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Posted October 30, 2012
Hipster Dave starred in Romero's platformers before they were keen.

Dangerous Dave Pack, which includes three classic platformers: Haunted Mansion, Risky Rescue, and Dave Goes Nutz, is now available on GOG.com for only $5.99.

Among the gaming industry legends, John Romero is one of the most colorful and recognizable people. But how well do you know the early works of the man that pitted you against Hitler in Wolfenstein 3D, sent you on a one way trip to demon-infested space station in Doom, and armed you in nine-inch-nail-gun to blast atrocious Shamblers in Quake? Here's your chance to get acquainted with three games from Romero's pre-id Software times. What kind of games? Platformers, of course!

Dangerous Dave Pack features a sizable chunk of platforming history. Dave, a character created by John Romero, runs and guns through three mind-twisting adventures. In Haunted Mansion our hero searches for his brother Delbert, who was trapped in a house filled with ghosts, ghoul, and zombies, that need to be put down back in the ground with Dave's trusty shotgun. In Risky Rescue Delbert is missing again and Dave has to face the evil, skull-faced Doctor Nemesis to get him back. He succeeds, of course, but there's no rest for the wicked--in Dave Goes Nutz our hero has to break free from a mental institution that's crawling with zombies. For the price of one game you get three sets of devious levels full of monsters to blast, traps to be avoided, and shiny diamonds to collect!

Are you up to some classic platforming action? Do you dare to stare into the pixelated abyss of PC EGA-era gaming history? Well then, grab Dangerous Dave Pack for only $5.99.
Posted October 30, 2012
Great addition to the catalogue, thanks.
Posted October 30, 2012
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hedwards: Just download the original from Romero's site. http://www.rome.ro/games_dangerous_dave.php

It's an Apple ][ title so it will require a bit of work, but he owns the copyright so there shouldn't be any legal problems with downloading it from him.


That's one part of gaming that's definitely better now than it used to be.
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SCPM: From Romero's site, I didn't know about this:
"Even from the beginning I had plans of making more Dangerous Dave games. The title screen says Dangerous Dave in The Deserted Pirate's Hideout. The sequel was named Dangerous Dave in The Haunted Mansion. Those are the only real, TRUE Dave games since Softdisk decided to make some shitty sequels that were just a mishmash of earlier graphics and crap. These are Dave's Risky Rescue and Dave Goes Nutz!"
Funnily enough, a couple years later he actually recommended the sequels when talking about Dave again.
Posted October 30, 2012
Oh boy, this is so awesome! Instabuy, thanks a lot GOG :)
Posted October 30, 2012
Never heard of it. What other stuff has this Romero guy done?
Posted October 30, 2012
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gameon: Never heard of it. What other stuff has this Romero guy done?
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Posted October 30, 2012
No Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement? :(
Post edited October 30, 2012 by Auguste
Posted October 30, 2012
ha ha ha this looks so much as the Monster Bash! :o) cool!
Posted October 30, 2012
Does that mean more stuff made by id Software will be released in near/far future? :)
Posted October 30, 2012
I've never heard of these but I enjoy classic platformers so I'll grab these soon.
Posted October 30, 2012
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KhalidYousif: Does that mean more stuff made by id Software will be released in near/far future? :)
This is Flat Rock Studios, GOG still needs Zenimax for id games.
Posted October 30, 2012
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KhalidYousif: Does that mean more stuff made by id Software will be released in near/far future? :)
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Fuzzyfireball: This is Flat Rock Studios, GOG still needs Zenimax for id games.
They may have a deal there as well. Seems a bit gratuitous to drop the names of all those games into the announcement if they don't feel fairly confident about adding them to the catalog.

Especially after all the times that people have leaped to conclusions about these sorts of things.
Posted October 30, 2012
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Fuzzyfireball: This is Flat Rock Studios, GOG still needs Zenimax for id games.
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hedwards: They may have a deal there as well. Seems a bit gratuitous to drop the names of all those games into the announcement if they don't feel fairly confident about adding them to the catalog.

Especially after all the times that people have leaped to conclusions about these sorts of things.
Hey, if we started seeing id games I'd be equally excited! They definitely deserve their spot here.
Posted October 30, 2012
Not that sure we'll see games from Zenimax anytime soon. Though it would be a really nice surprise.

I don't know most Softdisk titles, but hope to see some more. Keen Dreams and Slordax would be instant buys (assuming $5.99), Catacomb a wishlist.
Post edited October 30, 2012 by HertogJan
Posted October 30, 2012
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Fuzzyfireball: Hey, if we started seeing id games I'd be equally excited! They definitely deserve their spot here.
Same here, but I have a feeling they were only mentioned to increase appeal for the Dangerous Dave games who might not know them, but know Romero's later games.

Would love to see them even though I have most of IDs releases on CD already. Now if Raven Software could somehow make it, too, but that's a side note...
Post edited October 30, 2012 by adambiser
Posted October 30, 2012
Too bad, I already grabbed them from FRS and have no issues setting them up.
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