Peasant's Quest Preview
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This advertises the newest Trogdor game, released in August 2004 as it originally claimed. You are Rather Dashing, a peasant wearing short pants, on a mission to slay the evil Trogdor for burninating his cottage.
Cast (in order of appearance): Poor Gary, Baby Lady, Trogdor, Rather Dashing, Videlectrix Mascot, Kerrek, Graphic Designers
Places: Peasantry
Date: July 19, 2004
Running Time: 1:10
Page Title: Coming Soon from Vitrelecix!
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Transcript
VOICEOVER: {Drifting past game scenes} A real long time ago, in the peasant kingdom of Peasantry, some people lived {screen goes black, flash of lightning}) IN FEAR! {flash of lightning and Trogdor}. You are Rather Dashing, a peasant wearing short pants, who returns from vacation to find his thatched-roof cottage BURNINATED! You swear revenge and embark on an incredible journey to vanquish the Burninator once and for all. PEASANT'S QUEST!
COMPANY SPOKESMAN: From the company that made that game TROGDOR! {Videlectrix logo, guy with cigarette}, and that game Rabbit Algebra, comes a graphical text adventure of rather large proportions. Videlectrix programmers have actually been hard at work bringing this epic adventure to life. {Two screens of two programmers working at a computer} Make your way through the lush 16 color landscapes of Peasantry using our state of the art text commands {get berries} and interface {throw baby}. {cut to an old computer running Peasant's Quest.} Featuring 2-bit mono PC internal speaker sound! {Plays the Peasant's Quest theme in computerised beeps.}
VOICEOVER: Can one Peasant wearing short pants save the country-side from certain Burnination? {Rather Dashing slips in the mud, and then is clumped on the head by Kerrek} YOU DECIDE!
COMPANY SPOKESMAN: Coming soon to a 286 CGA enabled PC* near you! {*MAXIMUM REQUIREMENTS}.
{Flash of Trogdor breathing fire followed by the message
TROGDOR IS WAITING
and a 2-bit sound clip of the Trogdor Song. AUGUST 2004 }
Easter Eggs
- Click on the top right corner at the end of the preview to listen as game designers "discuss" what it means to have good graphics.
- {Cut to the two brains of Videlectrix at a chalkboard.}
- FIRST PROGRAMMER: WHAT DID I SAY?
- SECOND PROGRAMMER: Good graph—to make—
- FIRST PROGRAMMER: WHAT DID I TELL YOU TO DO?
- SECOND PROGRAMMER: To make good graphics.
- FIRST PROGRAMMER: GOOD GRAPHICS! {The sound of the first programmer tapping his marker at the whiteboard is heard.} I COME TO WORK AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS MESS!
- SECOND PROGRAMMER: I can make good graphics.
- FIRST PROGRAMMER: I—YOU BETTER MAKE GOOD GRAPHICS! I'M SUPPOSED TO RELEASE A VIDEO COMPUTER GAME ON TV WITHOUT THIS GRAPHIC!
- SECOND PROGRAMMER: What?
- FIRST PROGRAMMER: YOU HEARD ME!
Fun Facts
Remarks
- The first programmer sounds a bit like a cross between Coach Z and Homestar Runner, while the second programmer sounds a bit like Strong Sad's old voice.
- The "What?" line also sounds a bit like The Homestar Runner in Parsnips A-Plenty.
Trivia
- When you click 'back' at the end of this short, it takes you to Main Page 13 (Atari graphics) every time.
Goofs
- The monitor shown in the pictures with the Videlectrix programmers is in fact monochrome (one color). If the monitor was really color, the on/off switch would be near the bottom instead of the top right-hand corner.
Inside References
- The title of the window actually says "Coming Soon from Vitrelecix!!" This is most likely an intentional typo.
- The burning peasant on the final screen is from the pencil drawings done by Strong Sad in dragon.
- The computer that is in this cartoon is the same computer that is on the Videlectrix Homepage.
I LIKE FOOOD
Fast Forward
- When a screenshot of the game is shown with the command "get berries," the possible point total (at the top of the screen) is 200. However, in the actual game, it is only 150—evidently, something changed in the course of development.
- Surprisingly, the "throw baby" command shown actually works in the game. See Peasant's Quest.
- When Rather Dashing holds up the Trog-Sword, he isn't wearing the Trog-Helmet or carrying the Trog-Shield, even though in the game he would get those items before the sword.
See Also
- The game Peasant's Quest
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