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Posted December 15, 2015
The mobygames page does better describing the overall bells of the game.

But for those of you who want me to put in the effort, Mordor: Depths of Dejenol is a first person party based quasi real time dungeoneering game where instead of having to click on things repeatedly until they die or issue finer commands, things are a bit more automated. You can still issue commands, but there aren't complex things like called shots or preparing a spell target.

Problem is, the 16 bit era of computing long ended, and the last vestiges of backwards compatibility have all been taken out. (That, and the person who bought the rights has made no effort to maintain it.)
Posted December 15, 2015
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Darvond: The mobygames page does better describing the overall bells of the game.

But for those of you who want me to put in the effort, Mordor: Depths of Dejenol is a first person party based quasi real time dungeoneering game where instead of having to click on things repeatedly until they die or issue finer commands, things are a bit more automated. You can still issue commands, but there aren't complex things like called shots or preparing a spell target.

Problem is, the 16 bit era of computing long ended, and the last vestiges of backwards compatibility have all been taken out. (That, and the person who bought the rights has made no effort to maintain it.)
Well, I am sure your aware of them, but the D&D games here cover a lot of that ground POR for instance. Also, search for Roguelikes, will give a lot of results, main one is Nethack. They have some similarities. The only other things that jump to mind: Tales of MajEl?
Posted December 15, 2015
Depths of Dejenol?

Sounds more like a game exploring a near death experience after having consumed synthetic alcohol.
Posted December 15, 2015
Oh, that game, the one with the weird Windows 3.1-ish interface.
Posted December 15, 2015
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Crosmando: Oh, that game, the one with the weird Windows 3.1-ish interface.
Made for Windows 3.1, too.
Posted December 15, 2015
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Darvond: Problem is, the 16 bit era of computing long ended, and the last vestiges of backwards compatibility have all been taken out.
You might be able to run it under WINE, perhaps using a 32-bit Linux VM if needed. (I got Exile: Escape from the Pit running this way.)
Posted December 15, 2015
I remember trying that game out on XP not that long ago...

However i'm sure DosBox can make it work... Hmmm give me a little while and i'll check on a ramdrive and a preconfigured win3.1 thing i have just laying around...


edit: Yep, looks like it works fine...
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Post edited December 15, 2015 by rtcvb32
Posted December 15, 2015
Other than the D&D goldbox games, these games on GOG seem similar to Mordor in that they are first-person dungeon crawlers (or have dungeon levels):

Anvil of Dawn
Lands of Lore 1+2 (and the third game in the series)
Stonekeep
Ultima Underworld 1+2
Wizardry 6+7 and 8

I haven't tried any of these yet other than Wizardry (one of the earlier games, not the ones we have here), so I don't know if they will be similar enough to Mordor, but they may be worth a look. Also there's Legend of Grimrock for a more modern dungeon crawler.
Post edited December 15, 2015 by jadegiant
Posted December 15, 2015
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jadegiant: Other than the D&D goldbox games, these games on GOG seem similar to Mordor in that they are first-person dungeon crawlers (or have dungeon levels):

Anvil of Dawn
Lands of Lore 1+2 (and the third game in the series)
Stonekeep
Ultima Underworld 1+2
Wizardry 6+7 and 8

I haven't tried any of these yet other than Wizardry (one of the earlier games, not the ones we have here), so I don't know if they will be similar enough to Mordor, but they may be worth a look. Also there's Legend of Grimrock for a more modern dungeon crawler.
Of note, Elminage Gothic is similar to the older Wizardry games, but much longer and better balanced (though the difficulty does get very high later on).
Posted December 15, 2015
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dtgreene: Of note, Elminage Gothic is similar to the older Wizardry games, but much longer and better balanced (though the difficulty does get very high later on).
I'm not crazy about the art style, but its system requirements sure aren't high.
Posted December 16, 2015
mordor is a game i'd buy if it came on gog
Posted December 16, 2015
Oh my GoG, I think I remember that one. Wasn`t it one of those freeware games?
Posted December 16, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Wasn't it one of those freeware games?
I don't know... i had the impression it was shareware with a larger game or more features if you bought it, but i am not aware of more than one version.

The version 1.1 i have has a note of it being 'the full version'.

Glancing at the help file it says

NOTE: When you purchase the Mordor, you are NOT registering a shareware product. You are getting the full blown commercial application that includes a manual, playguide, CD-ROM (or disk) and a box. The commercial version of Mordor is exactly what you would get at a retail software store.
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Posted December 16, 2015
Most similar would be Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan, which should run with few problems on modern computers,

Apart from that the closest thing is probably Roguelikes; hard core games like Zangband, ADOM and Nethack, or a lighter game like Castle of the Winds.
Post edited December 16, 2015 by PetrusOctavianus
Posted December 16, 2015
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PetrusOctavianus: or a lighter game like Castle of the Winds.
Which is much lighter than Mordor. Mordor allows you to make a party and level up in a variety of classes while CotW is very much a rogue-like, although with simple icons/graphics for the entire game. Makes it relatively fast. I remember playing it back as a teen back on Windows 3.1... How the time flies.
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