Basilisk Games

Farewell, PowerPC Macs!

BasiliskWrangler — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:41:01 +0000

Supporting a discontinued piece of hardware is difficult.

Earlier we posted a question regarding whether or not we should continue to support the PowerPC Macintosh platform, and the overwhelming response from our customers so far has been that it is now okay to discontinue this support. Two years ago we asked the same question and the response was far different.

We asked this question because while we want to cater to as many platforms as possible, it is becoming impossible to compile our games on the PowerPC Mac due to lack of support from other software providers. Technology marches on and the sun has set on the Macintosh PowerPC architecture, at least for us.

And so, it is with no great sadness we officially drop PowerPC Mactinosh support from all future games, including future versions of Book I and Book II. Versions 1.05 of Book I and 1.04 of Book II will be the last that contain a Universal Binary application.

If you are one of the few Mac gamers who will be negatively affected by this decision, we sincerely apologize. And to the PowerPC processor that made the Mac what it is today, we salute you!

Pelit Magazine review of Book II, translated

BasiliskWrangler — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:39:49 +0000

Way back in June we posted that Finnish game magazine Pelit had published their review of Book II, giving it a score of 86 and a “Pelit Recommends” nod (their equivalent of an Editor’s Choice). We have just received a translation of this review and permission to reprint it here.

Link: Pelit Magazine’s Review of Eschalon: Book II

RPGCodex takes their turn with Book II

BasiliskWrangler — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:54:31 +0000

RPGCodex recently finished their time with Eschalon: Book II. The review has no score, opting instead to highlight a number of up and down points. The Codex is a notoriously hard-to-please group of enthusiasts and despite several criticisms, they ended their review with: ”…it’s still a pretty nifty game which every fan of the genre should try. And which fans of the first game can safely buy before even trying.” Fair enough.

Link: RPGCodex Review

Ubuntu User Magazine reviews Eschalon: Book II

BasiliskWrangler — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:16:24 +0000

Eschalon: Book II gets a 4-page spread in issue #6 of Ubuntu User. There is no score, but the reviewer seemed to enjoy the game quite a bit!

Here’s a link to the issue with the article. Note the publication date for your part of the world: Ubuntu User Issue #6

Game Industry News reviews Eschalon: Book II

BasiliskWrangler — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:24:21 +0000

GiN has sent us a link to their review (which is not going to be published until 8/23, but we were told we could post the link now). They gave us a 4.5/5 rating! Thanks to reviewer John Breeden II for the kind review.

Direct link: http://www.gameindustry.com/review/item.asp?id=1231

Mishmash Magazine reviews Eschalon: Book II

BasiliskWrangler — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:45:43 +0000

Mishmash Magazine has finished their review of Eschalon: Book II, giving it a high score of 9/10. We want to thank Mishmash and reviewer Max Ingram for the great review.

Link: http://www.mishmashmagazine.com/reviews/video-game/eschalon-book-ii-game-review

Small email problem

BasiliskWrangler — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:10:50 +0000

Sorry to anyone who might have tried to email us in the past week- we made a change to a setting on our email server which reset our storage limits. Some of you have reported that your email to us was bouncing back because our inbox was full! It should all be fixed now.

Link Exchange!

BasiliskWrangler — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:21:04 +0000

We get several requests each month from people wanting to exchange links with us, and so we’ve recently set up a page called “Friend Links” (look to the left) which will take you to a list of sites who exchange links with us.

If you have an active web site and want to exchange links with us, send us an email! More information regarding our link exchange offer can be found at the bottom of the Friend Links page.

Updated Mac version of Eschalon: Book I

BasiliskWrangler — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:34:44 +0000

We’ve just uploaded a newly compiled edition of Eschalon: Book I for the Mac. The game is still at version number 1.05 and nothing about it has changed, however if you are running MacOS 10.6.3 or higher and you are experiencing glitchy graphics, this new compile should fix the problem for you.

If you are not experiencing any graphic anomalies, this new version offers NO CHANGES from what you currently are running.

If you need this new version of Book I, email us your order info and we can activate a new download link for you.

Eschalon: Book II update to version 1.04

BasiliskWrangler — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:51:46 +0000

We’ve just updated Eschalon: Book II to version 1.04. A long list of fixes and tweaks can be found here. If you bought the game from us, you can download the newest version from the downloads page. Just uninstall your old version and reinstall the newest.

If you bought the game through Steam, Impulse, Direct2Drive or any other distributor, you’ll need to wait for them to update their versions sometime next week.