Wizardry 8 - Stones of Arnhem

[Spiky]

I was going through the famous "Why did Sir-tech go bankrupt?" thread https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/why-did-sir-tech-go-bankrupt.53695/page-55 and even after all these years I don't get it.

If I had all the materials in my hands, I would scan the shit out of them, make copy of every single floppy disk.. but for some reason, the seller just did not care. I can't stop thinking about these disks possibly with playable demo of the game...

Anyway, I would like to share my collection of Stones of Arnhem materials here. Many original links are no longer valid and the materials we could see could get lost eventually - in the package you can also find source links to most of the files I got. What I got is gathered from several different sources, so some materials can still be missing. If you want to say thank you, please share anything I missed.

Here is the download link: https://www.filehosting.org/file/details/873510/soa.zip
or alternative: https://www69.zippyshare.com/v/VXUXbGr9/file.html
or dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zqmyi6ki1kjp2j1/soa.zip (thanks to AdolfSatan)

UPDATED VERSION NOW AVAILABLE (updated on 19-12-2020):

• https://www67.zippyshare.com/v/MSKiR9jL/file.html
• mirror: https://www.dropbox.com/s/679hyw9kuer2hm4/soa-updated.zip (thanks to AdolfSatan)

Password: cleve

There are:​

• 85 pictures from 3 sketchbooks​
• 15 maps​
• 20+ other materials​
• in updated version also available: 250+ pictures, 15 PDF files​

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I would also like to ask everyone for help, as we are still missing some pictures/files/documents that were previously available. I contacted everyone involved in the communication I could track, but following items have not been found again:

• Map legends for the maps available at mocargh.org (discussion starts here: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/stones-of-arnhem-re-creation.84406/#post-2755346) - apparently they were sent as PDF files from PortableGorilla to Deuce Traveler over email. Deuce then uploaded them (in this post https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/stones-of-arnhem-re-creation.84406/#post-2756068), but of course the link is already expired for several years. Deuce was looking for the files, but did not find them.
• Screenshots of contents of demo disk(s) (original posts start here: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...r-tech-go-bankrupt.53695/page-56#post-2367871)

There is still a chance that someone have made a copy and stored it. If you happen to be that person, please contact me and I will happily add these files to the existing collection.

 

[Darth Canoli]

Thanks but the hosting is shit, why would we have to give them our email address ?
And yopmail doesn't even work.

 

[Spiky]

Thanks but the hosting is shit, why would we have to give them our email address ?
And yopmail doesn't even work.

Any preferred hosting?

 

[Darth Canoli]

Zippyshare, MegaUP (Not Mega) ...

If it's not too big, i used archive-host for years and it never took anything down.

 

[Spiky]

Zippyshare, MegaUP (Not Mega) ...

If it's not too big, i used archive-host for years and it never took anything down.

added link to OP

 

[Spiky]

403 Forbidden

Spoiler

By order of the Siroteks?

Both of them seems to be working for me. If you won't make it work I will reupload eventually.

 

[octavius]

Seems the zippyheads don't like my VPN.

 

[AArmanFV]

Great, thanks. I'm reading the resignation letter of Cleve with his critique on Crusaders of the Dark Savant, very interesting indeed.

 

[AdolfSatan]

Nice job, OP. Here's a dropbox link for the whiney faggots fellow codexers who can't fetch it from the other hosting sites.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zqmyi6ki1kjp2j1/soa.zip

 

[Spiky]

I believe (some) files from upload in this post may be missing https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...r-tech-go-bankrupt.53695/page-67#post-2395002

The file is long gone, I tried to contact its author, I hope he still have it somewhere. Still, if anyone happen to have a copy, I could sort it and extend the collection I posted here.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

I believe (some) files from upload in this post may be missing https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...r-tech-go-bankrupt.53695/page-67#post-2395002

The file is long gone, I tried to contact its author, I hope he still have it somewhere. Still, if anyone happen to have a copy, I could sort it and extend the collection I posted here.

I uploaded the sketches from that link here, as you requested:

https://www66.zippyshare.com/v/gpo9KsRr/file.html

Enjoy... the sketches are interesting to say the least.

Here is a second file with lower resolution on the sketches, but it includes maps and other legal documents.

https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/JY8sIxxp/file.html

Once I was done scanning them, I mailed all of the documents to our dark underlord in Australia.

 

[Gastrick]

Do you guys think the strong museum still has the game info buried away or do you think part(or all) of it was destroyed on Sirtech's request?

 

[Darth Canoli]

Do you guys think the strong museum still has the game info buried away or do you think part(or all) of it was destroyed on Sirtech's request?

I think aliens came down on earth to stop Sirtech at all cost, another real Wizardry was too much incline for the Galaxy to handle.

 

[Gastrick]

I'm referencing this photo. Arnhem was a linear jrpg so it is would have brought just more decline.

 

[Lady_Error]

It was a clown world game 20 years ahead of its time.

 

[Gastrick]

It was a clown world game 20 years ahead of its time.

Yeah, it's even further ahead of it's time since no major games since have had tranny furries.
I was thinking that if Arnhem was released, Wizardry being a big rpg franchise at time how it would have affected the RPG industry. Maybe we'd be living in a world where Final Fantasy-style linearity is normal for CRPGs from 1994 onwards.
Cleve by not spending several years on the game did the genre a great service.

 

[Lukifell]

Don't suppose anyone knows Bradley's email?

 

[Lady_Error]

Don't suppose anyone knows Bradley's email?

Bradley had nothing to do with this.

 

[Tacgnol]

I believe (some) files from upload in this post may be missing https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...r-tech-go-bankrupt.53695/page-67#post-2395002

The file is long gone, I tried to contact its author, I hope he still have it somewhere. Still, if anyone happen to have a copy, I could sort it and extend the collection I posted here.

I uploaded the sketches from that link here, as you requested:

https://www66.zippyshare.com/v/gpo9KsRr/file.html

Enjoy... the sketches are interesting to say the least.

Here is a second file with lower resolution on the sketches, but it includes maps and other legal documents.

https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/JY8sIxxp/file.html

Once I was done scanning them, I mailed all of the documents to our dark underlord in Australia.

Has anyone got a mirror of the documents? These links are all dead.

 

[taxalot]

The dropbox link works. I have succesfully downloaded and extracted the file.

 

[Lady_Error]

The dropbox link works. I have succesfully downloaded and extracted the file.

It's not coming out.

 

[Gastrick]

It's not coming out.

You need to use Winrar with the password: cleve

 

[Lady_Error]

It was in reference to taxalot's prediction regarding Grimoire.

 

[Spiky]

Thanks to rpgcodex, we now have 12 more PDF documents available. I believe that some of them have never been shared before, while others have been only partially available - now they are scanned in pretty good quality.

You can download everything I have gathered so far from this link (password is in the OP):

• https://www67.zippyshare.com/v/MSKiR9jL/file.html
• mirror: https://www.dropbox.com/s/679hyw9kuer2hm4/soa-updated.zip (thanks to AdolfSatan)

I would also like to ask everyone for help, as we are still missing some pictures/files/documents that were previously available. I contacted everyone involved in the communication I could track, but following items have not been found again:

• Map legends for the maps available at mocargh.org (discussion starts here: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/stones-of-arnhem-re-creation.84406/#post-2755346) - apparently they were sent as PDF files from PortableGorilla to Deuce Traveler over email. Deuce then uploaded them (in this post https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/stones-of-arnhem-re-creation.84406/#post-2756068), but of course the link is already expired for several years. Deuce was looking for the files, but did not find them.
• Screenshots of contents of demo disk(s) (original posts start here: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...r-tech-go-bankrupt.53695/page-56#post-2367871)

There is still a chance that someone have made a copy and stored it. If you happen to be that person, please contact me and I will happily add these files to the existing collection.

 

[Carlos' Bitch1]

I remember this thread. I contacted someone involved in the game, and they promptly shat on Cleve while defending the alleged pedo creature Max Phipps. Chaos ensued, with the guy coming on and claiming I lied, and fled. I never did get sent a picture of the Penisaurus though....sorry.