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What are some of your favorite retro first person dungeon crawlers? Turn-based, real time, grid-based, free movement, doesn't matter, just post 'em.
A personal favorite of mine is The Legacy: Realm of Terror. It's a horror themed dungeon crawler that manages to have a genuinely unsettling atmosphere and some good puzzles. Despite being marketed as a game based on Edgar Allan Poe's works, it's definitely got way more influence from Lovecraft, and I think it captures the tone of his works really well, a lot better in fact than many games based directly upon his fiction.
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>>3962859
I.M. Meen
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Might and Magic 6
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TES Daggerfall.
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Captive on the ST.
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Its always been Eye of the Beholder trilogy. Decades since I first played it, but I still know every map of every dungeon like the back of my hand.
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>>3962859
The Legacy sounds awesome. how hard would it be to get that sucker playing on a modern-ish laptop? is that a DosBox kind of thing or is there an updated version on Steam or something?
shit, MicroProse... they made the original X-Com, right? fuck yes.
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>>3963448
<HELP HIM>
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>>3963892
It should play fine on DosBox. There's no service where you can buy it legally these days.
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>>3963898
>Helping Lawful Evil maneaters
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>>3964014
<HELP HIM>
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>>3964014
He ends up fucking you up, doesn't he?
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>*teleports behind you*
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Dark Heart of Uukrul.
It's like Gold Box with better puzzles and combat.
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Stonekeep is an amazing game. Rich story, great voice acting. Lots of Easter eggs. Combat is lacking a bit, magic is fun though. Lots to explore.
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>>3965756
That sounds pretty cool.
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Out of all the games I've ever played I think SMT1 captures "Apocalypse" best. It's the limitations of the console, largely in part to, that gives it a distinct atmosphere.
SMT2 is great too. It probably has the most interesting setting in a video game. It's longer and has a bigger focus on mythology and religion.
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>>3962859
What would be a good retro first person dungeon crawler for a someone new to the them? I'm 28 but was an RTS addict growing up so I never played any.
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>>3967978
The Might and Magics are a great entry point
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>>3967978
Real Time:
Eye of the Beholder
Dungeon Master
Turn Based:
Might & Magic starting around 4 or 5
Dark Heart of Uukrul
Also not /vr/ but the Grimrock games are fantastic. I can't think of a better introduction to the genre.
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>>3962859
Elvira 2, so fucking comfy
And the Ishtar trilogy
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>>3962859
Redshift's 'The Quest'. The HD version is uglier but the original is packaged with the PC release; the latter is pic related and the version you'll want to play. You can find both on the ios Appstore too.
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>>3970685
Isn't that the old pocketPC version? The modern version's graphics kind of don't really fit.
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Legacy of the Ancients and Legend of Blacksilver were both pretty good on the C64.
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>>3963448
seems a good use of brain space, what use full stuff did you push out no remember that
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