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they made a video game out of Dante's Inferno?92 views |
| benhenry - 2/9/10, 12:08 am |
| that strikes me as a little odd and shitty |
| WAXTRAXRECORDS - 2/9/10, 12:16 am |
| think of the money that he's making on royalties and licensing though! |
| benhenry - 2/9/10, 12:16 am |
| hahaha |
| neopolitan - 2/9/10, 12:16 am |
| it actually looks pretty good |
| neopolitan - 2/9/10, 12:16 am |
| looking forward to purgatorio |
| benhenry - 2/9/10, 12:19 am |
| i'm not a fan of weirdo not real shit so i am a terrible judge of whether or not this looks good i love Dante's Inferno, whis is probably why i'm so put off by this someone buy it and tell me if the storyline parallels the "epic poem" |
| neopolitan - 2/9/10, 12:23 am |
| Dante's Inferno is very loosely based on the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy. The player
controls Dante, a veteran of the Third Crusade, who chases his beloved Beatrice and attempts to free
her soul from Lucifer, who needs to wed a heaven-bound soul to break free of Hell and make another
attempt to take over the Throne of God. As his pursuit takes him through the monstrous entities
within the nine Circles of Hell to save Beatrice, Dante must face his own sins, his family's past
and his war crimes. * Prologue - the City of Acre to the Gates of Hell[8] o Dante, the game's protagonist is shown stitching a bloody tapestry into his chest while stuck in a "dark forest" and screams in pain as the final stitch is finished. The tapestry immediately begins to show flashbacks of his life prior to the game's story. In the first flashback, Dante and his fellow knights are ordered by King Richard to capture the city of Acre and secure an artifact before Saladin can get his hands on it. During the raid on the Citadel of Acre, Dante is attacked by an assassin and left for dead. As he is about to die, Death appears to inform Dante that he is to suffer "eternal damnation for [his] sins" and that Dante's loved ones will also be punished. Horrified by the realization that the bishop has deceived him, Dante decides to redeem himself. In an act of defiance, he clashes with Death and takes his scythe as a war trophy after using it to slice its previous owner in half. He returns home to Florence with a determination to live his life in peace only to find that his lover, Beatrice Portinari, has been murdered. Beatrice appears to Dante as a spirit, telling him that she knew Dante would come for her. After this, Dante witnesses Lucifer drag her into Hell. Giving chase, Dante begins his journey to save Beatrice, cutting through an army of living dead to make it into a church where he sees Beatrice being tortured as her words of him breaking his vow to her confuse him. Desperate for more assistance, Dante blesses a holy cross Beatrice gave to him when they first made their vow of being true to one another, and pursues her to the otherside. After meeting the spirit of Virgil, who knows of Dante's crimes and agrees to help him in his quest, Dante uses a demonic beast to open the Gates of Hell and begins his descent into Limbo. o Confirmed Bosses: Death * The First Circle of Hell - Limbo o Dante begins his descent into Hell, fighting demons, unbaptized babies and other tormented souls. He rides on the back of Charon the ferryman, who he later kills by forcing a demon to rip his head off, to reach the serpentine King Minos, the Judge of the Damned, whom he must defeat to continue his journey. In the end, Dante manages to kill Minos by placing his tongue on a torture device and spinning the wheel around to split his face in half. o Condemned Host: Pontius Pilate o Condemned Souls: Orpheus, Electra o Confirmed Bosses: King Minos * The Second Circle of Hell - Lust o Reaching the second circle of Hell, Dante discovers Lucifer is personally holding Beatrice's soul, even dressing her as his hellish bride and deceiving her into thinking Dante broke his vow to her. Dante must journey to the phallic tower in the center of this circle's endless hurricane to defeat Queen Cleopatra, who rules as one of Lucifer's regents. o Condemned Host: Francesca da Polenta o Condemned Souls: Paolo Malatesta, Semiramis o Confirmed Boss: Cleopatra and Mark Antony as her avatar. * The Third Circle of Hell - Gluttony o Having defeated both King Minos and Cleopatra, Dante journeys to the next circle, one populated by gluttonous demons, great landscapes made of living organs, storms of human waste and giant gorger worms with insatiable appetites. There he must face the "great worm", Cerberus, a mass of worm-like stomach protruding from an open maw. o Condemned Host: Ciacco o Condemned Souls: Clodia o Confirmed Boss: Cerberus * The Fourth Circle of Hell - Greed o Defeating Cerberus, Dante enters the circle of Greed, which is mechanical in nature compared to the previous circles. Within the circle are occupants who are boiled alive in molten gold, condemned for being avaricious or prodigal with their riches. In this "factory of torture," Dante will be faced with the horrendous puzzles of the Wheel of Fortune, which is used to deliver punishment, come face to face against the fallen god Plutus, and confront the monstorous version of his own father. o Condemned Host: Gessius Florus o Condemned Souls: Fulvia, Tarpeia o Confirmed Boss: Plutus (not a boss, though seen half way through Greed in a statue form), Alighiero (Dante's Father) * The Fifth Circle of Hell - Anger o Dante descends into the fifth circle of Hell and confronts Phlegyas, a giant, flaming demon whom Dante unknowingly rides across the River Styx, a toxic marsh which eternally drowns the wrathful and the sullen. Escaping the behemoth's fury, he witnesses the beast entering the City of Dis, guarded by the powerful Fallen Angels, and he must follow if he is to save Beatrice. o Condemned Host: Filippo Argenti o Condemned Souls: Boudica, Hecuba o Confirmed Boss: Phlegyas * The Sixth Circle of Hell - Heresy o Upon entrance into Hell's capital, the infernal City of Dis, Dante descends into the lair of the heretics, who are encased within flaming tombs and nailed to inverted burning crosses. The Dark Priests, necromancers and conjurers are free to worship the "Fallen One" and guard this circle. The souls of the ancient followers (Ex. Abraham) are trapped here as well, waiting for the arrival of "The One" and their redemption. o Condemned Host: Farinata Uberti o Condemned Souls: Frederick II, Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti * The Seventh Circle of Hell - Violence o Awaiting Dante in Hell's seventh circle are the three abominable domains in which the fearsome Archdemons watch over the violent damned according to their particular sin: the first two being Phlegethon, the endless river of boiling blood which torments those who are violent against others and The Wood of Suicides for those who are violent against themselves. Within the Desert of Burning Sands for those violent against God, Dante encounters his former best friend and Beatrice's brother, Francesco, whose death during the Crusades was his doing. Now a horribly disfigured version of his former self, Francesco desires revenge against Dante for his state of being. o Condemned Host: Pietro della Vigna o Condemned Souls: Atilla, Brunetto Latini, Guido Guerra o Confirmed Bosses: Francesco Portinari (Beatrice's Brother) * The Eighth Circle of Hell - Fraud o Fraud is an extremely dark place that holds those who used deception and lies to their own gain. It is split into ten ditches that each hold a different type of liar that are being punished in different ways. This circle is also home to every single demon and monster that appeared in the other circles. Each step down Fraud is a small arena in which Dante will have to fight his way through the relentless creatures of Hell as they ambush him. o Condemned Host: Thais o Condemned Souls: Tiresias, Myrrha * The Ninth Circle of Hell - Treachery o Having journeyed through all of Hell, confronted his past and atoned for his sins, Dante must now traverse the frozen wasteland of Cocytus to face Lucifer. Only by defeating the Prince of Darkness himself can Dante save Beatrice's soul, as well as his own soul. o Condemned Host: Fra Alberigo o Condemned Souls: Mordred, Count Ugolino o Confirmed Boss: Lucifer |
| Packy - 2/9/10, 12:25 am |
| DO YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO SAVE BEATRICE? IMAGE REMOVED - CLICK TO VIEW FIGHT as Dante, or in AWESOME two-player action mode with your sidekick Virgil through NINE HELLISH LEVELS OF INFERNAL ADVENTURE! Practice prudence, justice, temperance, and courage as you destroy the wanton and the simoniacs! Unlock AWESOME feats of FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY for a turbocharged ADVENTURE IN VIRTUE! Interact with Aristotle and Socrates for awesome wisdom bonuses! Do you have what it takes to persevere, to survive and advance to Purgatory, OR WILL YOU BE BANISHED TO THE GROVE OF SUICIDES IMAGE REMOVED - CLICK TO VIEW |
| neopolitan - 2/9/10, 12:25 am |
| beatrice's brother is a boss |
| unjackful - 2/9/10, 12:27 am |
| Dante begins his descent into Hell, fighting demons, unbaptized babies and other tormented souls |
| benhenry - 2/9/10, 12:27 am |
| waging war on Limbo |
| Packy - 2/9/10, 12:28 am |
| I hear in the second sequel, Paradiso, you'll be able to contemplate God's infinite goodness in teams in an MMORG! |
| dan g - 2/9/10, 12:41 am |
| I would pay any dollar for that |
| oklo - 2/9/10, 12:43 am |
| ---INTRODUCTION--- You are a famous crimebuster hot on the trail of that world-renowned thief, Carmen Santiago, and her latest gang. The rumours that she had died in a bizarre accident don't deter you; after all, it might just be misdirection. So you track her to the Dark Woods of I/O Error, where you encounter three hideous beasts and lose your way in the night. Virgil, a Greek poet, meets you in your frenzy and tells you that the only way out is through Hell itself. "Alas," he continues, "the geography of Hell has changed since last I guided a mortal through it, and you will need assistance besides mine to get through the frozen caves of Cocytus to Paradise." "Who might this assistance come from?" you wonder aloud. "Why, from the latest arrival to the Inferno," your guide informs you. "Carmen Santiago." Oh well. You've tracked Carmen around the world; through Europe, America, and the reaches of Time. Surely the afterlife won't be much harder! In WHERE IN HELL IS CARMEN SANTIAGO?, you will need to use your detective skills and knowledge of facts from Canticle One of Dante's Commedia: "Inferno". Her gang members are here, too, and they bear the punishment that they earned in their lives. Besides that, they bear information on their fellows, as well as useful items to help you in your quest. By talking to them and interpreting their dossiers, you'll figure out where the others are and what items they most desire. Beware! You have only a limited amount of time to find Carmen-- and if you try to find her in the wrong area, you'll be damned for eternity! ---STARTING THE GAME--- This packed file contains the documentation file (which you're reading right now), a commentary, and two archived 5.25" disks OR one archived 3.5" disk. Unpack the disks (using ShrinkIt) onto the appropriate device. Then turn your Apple off and on again, or hit OPEN APPLE-CONTROL-RESET to reboot. The disk will automatically start up. WHERE IN HELL IS CARMEN SANTIAGO? will work on any Apple ][ that's capable of running ProDOS. For easiest play, you should have two disk drives attached; disk 1 should be in drive 1, and disk 2 in drive 2. However, it will work with only one disk drive, swapping disks every so often. (The program will tell you when.) If you prefer, you can copy all of the files from the 5.25" disks onto a 3.5" ProDOS disk, a RAMdisk, or a hard disk. This will cut down on disk swapping a great deal. All you need to do is copy the contents of disk 1 onto the desired device (or a subdirectory on it), then copy the contents of directory WIHICS.SCR from disk 2 into the WIHICS.SCR subdirectory on your destination disk. (You may be told that some files already exist; these don't need to be copied.) Finally, set the PREFIX to the disk or directory that has the file STARTUP, and RUN that program. (When using a hard drive, you probably already have PRODOS and BASIC.SYSTEM, so you don't need to copy those. And you can rename STARTUP to whatever you want-- WIHICS.START is a good choice.) Please note: The programs and data for the 3.5" version and the 5.25" version are identical. I just packed them differently to ease installation, and to give n extra to the 3.5" users. Some people may have non-standard setups. To make a self-booting disk that works with your equipment, you may have to reprogram STARTUP. This might be necessary if you have a special disk setup, or if you have a speedup card other than the supported ones. The program automatically recognizes a Zip Chip (or similar devices), //c+, and //gs, and slows them down to standard speed so that the music doesn't sound all funny. You can modify lines 1000 through 1090 to suit your needs. //gs users: You would do well to set your control panel to MONOCHROME. There is very little colour in the game, and it will probably work out better. Do this before starting so that you don't disturb other settings. |
| swidswidswid - 2/9/10, 12:55 am |
| Back around 2000, the studio I work at was working on a game based on Dante's Inferno called The Lost (we wanted to call it Inferno, but we couldn't legally) -- it was ultimately canceled, but we sold the assets, and it turned up a couple of years ago as a Bollywood-esque title called Agni: Queen of Darkness. |
| swidswidswid - 2/9/10, 12:57 am |
| Actually, to clarify, it was based on Dante's Inferno as a world/setting -- the story was completely separate. |
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