History VideoGame / ConquestsOfTheLongbow

''Conquests of the Longbow'' was one of Creator/{{Sierra}}'s later VGA point-and-click adventures, set in the world of RobinHood and his Merry Men. It was released in 1992 and was a sequel of sorts to ''VideoGame/ConquestsOfCamelot''.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: While the game gets nearly everything about King Richard’s capture correct in the opening cutscene, there are a few errors. Namely...
** "In the year of our Most Gracious Lord 1193, Good King Richard the Lionheart sailed across the sea..." In fact, King Richard was captured by Leopold in December 1192, and spent the entirety of 1193 in prison.
** "But in the realm of Austria, King Leopold did reign; he swore to capture Lionheart or else to have him slain." At the time he captured Richard, Leopold V of Austria was an archduke, not a king.

* {{Cap}}: An interesting one involving King Richard's ransom: [[spoiler: Because the game is 16-bit, [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne the max value of any integer is 65,535]]. Hence due to limitations, the maximum ransom you can get is 65,535 (specifically 65,300). So you will never reach the 100,000 marks needed to pay off the ransom. Nevertheless, King Richard is freed on the last day. As Lobb mentions in his initial meeting with Robin Hood, Queen Eleanor had already been working to raise the money for her son's ransom by the beginning of the game, and the Prior confirms that she had been unable to raise even half of it, but presumably she had raised at least 35,000 marks already]].

* BaldOfEvil: The Prior. Bald and is EVIL enough to have Robin or his men hung any chance he gets.

* {{Cap}}: An interesting one involving King Richard's ransom: [[spoiler: Because the game is 16-bit, [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne the max value of any integer is 65,535]]. Hence due to limitations, the maximum ransom you can get is 65,535 (specifically 65,300). So you will never reach the 100,000 marks needed to pay off the ransom. Nevertheless, King Richard is freed on the last day. One wonders if they negotiated with King Leopold for a lesser ransom, or got the rest of money somewhere else]].

* {{Cap}}: An interesting one involving King Richard's ransom: [[spoiler: Because the game is 16-bit, [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne the max value of any integer is 65,535]]. Hence due to limitations, the maximum ransom you can get is 65,535 (specifically 65,300). One wonders if they negotiated with King Leopold for a lesser value, or got the rest of the money somewhere else]].

* BaldOfEvil: The Prior.
* BeardOfEvil: The Prior has one to compliment his BaldOfEvil:

* DrinkingContest: The Abbott challenges you to one. You can cheat, though.

* MasterOfDisguise: Robin.

** "But in the realm of Austria, King Leopold did reign; he swore to captur Lionheart or else to have him slain." At the time he captured Richard, Leopold V of Austria was an archduke, not a king.

* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: When the cobbler sends for Robin, he requests that Robin bring a lady's slipper to prove his identity. Soon afterwards, Robin finds Marion being attacked by an evil monk. If Robin doesn't act fast enough, the monk will kill her and one of her slippers will fall off. (This will result in death for Robin, as the cobbler will angrily kill him for failing to save Marion.) If Robin does save Marion, she tosses him one of her slippers before retreating. Either way, Marion leaves the forest with only one shoe.

* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: When the cobbler sends for Robin, he requests that Robin bring a lady's slipper to prove his identity. Soon afterwards, he finds Marion being attacked by an evil monk. If Robin doesn't act fast enough, the monk will kill her and one of her slippers will fall off. (This will result in death for Robin, as the cobbler will angrily kill him for failing to save Marion.) If Robin does save Marion, she tosses him one of her slippers before retreating. Either way, Marion leaves the forest with only one shoe.

* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: If Robin fails to save Marion from being killed by the monk, one of her slippers will fall off before her body is taken away. (This will result in death for Robin, when the slipper is later turned in to the cobbler; who kills him for failing to save her.) If Robin does save Marion, she tosses him one of her slippers before retreating. Either way, she leaves the forest with only one shoe.

** "But in the realm of Austria, King Leopold did reign; he swore to capture the Lionheart or else to have him slain." At the time he captured Richard, Leopold V of Austria was an archduke, not a king.

** "But in the realm of Austria, King Leopold did reign; he swore to capture the Lionheart or else to have him slain." At the time he captured Richard, Leopold was an archduke, not a king.

** It incorrectly calls his captor, Leopold V of Austria, a king. At the time he captured Richard, Leopold was an archduke.

** It incorrectly calls his captor, Leopold the V of Austria, a king. Leopold was actually a duke at the time he captured Richard.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: While the game gets nearly everything about King Richard’s capture correct in the opening cutscene, it incorrectly calls his captor, Leopold the V of Austria, a king. Leopold was actually a duke at the time he captured Richard.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: While the game gets nearly everything about Richard’s capture correct in the opening cutscene, it incorrectly calls his captor, Leopold the V of Austria, a king. Leopold was actually a duke at the time he captured Richard.

** Four endings. [[spoiler: [[ItsAWonderfulFailure One where the rich wins and Robin is hung.]] [[DownerEnding The second where Robin is pardoned but is then exiled.]] The third where Robin and his men are offered to be protectors and those who conspired against Richard are to pay heavy fines while the Prior is exiled, although [[DidNotGetTheGirl Robin is denied marriage due to not being of nobility.]] [[GoldenEnding The last being that Robin, John and Tuck are given noble positions, the sheriff is under arrest, and the Prior and Abbott are exiled, and Robin gets to marry Marian.]] ]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: King Richard of Lionheart. [[spoiler: He will be holding the trial that the sheriff skipped to provide Robin a fair chance to prove his intentions to be good, and even provide him a chance to challenge the corrupt, depending on the actions he took in the game.]]