SuicideBunny
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i know. doesn't answer my question though.
I'm old, but not exactly poor... and finding CRPG enthusiasts is never a thankless task. I'm searching the positive thinking ones, like felipepepe, octavius and Deuce Traveler not the ones with the "everything is shit" mentality
Someone posted a link some time ago with a list of all (?) RPGs that contained a few information about every game (if I recall correctly). Can't find it though :/
You mean this one maintained by dragonbait?
http://www.weekendwastemonster.net/crpgs/directory.html
Exactly, that's the one!
Wow. I've gotten so many hits to my site from the Codex recently. Thanks.
Just to clarify, my CRPG Directory was never meant to contain a list of all CRPG's ever made, but rather a collection of "mostly" turn based+party based dungeon crawlers. But of course this has expanded to including lots of other new and interesting CRPG projects and some rogue-likes and retro stuff and other rare oddities that I've discovered over the years. There is an About Page on my site which explains what my site is about for anyone interested.
That being said, an RPG Codex game database or wiki would be an interesting thing indeed. :D
I'm old, but not exactly poor... and finding CRPG enthusiasts is never a thankless task. I'm searching the positive thinking ones, like felipepepe, octavius and Deuce Traveler not the ones with the "everything is shit" mentality
Damn, you dragonbait ! I thought that in 3 years time I might be caught up on all the RPGs I'd ever call at least good. You just added a year or two to my goal. So darn you, and thanks at the same time! Bookmarked the site. Can you give us a top 10 of unknown gems from your site you can recommend?
how the heck can anyone consider star control 2 an rpg?
What else should be part of a comprehensive RPG database? Discuss!
What else should be part of a comprehensive RPG database? Discuss!
What else should be part of a comprehensive RPG database? Discuss!
- mods + patches download section (if applicable)
- links to other sites containing relevant game info data
What else should be part of a comprehensive RPG database? Discuss!
- Links to prominent fan sites for the game (some old games don't have a homepage so this takes the place of that too)
- Links to walkthroughs, maps, FAQs, statistical info
What fields should a monocled, complete, informative RPG database should have? Leaving outside, at the moment, the tagging/rating system?
I'm old, but not exactly poor... and finding CRPG enthusiasts is never a thankless task. I'm searching the positive thinking ones, like felipepepe, octavius and Deuce Traveler not the ones with the "everything is shit" mentality
Damn, you dragonbait ! I thought that in 3 years time I might be caught up on all the RPGs I'd ever call at least good. You just added a year or two to my goal. So darn you, and thanks at the same time! Bookmarked the site. Can you give us a top 10 of unknown gems from your site you can recommend?
Well, the Realms of Quest IV and also Realms of Quest III are super excellent games for the Commodore VIC-20. III has more colorful graphics in the dungeons and a top down overworld map with characters leveling up as soon as they reach enough XP (even during battles, which I found to be very cool). IV has wireframe graphics like the old Wizardry I-IV games, you need to make it all the way back to the Inn at the castle if you want to rest/train like the old bard's tale, no top down overworld map to traverse but it makes up for that with more dungeon features like darkness zones, traps, spinners, loads of items to find and use. Character races (besides the usual ones), can be Gnoll, Kobold, Ogre, Orc, and Sprite. Up to 8 characters for your adventuring team! I'd say definitely check those two out.
I picked up Dark Spire from a game store some years back in the clearance bin for $5. What a deal. One of the few reasons I bought a nintendo DS was to play that game.
Etrian Oddysey games are pretty neat if you can deal with the cutesy anime character style.
I've always found the Demon's Winter runes and chants style spells intriguing, summoning monsters to fight your enemies and calling your god for help and such, rather than using the same old D+D names for spells.
There's also Silvern Castle and Story of Llylgamyn for more Wizardry fix.
I'm really looking forward to the release of Lawless Legends, new game for Apple ][ + C64, along with Dungeon Bash which looks like allot of fun to play and Crawl which would be super awesome to play with friends.
Devil Whiskey was a blast to play. I made one of the mods included in the Megamod for that.
Still, I think Pool of Radiance is my favorite game of all time. Nothing beats it IMO. Sometimes I'll play a bit of Angband and Nethack every now and again too.
Brofist for Angband, I have played that for many years - still have not beaten it though. I got very close but got warped into a large room of hounds.
Do you play variants or vanilla? Any recommendations? I have enjoyed Zangband at various times.
Brofist for Angband, I have played that for many years - still have not beaten it though. I got very close but got warped into a large room of hounds.
Do you play variants or vanilla? Any recommendations? I have enjoyed Zangband at various times.
I'll enjoy vanilla Angband whenever I can find it, but I prefer Zangband and the DOS version of TOME. There was a variant where you could add up to 49 random quests to the 100 levels, which was also fun, but pretty tough to beat at the mid game point. Quest Angband, perhaps? Some of these old rogue-like games seem to be unfortunately lost, despite our having DOSBox in which to play them. Out of all of them, I only beat Skillband, which was easy.
You sir, have good taste in rogue-likes.
Brofist for Angband, I have played that for many years - still have not beaten it though. I got very close but got warped into a large room of hounds.
Do you play variants or vanilla? Any recommendations? I have enjoyed Zangband at various times.