Lords of Midnight (8 bit version) - did anyone complete it? If so, how?

I had many happy (& frustrating days) playing Lords of Midnight on the C64. However I never came close to completing it. The idea seemed simple, get Morkin to destroy the Ice Crown, or get Luxor's armies together to defeat Doomdark's armies.

However the further North I got with Morkin, the more likely he was to die when fighting something stupid (and getting to the point where I was surrounded and had to fight). Meanwhile I'd be recruiting armies, and seeming quite good, but suddenly get caught out running into a seriously big enemy army and not be able to marshal my armies together to defeat them.

Did anyone out there finish this / or have any tips on how to do so? I'd consider revisiting it, but wondering if it is even possible or if it is unbeatable?

Solution 1:

My tips would be:

• Send Luxor south and recruit as many lords as you can and reinforce the Citadel of Xajorkith with a dozen lords. It has to be protected to win the game!

• Send Rorthron east as a "diplomat", recruiting!

• Send Morkin north, with an escort; you'll recruit Lord Shadows and Lord Blood early on, so use them!

• I use several strategic points around the map, Citadels of Gloom, Dreams and Ithrorn for protection, use these for the final assault or to snatch the ice crown!

• After about 50-70 days, you'll wear the enemy down and be able to launch an offensive!

Solution 2:

Thought I'd start answering my own question as no replies yet.

I've found the following site after lots of googling: http://www.icemark.com/tower/index.html which seems to have some good tips. I found this from the Yahoo group, http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/midnight which contains plenty of people who have finished the game. So it's definitely beatable. I'll have a read of the icemark site and see if the tips are good. If they are I may have to have another go at this game.