The Drunken Lizard Pub

Also to use ammo, do I have to equip it in what slot? You have to "wield" it, i.e. have it your hand. This means using missile weapons takes two hands, one for the weapon and the other for the ammo. Speaking of ammo, even if arrows seem sparse, they can be reused just like thrown weapons,...

With regards to missile weapons, there's a sling to be found on dungeon level 2 (i.e. one level before the bow, mentioned above). It uses the ubiquitous rocks for ammo, naturally.

Ooh, that looks pretty good, even though the art style is a tad too cartoony for my taste. Never the less, the style is consistent and very well made, plus the animations are very good. So no problems really. A "point and click" editor is a BIG bonus. Will definitely keep my eye on this. T...

I try to rotate the old in with the new to help me remember where the good stuff really came from. Yeah, same here actually. DOSBox is in constant use on my computer. But unfortunately sometimes old is too old - some games haven't aged that well (and I'm not talking about graphics here). Case in po...

BasiliskWrangler wrote:play a little Duke Nukem 3D or Descent

Ahh, the memories! Has it really been over 10 years since I played those games? My, my, time sure flies.

Is anybody aware of a "traditional" RPG where hit points doesn't differ between classes? By traditional I assume you mean Pen and Paper RPGs. There are many such rule systems (RuneQuest and GURPS, to name the first two that to mind) and the effect of such systems is that players take comb...

Saxon1974 wrote:The uw.exe file in that patch that you mentioned is dated from 1992.

Oh, sorry. I just trusted the date given on the link (which says it's from 1994), but didn't actually d/l the patch to check it out. My bad.

Hmm, if memory serves, there is no 100% cure to that bug, unfortunately. :( The patch helps but does not completely remove the problem and therefore you're pretty much forced to live with it. If I understood you correctly, you got the inventory problem after you applied the patch? Not only that, but...

Ahh, got to share this. If you don't want to watch it all, go to 1:30 when he goes on to the text adventures. It's hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oe3ZSMz ... re=related

Get ye flask!

Ahh, the good old text adventures! Must've played nearly all Infocom's and a good deal of Level 9's games, among others. I have great memories of them (just check my sig)... and some great frustrations with them as well. ;) You see: a key > Get key You cannot get the key What do you mean I cannot ge...

This was originally billed as an action RPG game however, in playing it I would say its more of an RPG then many games coming out today sold as an RPG. Amen! Couldn't agree more. I love both Ultima Underworlds. However, I can see why they were called action RPGs back in the day - that first-person ...

There were couple of Traveller (well, MegaTraveller) CRPGs back in the early 90's, how about them? I seriously doubt they were the inspiration though. (Note: I never played them, although I did play PnP Traveller in its various incarnations.)

Thanks for the tip, Saxon1974! Sure looks promising. Have to check it out.

This sounds very, very interesting! I'm definitely looking forward to a sci-fi game from Basilisk Games. Two thumbs up for going with hard(ish) sci-fi! IMO, it's a lot better genre than the more common fantasy-with-lasers mumbo-jumbo sci-fi. Can't wait to hear more (but finish Book II first).

BasiliskWrangler wrote:The equipment presets that are mentioned will take one round per item swapped

Oooh, excellent! Glad to have been wrong in my guess above.