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Posted April 28, 2009
I had some fun, but TBH these are probably too difficult for me to play seriously. Especially since it seems that (at least in the first game) saving costs money... is there some kind of save function in Dosbox? Like there is in other emulators?
Posted April 28, 2009
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Zeewolf: I had some fun, but TBH these are probably too difficult for me to play seriously. Especially since it seems that (at least in the first game) saving costs money... is there some kind of save function in Dosbox? Like there is in other emulators?

Nope, unfortunately. It was not developed with that in mind, and implementing it at a current state would be very difficult (from what I've gathered), but the source code is there, so if you're a nerd-raging programmer you could give it a try.
But true, it's very "hardcore". Being persistent is probably the only way to go, apart from strategy guides and such.
Posted April 28, 2009
Mmm..this looks like just my thing. I look forward to the challenge. :)
Now everybody go wish for Ishar 3...
Post edited April 28, 2009 by chautemoc
Posted April 28, 2009
...has there been any issues with newer graphics cards or such?
Post edited April 28, 2009 by Faithful
Posted April 28, 2009
Not had any issues with running Ishar 1 & 2 with a geforce 9800 gtx. Hope that helps.
Forgot about the money to save the game now i rember how frustrating Ishar 1 was to begin with but if you keep at it the game is well worth it.
Wish i never got rid of the copy of ST Format that had the solutions lol.
Posted April 28, 2009
Oh wow, I finished Ishar 3 a few years ago (about 3 or 4) and it was a really great game!
Posted April 28, 2009
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Faithful: I personally think GOG should focus on getting what they have for sale working properly before adding more and more games that may or may not work correctly.
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bpops: I agree. I still have a bunch of issues with Beyond Good and Evil.

BG&E is not GOG's fault. The port is an abysmal mess. Some people can get it to work, but most can't. And you can't really blame them for putting BG&E up here (even if it is a mess) as it is certainly a GREAT old game.
Posted April 28, 2009
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bpops: I agree. I still have a bunch of issues with Beyond Good and Evil.
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FatalKitsune: BG&E is not GOG's fault. The port is an abysmal mess. Some people can get it to work, but most can't. And you can't really blame them for putting BG&E up here (even if it is a mess) as it is certainly a GREAT old game.

I agree it was probably a bad port to begin with, but Gog is the one who guarantees it works with Vista, so I don't see why I can't blame them.
EDIT: That said, I got the game from a free game code I won from GOG, so I've no right to complain I suppose :)
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Posted April 28, 2009
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FatalKitsune: BG&E is not GOG's fault. The port is an abysmal mess. Some people can get it to work, but most can't. And you can't really blame them for putting BG&E up here (even if it is a mess) as it is certainly a GREAT old game.
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bpops: I agree it was probably a bad port to begin with, but Gog is the one who guarantees it works with Vista, so I don't see why I can't blame them.
EDIT: That said, I got the game from a free game code I won from GOG, so I've no right to complain I suppose :)

I got the retail version of it, and apart from a certain area where there were some missing textures on the floor, I had no problems with it. It's actually one of the better ports I'd say. The biggest problem is where they grab the camera control from you. They should start doing away with that shit, or else I'm going to have to hurt someone.
Posted April 28, 2009
i'm impressed. i'm breathless! this is GOG i want to see!!!
two ishars for 6$ :)
i hope we get soon ishar 3 with cristals of arborea for 6$ also :)
BIG kudos for GOG and Silmarlis (wherever they are today...)
Posted April 28, 2009
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GingeR13: i'm impressed. i'm breathless! this is GOG i want to see!!!
two ishars for 6$ :)
i hope we get soon ishar 3 with cristals of arborea for 6$ also :)
BIG kudos for GOG and Silmarlis (wherever they are today...)

To the best of my knowledge, Silmarils went bankrupt in 2003. This does raise the interesting question of where the rights to the games went after the bankruptcy, and who GOG had to get the rights off to distribute their games.
Posted April 28, 2009
Ha ! Ishar ! Talk about classic gaming ! I did'nt have the chance to play them back then, so i think i'll take this pack !
Posted April 29, 2009
Fantastic, the first Gog game i will play in my native language.
Post edited April 29, 2009 by Itlodeo
Posted April 30, 2009
Now I'm very, very happy :)
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