be helpful for many people
@Kalaida Wow! I knew there were a lot of details and such, but not some of those. I was wondering what else you could do with the phone... It's a shame that the Warlock didn't have as many interesting interactive areas, outside the Engineering Deck. I agree, this isn't the sort of game you can blaze through, even if it's possible. Half of the fun is the exploration. I just had to condense it down for the sake of getting videos online to show people about it. :)
Grr. This isn't the type of game you should be rushing through. There is so much to click on and so mane hidden interactive details to explore! Like the bar. They Coke, Pepsi, Water, 7-Up, Beer and even Champagne (Complete with cork pop!). Like @0:51. If you click on the trash chutes, you can see trash being dropped down. Or what about @1:35? There are some pretty cool sounds and animations of cars flying overhead. And 4:06, you can call the Kroll Overlord Office!
Although the character designs on this one were mostly designed by Mike Saenz (who previously created the first published comic book drawn on a computer).
@ChaosRayZero actually, yes! if i remember correctly, all that happens is the bartender will just stick his hand out and rub his fingers together as if saying "pay up." you cant do anything else but pay him. :p
@ChaosRayZero I remember if you get something called "brainfizz" or something like that, you immediately become super drunk. If you were to keep ordering drinks until you got drunk, you'd get the same effect. Your sight becomes really blurry, and I think you can die from drinking too much, but I don't exactly remember doing that.
@mrphelps546 yea, you're probably right... but I do remember you were able to get so drunk that your POV became extremely blurry. I used to do that way too much.
You can simply use a free, open-source program called Audacity to do just this task. Import the .MMM files via the "Import Raw Data" function as 11127hz, 8-bit unsigned mono PCM with no endianness, and there you go. The game's raw sound.
ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED GAMES OF ALL TIME
To the guy who made this videos: Thanks, pal.
Always glad. :)
You can tell the creators of this had a lot of fun
I only played this once back in 1995 or 6. Can't remember exactly when. My friends and I had fun with it. You nabbed Hok Tuey, here's your reward, don't spend it all in one place!
I literally just had this game randomly pop up in my head, an old title I played once on my buddies PC. Wow talk about memories
omg my childhood!!!
I've been looking for this since 1997! Reddit brought me here, thank you for having it!
Thanks so much for posting this. I bought this game back in 1991 but I could never get past 3/4s of the game. There was some kind of software error. I think later they posted a fix. Sadly, it did not get onto the CD. Therefore, fun to see how it ended with your series of 6 videos. Such memory lane!
The intro music came back in my head this morning! I don't know why, the brain is surprising!
Spaaaaace ship.. (Warlock) Toum-Doudoudoum
😉
👍
Took forever to try and remember the name of this game, but once I did, the nostalgia of my childhood came rushing back. Loved playing this game as a kid. I remember thinking how advanced and involved this game was for it's time. Crazy to see how far games have come in the last 25 years.
I love this game, and ALSO:
my mind was recently blown when I discovered the creator of this was also the genius behind The Radiskull!
Thank you so much for doing this! This was a game I played with my brother when I was about 4 and this brings back terrifying memories! :)
I still have the original CD of 1992 but no old Mac anymore. Thanks for bringing back memories!
I played this as a kid. So many memories!!!
ah the memories! I remember spending lots of credits in the bar trying to see how many drinks i could come up with. If I recall, if you have too many drinks the bartender will refuse to serve you anything more. lol
This game changed my life.
The atmosphere created by this game was so awesome back in the day
I had not thought about this game in more than a decade. I remember playing this on my family's old computer as a kid and loving it. Most of the really old CD games of that era were, well, horrible. But Spaceship Warlock always stuck in my mind as one of the fun ones. I think it was that it gave you more freedom to do things than one would have expected from a game of it's ilk.
Thanks for uploading this. It's a nice nostalgia trip. Wonder if I still have my old CD somewhere.
How did I only discover this game today?! What a groundbreaking and ambitious vision.
God, I loved playing this game.
This is one of best adventures i ever play.Love it
SW was awesome. It came with our Mac LC II in 93 or so and I thought it was so cool that you could order different drinks at the bar in the spaceport. I was about 10 and would always ask my dad the names of different alcoholic drinks that I could type in.
Looking back on it, I was 3 when this game came out, And it is probably the first video game (back then we called them computer games) I ever played. Of course I didn't beat it till I was 10, when the disk resurfaced from out basement. My last playthrough wason a original I Mac with OS9. Hard to belive the program still worked after that long, but I made it farther than my Dad ever did on it. The disk vanashed and resurfaced several times over the years, we could never find it when we wanted to play it. Such an underated game, way ahead of it's time with the graphics. Love it!
@madmadhatter Right on! As far as I know, this is the first full-color CD-ROM game. There were other CD-ROM games out, but this one was a milestone for the visuals/multimedia. Most people didn't even have color Macs at the time of its release.
How did you play this?
I demand more Spaceship warlock videos.
I used to play this game on an old Power Mac. So awesome! Curious if the people behind Fifth Element took any influences from this game.
I feel like that movie was partly inspired by Blade Runner and Heavy Metal. Though this game does remind me of Fifth Element and a few other movies combined into one game.
@@Kehwanna it was actually inspired by “The Incal” comic book. A French comic book, with the story written by a Chilean man named Jodorowsky.
@@nicolaspace1182 Awesome information. Now I have a comic to hunt down and read. From what I see so far, the art work looks beautiful!
I see Taika Waititi is eyeing at making a film adaptation of the comic as well.
One of the first computer games I played as a kid!
The spaceship animations are really great and were far ahead of its time. Presto Studios talked about this game as an inspiraten for "The Journeyman Project" - never heard of "Spaceship Warlock" before.
+Jürgen Mayer As far as I know, this was the first color game with audio released exclusively for the CD-ROM, so everything that came afterwards took a ltitle inspiration from it. I actually got to speak with the developer last year, and it sounds like it was a struggle being the first ones to do something like this: obscuritory.com/essay/joe-sparks-interview/
Liked. This was cheesy when I played it in the 90s but....That Theme Song is awesome. Negaren even remixed it.
I came from that song as well haha
Greatest indie point and click adventure computer game created
And now playable on scummvm
0:14 I loved the ambient "music" in the early part of the game too.
@TokyoDawn1984 How I'd love to... getting the raw music files is impossible without having a copy of Macromind Director (not even Macromedia!), but I can attempt to rip a few songs by recording them.
People have requested the music from this quite a bit, as with Robot City. Before I start a playthrough of Eastern Mind, I might do a series of music uploads.
yes!! i had this game for my mac circa 1992 or 93? fantastic game!
I fucking love you man. I used to play this game all the time over at my friend's house when I was a kid. Good times.
the ORGINAL HOK TUEY!
8:40 I remember how much I loved the music at this part.
ahh yes the bellshazzar !
0:54 I liked this traffic noise too.
Qu'est-ce que j'ai pu aimé ce jeu dans le temps!
He also sang the infamous "You Are Dead" song in Total Distortion.
He created the entire game of Total Distortion, basically (Joe Sparks). Later did a web series called "Radiskull and Devil Doll."
This is so good
And one of the FIRST EVER (if not the first) adventure games made with MacroMind Director to boot... especially because at the time, Director's main use was for business presentations and interactive kiosks, and it was a tool far less suitable for game creation than it has since become.
I still have my CD of this game, I played... basically this part as a kid (5 or so). A lot. I wasn't any good when it got to actual combat-y stuff so I'd just replay again and punch the guy out and everything. Never knew you could actually go in the bar, though. That's totally new to me. The game played very similar to how this played since we had a 486, I believe, so the trailer that came with the game always ended sound clips too early and stuff like that.
And I kinda feel like you weren't supposed to be standing there in the orbital space port for so long while it played peaceful music. It's exactly how it went for me, but I bet the cutscene with the shuttle was supposed to last longer.
:D i remembered the telephone sound too! good times...
I remember this game being mentioned in Videogames and Computer Entertainment magazine, as one of the trailblazing CD-ROM titles. I wonder how many people actually had the hardware to play it at the time. I know I didn't.
+Mario Moreno That was one of its big selling points: not a lot of people had the sort of computer that could play it, but for everyone who did, this was basically the only game in town for a while!
came here because of NegaRen's remix of the title theme and such, had no idea this was a PC game in the 90s!
So glad this is up :) Nostalgia trip here i go!!!!
Yeah I know. I read it in one of the books. And I think Joe also sings the SPAAAAACESHIIIIP WARLOCK intro.
That's what I have been using. If it's running choppily, consider using different video drivers with 3.1 (this has been helpful for Warlock specficially) or manually adjusting the cycles on DOSBox. The number of cycles it automatically assigns for Windows could always stand to be higher. Hope that helps!
You ever played Total Distortion? This game has the same feeling. And it looks cool too.
@RiotShield Absolutely. I always keep saying "Sure I'll do this x day," but real-life stuff like work and classes keep getting in the way. But since Day 1 doing Spaceship Warlock, I wanted to do a compilation of all the crazy death scenes.
So, this has to be one of James Ferraro's main influences…
Damn, the dancing native on the bar was so fucking hot!!!
total distortion et spaceship warlock are the spinal tap version of PC game, I got them both love the cover artwork and the naff music...
Could you give some guidance about this video driver thing? I remember using 3.11 briefly in my teens but never became an expert, lol. I am sure it will be helpful for many people
Part rocket, part zeppelin or blimp with a bit of normal battle ship in there.
Kroll alien design based on the 1953 WAR OF THE WORLDS
@lotar732 Pleasure. :) Very glad more people remember this.
ouaaaah les souvenirs!!!
@unholyfirestorm Yeah, those parts are annoying...
I'm running this on DOSBox, which is running Windows 3.1 within this.
erm, can't found this game to download on Internet, may I have a download link for this?
NegaRen anyone?
@Kalaida Wow! I knew there were a lot of details and such, but not some of those. I was wondering what else you could do with the phone... It's a shame that the Warlock didn't have as many interesting interactive areas, outside the Engineering Deck.
I agree, this isn't the sort of game you can blaze through, even if it's possible. Half of the fun is the exploration. I just had to condense it down for the sake of getting videos online to show people about it. :)
Hey there. How did you run it? I have installed it on Dosbox/Win 3.11 and it's not as smooth, so I am really curious how I can play it normally.
Heard about this on the Threepcast
Grr. This isn't the type of game you should be rushing through. There is so much to click on and so mane hidden interactive details to explore! Like the bar. They Coke, Pepsi, Water, 7-Up, Beer and even Champagne (Complete with cork pop!).
Like @0:51. If you click on the trash chutes, you can see trash being dropped down.
Or what about @1:35? There are some pretty cool sounds and animations of cars flying overhead.
And 4:06, you can call the Kroll Overlord Office!
ah yes, the BELSHAZZAR!
Funny you should say that! Both games were developed primarily by the same guy, Joe Sparks.
Although the character designs on this one were mostly designed by Mike Saenz (who previously created the first published comic book drawn on a computer).
This game creeped me the fuck out as a kid
Same here man. The Kroll, fighting Rascull was pretty scary too, and the general ambiance of the game was super creepy.
It makes me far less uneasy now that im 24 and not 5
3:18 Go on, order a Liquid Lobotomy.
@ChaosRayZero actually, yes! if i remember correctly, all that happens is the bartender will just stick his hand out and rub his fingers together as if saying "pay up." you cant do anything else but pay him. :p
@ChaosRayZero
I remember if you get something called "brainfizz" or something like that, you immediately become super drunk. If you were to keep ordering drinks until you got drunk, you'd get the same effect. Your sight becomes really blurry, and I think you can die from drinking too much, but I don't exactly remember doing that.
@mrphelps546 yea, you're probably right... but I do remember you were able to get so drunk that your POV became extremely blurry. I used to do that way too much.
wow Mac adventure game
The jeans approve
You can simply use a free, open-source program called Audacity to do just this task.
Import the .MMM files via the "Import Raw Data" function as 11127hz, 8-bit unsigned mono PCM with no endianness, and there you go. The game's raw sound.
you nabbed "hawk tuah"
HOK TUEY
I was selling this game in the Silicon Valley...
Game maker nostagia was made by small team behind with Joe Sparks masterpiece his created the game
" " 2017.
¡Hey! I have a set of screehshots in a set of Flickr about this fabulous game. Just look for krollian user in Flickr...
See ya!