L'Aigle d'Or

L'Aigle d'or
Developer(s)	Loriciels
Programmer(s)	Louis-Marie Rocques
Platform(s)	Amstrad CPC, Oric, Thomson MO, Thomson TO
Release	March 1984
Genre(s)	Action

L'Aigle d'Or is a 1984 French action video game by Loriciels.

Development

The game had an initial investment of approximately 100,000 FF and took three months of work.[1]

Release

Games & Strategy suggested that in the Loriciels catalog, the game was "only (and wrongly)" cited as a role-playing game.[2] Microphone anticipated the game's release on MO5 to be successful due to the recent success of its Oric release.[3] The game peaked at 30,000 copies sold.[1]

Critical reception

Tilt wrote the game is: "the precursor of a new range of adventure software, which will be more and more realistic, more and more “real”. An undeniable success."[4] Micro 7 gave it a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.[5]

Reviews

• Jeux & Stratégie HS #3[6]

Legacy

The game has been described as reminiscent of the Thomson MO5 video game Thesaurus[7][8] and the Oric (acquired by Atmos) title Le secret du tombeau.[9] Tilt noted that publishers were using "drastic measures to extract the quintessence of the Thomson TO7/70", citing L'Aigle d'Or, Thesarus, and Mandragore in the adventure and role-playing genres.[10]

It had a sequel in 1992 called L'Aigle d'or, le retour.

See also

• Le Mystère de Kikekankoi, Loriciels' follow-up game in 1985.

References

1. Groupe Tests (March 1985). Votre Ordinateur 12.
2. Excelsior Publications (April 1985). Jeux & stratégie 32.
3. SEDEP s.a. (February 1985). Micro 7 n° 24.
4. Editions Mondiales S.A. (January 1985). Tilt 018.
5. "Micro 7, April 1984". www.abandonware-magazines.org. p. 117. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
6. "Jeux & stratégie HS 3". 1986.
7. Editions Mondiales S.A. (May 1985). Tilt 021.
8. Excelsior Publications (June 1985). Jeux & stratégie 33.
9. Editions Mondiales S.A. (December 1985). Tilt 027.
10. Editions Mondiales S.A. (October 1985). Tilt 025.