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Snagged this on Ebay: Forgotten Realms Archives Silver

Discussion in 'Playground' started by COFFINWORM, Dec 25, 2008.

  1. COFFINWORM Gems: 2/31
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    Got it for $16 and it comes with everything, including the 400+ page manual. Contains the following games:

    Eye of the Beholder, Eye of the Beholder II, Eye of the Beholder III, Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, Pools of Darkness, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, Hillsfar, Dungeon Hack, Menzoberranzan, Blood & Magic, and a demo of Baldur's Gate.

    Now, for the purpose of this thread: is it even remotely possible to play these games on Vista? Please, hold your laughter. I'm being serious.

    Anyone know of some kind of work around for them? Dosbox?

    Thanks in advance for any help you guys might provide!
     
    COFFINWORM, Dec 25, 2008
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    They should all be perfectly playable via Dosbox, yes.
     
    Taluntain, Dec 27, 2008
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  3. Ziad

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    I think I've played all these except Blood & Magic. It's a good collection. I've played all of them on DosBox, and it doesn't take much tinkering to get them to work. You will need a very high cycle rate for EoB3 and Dungeon Hack (50K or more), and Pools of Darkness behaves oddly if the cycles are above 10K (IIRC the sound and music don't work) but aside from that setting them up should be straightforward. Some of these games are HARD though (I'm looking at you, Pools of Darkness).
     
    Ziad, Jan 2, 2009
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