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Shadowgate Anonymous Wed Sep 17 21:29:37 2014 No.1946103 [Reply] [Original]

What do you think about Shadowgate?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 17 21:36:54 2014 No.1946118 >>1946103 Love it and it's probably my favorite MacVenture game.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 17 21:47:20 2014 No.1946138 One of my favorites as a kid. Kick ass music. Excited for the remake coming out soon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 17 22:19:41 2014 No.1946203 Got bored having to deal with a bunch of trial and error on a clunky interface but it has a weird charm to it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 00:53:26 2014 No.1946474 >>1946103 one of the best p&c adventure games on the NES IMO second only to Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 03:36:43 2014 No.1946653 Its a fantastic game, I also really enjoyed The invited and the Deja Vu games too

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 03:37:46 2014 No.1946656 >>1946653 >*The Uninvited

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 16:39:55 2014 No.1947657 I like Deju Vu better. The logic required to solve the puzzles in Shadowgate can be so ass-backwards sometimes, not the nice, logical progression of Deja Vu where you have to punch the hooker in your way.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 18:25:37 2014 No.1947952 >>1946138 It's already out, actually.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 18:27:33 2014 No.1947961 File: 77 KB, 805x572, 145545-shadowgate-windows-3-x-screenshot-long-corridors.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Anyone play the Windows 3.1 version?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 18:38:03 2014 No.1948000 >>1947961 holy fuck that MDI

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 18:56:02 2014 No.1948034 >>1948000 What is MDI?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 19:00:08 2014 No.1948045 >>1948034 Multiple Document Interface (ie multiple nested windows). I also second the >implication that it looks like shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 18 22:35:21 2014 No.1948782 >>1946103 I still replay it once a year, every year

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 19 12:52:55 2014 No.1949964 I've only played the N64 one. It was a great inspiration to my major Doom project

Anonymous Sat Sep 20 03:35:09 2014 No.1951838

>>1946103

Grim reaper in the game over screen gave me nightmares. Instant death when your torches went out did not help me get over my fear of the dark as a kid.

...also couldn't beat it because it was fucking hard and everything killed me. I got as far as burning the mummy for the scepter, getting the orb from the shark pool, and fooling the troll.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 20 11:11:16 2014 No.1952271 >>1949964 Why not play the original?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 20 20:57:26 2014 No.1953375 >>1951838 Are you still afraid of the dark?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 20 21:05:03 2014 No.1953398 I think one time when I was running out of torchlight I panicked because the panic music scared the shit out of me so I turned the TV off... ...AND THE MUSIC KEPT PLAYING

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 21 09:01:44 2014 No.1954410 >>1947961 I've got it but haven't bothered playing it since the way they programmed it means that torches run out really fast on modern computers. Also there's no music.

Anonymous Sun Sep 21 12:07:46 2014 No.1954686
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>>1948045
I don't mind the multiple windows, but it's the general Windows OS look that feels too "professional" (workplace environment) that I don't like. The Amiga version feels more like 80's home computer, and that makes me happy.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 21 21:21:19 2014 No.1955909 >>1954686 >Not liking professional things

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 22 03:45:04 2014 No.1956631 >>1946474 >second only to Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom GTFO

Anonymous Mon Sep 22 10:04:03 2014 No.1956973

>>1955909
Those things are better left at work IMO. I don't want to bring office environment home, or even think about it when I'm trying to relax.

Heck, even when I'm lucky enough to have Unix workstation at work, I make a point to use an entirely different window manager at home. Anyway, 80's home computer will always evoke the best feels for me.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 22 20:50:23 2014 No.1958162 I fucking loved Shadowgate on my GBC

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 22 20:56:31 2014 No.1958172 File: 49 KB, 480x432, shadowgate.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1958162 mein neger. Deja Vu on GBC was also awesome.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 23 10:59:04 2014 No.1959132 >>1947952 Not him, but you have my attention now. Any details?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 23 22:17:53 2014 No.1960351 >>1959132 Google is your friend

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 24 12:28:47 2014 No.1961454 >>1958172 I wish that cancelled NES port to Deja Vu II would have been released

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 24 18:52:32 2014 No.1962254 >>1958162 Nothing wrong with that. I was amazed that some versions of Shadowgate Returns included the old Swedish translation. It is easier to own that port than the NES one due to the lack of region lock

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 24 20:03:50 2014 No.1962483 What's your opinion on the n64 shadowgate? As someone who hasn't played it yet, I get mixed feelings watching just footage of it on youtube.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 24 20:53:58 2014 No.1962579 >>1946103 You died. Would you like to try again?

Anonymous Wed Sep 24 21:08:07 2014 No.1962603

>>1946103
I played this a *ton* with my friend Steve during our middle school years. Really a formative game for me, and we would do "speed runs" amongst ourselves for friendly competition. God that game is great on the NES - fantastic music, and the graphics were reasonable. I prefer the graphics and interface on the Mac version, but the music of the NES and my nostalgia just win out.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 25 12:09:57 2014 No.1963826 >>1962579 IT'S A SAD THING THAT YOUR ADVENTURES HAVE ENDED HERE!!

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 25 20:12:36 2014 No.1964813 >>1962483 Play it and find out

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 26 11:07:36 2014 No.1966160 >>1946118 Why is it your favorite one?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 26 20:32:21 2014 No.1967128 >>1946138 Why would you play a remake over this?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 27 13:05:55 2014 No.1968463 >>1946203 What is so clunky about the interface?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 27 21:19:37 2014 No.1969498 >>1946474 >Second only to Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 27 21:51:24 2014 No.1969543 >>1969498 If you don't like Princess Tomato then that's a problem on your end.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 28 11:28:44 2014 No.1970468 >>1969543 >You are wrong if you don't like what I like

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 28 14:26:43 2014 No.1970819 Its a game where i truly feel like a adventurer. I love the remake as well, one of the best remakes of all time. And Space Reaper

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 28 15:00:18 2014 No.1970909 >>1970819 Remake?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 28 15:03:00 2014 No.1970913 >>1970909 Yep... there is a shadowgate remake made by the original developers. Fun as hell and cryptic shit ahoy. http://store.steampowered.com/app/294440/

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 29 04:04:43 2014 No.1972280 >>1970913 Is it really made by the original developers?

Anonymous Mon Sep 29 05:21:39 2014 No.1972362

>>1962483
I'd say play it yourself and find out. I personally liked it. It's got its own creepy vibe of isolation, and while I'd say it's easier than the original, it still has its share of burtal deaths. The controls are awkward art first, but you get used to them. I'd say it's more it's own thing, so don't expect the original, but I like it. And it feels more like first game than Beyond Shadowgate on the Turbo CD, which is more like King's Quest than anything else.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 29 05:29:39 2014 No.1972380 >>1972280 10 seconds on google says yes. http://www.zojoi.com/who-we-are/

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 29 07:33:21 2014 No.1972485 >>1956631 sorry m8 I just liked PTitSK better

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 29 07:53:20 2014 No.1972502 lol I don't know I only ever got to play Beyond Shadowgate. On the PC-Engine.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 29 08:51:05 2014 No.1972550 >>1958162 That's how I played Shadowgate for the first time as well. Deja Vu too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 29 18:08:56 2014 No.1973456 >>1972502 >lol Can you not?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 30 05:53:48 2014 No.1974514 >>1973456 not what?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 30 17:18:27 2014 No.1975526 >>1974514 You know what

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 1 10:40:54 2014 No.1976791 >>1972485 Why did you like it better?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 1 22:16:41 2014 No.1977883 >>1972380 They sold out in the worst possible way

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 2 00:26:40 2014 No.1978104 >>1946103 I loved Shadowgate when I was younger. I don't enjoy it as much now cause I know the exact route you need to take to win. When I didn't know how to win and I have to figure shit out it was much more enjoyable.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 2 13:12:34 2014 No.1978902 >>1978104 I am surprised no one has yet to come up with Shadowgate rom hacks with new puzzles

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 2 13:24:02 2014 No.1978923 >>1946474 I felt that princess tomato was too linear. Things can only progress when you're told about them, and I felt that I was stuck to an order of actions

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 2 20:47:38 2014 No.1979809 >>1978923 Those annoying mazes killed the game for me

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 2 21:02:36 2014 No.1979837 >>1958162 Same here man. Got it on a whim from a bargain bin many eons ago. Definitely one of the better games I scrounged up allowance for as a kid.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 3 12:56:01 2014 No.1980995 >>1946653 >Its a fantastic

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 16:14:07 2014 No.1983324 >>1972362 >burtal deaths

>>	Emerald Bark !1ZGRGreenM Sat Oct 4 16:21:18 2014 No.1983343 >>1961454 Was even planed to be released on NES? Why they canceled it?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 16:27:13 2014 No.1983350 >>1983343 I have no idea but it was given previews in magazines so a proto may exist in a safe. http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?p=7308

>>	Emerald Bark !1ZGRGreenM Sat Oct 4 16:49:56 2014 No.1983386 >>1983350 I see, maybe was very expensive to them making the game on NES, and they did it on GBC with with the first game. I really hope they make the new version of Uninvited and Deja Vu, now that they did the remake of Shadowgate.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 5 08:58:47 2014 No.1984723 >>1983386 But the game was around before the GBC port

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 5 10:01:34 2014 No.1984793 >>1976791 because it is better

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 6 17:12:12 2014 No.1987837 >>1947657 I would have never figured out you needed to use a star you got off a map to kill a wyvern

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