You just pick up the sword from the inventory screen, go out into the game screen where u can move around, while still holding the sword, and click on the stone.

Retro dungeon? Well retro means in the past, but I still don't know why the call it that. Possibly because they used monsters from other Wizardry games.

It is called "retro dungeon" beacuse it looks a bit like dungeons in earlier parts of Wizardry. And also the map doesn't work there, because you don't have a mapmaking set... :-D

My 2 Ninja' have proven themselves and are now at lvl 22. I think I'll goof around with 2 Valkerie; been missing those extented weapons!

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Longsword. Not Long Sword. Just a plain old Fighter-start-kit Longsword.

Right, the other circles need plain weapons too: Short Staff and a Dagger.

Maps for all three dungeons available at http://wolfie.wiz8.de/RetroMaps.html (or http://wiz8.web1000.com/RetroMaps.html whichever works). For those of you who need step-by-step instructions, just click on one of the maps, and you'll get the instructions and recently added walkthrough for that dungeon.

Enjoy!

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Is there a precondition to be fulfilled to get the sword in the stone?

I have tried dozens of times but it won't work!?

Perhaps the puzzle is jammed:
First I have touched the symbols to get them brighten. Then some enemies have distracted me.
(I also thought, I don't have the rigth sword with me).

Now, days later I'm back here in the region with many swords (smirking).

By this, I'm guessing you left the area and then returned?

It has been known, if you don't complete all the activation steps in one go, it can effectively "hang" the activation sequence. It's ok to go off fight some monsters, converse with NPCs, trade etc, just stay within one "load screen" area.

If you have left, then returned and cannot get it to work, you've lost access to that dungeon for this game. You either have to load a previous save game prior to leaving, or live with in, and remember to do all the steps next time.

Sorry, if this brings bad news to you.

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Or you didn't finish touching all the runes. There's one that looks lit all the time, and in this one they have to be touched in a certain sequence. If the center stone didn't turn greenish yellow (and glow) then you didn't touch all the runes. And if you can't now, then refer to above post.