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Posted September 12, 2013
Brandon, I have your saw!

Legend of Kyrandia, an unforgettable, classic point-and-click adventure game packed with wondrous locations, mythical creatures, and downright evil sense of humor, is available on GOG.com for only $5.99.

[url=http://www.gog.com/game/legend_of_kyrandia][/url]Welcome to the wonderful kingdom of Kyrandia, a land of astounding beauty, home to countless enchanted creatures and spellbinding locations. Alas, dark clouds gather on the horizon: Malcolm, the court jester, has done something terrible and the magical realm will never be the same again. Unless you, Prince Brandon, can achieve the impossible and outfox the demented joker. Remember when adventure games challenged you to beat them, without cutting you any slack? Remember when you had to draw a location map not to get lost in the maze, or were wary of crossing a funny-looking bridge, in fear of falling to a terrible death? Legend of Kyrandia, in all its classic charm and glory, is the epitome of those games.

Legend of Kyrandia is one of the gems of the classic adventure games era. First in the series of three titles, it established the original setting of Kyrandia, a land of unparalleled beauty, and, at the same time, menacing dangers. Celebrated for its unique tone of mischievous humor and inventive quests, it has also been considered a milestone in adventure games evolution. The game introduced innovative elements to the genre, with extremely simple interface and creative use of inventory items. It also made you suffer and die in many imaginative ways (one of them including a particularly charming slasher smile and a very sharp saw).

Prepare for some old-school questing and lose yourself (literally) in a perilous kingdom of Kyrandia, get Legend of Kyrandia, for only $5.99 on GOG.com!
Posted September 12, 2013
Oh GOG, you've done it now. I've been waiting for this for ages. Hand of Fate is hopefully right around the corner too. You guys never cease to impress, thank you. This is exactly the kind of thing I like to wake up to.
Posted September 12, 2013
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Zacron: Let's not forget the awesome fact that this uses SCUMMVM, so anyone can purchase this and play it on ANDROID as well!
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Crosmando: I'm wondering why any of GOG's recent DOS/ScummVM releases have all been Windows, I don't pretend to know anything about Macs but isn't it just a matter of using the OSX version of Dosbox/SVM?
there are only two possibilities:
1. licensing problems
2. mac team here is sooooo slooooooow :D
Posted September 12, 2013
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Zacron: Let's not forget the awesome fact that this uses SCUMMVM, so anyone can purchase this and play it on ANDROID as well!
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Crosmando: I'm wondering why any of GOG's recent DOS/ScummVM releases have all been Windows, I don't pretend to know anything about Macs but isn't it just a matter of using the OSX version of Dosbox/SVM?
I would think so, but try for yourself. Download the SVM for Mac, and try it out. Let us know what you find out.
Posted September 12, 2013
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RS1978: Yes, I'm speaking of the GOG launcher. You can play it in English, French or German for sure, I've bought the GOG version and tested it. :)
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Thanks for info. Subtitles and menus in german and french is quite nice. I will use them should I ever play it again. How could GOG overlook this? Are they not keen on delivering as many languages as possible? The least they should do now is extending the game card language entry and to provide a small solution to more comfortably select the language, maybe as option in the installer!
Post edited September 12, 2013 by Trilarion
Posted September 12, 2013
Nice to see this long-mooted one arriving. Hope the other two will follow, though the first game was the most popular on the Amiga as I recall. Well regarded in the day, no reason it won't have held up well. Thanks GOG!
Posted September 12, 2013
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RS1978: You can use the ScummVM version in the folder of the GOG version. There's no need for a fresh installation.
I actually tried this but couldn't figure out how, do you know? I put the roms in the SVM folder (the one that comes with Kyrandia), but I guess I need to change some settings in an ini/config file?
Posted September 12, 2013
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RS1978: You can use the ScummVM version in the folder of the GOG version. There's no need for a fresh installation.
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Crosmando: I actually tried this but couldn't figure out how, do you know? I put the roms in the SVM folder (the one that comes with Kyrandia), but I guess I need to change some settings in an ini/config file?
I am by no means an expert on SVM, but are does this link help? http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Datafiles#Legend_of_Kyrandia.2C_The
Posted September 12, 2013
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RS1978: You can use the ScummVM version in the folder of the GOG version. There's no need for a fresh installation.
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Crosmando: I actually tried this but couldn't figure out how, do you know? I put the roms in the SVM folder (the one that comes with Kyrandia), but I guess I need to change some settings in an ini/config file?
Yes, you have to edit the config file manually. But you can also use the ScummVM overlay with the GOG version, what makes the things a lot easier. You could make a BAT-File to access Setup:

cd ScummVM
ScummVM.exe -c "..\kyra1-cd.ini"
exit

Put this file in the Kyrandia main folder where the kyra1-cd.ini is and it should work.

Or you delete the last entry "kyra1-cd" from the command line of the GOG launcher, so the game will not start immediately and let you see the Options menu.
Post edited September 12, 2013 by RS1978
Posted September 12, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Man, I don't remember games on a floppy weighing in at around 53 megs :P
Mad Dog McCree
Posted September 12, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Man, I don't remember games on a floppy weighing in at around 53 megs :P
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SLP2000: Mad Dog McCree
You could get Mad Dog McCree on floppies? I recall it as being a CD-Rom based game only.
Posted September 12, 2013
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RS1978: Yes, I'm speaking of the GOG launcher. You can play it in English, French or German for sure, I've bought the GOG version and tested it. :)
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Trilarion: Thanks for info. Subtitles and menus in german and french is quite nice. I will use them should I ever play it again. How could GOG overlook this? Are they not keen on delivering as many languages as possible? The least they should do now is extending the game card language entry and to provide a small solution to more comfortably select the language, maybe as option in the installer!
They didn't overlook this, there are entrys for all three languages in the configuration file they made for the game's installer. If you start the ScummVM overlay from the Game instead the game itself, all three language versions show up and can be selected. Also, there are three different directorys with the data for the three language versions in the Kyrandia main folder. I think, they just forgot to include the Shortcuts for German and French versions in the installer.
Post edited September 12, 2013 by RS1978
Posted September 12, 2013
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RS1978: Yes, you have to edit the config file manually. But you can also use the ScummVM overlay with the GOG version, what makes the things a lot easier. You could make a BAT-File to access Setup:

cd ScummVM
ScummVM.exe -c "..\kyra1-cd.ini"
exit

Put this file in the Kyrandia main folder where the kyra1-cd.ini is and it should work.

Or you delete the last entry "kyra1-cd" from the command line of the GOG launcher, so the game will not start immediately and let you see the Options menu.
thanks
Posted September 12, 2013
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Deus_Ex: Hell yes! This series is one of my favorites, and the third game was the second game I ever bought with my own money (tender age of 10). I hope this means you'll be adding the second and third book of Kyrandia as well? Malcolm's Revenge is such an awesome game, I mean you could solve the first objective alone in 6 different ways!

I've actually played this first one on my Nintendo DS all the way through :) Some homebrew magic was involved but it seemed to work quite well, I wonder why they only ported Broken Sword on the DS and not other adventure games? oh well, rant over
Yes, yes and more yes. I want Malcolm's Revenge so bad.
Posted September 12, 2013
great pick up gog but fuck i hated those damn gems.... will pick this up sometime though :)
Posted September 12, 2013
Instabuy. nuff said.
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