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I've always been more of a JRPG fan, but here lately I've been getting into high fantasy. Y'know, orcs, goblins, dragons. D&D shit basically.

What are some recommended High Fantasy retro games, /vr/?
Any genre of game, just so long as it fits the fantasy theme.

>> No.2285187

I thought Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder were pretty good.

Sorry for not having more recommendations. I don't play many D&D games either myself.

I heard Ultima was good so I'm thinking of playing those next

>> No.2285196

>>2285187
Ultima isn't that high fantasy, after the first three games there's only humans left in the world.

>> No.2285218

HOMM3

>> No.2285224

>>2285172
Tower of Doom
Shadow of Mystara

>> No.2285225

>>2285172
Wizardry was literally intended to be an unofficial D&D game when it was first thought up. Those games are AWESOME if you can handle INSANELY HARD dungeon crawlers with VERY old fashioned and outdated WRPG gameplay.

Then there's Dungeons & Dragons - Tower of Doom and its sequel Dungeons & Dragons - Shadow Over Mystara, both in the arcades. Two of the best and most replayable beat 'em ups of all time, the second one especially.

There's also the arcade games Knights of the Round, King of Dragons, Magic Sword, Black Tiger, Gaiapolis, and Dungeon Magic (aka Light Bringer.

>> No.2285229

>>2285196
Ultima is DEFINITELY high fantasy.

OP, play Ultima 7 and Ultima Underworld.

>> No.2285230
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2285230

Baldur's Gate and especially Baldur's Gate II have exactly what you're looking for.

>> No.2285232

Shadow Over Mystara, Tower of Doom, King of the Dragons, Knights of The Round Table for Beat em Ups.
Cadash is a nice arcade hybrid, quite unique in its way.
Quest for Glory is a fantasy point and click with rpg elements.
The obvious Ultima series for pc, Daggerfall, Betrayal at Krondor, Eye of Beholder... Plenty of them.
The obsious Warcraft series for rts, Fantasy General is also a neat strategy,
Almost all of the SSI rpgs, from Baldur's Gate to everything else.

>> No.2285241

Master of Magic is pretty much the greatest high fantasy game of all time.

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>>2285230
>tfw didnt have a PC and didnyt know English when I was kid to play Baldurs Gate
>the games aged and i cant get over it to play them

am i a normie?

>> No.2285313

>>2285293
Yes. I played BG1 a few months ago with Tutu and had shit tons of fun.

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2285314

Ishar
Realms of Arcania
Black Crypt
Bard's Tale
Might and Magic
Times of Lore

>> No.2285324

>>2285293
Yeah, you're a disgusting normalfag. Baldur's Gate has an identical control scheme to an average RTS game.

>> No.2285348

I wish I had friends to play some d&d with..

>> No.2285352

>>2285232
>Betrayal at Krondor
This is what I came here to say. I still get this one out from time to time and I might almost be due.

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2285356

>high fantasy

>> No.2285723

The gauntlet series

>> No.2286413

Knight Orc

>> No.2286432

If you are interested in a more of an arabian nights setting, try Al-Quadim:Genie's Curse. I really, really loved that one when I was young.

>> No.2286643

>>2285172
There's always the Kings Field games

>> No.2286679

>>2285314
>Someone else remembers Ishar.
Nigga.

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>>2285232
>Quest for Glory

You're good people, anon.

>> No.2286694

>>2285172
Basically any TSR game. They had a bunch of DnD games back in the 90s. My favorite was Dark Sun: Shattered Lands.

>> No.2286725

>>2285293
No, Baldur's Gate is greatly overrated

>> No.2286728

>>2285293
get the enhanced edition

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>>2286728
>Get the enhanced edition
No, no, a thousand times no. The enhanced edition is utter garbage - you're paying $20 for an update to widescreen (which has terrible graphical glitches) and a new arena mode.

Get BG1 & 2 (for about the same price as one copy of the enhanced edition) from GOG if you want to pick up a 'modern' copy. Then follow the instructions on their forums for modding the game to restore cut content, adapt to modern widescreen resolution, add classes, run it in the BG2 engine, and remove level caps.

Look on GOG and poke around for enhance the gameplay in your edition of baldur's gate

>> No.2286783

>>2286775
http://www.gog.com/news/enhance_the_gameplay_in_your_edition_of_baldurs_gate_from_gogcom

It evens lays out the steps for you if you're mod illiterate

>> No.2286790

>>2286783
>playing Baldur's Gate in high resolution

Yeah, I sure love playing games for ants. EE has a zoom feature.

>> No.2286803

>>2286790
>Zoom feature
The widescreen patch works wonderfully, but ok.