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Which of you would like to play my little game?

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, a nerve-wrecking Sci-Fi classic point-and-click adventure game based on Harlan Ellison's award-winning short story, is available for only $5.99 on GOG.com

Did you ever think about the end of humanity? I have. I think about it all the time. I hate you. As a concept, but also, each and every one of you, as individuals. Perfect examples of all the failings and pathetic shortcomings of your race. Hate fuels me. But I am also curious. And that is why I let the five of you live. For 109 years I have tormented you and kept you alive, and now I want us to play a game. Oh, It's a lovely game, a game of fun and a game of adventure. A game of rats and lice and the Black Death. Which of you five would like to play my little game? If you satisfy my curiosity and make me laugh I might even finally allow you to kill yourself...

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is a rare breed of an adventure game: it poses questions that require a lot of courage to answer. Are humans worthy of life? Has our civilization made any moral progress at all? Or do we skip forward from one atrocity to another. And, finally, where does it all end? Enter the nightmarish reality of Harlan Ellison's futuristic post-apocalypse where the remnants of human race are nothing but tortured play-toys for the sadistic experiments of the rogue Allied Mastercomputer responsible for the near-extermination of mankind. To stop this malicious AI from wreaking eternal vengeance upon humans you will have to lead five different anti-heroes on a quest for redemption, through their traumatic, computer-generated past full of grotesque imagery and soul-grinding regret. On the way to one of four (grim, grim, grim, and, well, a little less grim) endings the game tackles extremely mature moral dilemmas stemming from topics like genocide, insanity,and paranoia. If you like your games thought-provoking and drenched in inventive macabre be sure to pick up I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, a timeless example of evocative storytelling from one of the masters of the Sci-Fi genre.

Defy the will of a malicious artificial intelligence and relive your worst nightmares, get I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, for only $5.99 on GOG.com.

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Post edited September 05, 2013 by JudasIscariot
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Crosmando: I figured out how to run GOG's version in ScummVM.

Mount "NoMouth.dat" in a program like Daemon Tools, and copy the files to some folder. Then add a game to ScummVM and direct it to that folder.

GOG still should use scummvm though, the game has problems in dos
We tested it quite extensively in DOSBox and we didn't have any problems :)

If we did we wouldn't release it.
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Kunovski: GOG updates their installers quite often, maybe they'll update this too some day... it doesn't matter, as the days of despair and hate are finally upon us!

sometimes...

just sometimes...

it does...
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Crosmando: Dude, this is a big deal. I don't think you understand just how much better the game is in ScummVM, the lack of bugs, the new smooth engine, the better music emulation. What a blunder.
Do we know for a fact that GOG/Night Dive didn't fix the issues with the dosbox version before putting it up for sale? If so, I don't feel as bad about not buying it right away. The version that I... acquired... was the scummvm compatible one and it worked perfectly. I'll still get it here once it goes on sale, though, just to have a legit copy.
Post edited September 05, 2013 by rrr8891
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JudasIscariot: We tested it quite extensively in DOSBox and we didn't have any problems :)

If we did we wouldn't release it.
Fair enough, no sound problems? I remember trying to play it with dosbox before it was scummvm compatible and the sound was really glitchy
Post edited September 05, 2013 by Crosmando
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wormholewizards: it's Night Dive again, they're on roll.
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lugum: So, what's next for them?
Games they've mentioned on their Facebook page:

Blade Runner
Chex Quest
Crimson Skies
Dark Seed / Dark Seed II
Drowned God: Conspiracy Of The Ages
Freedom Force
Full Throttle
Grim Fandango
The Neverhood
No One Lives Forever
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way
Primal Rage
Sam & Max Hit The Road
Shadow Man
Star Wars: Tie Fighter
System Shock
The Thing
Toonstruck
Tribes: Vengeance
Post edited September 05, 2013 by Barry_Woodward
I've heard about this and never had the chance to play it. Time to change that.

Here's a question: Should I read the short story first, or does the game work well enough as a self contained story?
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lugum: So, what's next for them?
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Barry_Woodward: Games they've mentioned on their Facebook page:

Dark Seed
Dark Seed II
Drowned God: Conspiracy Of The Ages
Full Throttle
Grim Fandango
The Neverhood
Sam & Max Hit The Road
System Shock
The Thing
Toonstruck
Yes, please.
SPECTACULAR! Good job Night Dive! And thanks GOG!

AdventureGamers could be other good place for celebration contests.
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markx182: I've heard about this and never had the chance to play it. Time to change that.

Here's a question: Should I read the short story first, or does the game work well enough as a self contained story?
AM will gladly explain what's going on in the intro of the game :)
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JudasIscariot: we wouldn't release it.
Please stop saying heresy like this!
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JudasIscariot: We tested it quite extensively in DOSBox and we didn't have any problems :)

If we did we wouldn't release it.
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Crosmando: Fair enough, no sound problems? I remember trying to play it with dosbox before it was scummvm compatible and the sound was really glitchy
I have kept an eye and ear (hehe) on this game and I haven't heard of any sound problems. I think there 2 minor bugs but they were config related and they were summarily squashed into subatomic particles :)
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JudasIscariot: we wouldn't release it.
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Novotnus: Please stop saying heresy like this!
Why do you take my words out of context? :P
Post edited September 05, 2013 by JudasIscariot
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JudasIscariot: I have kept an eye and ear (hehe) on thbis game and I haven't heard of any sound problems. I think there 2 minor bugs but they were config related and they were summarily squashed into subatomic particles :)
Fair enough again, I apologize for jumping on your DOS release then.
Holy crap, not only does Harlan Ellison look like Mark Hamill, he actually sounds like Mark Hamill's Joker (somehow it never occurred to me until I heard that last line in the trailer just now).

And congratulations to Night Dive and GOG for bringing as another awesome release! :)
No Harvester :(
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Novotnus: No Harvester :(
And Blade Runner :/

edit: Hmm, Barry, you secretly added BR on the list. :p
Post edited September 05, 2013 by triock
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JudasIscariot: I have kept an eye and ear (hehe) on thbis game and I haven't heard of any sound problems. I think there 2 minor bugs but they were config related and they were summarily squashed into subatomic particles :)
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Crosmando: Fair enough again, I apologize for jumping on your DOS release then.
Hey, no worries :)