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The return of an 8-bit legend!

The Lords of Midnight, a unique classic mash-up of RPG, strategy, and interactive fiction, faithfully recreated for modern systems, is now available on GOG.com for only $5.99

The land of Midnight is in danger. The name of the villain menacing the realm is whispered in every homestead with fear and fascination: Doom... dark, Doomdark, Doomdark! Only the Lords of Midnight, the valiant knight protectors of the folk, can stand up to the accursed Whitchking. It will be no easy task, though. The lords will ride the four winds, looking for allies, recruiting their armies, and bringing light to wherever the shadow of Doomdark falls. Forging their legend with their every step, they would become the champions the land needs. Should they fail, all will be lost. Don't let them fail.

The Lords of Midnight was originally released in 1984. What you see here, is a revamped version of the exact same game, retaining its gameplay and graphical style, just adding some more intuitive interface and high resolution graphics. At its core, however, this is the exact same game that enthralled the imagination of many gamers almost three decades ago. The turn based game mixes elements of an adventure with a robust, well-written storyline, an epic wargame in which you manage and command large armies, and a role-playing game with much focus on exploration of the game's incredibly detailed landscape. Your main quest--defeating the evil Witchking Doomdark--is no easy task, and completing the game in any of the possible ways will prove a challenge. Let one of the oldest, yet greatest stories ever told in a computer game unfold before you!

See how deep, addicting, and fun computer games already were 30 years ago. Get The Lords of Midnight today, for only $5.99 on GOG.com!
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Roman5: why was this post downrated?
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Smannesman: I have no idea, I personally don't think it's that insulting. ;)
And strangely enough her post isn't downrated, even though to me that is more insulting and holier-than-thou than my post.
But there is no accounting for taste and some people will always lurk and downrate instead of trying to engage in a discussion. Personally I feel that if you don't agree with a post you either should ignore if you don't want to try and have a discussion that may or may not turn out to be interesting and fun, or try to engage in a discussion.
At least that has always been my take on the whole 'forum' concept which I believe takes its name from the Roman forums where among other things the public could engage in discussions.
Ah but if you take it back to Roman times lucky it isn't a gladiatorial battle where a slave's life could rest in the hands of the crowd. Unhappy with their fight, then thumbs up for the finishing kill. Thumbs down and you are back for another day.

But you are right it is a forum, but there is always politics :)
Another nice release, thank you GOG.
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Smannesman: I have no idea, I personally don't think it's that insulting. ;)
And strangely enough her post isn't downrated, even though to me that is more insulting and holier-than-thou than my post.
But there is no accounting for taste and some people will always lurk and downrate instead of trying to engage in a discussion. Personally I feel that if you don't agree with a post you either should ignore if you don't want to try and have a discussion that may or may not turn out to be interesting and fun, or try to engage in a discussion.
At least that has always been my take on the whole 'forum' concept which I believe takes its name from the Roman forums where among other things the public could engage in discussions.
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deonast: Ah but if you take it back to Roman times lucky it isn't a gladiatorial battle where a slave's life could rest in the hands of the crowd. Unhappy with their fight, then thumbs up for the finishing kill. Thumbs down and you are back for another day.

But you are right it is a forum, but there is always politics :)
Nah downvoting is more like sneaking into the forum at night and painting some nasty graffiti that accuses the person in question of immoral behavior. Only much less creative and not worthy of any attention at all.
Post edited August 13, 2013 by Sargon
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Smannesman: Interesting release, but $5.99 is a bit much for just this ancient game.
If it included Doomdark and the Citadel it would be a fair price IMO.
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Bloodygoodgames: It's not the original game. The developer (who recently died) and another guy called Chris Wild spent untold hours getting this game (which was made for the Commodore 64 and not a PC or iOS) to run on modern machines.

People don't do the work for 'free' you know, just so gamers can get things for a couple of bucks.

Personally, it's not my type of game at all, and I'll never buy it or play it but......it's definitely worth the 6 bucks.

With these classic games more people need to look at it as they MUST be sold for a certain price as that price pays for the many many many hours it takes updating the game so it will actually run on your modern machine, it pays for the servers on GOG that you download them from, it pays for PayPal or credit card fees every time someone buys the game, it pays for office space and staff salaries and on and on and on and the developer would like a 'small fee' :)

I don't think some gamers on GOG have any clue how expensive it is running a website, updating games, paying PayPal, paying rent, electricity etc blah blah blah. It's like some people live in a vacuum with no idea about the real world and want everything for 'almost free'. The 'me me society' again :(
Bravo Madam. Wonderfully said.
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deonast: Ah but if you take it back to Roman times lucky it isn't a gladiatorial battle where a slave's life could rest in the hands of the crowd. Unhappy with their fight, then thumbs up for the finishing kill. Thumbs down and you are back for another day.

But you are right it is a forum, but there is always politics :)
I take offense with your assumption I would be a slave!
I think I would be more of a upper middle class citizen lying around on a chaise longue eating grapes and condemning slaves.
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LUXOR SLEW THE DRAGONS!

But it's ok, he was with him the Moon Ring and he is utterly invigorated, phew!
The trailer seems to be showing off a touch-based interface. How is it on the pc? I hope I can press a key to go forward, and not have to drag my mouse vertically on the screen...


BTW, this article: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/26/lords-of-midnight-midwinter-remakes-pc-bound/ suggests that there will be an additional remake next year with better graphics, changed AI etc. The article also mentions a 90s PC version of the game, which I didn't know about and which the earlier poster complaining about lack of original game inclusion may have been referring to.
Post edited August 13, 2013 by graspee
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graspee: The trailer seems to be showing off a touch-based interface. How is it on the pc? I hope I can press a key to go forward...
You can.
People should not complain about the original game been 30 years old, we are on Good Old Games! And the price! 6 bucks! I can't imagine a remake cheaper than this!
This page has the pc 90s remakes of the games:

http://www.icemark.com/downloads/index.html#thecitadel

It's Chris Wild's page.
Damint! Been waiting for this for a while but I'm going to see Rifftrax(MST3K's spiritual sequel) do Starship Troopers live on Thursday.

Lords of Midnight'll have to wait.
Looks like I could like it but I'm not sure if to buy it for the PC or Android.
I've been wondering for some time if I should buy this for my tablet... and now it seems GOG is offering it cheaper for PC.
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Shaolin_sKunk: Damint! Been waiting for this for a while but I'm going to see Rifftrax(MST3K's spiritual sequel) do Starship Troopers live on Thursday.
Woo, have fun! I'm a bit sorry I didn't go see Cinematic Titanic when they came near me, as this is their last year doing the live tours. Their stuff is Mistie gold.
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Silverhawk170485: Will also the Mac version released here on GOG?
If you are familiar with Wineskin, just use WS9Wine1.6X or WS9Wine1.7.0X as engine, set screen options to use Mac driver, install GOG's setup file and run :D
If not, hope it will help "mac guys" in GOG to release such wrapper sooooon :D

I am just playing it like this without a problem...
Post edited August 13, 2013 by cyboff