As a grown up gamer I've played a lot of RPG's over the years. In the time before the great Web was spun to every corner of the world one had to find these games through friends, in magazines, or randomly on a shelf in the store.
A lot of these games has been forgotten over the years, at least by the mainstream.
What I want to know is this:
Tell me of a game, or several, that you have fond memories of from. If its one of the better known games then that's cool. If it's one of those games that most people never knew existed, then all the better.
How did you come across this game? What was the best thing about it? Any particular gaming moment you want to share?
I'll start off with a couple of my favourites:
Betrayal at Krondor
(from Wikipedia): "A DOS-based computer role-playing game developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line in 1993. Betrayal at Krondor takes place largely in Midkemia, the fantasy world developed by Raymond E. Feist in his Riftwar novels. The game is designed to resemble a book, separated into chapters and narrated in the third-person with a quick-save bookmark feature."
This one is fairly well known in RPG circles. I first tried it when a friend of mine had gotten a disk version copy from an older cousin who didn't like it much. The game had (lousy, admittedly) 3d graphics blended with digitalized photos and hand drawn art. The story was amazing for a game at that time, and the characters had depth.
A lot of things was amazing about this game, but one thing that most people remember is the locked chests. These had to be opened by answering a riddle by clicking into place letters to form a word. Extremely frustrating at times but it also felt very rewarding when you managed to get one right. There was no such thing as a online strategy guide or faq at the time (not known to me at least) so you really had no choice but to wring you brain around if you wanted the loot.
I could write about his game for the longest time, but most of you have played it. If you haven't you should try it out. It's abondonware by now and can be found several places around the web.
Mordor 1 The Depths of Dejenol
I came across this game on a demo disk with some gaming magazine some time in the nineties. It was my first real dungeon crawl. I spent almost an entire summer, as far as I can remember, exploring, levelling and looting.
Ah, to have that much free time.
There has been many dungeon crawlers later of course, but this one still is close to my heart.
There, now it's your turn.
A lot of these games has been forgotten over the years, at least by the mainstream.
What I want to know is this:
Tell me of a game, or several, that you have fond memories of from. If its one of the better known games then that's cool. If it's one of those games that most people never knew existed, then all the better.
How did you come across this game? What was the best thing about it? Any particular gaming moment you want to share?
I'll start off with a couple of my favourites:
Betrayal at Krondor
(from Wikipedia): "A DOS-based computer role-playing game developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line in 1993. Betrayal at Krondor takes place largely in Midkemia, the fantasy world developed by Raymond E. Feist in his Riftwar novels. The game is designed to resemble a book, separated into chapters and narrated in the third-person with a quick-save bookmark feature."
This one is fairly well known in RPG circles. I first tried it when a friend of mine had gotten a disk version copy from an older cousin who didn't like it much. The game had (lousy, admittedly) 3d graphics blended with digitalized photos and hand drawn art. The story was amazing for a game at that time, and the characters had depth.
A lot of things was amazing about this game, but one thing that most people remember is the locked chests. These had to be opened by answering a riddle by clicking into place letters to form a word. Extremely frustrating at times but it also felt very rewarding when you managed to get one right. There was no such thing as a online strategy guide or faq at the time (not known to me at least) so you really had no choice but to wring you brain around if you wanted the loot.
I could write about his game for the longest time, but most of you have played it. If you haven't you should try it out. It's abondonware by now and can be found several places around the web.
Mordor 1 The Depths of Dejenol
I came across this game on a demo disk with some gaming magazine some time in the nineties. It was my first real dungeon crawl. I spent almost an entire summer, as far as I can remember, exploring, levelling and looting.
Ah, to have that much free time.
There has been many dungeon crawlers later of course, but this one still is close to my heart.
There, now it's your turn.