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BloodNet, a dark cyberpunk adventure classic with RPG elements, in which vampires take Manhattan--and cyberspace!--and the stake of the game is your very soul, is available for Windows and Mac OS X on GOG.com, for only $5.99!

In 2094 the children of the night have a new playground, as far from the burning rays of sunlight as possible--the cyberspace. With the wired and wireless networks covering the whole of New York with a thick digital shroud, there's virtually no place out of their reach. The fact that you have fangs at the helms of the mega-corporations doesn't help either. It would seem that humanity is doomed. But this isn't the story of the human race's fall. It's a story of one person's struggle. When you wake up with two bite marks on your neck in the middle of vampire-ridden Manhattan, and you start to feel the HUNGER, there's very little time to save your soul. Just remember to install some humanity-boosters in your cyber-deck.

BloodNet is a remarkable game that brilliantly blends horror and cyberpunk in a mixture of adventure and RPG gameplay. You will explore the gritty locations of a high-tech futuristic city full of cyber-enhanced freaks, and tread the dangerous paths of the Cyberspace, that houses more demons than it did ever before. Build a team of deckers, cyberpunks, mercenaries, and rage gangers to help you in your desperate fight for your last threads of humanity. With a dark, memorable story, a haunting setting, graphics that aged surprisingly well, and hours of exciting and original gameplay, this classic title is a cyberpunk delight you cannot say no to.

Face some of mankind's greatest fears and enter the high-tech realm of BloodNet, for only $5.99 on GOG.com.
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Strijkbout: The floppy version of Alone In The Dark is the better one IMO, same for the floppy version of Flashback. =P
So YOU'VE gotta be that guy! Riddle solved, now let's head for a strip club.
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Ghorpm: And while we are at Legions please bring Dark Legionds too!
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F4LL0UT: And while we're at SSI games, bring us Panzer General and Fantasy General!
Sounds like a plan ;)

Personally, I would also add Archon Ultra but I doubt it would be very popular here. And still have a working copy (two actually) so not a big deal for me.
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Strijkbout: The floppy version of Alone In The Dark is the better one IMO, same for the floppy version of Flashback. =P
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F4LL0UT: So YOU'VE gotta be that guy! Riddle solved, now let's head for a strip club.
I don't think so, this is the first time I'm saying something about this subject. =)
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JudasIscariot: And me :D
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Coala: You both are hard of hearing after working with me too long, huh? ;]
Haha!

Back to the topic at hand.
Interesting art style in the game; quite swirly.
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Crosmando: The Amiga version has different sounding music, I suppose some might say it sounds better than the CD-DOS version, but I don't, it is more clear in quality but the actual music sounds different and kinda like shitty trance music from what I remember.

That said, I believe BloodNet supported Roland MT-32, so if you can get that set up instead of the default midi, it would be better than them all.
The Amiga version had sampled organ effects, and the music sounded on the whole a lot more coherent.

Can't speak for the MT-32 version, but I'll be happy to try it later on with Munt.
And while we're throwing out MicroProse priorities (among other things), where the hell is Rex Nebular?
ok... here someone suggests Amiga version is much better. any thoughts?

http://forums.ffshrine.org/f70/bloodnet-amiga-soundtrack-128862/
The floppy version of this is superior if you don't like the voice-acting, which for 1993 is actually isn't bad, but still the content is very campy. The downside is that the CD version doesn't just include voice-over, it also includes a few little prerendered cutscenes, most notably when you jack into cyberspace.
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MoP: And while we're throwing out MicroProse priorities (among other things), where the hell is Rex Nebular?
in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCEEEEEEEEE?

:P
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damien: ok... here someone suggests Amiga version is much better. any thoughts?

http://forums.ffshrine.org/f70/bloodnet-amiga-soundtrack-128862/
This is the amiga version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfFU-jtsciU

DOS/midi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_gJNygdJVY

Yeah Amiga does have higher quality, but the actual music is all over the place, it's too fast and trance-y and doesn't fit the game properly, I just found it annoying.
Post edited January 09, 2014 by Crosmando
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damien: ok... here someone suggests Amiga version is much better. any thoughts?

http://forums.ffshrine.org/f70/bloodnet-amiga-soundtrack-128862/
Music's already been discussed.

In terms of which version was actually better, well-

* The Amiga version came on 10 discs. Playing it from floppy was a nightmare, although it could be installed to a hard disk if you were one of the lucky few to have one.
* The Amiga version ran like a snail going through treacle on a standard 68EC020 Amiga 1200. However, it did run satisfactorily on an Amiga with a 68030 or above, which again, most people did not have.

So essentially, if you have the hardware (or an appropriately configured copy of WinUAE), the Amiga version is identical to the PC version but has better music.
Dreamweb next, please :)
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vicklemos: Dreamweb next, please :)
Oh yes please!

And yes, we all know it's now freeware and all, but it deserves the GOG treatment.
OMG!
I've been waiting for this one like forever!
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vicklemos: Dreamweb next, please :)
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svmariscal: Oh yes please!

And yes, we all know it's now freeware and all, but it deserves the GOG treatment.
Shit's free bros, the owners gave permission for Scummvm to distribute it after it became compatible
http://www.scummvm.org/games
Post edited January 09, 2014 by Crosmando