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D&D Classic Gold Box games come to GOG

Started by Arvoreen, August 20, 2015, 12:46:32 PM

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Barrister

#15
August 21, 2015, 11:26:46 AM
I never played these back in the day (you think I was kidding about being an Apple fanboy- these games never came out in Apple II or Mac versions).

I have trouble imagining I could manage the graphics today.  But can anyone convince me otherwise?  Because I am generally a huge D&D nerd.
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Valmy

#16
August 21, 2015, 11:28:25 AM Last Edit: August 21, 2015, 11:33:12 AM by Valmy
Quote from: Barrister on August 21, 2015, 11:26:46 AM
I never played these back in the day (you think I was kidding about being an Apple fanboy- these games never came out in Apple II or Mac versions).

Yes they did. I played them on an Apple II. Or at least I did the first couple.

QuoteI have trouble imagining I could manage the graphics today.  But can anyone convince me otherwise?  Because I am generally a huge D&D nerd.

The graphics are alright because it is the old icon based gaming where the graphics don't matter. It is only the games that tried to have graphics that it is a problem.

Having said that the IE games are much better. This is 1st Ed AD&D man. Every silly thing about the old versions looms large. 'What do you mean my elf wizard can only get to level 8?'
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Valmy

#17
August 21, 2015, 11:29:12 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on August 21, 2015, 11:23:02 AM
That and the fight against the ogres and trolls in the Rope Guild.

Took a lot of sleep spells in both battles.

Hold the line! Toss burning oil!

You could only sleep one of those biguns at a time and it did not always work :(

Stupid trolls would get back up and you couldn't burn their corpses like in Bioware games. You had to kill them with oil.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

#18
August 21, 2015, 11:59:36 AM
I am curious about the Savage Frontier Games. They just came out a tough time for me personally. I never played them but generally they are an interesting bridge between the old school AD&D games and the ones from the late 90s.
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Darth Wagtaros

#19
August 21, 2015, 12:01:36 PM
I liked them.  Slicker video, slicker rules. Didn't have the 'epic' feel I got from the mass of plot and world building stuff that came with the original trilogy though.  But fun.
PDH!

Valmy

#20
August 21, 2015, 12:07:12 PM
The original 'trilogy' was actually four games :(

I never completed Pools of Darkness sadly.
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Solmyr

#21
August 21, 2015, 03:55:21 PM
Pools of Darkness was hard as hell. I remember dying horribly many times in the demon lord fights (particularly Tanetal... and navigating the body of Moander to get to him was nasty too).

Valmy

#22
August 21, 2015, 03:59:00 PM
Quote from: Solmyr on August 21, 2015, 03:55:21 PM
Pools of Darkness was hard as hell. I remember dying horribly many times in the demon lord fights (particularly Tanetal... and navigating the body of Moander to get to him was nasty too).


Yeah that was when I quit. The Body of Moander.
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Syt

#23
October 28, 2015, 08:57:26 AM
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Martinus

#24
October 31, 2015, 02:44:28 AM
I am scared to try. I loved these games when I was 12.

Valmy

#25
October 31, 2015, 01:04:14 PM
Quote from: Martinus on October 31, 2015, 02:44:28 AM
I am scared to try. I loved these games when I was 12.

They have not aged well.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Darth Wagtaros

#26
November 01, 2015, 10:15:00 AM
Tried to play them awhile back.  Just couldn't do it.  They are old enough and clunky, though awesome in their day. So instead I watched a few hundred hours of Let's Play .
PDH!
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