Nahlakh and Natuk

[Deleted Member 16721]

A brother can't get a single screenshot for any of these games?

 

[luj1]

They are roguelikes I think. Pretty olden too

 

[ShaggyMoose]

They are absolutely not rogue-likes; they are combat-heavy (turn-based), party-based, non-procedural RPGs. They are certainly "olden" though. It was actually difficult to find screens of Nalkah, but the codex delivers again.

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/screenshot-thread.72409/page-612
http://i.imgur.com/Woh6dqd.jpg

https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/natuk/screenshots

EDIT: Grammar.

 

[octavius]

Nahlakh is pretty unique in having no random encounters at all (I can almost hear the CRPG Addict complaining "What?!? No chance of grinding?"). Natuk has a very high frequency of them on the overland map, and I suggest using the world map someone posted online to get your bearing, and develop the Tracking skill (IIRC) to find locations as quickly as possible.

 

[Ladonna]

Very good games, but recently when I started Natuk again, the spell list wasn't scrolling once you filled the initial page up. I applied the last patch he had out too.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Is that v1.30? This fix was added to slow down the scrolling speed of the same window. Maybe you can try with the previous v1.27 patch (although I remember that was unplayable), or try running in a Win XP VM or something.

 

[Ladonna]

Yeah, the scrolling speed was fixed, and when the patch first came out, it worked great on my XP machine. But now in Win10 it doesn't seem to scroll the spell list at all. I will keep mucking about with it and see if I can come up with something.

 

[Ladonna]

I have also noticed that the two Natuk fan sites have died at some point over the last few years. No wonder nobody can find anything on the game anymore.

 

[octavius]

Well, Archive.org can usually help.

And for the overland map can be found on the Proudfoot forum.

 

[Martyr]

Proudfoot's website seems to have died.

 

[Fowyr]

Nahlakh is pretty unique in having no random encounters at all (I can almost hear the CRPG Addict complaining "What?!? No chance of grinding?").

Demon World has more than enough monsters to kill.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

I have kept most of the Nalakh and Natuk spells/maps/patches I have found or created. If anyone needs them, let me know.

 

[Breshard]

I have kept most of the Nalakh and Natuk spells/maps/patches I have found or created. If anyone needs them, let me know.

I'll probably start up Natuk in the next week or so after I finish up World of Xeen, need a little bit more challenging combat after that and hopefully this game has some. Is version 1.3 the last version? And is there a version that's better? The latest patch isn't always the best one i've notice. Also was there ever any sort of guide made like there was for Nahlakh?

 

[octavius]

I don't think there's an official guide, but there was a useful homepage devoted to it, now archived.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Check with Ladonna above for Win 10. If you have an XP install somewhere, v1.30 (latest) is the best.

 

[Breshard]

Proudfoot's website seems to have died.

Is there anywhere that still has the pirates game now that that website is down? I was going to check it out after I finished nahlakh and natuk but the website didn't last quite that long i guess.

 

[octavius]

Behold the wonders of the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150515021723/http://www.proudft.com/natukdown.html

 

[Martyr]

Proudfoot's website seems to have died.

Is there anywhere that still has the pirates game now that that website is down? I was going to check it out after I finished nahlakh and natuk but the website didn't last quite that long i guess.

I wonder if Proudfoot has noticed that his website is down? maybe I'll write him an e-mail.

 

[proudft]

The answer is no, I did not realize it was down. The SQL server also ate the forum. So I just now replaced the site with a minimalist monochrome list of important information and/or useless trivia.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Howdy Tom! Hope you are doing well.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Every time I see the thread title, I want to say "Gesundheit".

 

[SkeleTony]

Hey all. Wow Tom actually posted here.

 

[Martyr]

I really like Tom's new website, imo it is even better than the last one and it has some interesting details about his career. it also hints at an upcoming game: http://proudft.com/index.html

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Hi SkeleTony as well!

 

[newtmonkey]

Downloaded both games for a rainy day

If you were still selling them proudft I'd send you some money