The original Avalon

“Avalon, a classic 2D RPG adventure developed by MiG, places you in the role of a hero destined to save humanity from extinction. Although the graphics are outdated by today's standards, the game has a wonderful story and many different weapons and armor to choose from, such as swords, axes, bows, and guns to name just a few. The characters you meet along your adventure provide you with both informative and realistic dialog that's vital to the success of your mission. Battles are more strategic than action-oriented; once a monster attacks you, a screen pops up asking whether you'd like to attack, use an item, check your status, or just run away. Experience points are awarded when a monster is killed; after collecting a certain amount, your character becomes stronger. Fans of the classic RPG will undoubtedly want to add this game to their hard drives.”

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The Underdogs

“One of the better freeware RPGs with a quality that rival commercial releases, Avalon is an RPG in the classic anime ‘SD’ (stumpy head) style, although it resembles Western comics more than Japanese anime. A village in the far future is under attack by monsters, and you the only one who is brave enough to save it. Naturally, this is not an easy task, as you'll have to fight many powerful creatures and solve puzzles to find the missing human leaders and a way to get rid of the monsters, once and for all.

Although the graphics are outdated by today's standards, the game has a wonderful story and many different weapons and armor to choose from, such as swords, axes, bows, and guns, to name just a few. Gameplay and interface resemble most console RPGs, or at least console-inspired RPGs such as The Ancient Land of Ys. The characters you meet along your adventure provide you with both informative and realistic dialog that is vital to the success of your mission. Similar to most console RPGs, battles are strategic: once a monster attacks you, a screen pops up asking whether you'd like to attack, use an item, check your status, or just run away. Your character becomes stronger as he gains experience from killing monsters.

With pleasant graphics, good storyline, and many NPCs, items, and monsters, Avalon is easily one of the most underrated freeware RPGs ever made. Highly recommended, especially to casual players who enjoy console RPGs. Thumbs up!”

MobyGames

“The game has simple, clean graphics that appear to be original. This project is the author's first game and it's a fairly decent effort considering it was written from scratch (using Pascal). The game is simple and easy enough to get into; controls are basic, arrows to move, enter for action, everything else happens automatically when you walk into an object.

Like any other RPG there are plenty of random encounters which in this game are represented by moving sprites that can be avoided like in Dark Sun. The fights are balanced and fair, you can escape easily, and I also appreciate that the monster statistics are displayed (Power, Defense, and HP).

Many of the standard RPG features you expect are present; towns to explore, NPC's to gather information from, stores to purchase items, save/restore system, inventory items, and quests to solve. Much of this is simplified, but implemented with clean, intuitive menus — so there is no need to be concerned about a lack of documentation.

The MiG team also composed their own music for Avalon using a MIDI composer called MiG Tracker Pro, also their own creation.”

C: DOS Abandonware

“Avalon is a sci-fi role playing game that was created by MIG Outpost. The game was originally developed for the MS-DOS and was released in the late 90s. The game was underrated when it was first released and it didn't really rise to popularity but it is a well made game that is fun to play.

The game is played in the top down perspective and is set in a post-apocalyptic and futuristic setting. […] You will play the role of Mace and lead your party through the planet in search of your leader. There will be battles that he will have to take part in. As you go through the game, you will also interact with other characters who will provide you with information or items you need to be able to make significant progress in the game.

There are a number of weapons that are available to you so that you can perform well in the game. The weapons include: guns, bows, axes, swords and others. Aside from the good graphics and the decent controls, the game also features a pretty good storyline which is what makes the game really good.

The battle sequences are turn-based […] It is a pretty standard role playing game but it is well-made and solid so it's not a waste of anyone's time. The game combines several elements that make it attractive to different types of gamers. It involves some puzzle-solving, some combat scenarios and also bits strategy.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a solid role playing game.”

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“MIG Outpost developed this highly underrated science-fiction themed role playing game in the late nineties. It was developed specifically for the MS-DOS format, making it a smooth play and featuring some very nice graphical displays.

All views within the game are in the very friendly top down perspective, and the game features a very nice user interface. It has to. Avalon contains qualities of many different games, which is often true of role playing games.

It has some puzzle-solving, a bit of strategy, and some awesome battle sequences, all rolled up in a cool anime/manga style of graphics with a great futuristic setting.”