Hillsfar (game)

Hillsfar was a video game set in the Forgotten Realms developed by Westwood Studios in 1989 and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc..

Gameplay
The player chooses a character and starts in Hillsfar. It was one of the first RPGs that tried to combine simple hack-and-slay style with puzzles. The story was simple, with the player-character just walking around the town and its surrounding area, solving some puzzles and fighting action sequences, while trying to find treasures and weapons. Unlike most role-playing games, there aren't any randomly generated monsters to battle, combat only occurs in the arena.

Mini-Games
In the game, there are various mini-games that are required to complete the quests or missions.


 * Competing at the archery range.
 * Exploring buildings or mazes.
 * Fighting in the arena.
 * Locking picking doors and chests.
 * Riding a horse outside Hillsfar while avoiding obstacles.

Characters

 * Arlana • Asrigir • Biswon • Brother Serson • Caratacus • Charlie • Dalma • Damin • Diane • Dodo • Eclipse • Faith • Franklin Smith • Glinda • Graeme ibn-Naif • Granite • Hector Sam • Janna • Jared Jymn • Kaden • Kridar • Lefty • Lightning • Maalthiir • Magesteed • Mhai Prittee • Mordak • Morin • Ottis • Ren o' the Star • Smasher • Ssslader • Swipe • Tanareve • Tanna • Taurus • Tina • Tombstone • Tyranthraxus • Wak Rathar • Whiplash

Creatures

 * dwarf • elf • gnome • half-elf • halfling • human • lizardman • minotaur • orc


 * giant squid

Locations

 * Buildings & Sites: Big Tree • Haunted Mansion • Hermit's Place • Temple of Tempus
 * Inns & Taverns: Bugbear's Cave Tavern • Dragon's Lair Tavern • Hydra's Den Tavern • Rat's Nest Tavern
 * Settlements: Hillsfar


 * Cormyr • Moonsea • Phlan

Magic

 * Items: rod of blasting
 * Spells: knock

Miscellaneous

 * Languages: Dethek • Espruar
 * Materials: incense • squid sepia

Organizations

 * Red Plumes

Religions

 * Tempus

Game Credits

 * Programmers: Kirk Fitzgerald, Ethan Grimes
 * Artists: Joseph B. Hewitt IV, Maurine Y. Starkey
 * Developers: Graeme Bayless, Bret Berry, Charles J. Kroegel Jr.
 * Playtesters: Alex Hewitt, Glenn Sperry, Rick E. White
 * Manual: Westwood Associates
 * Art & Graphic Design: David Boudreau, Peter Gascoyne
 * Desktop Publishing: David Boudreau, Peter Gascoyne
 * Printing: A&a Printers and Lithographers
 * Cover artwork: Clyde Caldwell
 * Music Composer: Paul S. Mudra

Connections
Hillsfar (PC Spiel)