Interesting links for gamers (Indie games, Abandonware, Mods)

[HiddenX]

Indie-Games/Mods/Abandonware-Infos:

Privateer Remake:
http://priv.solsector.net/

DarkDisciples:
DarkDisciples-RPG.com (http://www.darkdisciples-rpg.com/)

Fallout Mods
http://www.nma-fallout.com/

Wizardry 8 Mods:
http://www.foerster.cc/wolfie/

KOTOR 2 Restoration
http://www.team-gizka.org/

Free german online game - Illarion
http://illarion.org/general/de_news.php

JA 2 Mods
Jagged Alliance Area (http://area.xrmb2.net/area?location=home)

Prelude to Darkness:
http://www.zero-sum.com/

Thalion Games:
http://home.wtal.de/gmb/index.htm

Motelsoft:
http://www.motelsoft.de/motelsoftf.html

Abandonware Ring:
http://www.abandonwarering.com/?Page=Listing

Piratenleben - best german Gothic 2 addon/mod
http://www.piratenleben.com/

Wasteland Merc - Fallout 2 mod
http://wastelandmerc.atspace.com/mods.html

and the nice Old Games Museum:
http://www.thelegacy.de/

[Alrik Fassbauer]

The Legacy and Piratenleben are indeed good, I often visit the Legacy when I want to get info on really old games, and the Piratenleben seems to be (as far as I've heard) one of the better ones or even best Mods for Gothic 2.

[Zaleukos]

www.the-underdogs.info is great, but hasnt been updated for a while. I think real life finally caught up with the admin, so look at it while it still is up.

[Corwin]

Underdogs has always been a great place for games long unavailable!!

[Arma]

www.spiderwebsoftware.com , home of all things spiderweb like Geneforge and Avernum series.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

By the way, at www.revolution.co.uk it is possible to officially download Lure of the Temptress and Beneath a Steel Sky.

[KazikluBey]

www.the-underdogs.info is great, but hasnt been updated for a while. I think real life finally caught up with the admin, so look at it while it still is up.

Real life has caught up with her several times before now, yet she always comes back. I wouldn't worry overmuch.

[Zaleukos]

www.taleworlds.com hosts Mount and Blade, an excellent "Elite with swords" game. You can play until reaching level 6 in the free version.

[Corwin]

We have long been supporters of M&B!! There's a report on the game I wrote over a year ago floating around somewhere. Dhruin is a very keen player!!

[GothicGothicness]

This site is great for freeware games, the RPG archieve is not that big, but there are some gems there! They have rather good taste too, the highest rated RPG for download is BAK... Tower of the Sorcerer which is a great game gets a high rating too.

http://www.free-addicting-games.com

[Acleacius]

Great idea HiddenX and thanks to everyone for the links. :)

I have wanted to try the Prelude to Darkness, on that link the full version says link no longer good casue of some violation of Terms of Use.
There is a 75 meg version linked in their download section, maybe a demo?

In reguard to Sith Lord Restoration they are content complete and just bug catching now, yay! :)

[Dr. A]

Oh yeah, Underdogs is a fantastic site for abandonware. It was the best site for me years ago when i was hunting old games, too bad that there haven't been any updates

We should make this thread a sticky :biggrin:

[Corwin]

One has but to ask!! :)

[Acleacius]

Certianly System Shock could be added here too, it freeware now correct?

[Dr. A]

One has but to ask!! :)

o_o

Hey, the thread is stickied! Oh, what immense powers I have...Bow before me, mortals or I will smite thee with double posts!!!

Ahem...Sorry, megalomania spell has passed :biggrin: You know, if we are talking about mods then we have to mention http://www.tessource.net/. It's a great source for ES Mods. I guess most people know about it anyway. The sad thing is that i've never completed an ES game before...

[Corwin]

Er, I can delete double posts too!! :)

[Alrik Fassbauer]

How do I contribute a game to the Underdogs page ?

Background : Larian had once made a tiny game called "Imprunner". I thought it would be a good idea to place it there to keep it from being forgotten.

And I've even got an official "okay". Literally.

[Corwin]

Don't know about the Dogs, but send a PM to Myrthos; we might be able to host it here?!!

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Hm, the idea isn't bad either.
It's just the point whether it is "good enough" for hosting ... Anyway, I'll PM him.

[Pladio]

Here are some good links for Abandonware.

http://abandoneer.com/links.php

[Zaleukos]

Alrik: there is a suggestions subforum at the Underdogs site, but her todo-list is very long. I'm not sure its the best place to host a game. If you want to spread it after hosting it elsewhere you could "advertise" (in a mature and civilized way so you wont be censored for spam) it in their reasonably active forum though.

[jcompton]

No list of RPG mod resources is complete without the Infinity Engine modlist: http://modlist.pocketplane.net .

[Thaurin]

Can't believe you forgot the AGS website: :D

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/

Lots of great free amateur adventure games there (and of course a great tool for creating them yourself ;)). Oh, and of course there is:

http://www.scummvm.org/

For playing all your old LucasArt games and others on modern systems! Has links to a few old games that have been made free by the developers, too! (Beneath A Steel Sky, Flight of the Amazon Queens)

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Okay, thanks, Zaleukos.

Edit : Just wanted to add that SCUMMVM is available for Linux, too !

[HiddenX]

Getting old games working:

http://vogons.zetafleet.com/

[Dez]

Dunno whether this falls in this gategory, but a ww2 tactical shooter called hidden and dangerous is freeware. I heartly recommand it to any ww2 fan.

http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/hiddendangerous/hddeluxe.exe.html

[txa1265]

Getting old games working:

http://vogons.zetafleet.com/

Given what I'm currently re-reading, that whole site makes me want a tzjin-anthony-ks

[HiddenX]

For non-Hitch-Hikers :-)

It is a curious fact, and one to which no one knows quite how
much importance to attach, that something like 85\% of all known
worlds in the Galaxy, be they primitive or highly advanced, have
invented a drink called jynnan tonnyx, or gee-N'N-T'N-ix, or
jinond-o-nicks, or any one of a thousand or more variations on
the same phonetic theme. The drinks themselves are not the same,
and vary between the Sivolvian ''chinanto/mnigs'' which is ordinary
water server at slightly above room temperature, and the
Gagrakackan ''tzjin-anthony-ks'' which kills cows at a hundred
paces; and in fact the one common factor between all of them,
beyond the fact that the names sound the same, is that they were
all invented and named before the worlds concerned made contact
with any other worlds.

[crpgnut]

Yay! My 1st addition to this thread will be for the Yendorian Tales series of games.
Chapter 1 might be rough to get going in XP. Chapters 2 and 3 should work fine though.

http://www.swgames.com

Yendorian Tales Chapter 2 and 3 can best be described as Might and Magic 3-5 clones. The game looks and feels a lot like those games.

[txa1265]

Yay! My 1st addition to this thread will be for the Yendorian Tales series of games.
Chapter 1 might be rough to get going in XP. Chapters 2 and 3 should work fine though.

http://www.swgames.com

Yendorian Tales Chapter 2 and 3 can best be described as Might and Magic 3-5 clones. The game looks and feels a lot like those games.

Cool looking stuff - I'll keep an eye on those ...

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Ah. Another example of "how to exclude the world outside which doesn't use credit cards at all".

[Jinksy]

Star Control 2 (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/) (aka The Ur-Quan Masters) is freeware now. It's a lot like an old classic RPG called Planet's Edge, but with RPG elements sacrificed (and admittedly there weren't that many in PE) in favour of a great story.

[skavenhorde]

abandonia (http://www.abandonia.com) is a great site, tons of screenshots and reviews.

[HiddenX]

One of the best free modules for Neverwinter Nights 1:

Darkness over Daggerford

http://nwn.bioware.com/players/profile_daggerford.html

developed by Ossian Studios.

I can recommend this game for Baldur's Gate fans. Combat is fair / sometimes easy.
Great Story with many twists and sidequests. Watch out for Eastereggs :-)

[Ionstormsucks]

Ultima V - Lazarus

It's basically a remake of the old Ultima V built in the Dungeon Siege (1) engine. You must have Dungeon Siege installed to play the game.

http://www.u5lazarus.com/

[txa1265]

One of the best free modules for Neverwinter Nights 1:

Darkness over Daggerford

Double-dog down recommend this one, as noted in my article at GamerDad (http://www.gamerdad.com/detail.cfm?itemID=2675) last year.

Ultima V - Lazarus

I couldn't believe that with Corwin in this thread it hadn't been mentioned ... !

[crpgnut]

Another game that I just thought about was Minions of Mirth. MoM is a single and somewhat MMORPG along the lines of Guild Wars. It was made by just two people primarily and then the community stepped in and start adding resources (quests, artwork, crafting, alchemy, etc). The game is like $30 to register but there is no monthly fee for playing. I haven't played this in about a year but it had quite a bit of content back then and was being updated constantly.

http://www.prairiegames.com

[Corwin]

I can recommend both Laz and MoM as great, fun games. For Laz check out my review at the Dot, and I wrote an interview with the devs of MoM back there as well. I'm too lazy to look up the links!! :)

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I'm just waiting for the German-language release of Lazarus, and the French-language version has already been released !

[Icefire]

http://www.shadowflare.us/
Pretty good action rpg. It was sold in 4 chapters, and I believe the first is free. A few features were cool. Worth checking out.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

A rather unexpected thing :

Intel's "IT-Manager" (http://www.intel.com/cd/business/enterprise/emea/deu/102404.htm)

This page is in German, but an English-language page should also exist, I assume.

It's kind of an online game.

The game consists in managing an IT company.

[Arhu]

Got this recommendation from a friend, tried it out and couldn't stop playing until I was through (ok, I had to sleep too). That's game play for ya!

It's a simple, but very fun mix between games like Zelda 3 or Chrono Trigger and 2D arcade shooters game play wise, and it's freeware, available for PC and Mac.

Cave Story a.k.a. Doukutsu Monogatari (http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/)
Be sure to also download the English patch.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Did I already mention Heroine Iysayana (http://www.skullbyte.com/iysayana.php) ?

[Jaz]

Downloading, Alrik! :)

[Arhu]

Did I already mention Heroine Iysayana (http://www.skullbyte.com/iysayana.php) ?

Funny, I accidentally stumbled over that game last night when I was looking for something entirely different in google. And I didn't see your comment until now.

Okay, the search was related to something else you said in another thread about Planescape: Torment, but still.. that's so far-fetched it's a little spooky. :uhoh:

[Alrik Fassbauer]

That's how the universe works ... ;)

Reminds me of the concept of the "information fields" by Rupert Sheldrake ... ;)

[Arhu]

Play all the old video games you grew up with - online and free. Nintendo, Sega, Gameboy and more
Every Video Game (http://www.everyvideogame.com/gamelist.php?start=51&sys=all).

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I don't really know whether this link is legal or not - please remove if not - but I've found site containing a few game fonts : Game Fonts (http://www.thealmightyguru.com/GameFonts/Index.html)

The database calls itself "comprehensive", but it actually lacks a lot of fonts I've seen before. I'd rather call it relatively small - from my personal point of view. And I have the subjective impression as if it is very biased towards consoles.

Nevertheless it has an "Ultima" section.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Ports of Call : http://www.portsofcall.de/index.html

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Does anyone remember Inherit The Earth (http://www.wyrmkeep.com/) ?

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Stargate Adventure (http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=634)

[rune_74]

I would also recommend minions of mirth...haven't played for awhile, but I actually made a couple of the dungeons you may visit. Good game that one.

[Corwin]

I'm a LONG time fan of Minions; it's well worth taking a look at, especially since so much is now free!!

[rune_74]

Hmmm I did that tomb in the pyramids....also did the city on the cliffs if anyone is interested:P

[Arhu]

Here's a nice link: Seraphim's List of Totally Free PC Games Worth Playing (http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=56356). With screenshots so you can easily see whether a game is to your liking.

[TeeGee]

It's kinda lame to post a link to my own game, but well it's an indie project and it's interesting ;).

The game's called MAGI. It's an rpg/strategy game about wizard duels. Lots of spells, lots of characters, lots of nice magic effects and lots of fun ;).

Check it out if you like.

Oh and here's a screenie:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6726/screen4ke9.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen4ke9.jpg)

Website: www.getmagi.com
Demo download: www.getmagi.com/getdemo

[Alrik Fassbauer]

The Clue ! (http://www.antaresdesign.org/theclue!/opensource.html)
For German-speaking inhabitants of this forum : It's "Der Clou !" made compatible for "modern" systems.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Found by Ragon in the depths of the internet : Picture with beloved heroes of videogames (http://dahr.ru/n_86b.htm), but inscriptions are mostly Russian language.

[HiddenX]

Legend of White Whale
Help the three mushroom friends on a quest to find "The White Whale", the legendary vessel that brought their ancestors to the world. Cool graphics and fun gameplay.
http://www.noodan.com/page.php?id=1837

"Unterwegs in Düsterburg" - good german rpgmaker 2000 game:
http://duesterburg.rpg-atelier.net/

wiki:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterwegs_in_D%C3%BCsterburg (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterwegs_in_D%C3%BCsterburg)

[Jaz]

Found by Ragon in the depths of the internet : Picture with beloved heroes of videogames (http://dahr.ru/n_86b.htm), but inscriptions are mostly Russian language.Cute! I recognized about 50 of them :).

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Oxyd Extra 2.0 Freeware : http://www.oxyd-game.com/whatsoxyd_eng.html
Seems to be from the makers of the original "Oxyd" game, because a link from their web site ( http://www.dongleware.de ) links to that.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Enigma, a Oxd-like game (Linux, Mac, Windows) : http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/about.html

[Mr. H]

Just so you know, the Prelude to Darkness free download link on the main zero-sum page is broken, you have to go to the forums and get it from this (http://www.rpgcodex.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15506) thread.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

William The Conqueror Adventure Game (http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_hastings_1066/wtb/wtb1.html)
Looks odd, but friends say it is kind of fun.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Sometimes I wish I would've learned French :
http://www.aitpast.com/index.php?page=dossier&id=3
This is kind of an documentation about Silmarils, the makers of the Ishar Trilogy and some other games.
It's in French language. *sigh*

Edit : Very interesting page on how to run some of the "middle" Ultima games under current MS Windows environments (excluding Hasta La Vista) :
http://members.iinet.net.au/~rsd/

[HiddenX]

Freeware crpg:

IssaSoft Productions - The Demon's Mantra II (http://www.issasoft.com/)

Diver Down - Reality is just a memory (http://www.grenideer.com/diverdown/_htm/download.htm)

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Apogee's "Alien Carnage" has been released as Freeware:
http://www.3drealms.com/carnage/index.html

Thread about cheats in BioMenace (which has been released as Freeware as well, (http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13003)
very interesting !

Apogee Legacy Interview Series (http://www.3drealms.com/legacy.html) - also quite nice ! :)

[HiddenX]

One of the best NWN1-modules-series ever:

Tales of Arterra - The Lost (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=4046) - 1.08

Tales of Arterra - The Awakening (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=29643&id=4047) - 1.02a

A very good game in the tradition of Baldur's Gate and Planescape Torment.
+ strong dramatic story / good conversations
+ interesting quests
+ memorable henchmen and enemies
+ choices & consequences
+ experience points for questing only - not for killing

Gameplay time: ca. 45 hours.
Level: 1 to 22
Requires both NWN1-Expansions (SoU & HotU)
Author: Kevin Chan

***

Another excellent NWN module:

Runes of Blood (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=4038) by Brian Watson
Gameplay time: ca. 20 hours
Requires both NWN1-Expansions (SoU & HotU)
Level 1 to 13

[Ika]

There are links for Deep Shadows games:

http://whitegold-game.com/

http://precursors-game.com/

[HiddenX]

This is one of the best crpgs ever:

The Aielund saga (http://www.lds.liquidannihilation.com/savant/)

A huge NWN1 module series (parts: 1/ 2/ 3/ 4.1/ 4.2/ 4.3).
The last part 4.3 is finished now.

It plays like one of Raymond E. Feist's books - highly recommended !

[mytgroo]

If you like Roguelikes, Rogue Temple, http://www.roguetemple.com has a bunch of interesting stuff Xenocide, Incursion, DoomRL-- Doom The Roguelike on the site. It is pretty interesting.

[Corwin]

This is one of the best crpgs ever:

The Aielund saga (http://www.lds.liquidannihilation.com/savant/)

A huge NWN1 module series (parts: 1/ 2/ 3/ 4.1/ 4.2/ 4.3).
The last part 4.3 is nearly finished.

It plays like one of Raymond E. Feist's books - highly recommended !

I have to agree, our online NWN group (Team Corwin) has played it and we are eagerly awaiting the final part!!

[HiddenX]

A Dance with Rogues, Part One (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=4869) & Part Two (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=58820&id=4870)

Very good NWN1-Mod. The modules (parts one and two) now contain over 250.000 words of written dialogue - some kinky stuff can be found there ...

Autor: Valine

[Corwin]

Unfortunately, that's an SP only series and I play mods MP only as that's where the real fun is for me with NWN!!

[HiddenX]

NWN1 - single player campaign - A Harper's Tale

Prelude (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=3489)

Chapter 1 - Escort Duty (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=3499)

Chapter 2 - Hooknose Crag (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=3500)

Chapter 3 - Selgaunt (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=3607)

A straightforward nice single player campaign, level 1 to level 15, Autor: Dave Mason.

[HiddenX]

Anonymous Game Developers Interactive: (http://www.agdinteractive.com/)

Anonymous Game Developers Interactive is a game development group with the rare combination of talent and motivation. Our team of dedicated members is devoted to bringing adventure games back into style, and has the ambition to make this dream a reality

They reanimate Kings Quests and Quest for Glory adventure games.

[HiddenX]

Do you remember the c64 classic Paradroid ?

A very good remake and an early version crpg in the same gameworld can be found here:

http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/

[HiddenX]

A game in the Bard's Tale tradition:

The Warrior's Tale (http://www.battlephase.com/warrior/index.html)

(BEWARE challenging, old school interface, no automap, saving at the inn only)

[HiddenX]

Free horror science fiction adventure:

The White Chamber (http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/projects/thewhitechamber)

The game:
Studio Trophis' debut public production, the white chamber, is a point and click horror adventure game. Explore a strange environment crafted in luscious 2D. Control a trapped young woman from 3rd person perspective as she solves puzzles and overcomes the twisted obstacles in her path.

The story:
A young girl wakes to find herself inside a strange glowing coffin, in a dark room. Who is she? What is this place? Why is she here? As she explores the warped environment she finds herself trapped within, she must search for answers, all of which will lead her closer and closer to the white chamber and the truth it holds.

The features:
* Mixing elements of visual and psychological horror to create a truly terrifying atmosphere
* Stunning 24-bit colour Anime-style graphics
* Hand drawn opening and ending animated cut-scenes
* Haunting soundtrack of ambient noise and disturbing sound effects
* English voice acting
* Twisting mysterious storyline about obsession, murder and redemption
* Engaging gameplay of exploration and puzzle solving
* Eight different endings and a selection of hidden easter eggs
* Game text available in nine languages (English, Czech, French, Greek, Italian, Portugese and Russian)
* Powered by the incredible WME (WinterMute Engine)


--->>> recommended

[HiddenX]

... and more adventures:

Out of Order (http://outoforder.adventuredevelopers.com/)

Welcome to The Town

Ever woken up in the middle of the night to find you've been kidnapped... and so's your bedroom? Ever had to fend for yourself in the face of strangely hypnotic music, alien doctors, talking computers a-plenty and half-finished bathrooms? Ever found something unpleasant in a burger?

If so, Out Of Order should play like any other day in your life.

Otherwise, it's an experience not to be missed.

If out of chaos comes order, what comes Out Of Order?

[HiddenX]

Very good NWN 1 single player module:

Exile of the West (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=5081) (Bastard of Kosigan, episode 1)

Autor: Fabien Cerutti (translated by Ginni Swanton)

[Galaad]

If you feel like it, check out www.amaranthia.com. I went there last night to have a look again after seeing this thread..They just released, today in fact, their new RPG: Aveyond 2 Ean's Quest. And there's also a free rpg there, Ahriman's Prophecy..Although admitedly I havent tried that one, but hey its free, its indie and the price for the other games isnt too steep :P. So there you go.

[Ozymandias]

Some freeware adventure games.

Eye of the Kraken (http://www.absurdus.net/kraken/game.htm) and A Tale of Two Kingdoms (http://crystalshard.net/atotk.php)
A remake: King's Quest III (http://www.infamous-adventures.com/kq3/)
Two fan made Space Quest games: Space Quest 0: Replicated (http://www.wiw.org/%7Ejess/replicated.html) and Space Quest: The Lost Chapter (http://www.frostbytei.com/space/)

[HiddenX]

Must play SP-NWN 1- mod:

Rose of Eternity 1 - The Coming (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=4157)

Rose Of Eternity 2 - Cry The Beloved (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=32009&id=5208)

Website (http://www.roseofeternity.com/)

Since the beginning of time, the Rose Of Eternity has been in the mystical Garden Of Roses, tended to by the Keeper Of The Rose. It is said that the Keeper Of The Rose has the most beautiful singing voice, rivaled by none. However, she does not sing for joy, but rather out of pain, for she is a prisoner in these gardens, forbidden to ever leave. Humanity is to blame for her misfortune, for as long as there is war and strife, she will be doomed to stay in the Garden Of Roses, and sing.
As she grows older, as petals fall off of the Rose Of Eternity, she continues to sing, in the hopes that mankind will change, but they do not. As she begins to become an old woman, people pure of heart are born into the world. These people have the opportunity to change things, but alas, they make the wrong decisions, and the Keeper Of The Rose is left to her prison.And her singing.
As the age ends, she is born anew into the world again, hoping that mankind will change their ways. She has been going through this cycle for 4000 years. Will she ever be freed from her prison? In this life cycle, 6 unknowing people will have the opportunity to make her wish come true...

Author: Challseus

[Corwin]

Is it MP, or SP only?

[HiddenX]

- edited -

it is SP only.

[Corwin]

Pity, I only play MP mods with NWN 1.

[HiddenX]

You are missing some good crpgs with your "only multiplayer" approach :)

[Corwin]

I m sure I am, but the only time I boot up NWN is for my regular weekly session with the people from here. I have too many other newer games to play so I can't be bothered with SP mods anymore. I did play a few years ago and I've played tons of MP tolerant ones.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

On the other hand, Dungeon Siege is for me a rather "MP-only" game. The SP-mode is soooo shallow ...

[HiddenX]

A very good SP rogue mod for NWN1:

Honor Among Thieves (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=3627)

Author: Baldecaran
Gameplay Length: 20-30 hours
For veterans: start with a level 1 character.

Another fine "low level" small mod:

Cave of Songs (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=3273)

[HiddenX]

NWN1 SP or MP Mod - great Ravenloft setting -> recommended

Return to Ravenloft (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=16836&id=3823)

Ravenloft, Beyond the Gate (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=16836&id=3990)

Author: Firestarter

[Corwin]

We might add those 2 to our Team Corwin mod list if you recommend them!!

[Prime Junta]

Hm. I just re-installed NWN just to try these out, and... well, the mod has me running around looking for some damn books, with precious little in the way of clues other than "look around town, people won't mind." Also there's a basement with a door that kills me, and a kitchen with a dire boar that also kills me. I'm still missing about three books.

Please tell me it gets better. Doesn't it?

[Lucky Day]

Don't bother with the original OC. Its well documented from all coreners of Faerun to be a dud. I never looked at it as anything more than a sample mod as the prodcut was a Toolset first with a game slapped on because customers expected it. The henchmen were last week add ons. Bio really (initally) focussed this game on running small campaigns with a DM. The two expansion campaigns are supposed to be good and I'd recommend any of the Premium Mods that were released to the public for free.

But if you are going to play NWN SP then for goodness sakes play my mod:

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=5524

Any issues you have just contact me and I can straighten them out.

[HiddenX]

@Prime Junta
Yes it's getting better -> Return to Ravenloft is only the introduction to Ravenloft Beyond the Gate.

[txa1265]

@Prime Junta
Yes it's getting better -> Return to Ravenloft is only the introduction to Ravenloft Beyond the Gate.

Cool ... I had almost forgotten I still had NWN installed on my Mac side ... downloading now :)

[HiddenX]

I have played through a lot of NWN1 modules last year and found a lot of good ones though the NW-Vault-toplist (http://nwvault.ign.com/fms/TopRated.php?content=modules&lang=en&sort=&dir=ASC&w=&p=1).
I have listed the best of these mods in this thread.

[Prime Junta]

Hm. Do you suggest I drop RtR altogether and go straight to BtG?

[HiddenX]

No- RtR is so short and it's more fun to know the background story of the city and your henchmen.

[Prime Junta]

OK, I'll give it another go. Just got one book further, then promptly got Sudden Death Syndrome all over again...

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Without any real use, but imho most impressive nevertheless :
http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/redirect.php?site=304

[purpleblob]

I dont know if anyone listed them before (I'm too lazy to read all the posts atm) but if you are still playing bg2, i recommend following:

kelsey
cross mod banter
tsujatha
beyond the law
quest pack
unfinished business
xan
npc flirt pack

... ;)

[Alrik Fassbauer]

The SIM City Sourcecode has been released into the public:

http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2008/01/10/simcity-source-code-released-to-the-wild-let-the-ports-begin.aspx

http://www.donhopkins.com/home/micropolis/

[Arhu]

18 Undiscovered Websites Every Gamer Should Know (http://www.dailybits.com/18-undiscovered-websites-every-gamer-should-know/)

RPG examples:
4. The Daedalus Project (http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/) gets into the minds of MMORPG players. The website’s author has surveyed over 35,000 gamers and provides a detailed break-down of his findings in areas such as the player life-cycle, making friends and status reversal. It’s fascinating stuff.

6. The Grand List of Console RPG Clichés (http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html) is a list of 100+ painful clichés any RPG fan would have encountered before. My favorite? The No! My beloved peasant village cliché: “The hero’s home town, city, slum, or planet will usually be annihilated in a spectacular fashion before the end of the game, and often before the end of the opening scene.”

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I didn't know S.W.I.N.E. was released as Freeware ?
But it is: look here. (http://www.stormregion.com/index.php?sid=36e582879c10950cd78d0051c3251b97&activeMenuID=swine&activeProjectID=103)

[HiddenX]

For all Gothic fans:

This is a very good german Gothic 2 - Night of the Raven - mod:

Velaya - Geschichte einer Kriegerin (http://velaya.worldofgothic.com/)

complete new story
a changed Khorinis
many old friends
some new characters
full speech (german only)
numerous quests in 4 chapters
ca. 40 hours playing time - up to level 24

[Lucky Day]

I think I'm on HX's ignore list.

Since you play SP NWN mods, for goodness sakes try mine out.

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=5524

Its the product of three years work and five years experience. I spent dozens of hours, possibly hundreds, making the thing.

I'm also available if you have any questions or problems with it.

That goes ditto for PurpleBlob. Maybe I can convince Corwin too.

[txa1265]

Cool - I just downloaded it to try soon ... can I create a new character that will auto-level, or do I need to come in with a already 12+ char?

[HiddenX]

@Lucky Day

I'll try your mod - for sure.

I'm playing the Midwinter Festival module at the moment.

[Lucky Day]

cool. let me know if you guys have any questions/problems. Maybe we can start a thread about it.

I didn't put an auto-level up in so you'll need one that is either already at that level or you can do it yourself if you know the console (cheat) commands.

I know it needs a character at least in the teens but its difficult for me to pin it down to specific levels because I built it. I wouldn't play higher than level 22 or 23.

[Asbjoern]

I've discovered a small puzzle game which brilliantly creates an aesthetic experience. It is called Crayon Physics and is free to download/play. You can only draw squares in the game and it is fairly short but the creator is currently developing an expanded version called Crayon Physics Deluxe.

The gameplay of Crayon Physics is minimal, the graphics are childish and the music is dreamy. Combined it is original, artistic, warm and pleasant.

Here's a video preview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsTqspnvAaI) of the upcoming Crayon Physics Deluxe.

And this (http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/crayon) is where you can download the original Crayon Physics.

I hope you have a great experience!

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I've heard about it as well, since iot is included on the DVD of the German magazine with the name " c't " , issue 4/2008.

Plus, there seems to be a similar "game" called "Marker World" by one Allen Liao.

In the mentioned magazine the suggestion is made to connect the "Wii Remote" with the PC and use a beamer and a whiteboard with it or simulate a touchscreen.

Marker world: http://hatsformypencil.com/World/

[Asbjoern]

Yeah, and there's also something about a game called "MarkerMan (http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/02/16/markerman-markerman-doing-the-things-a-marker-can/)", which is frighteningly similar to Crayon Physics.
It seems my use of "original" in my above post have been somewhat watered. But then again, who copied who?

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Anyway, the idea is good. I would never have thought of this.

[Arhu]

After reading an interesting blog entry called Ramblings of a colorblind gamer (http://www.destructoid.com/ramblings-of-a-colorblind-gamer-72229.phtml) I found the free game Synaesthete (https://typo3.digipen.edu/index.php?id=986).

It's a bit like Dance Dance Revolution with more gameplay and visual stimulus. Or in other words, it's more of an interactive, audio-visual experience than your standard game. Pretty interesting.

Despite the name, I don't think it bears any other resemblance to the recently announced Horror-RPG Synaethesia (http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3778).

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Even Pong can be influenced so much by new ideas that it plays almost like a new game: "Plasma Pong" !

You can download it for example from here (this is the site of a German-language computing magazine) : http://www.chip.de/downloads/Plasma-Pong-1.3c_18889629.html


And taken from the "Commodore 64 games for Wii" discussion in this forum:

http://www.retroremakes.com

[lanux128]

Plasma Pong is quite a good game but unfortunately Atari has intervened & stopped the downloads. see the author's page: http://www.plasmapong.com/

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I know, I had already thought of putting the link here, but used a different link instead.

[HiddenX]

Attention - hardcore crpg players:

two of the best NWN-1-Single-Player-modules ever made:

TORTURED HEARTS I. (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=3799)
TORTURED HEARTS II. (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=5347)

made by by Zoltán Gonda & Jim Grimsley

***** INSTANT WARNING (from the authors):

You should not play Tortured Hearts I. if you

-can't respect others' hard work!!!!

and you

-are a casual player
-are a powergamer
-are a ruleplayer
-don't have much time
-don't like complex stories
-are not used to non-linearity
-have a lower end machine
-don't like the hardcore approach
-you are impatient


over 100 hours playing time for each mod!

2 thumbs up - recommended

[zakhal]

For all Gothic fans:

This is a very good german Gothic 2 - Night of the Raven - mod:

Velaya - Geschichte einer Kriegerin (http://velaya.worldofgothic.com/)

complete new story
a changed Khorinis
many old friends
some new characters
full speech (german only)
numerous quests in 4 chapters
ca. 40 hours playing time - up to level 24

40 more hours?? Is worth trying for english speakers? Can you disable the german speech? Is the text german only too?

[HiddenX]

You can play without speech - but the text is german only, too.

I recommend it for players that know at least a little bit of the german language.

Some jokes are hard to understand for non native speakers.

[JDR13]

The previous post needs to be removed! That is NOT abandonware!!!!

[zakhal]

The previous post needs to be removed! That is NOT abandonware!!!!

What makes you think so? They were all old games just like i.e in abandonia. The only difference was that they were console ones instead of pc. I removed the link just incase.

[HiddenX]

This is NOT a abandonware/freeware discussion thread - maybe an admin could cut out the latest posts and start a new thread with them.

[JDR13]

Perhaps we could start a thread discussing the topic of ROM distribution sites in the "Off Topic" forum. I definitely agree that it doesn't belong here.

[BlueSalamander]

Hi there, Knights of the Chalice is a new 2D RPG I'm developing.

It's a blend between Dark Sun Shattered Lands, Temple of Elemental Evil and the graphical style of Ultima VI.

You control a party of four characters created at the beginning. Combat is turn-based and uses many of the open game content rules from Wizards of the Coast.

Read all about it at: www.heroicfantasygames.com.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Good luck, Bluesalamander ! :)

[BlueSalamander]

Thank you! I'm working hard to make a fun and hassle-free game!

[blatantninja]

Thank you! I'm working hard to make a fun and hassle-free game!

Looks pretty cool! Quick question, are you programming the engine yourself or using any open source solutions?

[Corwin]

I've moved all that ROM and Abandonware discussion to a new thread as suggested!!

[Dantre]

Hi there, Knights of the Chalice is a new 2D RPG I'm developing.

It's a blend between Dark Sun Shattered Lands, Temple of Elemental Evil and the graphical style of Ultima VI.

You control a party of four characters created at the beginning. Combat is turn-based and uses many of the open game content rules from Wizards of the Coast.

Read all about it at: www.heroicfantasygames.com.

That looks very good. I especially like the visual style, just like the good old days of VGA gaming. I'll be keeping an eye on your game.

[BlueSalamander]

Looks pretty cool! Quick question, are you programming the engine yourself or using any open source solutions?

Thanks. I've programmed most of the engine myself. One thing I have used a lot though is the Jim Adams book Programming Role Playing Games with DirectX. However, the book is more interested in 3D games.

Initially I tried to make the game in 3D but pure 2D is much, much simpler to deal with programmatically.

[Nutman]

Is Wizardry 6 considered abandonware? I see Wiz7 is available for download at abandonia.com but not 6.

cheers
Nutman

[HiddenX]

Is Wizardry 6 considered abandonware? I see Wiz7 is available for download at abandonia.com but not 6.

look at FreeOldies (http://www.freeoldies.com)

[HiddenX]

A promising Oblivion total conversion:
Nehrim - At Fate's Edge (http://nehrim.sureai.de/)
currently in development.

Classic Roleplaying:
Dark Ages 2 - Engel (http://dk-software.com/da2shots.html)

Free Civilization Clone:
FreeCiv (http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page)

FreeGamer:
Open Source Game Engines (http://freegamer.blogspot.com/2006/06/open-source-game-engines.html)
Free Games List (http://freegamer.blogspot.com/2001/01/free-games-list.html)

[Ozymandias]

The Quest For Glory II: Trial by Fire (http://www.agdinteractive.com/) remake has been released.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Red Alert is given away:
http://www.ea.com/redalert/news-detail.jsp?id=62

[lanux128]

Red Alert is given away:
http://www.ea.com/redalert/news-detail.jsp?id=62

this is cool! last year they gave away C&C. :)

[Dasale]

Ok let go for some links for Citadel: Adventure of the Crystal Keep:

This games is an old Mac game, to make it run:

1 - Downloading Citadel:

The download link is just bellow the picture at: Macintosh Garden (http://mac.the-underdogs.info/index.php?show=game&id=479).
It seems to be a cleaner version than another version I found elsewhere.
It's a .sit file and can be expand with stuffit, there' s a free extractor for PC like for Mac.

2 - You also need to download the code wheel used as copy protection:

The picture you see here: Macintosh Garden (http://mac.the-underdogs.info/index.php?show=game&id=479), is a part of the code wheel, download it.
Then refresh the page and it will show the second part of the code wheel, download it too.
The way it works is simple and those two pictures will be ok to answer the question of copy protection.
If like me you are blind and find the characters a bit small then pm me an email so I send you bigger snapshots or email to the guy who did them and send me them (lane123456 at hotmail dot com).

3 - You need the Citadel manual:

The game includes a nice contextual in game help but it hasn't all information the guide provides. So it's better to also get the manual.
At this time I haven't yet a link where download it but PM me an email so I send you this manual. The guy who send me the bigger snapshot also send me a pdf of this manual.

4 - You need an emulator running a Mac+ and Mac OS 6.0.8:

On newer system the game is less stable so it's much better to use a Mac+ Rom and OS 6.0.8
Many emulator could apply but one fit quite well and works fine, it's Mini vMac. I'm using the OSX version but the Windows version is well supported and should work fine.
There's a great install guide for Mini vMac Windows at: E-Maculation (http://www.emaculation.com/minivmac/index.html).
This guide provides all but a Mac+ Rom, well you can find a link to one at: http://rolli.ch/MacPlus/ (get there only the rom, not the system disk, for them use instead the links provided in the guide quoted above).
If you are using a Mac you can follow this PC install guide but for using Disk Images on the Mac check this link: http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/image.html

5 - Now you have Mini vMac and Stuffit Expander installed in it you can use it to expand the Citadel .sit archive:

Copy the citadel .sit archive in Mini vMac like the guide explained it to install Stuffit.
Copy this archive inside the stuffit folder.
Launch Stuffit expander and click the command key (with a windows keyboard it's the alt key and the mac option key is the windows key).
Then open the menu File and select open without to release the command key.
Release the command key only when the file dialog is open, then see at bottom of this dialog a new botton "select....".
So select without to open it the stuffit folder where you put the Citadel .sit archive and click on the bottom button "select...".
This will launch an extract of the citadel archive, the files will be in a folder created in the Stuffit folder. Just move it where you want and now Citadel is ready to use.

6 - Backup the file Citadel Save:

This file, Citadel Save, is the save file automatically open and modified when the game is launched.
So before to start play backup the file "Citadel Save" to keep an initial copy.
For managing save files just read the in game help it is very well done.


And now have fun, it's an unknown game but definitely a noteworthy classic even if too few people know this.

Mmm two last quotes:

Save often and make backup, the game can be quite tough sometimes.
And if you found install all that is a challenge, play the game to see what is really a challenge! :biggrin:


EDIT: I added a description of the game in a post (http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5624):

EDIT2:
- I modified the post to add the section about the manual.
- I removed the mention that you could not install unstuffit on you PC when following the guide I linked.
- I haven't tried by myself on a PC but on a Mac. On PC you could have hassle to install an application that unstuff .sit file on your PC. You could pm me and email so I send you the base stuff to install all without unstuffit on your PC.

[Philosophical Gamer]

I made a post on my blog (http://www.philosophicalgamer.com/gaming-obscure-innovative-roguelike-rpgs/) about innovative, little known roguelikes, the post includes UnReal World, The Doryen Arena, Dwarf Fortress (of course!), Fatherhood, and Alan's Psychedelic Journey, among others.

The focus of the blog is indie games, old school games, roguelikes, linux gaming, and pretty much any other topic which would interest gamers who prefer old school gaming, party based RPGs, and so on.

I'm pretty much hoping to make web design my job, and I feel like there's no better way to go about it than writing about gaming, I know that people at these forums would be interested in the posts.

There's also a link to the Internet Rogue Database, which has all kinds of little known roguelikes, so it's good for finding those little gem rogues that not many people know about.