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8 Eyes  Seta;Taxan (Thinking Rabbit)1988bAfter hundreds of years of chaos, mankind has finally emerged from the ruins of nuclear war. This world of the distant future has once again flourished under the guidance of the Great King, who harnessed the power of the 8 Eyes to rebuild the planet. These strange jewels of power were formed at the eyes, or center, of the eight nuclear explosions which nearly destroyed the Earth. In the wrong hands, the 8 Eyes could cause untold destruction... And now, they have been seized by the Great King's eight Dukes, in a desperate bid to gain control of the world for themselves. They have banished the King to the nuclear wastelands, and already their squabbling threatens to plunge the world into war once again! The task of retrieving the 8 Eyes falls to you, Orin the Falconer, the bravest and mightiest of the King's Guardsmen. With your fighting falcon, Cutrus, you must penetrate each of the 8 Dukes' castles. There you will face the Dukes' soldiers, and battle strange nuclear mutants such as living skeletons, giant wasps, and mud men. You must defeat the monstrous Boss of each castle to retrieve the Jewel of Power he guards. Then, to complete your quest, return the 8 Eyes to the Altar of Peace to await the return of the Great King, so that he may finish the rebuilding of Earth. Your reward will be the eternal gratitude of all mankind!***
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エイト・アイズ literally reads `[code]eito aizu[/code]´.***Great Castlevania-type sleeper.
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Alternate Beginners Cave: Eamon Adventure #042 National Eamon User’s Club1984e[The following text is copyrighted by Eamon Adventurer's Guild Online and presented here word-for-word thanks to their generous terms]
#42 Alternate Beginners Cave by Rick Volberding

Reviewed by Tom Zuchowski

MAIN PGM Version: 5
Extra Commands: None
Deleted Commands: None
Special Features: None
Playing Time: 30 min.
Reviewer Rating: 5.0 Average Rating: 5.0/6

Description: There is no introduction text. You wander about a different
Beginners Cave.

Comment: This is a very adequate adventure for beginners and young Eamonauts.
It has 46 rooms, one secret passage, one hidden treasure, one container, one
magic potion, and one maiden to rescue. I encountered no death traps. The
monsters were pushovers with my magic sword. There were a couple of nice
special effects with monsters appearing in the room. Overall, a good job,
considering the target audience.
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Ancient Domains Of Mystery  author1994aLatest version: 1.1.1 (as of 2002-11)
Latest version on Steam (as of 2015-11-15)***For Linux and ELF. Runs on Amiga 3000 computers. ADOM is postcardware and the developer, Thomas Biskup, will accept food and cash donations. 1994, the encrpyted source code is included and the developer has invited people to crack it.
-Update 2006- sourcecode has still not been cracked.
[Zerothis]
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Ancient Domains Of Mystery  author1994a# averted tags/concepts #
level scaling - only present in a cave northwest of Terinyo, the small village you encounter early on. Otherwise non-existant.***Latest version: 1.1.1 (as of 2002-11)
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Ancient Domains Of Mystery  author2006aLatest version: 1.1.1b5 (as of ?) Mac OS Xlabelminimizeminimize
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Ancient Domains Of Mystery  author2001aSupport for BeOS/Haiku was dropped long ago (last was probably 1.0.0 back in 2001) and the port is no longer provided by the author even. BeOSlabelminimizeminimize
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Anvil of Dawn New World Computing (DreamForge Intertainment)1995c[b]Minimum[/b]
* DOS 5.0 or greater
* 486/33 CPU
* 4 MB RAM
* 5 MB free HD space
* 2X CD-ROM drive
* Mouse

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 486/66 CPU
* 30 MB free HD space***The game's unusual in the manner that although you select one of the five heroes to play as in the beginning, you get to meet the other four in your travels.

The choice of hero mostly affects the voice-overs (and dialog with it) and appearance, attributes are freely customizable if you so desire.***The game was apparently re-released in 2007/01 with Windows XP support. Unable to verify this currently, though.
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ArcaniA - A Gothic Tale  JoWood Productions (Spellbound Entertainment)2010d[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP or Vista
* 3.2 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon 3500+ CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* Radeon 1800XT or GeForce 6800 GPU
* 10 GB HD space***Working titles:
[*] Gothic 4: Arcania
[*] Gothic 4: Genesis
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Ardentryst  Project Ardentryst2007b[quote][...] you can get the source package, which [u]should[/u] run on any system with Python and pygame installed.[/quote]
The game seems to be primarily developed on/for Windows. Ubuntu and OpenSUSE packages are also available (by third-parties?).

As of 2010-05, the Getdeb package (Ubuntu), is provided by João Pinto, the GetDeb Team Leader (not associated with Ardentryst). However, version 1.71 has been officially tested on and indicated Linux compatible by the Ardentryst team.
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Ardentryst  Project Ardentryst2007bOnline play is mentioned in the game, but this seems to refer to only online ranking. Windowslabelimageminimize
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Arx Fatalis DreamCatcher Interactive (Arkane studios;Wizarbox)2003cArx is the name of an underground urban environment where your special experience will begin, in the realm of medieval fantasy. Be prepared to penetrate a world where the sun has slowly retreated and completely vanished. A world taken over by an unfriendly and threatening atmosphere, imposing the exodus of Arx inhabitants to the obscure meanders of a dwarf mine in order to survive. There, they had to become acquainted with an unusual neighborhood, among goblins, trolls and ratmen.***
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Arx Fatalis  JoWood Productions (Arkane Studios)2002cCast away from the surface of the Earth by the disappearance of the sun, Mankind lived hidden underground in the Fortress of Arx. Humans only have magic left to survive against Ratmen, Dragons and starvation...

But a much greater danger is hovering above the world of Arx Fatalis. Lurking in the eternal darkness of the mines, it feeds off the innocent souls of the city. It is not a monster. It is not human. It is pure evil.

The adventure has just started, and soon,
the fate of Arx, will be in your hands.

Arx Fatalis is a medieval heroic fantasy first person role playing game which places the accent on immersion, storyline and innovative magic system.

Arx Fatalis is intended for RPG and adventure players.

Dive into the universe of Arx

Arx Fatalis is an RPG that thrusts the player into an extremely complex fantastic world. Arx Fatalis combines a rich storyline with impressive medieval settings. The easy to use interface results in maximum interaction. The player is in an intense immersion state where he can feel how each one of his actions affects the surrounding world. The goal of the game is to reduce to nothing the cult of Akbaa, God of destruction and Chaos, and thus, prevent him from returning to the physical world. If the player fails, the demon will crush Arx under its rule of blood and terror.

The player, assuming the role of potential hero, fights in a large underground fortress, with wood clubs, swords, lances. and many magic artifacts, against the threat of multiple underground creatures (Goblins, Trolls, Ratmen and other vicious creatures.)

But rough power is not always the best road to victory. The hero may also use the new "screen magic" to advance. By using the mouse, magic runes have to be drawn and combined on screen in order to create powerful spells that will protect the player or give him the strength to defeat his enemies and to complete his quest.

In addition to the fight against demons and monsters, there is also a practically infinite number of interactions with the creatures and objects in the fortress, which enable the player to regain his memory, solve enigmas, and fulfill quests. By accumulating experience points, the player is able to lead his hero and train him any way he wants.

Dare to enter the world of Arx Fatalis. Explore the underground cities, secret temples, ancient mine tunnels, discover forgotten civilizations and dominate the magic of Arx Fatalis...***The game may suffer from severe [i]flickering[/i] and depth buffer issues under some circumstances. The actual cause is unknown as it fixed itself and I failed to reproduce it.

Bumb mapping used by the game is one of the earliest methods and causes some graphical glitching on at least NV's GPUs (buttons and doorways otherwise revealed by sufficiently high intuition are colored almost pitch black). Therefore it is recommended you disable it.

Forcing anti-aliasing causes some text to disappear, the game itself has no anti-aliasing options so this is only reminder not to do it in externally.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
* 500 MHz Pentium II CPU
* 64 MB RAM
* 16 MB VRAM
* 750 MB HD space
* 4X CD-ROM drive

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 900 MHz Pentium III CPU
* 256 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM***Latest version: 1.21 (2011-01-14)

Version history:
* 1.18 (2007-10?)
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Arx Libertatis  ? (Arkane Studios;Zenimax;Arx Libertatis)2011cThe name is Latin and loosely means "Fatal Castle" and very literally means "The Castle of Fatal"
Likewise, Arx Libertatis means "The Castle of Liberty"***Arx Libertatis is a cross-platform port of the GPLed Arx Fatalis first-person
role-playing game. This package only includes the game executable - you will
also need the data files from the original game.

Besides the data files, this is all that is needed to run the game, but
installing the main arx-libertatis package to get the arxcrashreporter is
recommended.***[spoiler=Show install;close][media=youtube]RHN01tlPpjo[/media][/spoiler]
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Arx Libertatis  ? (Arkane Studios;Zenimax;Arx Libertatis)2012c BSDlabelminimizeminimize
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Avencast: Rise of the Mage Lighthouse Interactive;Stardock (ClockStone Software)2007dAlthough one of the magic disciplines available in the game is called blood magic, it's not suitable for the [gametag=bloodmagic]blood magic[/gametag] tag, as it seems to be completely unrelated type of magic.***Un RPG normal, sin nada que destacar.

Mediocre.

4 de 10***Latest version: 1.04[a] (as of 2008-07-25?)***US+CA 2007-11 (first week)
UK 2007-11-02
DE 2007-11-16

Scandinavia 2007-11
Southern Europe Q1 2008***[b]Minimum requirements:[/b]
* Windows XP or Vista
* 2.2 GHz CPU or equivalent
* 512 MB RAM (1 GB for Vista)
* GeForce FX 5700 or Radeon 9700
* 4.4 GB free HD space***"Avencast combines the sense of adventure and character development found in RPGs with fast-paced action in the vein of classic beat 'em ups, all set in a world where magic truly rules the day."

Key Features

* Challenging game play: Keyboard-and-mouse-based controls that enable skilful and dexterity-based special moves and combos
* 60 different combat moves and magic spells from three categories in two magic skill trees.
* More than 40 unique 3d models of monsters and characters
* A multitude of different enemies with a great variety of skills and strategies
* Equip your character with more than 120 unique items including magic weapons and armours
* Detailed, charming 3d graphics and special effects
* Atmospheric moods through real-time soft shadows
* Intriguing storyline in 3 Chapters
* Multifaceted game play through riddles and quests that demand brain and dexterity
* 360° free camera control without annoying auto adjustment
[ClockStone Software]
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Aztaka Citeremis2009bUn juego de acción/plataformas de ambientación precolombina.

Nada del otro mundo.

4 de 10***2009-11-05 on Steam, by Citeremis (lang: eng, fre)***Inspired by Aztec legend, Aztaka will casts you into the middle of a war between the Gods and Mankind. Who will prevail? As Huitzilo, heir of the Sun God, skilled in both the arts of combat and magic, only you can save your people from the wrath of the Aztec Gods.

Aztaka features graphics of a quality never before seen in a game of this type. Grand, richly-detailed backdrops and fluid character animations will plunge you into the legend of Huitzilo and his quest to collect the seven Phonograms.

With 21 levels, Aztaka provides a veritable new universe for Action/RPG fans to explore.

[b]Features[/b]
* Manipulate spiritual energy to solve mysteries and vanquish foes
* Enhance and customize your character by training skills and abilities, and acquiring ancient artifacts.
* Embark on optional side-quests to acquire valuable items and gold.
* Visit shops to buy and sell potions, rings, piercings and skills to aid in your travels.
* Challenging yet simple spell casting system
* Twenty-one unique and detailed levels
[Citeremis]
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Interplay Entertainment (Snowblind Studios)2001dBaldur's Gate: Dark Alliance combines fast-paced action and adventure in the popular world of Baldur's Gate. It features an epic tale of intrigue, alliances, explosive spell effects, and highly detailed creatures and environments, and allows for both single- and two-player cooperative play. Characters are customizable, each with unique powers, appearance, and abilities.
This is the first console game to feature Dungeons & Dragons, 3rd Edition rules in real time. The game features Dolby Digital sound, comprehensive voice acting, and a completely original soundtrack.***
[32]***EAN-13: [code]5026102005519[/code] (Interplay, PAL) - lang: eng, fre, ger, ita, spa***Black Isle Studios is mentioned but their involvement is not elaborated.
Virgin Interactive Entertainment worked as exclusive distributor in Europe.***[b]voice overs[/b] - does not cover the protagonist in dialogs, but he/she still does say short phrases here and there.
[b]dialog-sentences[/b] - there's very little choices, though.
[b]suicidebombers[/b] - floating single-eyed gasbags
[b]karmic creatures[/b] - some zombies release poisonous fume on death.

[b]pop-up mooks[/b] - only some

[b]caninoids[/b] - gnolls
[b]sasquatch[/b] - yeti

--- averted
hazardous powers / safe powers - fireball is harmful to the caster, but meteor swarm and flame "shield" isn't. the others dont't have the capability for harming the caster (based on visual feedback). As such, this is too mixed case to mark as either.***[b]Characters/classes:[/b]
* Vahn, human archer (arcane archer)
* Kromlech, dwarven fighter
* Adrianna, elven sorceress***1 player and 2 players cooperative play.
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Interplay Entertainment (Square One Games)2021dRequires a 64-bit CPU and 32-bit libraries intalled. Because wine developers make bad Linux developers? Bad Linux developers are better than none at all; this game is native. Linuxlabelminimizeminimize
Barony Turning Wheel2015cBarony is a 3D, first-person roguelike. The goal of the game is to descend to the bottom of a dark dungeon known as the Devil's Bastion and destroy an undead lich named Baron Herx, who terrorized the peaceful town of Hamlet in life and is now harboring a curse against the land from beyond the grave. To aid you in your quest are friendly humans who have been eeking out a rough life within the dungeon for generations, as well as any friends you can bring with you in real life: Barony is the first of its kind as a first-person roguelike in that it fully supports cooperative multiplayer for up to four players.

~ Features ~
* Gameplay inspired by RPG classics like Ultima Underworld, System Shock, & Daggerfall
* Roguelike mechanics such as perma-death, random dungeons, cryptic messages and more
* Complex but intuitive drag & drop interface for inventory and character management
* Cooperative multiplayer for up to 4 players over internet or LAN
* Hundreds of unique collectible items and loot
* Dozens of secret areas and developer easter eggs
* Bundled level editor, exposed assets, and simple formats for easy modding
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Bastard Bonds Bigfingers20163 Windowslabelminimizeminimize
Beyond Dark Castle Silicon Beach Software1987b Mac OS Classiclabelimageminimize
Black Tiger U.S. Gold (Capcom)1990bFight your way through colorful, action-packed levels in this 1987 arcade classic. Explore huge, sprawling levels as a powerful barbarian, seeking to defeat menacing bosses. Plus, upgrade your character with one of the first inventory and power-up systems ever built.***
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Black Tiger U.S. Gold1989bFight your way through colorful, action-packed levels in this 1987 arcade classic. Explore huge, sprawling levels as a powerful barbarian, seeking to defeat menacing bosses. Plus, upgrade your character with one of the first inventory and power-up systems ever built.***
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Black Tiger U.S. Gold (Clipper Computer Products)1989bFight your way through colorful, action-packed levels in this 1987 arcade classic. Explore huge, sprawling levels as a powerful barbarian, seeking to defeat menacing bosses. Plus, upgrade your character with one of the first inventory and power-up systems ever built.***
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Black Tiger U.S. Gold (Tiertex)1990bFight your way through colorful, action-packed levels in this 1987 arcade classic. Explore huge, sprawling levels as a powerful barbarian, seeking to defeat menacing bosses. Plus, upgrade your character with one of the first inventory and power-up systems ever built.***
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[34]***The longest tape to load that I owned on my CPC 464, it took more than half an hour to load !!
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Black Tiger U.S. Gold (Tiertex)1989bFight your way through colorful, action-packed levels in this 1987 arcade classic. Explore huge, sprawling levels as a powerful barbarian, seeking to defeat menacing bosses. Plus, upgrade your character with one of the first inventory and power-up systems ever built.***
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[1]***For many years ago three evil dragons have invaded the land.. a young warrior arrives. He's well armed with throwing knives and a giant maze. You fight through caves full of monsters who obey the dragons. After their death some monsters leave Zenny, the currency used to buy additional weaponry and armour in shops. Furthermore exact jumping is important, as sharp stones await their victims below the platforms. Okay game play, tedious graphics, close too nothing sound.
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Black Tiger  Capcom1987b"Long long ago, three dragons descended from skies above with a rolling thunder and destroyed a kingdom into darkness.
From lengthy suffering and darkness of the kingdom came one brave fighter"
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BlackThorne Interplay (Blizzard)1995b3Through the dark vastness of space, exiled prince Kyle Blackthorne returns to Tull to avenge the death of his murdered father and restore the shattered Lightstone. The conqueror Sarlac opposes his vicious troops against the enraged prince. But the evil lord will soon find out... an army is not enough against a single fierce fighter with a vengeance!***
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[20]***Unlike the other versions of the game, the Sega32 version had enhanced graphics an additional area.***Was only released in the USA.
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Blackthorne Interplay (Blizzard Entertainment)1996b3 Mac OS Classiclabelimageminimize
Blackthorne Interplay (Blizzard Entertainment)2003b3In Blackthorne, players take the role of Kyle Blackthorne, a lethal commando equipped with brute strength and animal cunning. Each level in this action-packed adventure game will have players confronting danger at every turn as they engage in battle on a futuristic planet overrun by mutant monsters and goblin hordes. GBAlabelimagesubject
BlackThorne  Interplay;Virgin;Kemco (Blizzard)1994b3After years of awaiting his destiny on Earth, Kyle Blackthorne has finally come home to face the galaxy's most terrifying mutant monsters and goblin hordes. With brute strength, animal cunning and a lead-spewing shotgun he's on a quest to reclaim his once peaceful Planet Tuul. Surrounded by enemies and confronting danger at every turn, Blackthorne's commando training and survival skills are put to the ultimate death-defying test in this brutally savage land. So prepare to enter Blackthorne's world and blast your way through one of the most intense, challenging games ever.***
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[29]***Very dark game, as you can see on screenshots. Close to 'Flashback' or 'Prince of Persia'. You have to save human beings against orcs that take your race in slavery.
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Blackthorne  Interplay Productions (Blizzard Entertainment)1994b13Interplay provides a version of this game to download from battle.net. Comes packaged for play on Windows using DOSbox or an alternative package for Mac using DOSbox. The executable zip file is encrypted preventing it from being run on non-windows systems without using Windows emulation. Once installed, the game should theoretically work on DOS, FreeDOS, or most any system DOSbox runs on. However, Blackthorne's the setup executable is not included making sound configuration especially problematic. This game is not Freeware. Blizzard retains full copyright and the downloaded version includes and EULA restating Blizzard's ownership. No right to redistribute or otherwise treat this version as Freeware is granted by Blizzard.***[b]from another world[/b] - you're actually native, but was transported as an infant into another world where you grew up, and now you've returned to bring your royal boot to the Face of Evil.
[b]unrestricted violence[/b] - player can freely kill the slaves as much as the orcish monsters.
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Blasphemer author2012cHeretic has several open source engine choices. But playing the game initially required purchasing the proprietary data (or downloading the proprietary shareware version). Blasphemer is a project to replace proprietary Heretic data with non-proprietary data. Thus allowing players to enjoy a complete Heretic-like game with no proprietary entanglements.

Turn enemies into multiple gibs in this dark fantasy 1st-person shooter. Look up and down (sort of). Features inventory manipulation, environmental interaction, use magic, find powerups that improve [b]all[/b] the weapons you are carrying, and the ability to fly. These are in addition to the features seen in its predecessor, Doom.
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Bonetown - The Power of Death CPSoft2015c Windowslabelminimizeminimize
Catacomb Softdisk (PC Arcade)1990a[b]microgrid[/b] - player character and most monsters occupy 2x2 grid points
[b]penetrating projectiles[/b] - fully charged attack mows through the monsters quite easily, the bolt magic scroll likely does the same.
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Catacomb Softdisk1991a Apple II Elabelimageminimize
Catacomb II  Softdisk1991aThis 'sequel' is more or less just a level pack to the original Catacomb. Later re-released under the title "The Catacomb". MS-DOSlabelimageminimize
Catacombs  Softdisk1991aGLCGP note: worked on art Apple IIGSlabelimageminimize
ChaosEsque Anthology  ChaosEsque Team2013c Linuxlabelminimizeminimize
Claiming Xodius lvlhouse2014am Linuxlabelminimizeminimize
Crusaders of Might and Magic 3DO1999d[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 95
* 166 MHz Pentium CPU w/ MMX
* 32 MB RAM
* 175 MB HD space***[quote=Wikipedia]Numerous aspects of the storyline differ in the PC version. Before reaching the Citadel, Drake must pass through the small village of Cador-Sûl, which is not present in the PlayStation version. Also, Prince Dain must be rescued from the Ironpicks before he can be spoken to, and Tor is not present. Two dungeon-like locations, the Catacombs and the fallen Starship, are accessible only in the PC version. Ursan plays a larger role, Celestia does not flee Citadel and the final battle takes place on Necros' Battleship, with no mention of the Kreegan Gate.[/quote]
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Crusaders of Might and Magic 3DO2000dCrusaders of Might and Magic is a third-person perspective game that mixes elements of action, role-playing and adventure. In this epic quest, you'll need to jump and slash your way to succeed against scores of evil monsters. As you progress, you'll be able to improve your characters attributes, which will ultimately decide whether you succeed or fail.
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Dark Souls  Namco Bandai (From Software)2012dDrift bags and vagrants are one of the most obscure mechanics of the game. Drift bags are dropped items that are randomly transported to another player's world where they can be picked up, if they aren't picked up they get transported again. Once the drift bag has been transported enough many times, it turns into a vagrant, a rare enemy that spawns in no other way. Vagrants if undefeated will be transported to other players' worlds much like the drift bags.***The game's story is about the waning Age of Fire which the player can help continue or end, the waning of the age also is the cause of the undead curse when Gwyn kindled the First Flame with his essence. Letting the Age of Fire end would bring about Age of Dark (a.k.a. Age of Humanity), but considering how Dark Souls (a.k.a. human souls) are prone to bad things and generally the world's bleak presentation of humans, this would probably be about as bad thing as the previous age or worse.

How bad humans and Dark Souls are or can be is especially shown in Artorias of the Abyss expansion (which is included in the Windows port of the game), though the information gained there can be somewhat misleading. The Abyss appeared because the pygmy went insane, not because it was natural thing to happen with Dark Souls, and the Abyss corrupted Artorias and the Oolacile. Many players seem to assume this is the natural progression for what happens with Dark Souls unfortunately.***With a moody and almost grimterror atmosphere and lore that would make even H.P.Lovecraft shiver a little, a simple but very customizable character development and a gameplay that is hard and "unfair", bringing back the "trial and error" progress system of classical arcade games, this game is simply a jewel of RPG-action goodness.

Sadly, this version is a poorly done port from the console version, almost forcing to be played by handheld control (keyboard + mouse is horribly designed and also missing keybinding for some actions), and the camera feels clunky, slow and very dependant of player panning/autolock.

8 of 10***Dark Souls is an upcoming action role-playing game from the developers who brought you Demon’s Souls, FromSoftware. Dark Souls will have many familiar features: A dark fantasy universe, tense dungeon crawling, fearsome enemy encounters and unique online interactions. Dark Souls is a spiritual successor to Demon’s, not a sequel. Prepare for a new, despair-inducing world, with a vast, fully-explorable horizon and vertically-oriented landforms. Prepare for a new, mysterious story, centered around the King’s Crowns and the original, now dying flame at the center of the world. But most of all, prepare to die. You will face countless murderous traps, countless darkly grotesque monsters and several gargantuan, supremely powerful demons and dragons. You must learn from death to persist through this unforgiving world. And you aren’t alone. Dark Souls allows the spirits of other players to show up in your world, so you can learn from their deaths and they can learn from yours. New to Dark Souls is Beacon Fire, where you can share the experiences of your adventure with the spirits of other players. Around the Beacon Fire, you may find the only warmth and calm that exists in this dark world. Beware: There is no place in Dark Souls that is truly safe. With days of game play and an even more punishing difficulty level, Dark Souls will be the most deeply challenging game you play this year. Can you live through a million deaths and earn your legacy?

[b]New Content[/b]
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition will include an untold chapter in the world of Lordran where the player must stop the spread of darkness at all costs by facing and defeating the Dark Knight Artorias.

* New Bosses – Including Artorias of Abyss, Chimera of Tomb, and more
* PVP Online Matchmaking System – Quick matching for co-op or PVP
* New Areas – Including Oolacile Tomb, Old Ruins and more
* New Enemies – Including Abyss Guard, Chained Prisoner and more
* New NPCs – Including Hawkeye Gough and more
* New Weapons and Armor – Equip some from the new bosses, enemies, and NPCs

[b]Key features:[/b]
* Extremely Deep, Dark & Difficult – Unforgiving in its punishment, yet rewarding for the determined – learn to strategize freely and conquer seemingly impossible challenges.
* Fully Seamless World – Explore a completely integrated world of dark fantasy where dungeons are seamlessly intertwined, with great height.
* Mastery Earns Progression – Contains 60 hours of gameplay, with nearly 100 uniquely despair‐inducing monsters & an incredibly nuanced weaponry & magic spells system. Player success depends on their eventual mastery of how and when to use the magic spells, choice of armor, the number of weapons, the types of weapons, and the moves attached to the weapons.
* Network Play – Players may cross paths with one another, interacting with each other throughout the game even as each player plays their own game.
* Flexible Character Development & Role Play – As the player progresses, they must carefully choose which of their character’s abilities to enhance as this will determine their progression style.
* Community – See other real players and empathize with their journey, learn from seeing how others died, find and leave messages for your fellow players; helping them or leading them into death.
* Symbolic of Life & Hope – The Beacon Fire is an important feature of Dark Souls for many reasons. Though in gameplay it serves as a recovery and re‐spawn point for players whose health gets low and is the one place in the dark world where players can find a fleeting moment of warmth and calm.***[media=youtube]WlVBVKAFFg4[/media]
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Dark Souls: Remastered  Namco Bandai (From Software)2018dEmbark upon an epic dark fantasy in a universe stricken by decline and the Curse. Explore its intricate world design - full of hidden passages, dungeons and secrets - and uncover its deeply rooted lore.***Has significant changes to the engine and certain parts of the gameplay. Some features from the sequels were ported over. This however is not redesign of original Dark Souls, so many of the problems of the original are still present. The assumed goal however of this product is to move support to unified game across all current supported platforms and allow players who never played the original to experience it.

There's been some severe outcry from PC Dark Souls fans for the remaster not doing "enough".
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