They don't make them like this anymore

Originally Posted by JDR13
I downloaded it from Abandonia over the weekend. I've only played it till the first dungeon in the Iskai city, but I could see how this game would have been awesome when it was released

I love the overall atmosphere, especially how it changes from the Toronto to Albion. I also like the transistion from the 2D areas to the 3D ones, it adds an extra element of variety. I probably won't attempt a full playthrough due to lack of time, but I sure wish I hadn't missed it back in 95'.

Your phrase "due to lack of time" is interesting: I assume you have a limited amount of time you can reserve for playing, which is true for most of us. But within this given limit, what prevents you from from using it for playing a game, which seems to impress you more than some many new ones? As far as I can see there is no obligation to play as many new games as possible…

Just a thought…

A more efficient way would be to develop some kind of time-stopping device, which would, theoretically, give him infinite time to play, while leaving time for sleep and other such nonsense.

Originally Posted by bkrueger
Your phrase "due to lack of time" is interesting: I assume you have a limited amount of time you can reserve for playing, which is true for most of us. But within this given limit, what prevents you from from using it for playing a game, which seems to impress you more than some many new ones? As far as I can see there is no obligation to play as many new games as possible…

I have a decent amount of free time for gaming… the problem is that I have around a dozen titles lined up already… even more when you factor in my games for the PS3 and Wii.

Originally Posted by JDR13
I have a decent amount of free time for gaming… the problem is that I have around a dozen titles lined up already… even more when you factor in my games for the PS3 and Wii.

What is the punishment if you skip some of these?

Originally Posted by bkrueger
What is the punishment if you skip some of these?

I fear they may be insulted and become angry with me.

Originally Posted by JDR13
I fear they may be insulted and become angry with me.

Don't underestimate how angry and insulted these old games can be!

(Ok, enough of this .)

Originally Posted by DArtagnan
WinUAE is still the best AFAIK.

Thanks.

I asked because I still have a few Amiga magazines diskettes.
And one game called "Fatman".
Although I once found a PC port of it on an Abandonware site.
I remember this Amiga game was literally "thrown away" at a computer fair, long, long, long ago … Could have been 1996 or so.
Also, Indy Jones games are cheaper for Amiga on ebay than for the PC …

Originally Posted by JDR13
I fear they may be insulted and become angry with me.

Believe me, I have lots of insulted games on my desk. I just toss magazines on them until they smother. If they get persnickety, I have my big book of World War II photographs, which weighs in about 26 lbs, to whack them with. Nothing like a Sherman tank to shut something up.

My list has grown incredibly huge. I have three old Genesis RPGs I want to play, Wizardry 8 again, I still haven't pulled my Sorc from my recent BG1 run into BG2; IWD1 and 2, Gothic 1 and 2, King's bounty to finish, and to top it off Mega Man 10 and Sonic 4 are coming out soon. Now Albion (never played it before, probably because back in those days I was strictly fantasy, never touched sci-fi), and I'd love to find Magic Candle III again. My disks demagnetized. :'-(

Originally Posted by azraelck
I have three old Genesis RPGs I want to play,

I'm curious, which ones? I completed just about every RPG that was ever released for that system.

The Shining Force games. You're the one who told me they were released in the PS3 Genesis collection. Technically, I also have PS2 and 3, since the last time I tried them, it was on a GBA, and the screen was way beyond too small for such games. PSIV I went though a couple years ago, but I could stand a go again. Then I feel a run in World of Xeen coming…

The Shining Force series was awesome. Sega should revisit it.

Not unless they can do it right, they shouldn't. And they've not gotten Sonic right in a long time on a home console. The GBA games were decent enough, but no where near the level of S3&K.

When/if they make a worthy sequel to S3&K, then maybe they can start thinking of something complicated and challenging like an RPG. Sorry, been burned too many times by SEGA's latest to really wish them to screw up a good old franchise.

Originally Posted by KasperFauerby
He heh! Well, we've learned from our past mistakes, PR-wise. We went public with our Ultima 1 remake waaay too early, which gave a lot of people too high expectations. But maybe, just maybe, we're still cooking on something If we are, I'm sure you guys will be among the first to know…

Well, that's relieving. I actually thought that you just quietly gave up. Your project showed a lot of promise back in, what, 2002?

Shining Force was *great*, one of the top 10 games ever made for the Genesis imo. I didn't really care for Shining Force 2 though, the story and characters just didn't grab me the same way.

They made several Shining Force games for the PS2, but they were nothing like SF 1-3.

Sequels rarely grab one the same way as the first. I don't know why though. There are some exceptions though.

Originally Posted by Alrik Fassbauer
Thanks.

I asked because I still have a few Amiga magazines diskettes.
And one game called "Fatman".
Also, Indy Jones games are cheaper for Amiga on ebay than for the PC …

But AFAIK you can't read amiga diskettes with a PC drive.. you I think you are going to need a real amiga and a transfer cable to get stuff onto your PC and emulator.

Originally Posted by Korplem
Well, that's relieving. I actually thought that you just quietly gave up. Your project showed a lot of promise back in, what, 2002?

Well - we're *not* working on an Ultima 1 remake, if that's what you mean But yeah, it's been a while. 2002 sounds about right for when we released our final tech demo on that project.

Originally Posted by azraelck
I have three old Genesis RPGs I want to play,

One for Mike Rutherford, one for Phil Collins and one for Tony Banks ?

Originally Posted by KasperFauerby
But AFAIK you can't read amiga diskettes with a PC drive.. you I think you are going to need a real amiga and a transfer cable to get stuff onto your PC and emulator.

Okay, thanks.

Didn't know that. What a pity.

Originally Posted by KasperFauerby
Well - we're *not* working on an Ultima 1 remake, if that's what you mean But yeah, it's been a while. 2002 sounds about right for when we released our final tech demo on that project.

No, I meant your project in general. I can't seem to recall the name after you dropped the Ultima remake quest…

I was a regular forumite at your site. That and the Dot/Watch are the only forums I've ever really taken part of…