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Posted January 09, 2014
Install garlic in your deck's free upgrade slots!

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.
Posted January 09, 2014
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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/
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Crosmando: 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.
thanks for the comparison. to my ears, Amiga sounds way too better :)

PS: these releases make me sad actually. I wish gog could release amiga versions for some games (bloodnet, cannon fodder, superfrog...)for those who are having difficulties with playing amiga games.
Post edited January 09, 2014 by damien
Posted January 09, 2014
The game looks interesting, but the adventure parts and the observation about a time limit aren't my cup of tea (at least in Fallout the time available is more than enough to find the chip)

Waiting for Transport Tycoon Deluxe and the old flight simulators from Microprose (especiallly F15 Strike Eagle II)
Posted January 09, 2014
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JudasIscariot: The weirdest thing of all is that you can't, not to my knowledge at least, have the talkie version with text so we figured it would best to include both versions for two reasons: 1) for those who are hard of hearing and need to have text and 2) because there's that ONE guy who asks about floppy versions of games :P
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Stooner: Hate this, seems to be just like Silver...
...and Simon the Sorcerer 1
Posted January 09, 2014
Alot of adventure games you can only choose between text or speech.
Posted January 09, 2014
Cool release, heard alot about this one but still have no idea what kind of game this is. With what could you compare it?

EDIT: also: does this deliberately look like the carmageddon cover (or other way around?)?
Post edited January 09, 2014 by xxxIndyxxx
Posted January 09, 2014
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xxxIndyxxx: Cool release, heard alot about this one but still have no idea what kind of game this is. With what could you compare it?
I am not sure as I don't recall seeing a game like this, well, maybe it's sort of like Quest for Glory since you have some RPG-ish stats in there and some turn-based combat :)
Posted January 09, 2014
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xxxIndyxxx: Cool release, heard alot about this one but still have no idea what kind of game this is. With what could you compare it?
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JudasIscariot: I am not sure as I don't recall seeing a game like this, well, maybe it's sort of like Quest for Glory since you have some RPG-ish stats in there and some turn-based combat :)
But it's primarily a point and click adventure?
Posted January 09, 2014
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Kunovski: ...and Simon the Sorcerer 1
I don't actually have it here on GOG - I have the CD - but doesn't the GOG version use ScummVM?

If so, you can change the ScummVM settings to provide subtitles instead of text.
Posted January 09, 2014
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Kunovski: ...and Simon the Sorcerer 1
If you want to play this game with speech AND subs - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojotouch.simon
Shame they don't make this also for PC. :/
Posted January 09, 2014
Microprose released quite a few really good games back in the day. Year 2014 starts very good indeed, thanks Gog Team and I wish you all the best!
Posted January 09, 2014
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JudasIscariot: I am not sure as I don't recall seeing a game like this, well, maybe it's sort of like Quest for Glory since you have some RPG-ish stats in there and some turn-based combat :)
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xxxIndyxxx: But it's primarily a point and click adventure?
Yes, it's a point and click adventure :)
Posted January 09, 2014
Welcome back GOG! :-)

Interesting release you've got today.
Posted January 09, 2014
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Kunovski: ...and Simon the Sorcerer 1
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triock: If you want to play this game with speech AND subs - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojotouch.simon
Shame they don't make this also for PC. :/
if I had a tablet I'd buy this instantly, that's HOW MUCH I want to play this game again... but only with texts is a bit "been there, done that", yet the talkie-only version is too hard for me, I'm not that good in English
Posted January 09, 2014
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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/
Amiga version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfFU-jtsciU

Yes the Amiga version music sounds better, especially compared to the atrocious sounding Adlib/Soundblaster music (which always sounds pretty poor in all PC games).

The PC version also supports Roland LAPC-1 and General MIDI, but Microprose never seemed to be very good at making PC game music with MIDI (with a couple of exceptions like Special Forces and Subwar 2050, but then I guess it also depends on the development studio that Microprose had hired).

The Amiga version's music of Bloodnet sounds quite different from the PC version, probably made by some completely different composer/team.

By the way, which music source does the GOG version use? I presume it is either Soundblaster or General MIDI. Is it the same in both CD and floppy versions, and is there the sound setup executable included, in order to change the music source if needed?
Post edited January 09, 2014 by timppu
Posted January 09, 2014
I've been hearing good things about it for some time now. Hopefully I'd be able to try it out soon. Thanks GOG!
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