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Highly requested first-person RPG classic The Dark Heart of Uukrul joins GOG.COM’s always-growing library of titles today. Originally released in 1989, it's one that holds a special place in many people’s hearts, including Scott Greig (Kill0byt3), who sadly passed away while working on bringing this game back to gamers everywhere.

Scott had a monumental role in re-releasing this game. Sadly, he passed away back in March 2020, while working on making it a reality. According to GOG Stream Team member, Kilg0re, “Scott was a huge fan of the game. He contacted the devs, got them interested, and organized the re-release with the two people responsible for making it, Ian Boswell and Martin Buis.”

His friend, Gregory Wilson (ArvanEleron), also wanted everyone to know how dedicated Scott was to the project: “Canada and Winnipeg area native Scott Greig was a graphic designer and web designer, an aspiring author, streamer, and lover of video games. For a number of years, he was the webmaster and principal graphic designer for GOG's Twitch streamer ArvanEleron, responsible for many of his on stream videos, overlays, and graphics (several of which are still featured every week on Arv's Pen & Pixels show on GOG). Scott was also a mod on a number of channels, and both well-liked and well respected by many online and offline communities.”



So, if you aren’t familiar with this classic game, we’ll catch you up to speed so you can hopefully get a better understanding of why Scott and so many others wanted to see this game brought back from the limbo of history and onto modern PCs everywhere.

The Dark Heart of Uukrul is a first-person turn-based RPG that has you playing as a party of four. You’ll take control of some classic high fantasy characters: a fighter, a paladin, a priest, and a magician.

In Eriosthe, a huge underground city, there are winding tunnels and twisting caverns, monsters that you’ll need to fight, and puzzles that you’ll need to solve. It’s not all doom and gloom though, as safe havens created by the Ancients will give you a place to heal yourself, teleport to other areas, and even level up your team of adventurers.

Need to get some new gear? You’ll need to make your way over the lone marketplace, where traders and cooks are more than happy to make a deal with you. In the case you’ve lost party members along the way, you’ll be able to revive them at the mausoleum, or you can visit the local guild to replace them.

The game is a hidden gem in a sea of RPGs from that era, and what makes it that way is that not only was it not really marketed, but it was released near the end of the Apple II’s lifespan, meaning many gamers missed out on this title.

Thankfully, through Scott and other people’s hard work, The Dark Heart of Uukrul is getting a second life.

Have you heard of The Dark Heart of Uukrul before?
I am very happy to see this game finally here and thanks to those who made it possible!
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padlinka: Manual & amulets are included in the installation folder :)
Great! Thank you
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I had not heard of the game, but I wanted to show my appreciation for the announcement post. Very moving, really got me. And I think it's very nice that the description of the game first and foremost thanks Scott for the countless hours he had to put it.

Congratulations Scott and GOG for the release.
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PetrusOctavianus: I recommend it for those who like a challenge. Not suitable for the "I play games for the story" crowd.
What about those who like a challenge and a story? I really like the idea of puzzles, but I hope there is some conversation in the game.
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Green_Hilltop: Why does the game have 88MB size when the game itself is only 1MB (and DOsbox 20). Is the included manual and copy protection?
Yes, the manual is 60M and the amulets images are 17M.

As for the release itself it's always funny to read GOG promo posts about the old DOS games that they "brought back to life" so tirelessly and heroically... Guys, DOS games are alive more than you can imagine, they run on any system configuration and they don't need your heroic re-releases to be playable today.
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Green_Hilltop: What about those who like a challenge and a story?
They read Moby Dick, Finnegan's Wake, Ulysses and such.
Thank you so much! :)
Thnx! :D
Very cool memorial to Scott. I'm glad it is released.
Holy shit guys, that is QUITE a deep cut. Congratulations. VERY nice release indeed. Instabought! :)
Post edited November 12, 2020 by Anime-BlackWolf
Good release! I read a let's play of this game years ago on RPG Codex. It is sad that the creator passed away.
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Galaduir: ...Guys, DOS games are alive more than you can imagine, they run on any system configuration and they don't need your heroic re-releases to be playable today.
In the technical aspects, yes - DOS games are relatively easy to get running in most cases. Releasing them legally however, can be a gordian knot. And yes, that can easily take a heroic effort to accomplish.
This is AWESOME. Thank you to everyone involved in bringing it back
Vaguely familiar, but glad to see the addition to GOG. Wishlisted for now and RIP Scott Greig (Kill0byt3).
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Post edited November 13, 2020 by gog2002x
oh my god.

yeeeessss!

excellent release :)

thank you, gog. :)