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wow Z, now there's a flash back! I havent thought about Zork in forever! :D

As to rpg's, I just havent had the time to play any of them, too much happening!

Happy Gaming!

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I only saw the word "steam" on the homepage and the game was dead. Maybe I should invest more time in reading a text next time :D.

If they offer a non-stem version I'll buy it.

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Yeah, here is the direct link to the choices..

http://www.grimrock.net/buy/

I bought direct from them. (The 'almost human' icon or choose the GOG icon link).. it has a standalone install, but they DO also give you a steam 'key' if you decide to install steam.. :) which you don't have to.

It's so awesome.. and if you get stuck, they have awesome help on their forums.

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Great. I can buy it via PayPal. It seems I can play this game this weekend already.

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Nice! I think you'll enjoy it! Has the old school RPG feel, but with great graphics!

BTW, you can import your own portraits for your characters. Do a search for Grimrock here in the General Con Forum on how to do it. (If you decided to want diff portraits).

I chose Drizzt and gang for my 4 :)

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Got it !!!

Thanks Ziroc. Without your hint I would have missed this game. It looks great from my first test.

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Hell.

This game is really "Old School"! It's a lot of work but possible to solve up to now (if I find a way to find enough food). The game for me always end on Level 4 because of starving. And especially there you need a lot of time for all those hordes of skeletons.

I have to wait longer before I eat the "delicious rations" :D. I think now the bar must run yellow before consuming the food.

Great graphics.

Can I pause the game during combat? I found nothing. If the enemies are coming from different directions it's very hard to navigate because you cannot stop the game and look and think about the situation. I had a lot of luck down there after I felt through some pits. And I hate winning a game with luck.

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Yeah, there's a level where food (snails re-spawn) and kill em for food.. Here's the link to the misc. forum where I posted it:

http://www.ironworksforum.com/forum/...d.php?t=102234

Make sure you look for secret buttons on walls and stuff--like Eye of the Beholder! :D If you need help on some of the harder puzzles, just type in "Grimrock" in YouTube, and choose an HD set of clips.. there is this one guy that has a complete walk-through showing you where everything is! :). I only used it when I was SUPER stumped.

It's a really fun game though.. love the old school feel.

Remember "Theme Park" by maker Bullfrog? It was kinda like Roller coaster Tycoon (also loved that game too)..

I may have to install those on my old windows 95 machine I put together just for my old games heheh.. And Out of this World... Bards Tale... Ultima Underworld... ah.. the memories!!

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I remembered another game yesterday : Grimoire

IIRC this game was not finished when I joined here and I found it today in another forum somewhere with a post from Nov 2011 that is is now has BETA-status. I'll try to find out more but has anyone here actual informations about that game ?

@Ziroc
Besides Grimrock I'm playing Jagged Alliance 2 currently. I found it after more than 10 years in a chest in the cellar :D. These old games you mentioned work well with an emulator even with Windows7. I'll play Ultima IV again later but for now I have enough to play and, of course, there is a RL too.

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I removed Grimrock from disk.

I couldn't finish it. As you may know from my time playing W8, I don't reload after a party is destroyed. This way to play is impossible in Grimrock. It has fantastic graphics and it gives back a long forgotten feeling of the old dungeon games.

But it's pure stress.

There is no Pause-Key, you need three eyes, four hands and two brains to play it. I could handle it to level 5. Descending deeper it becomes more and more arcade. Small rooms, fast enemies and continuous clicking on runes.

I tried it several times but I have to give up.

What a pity.