tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post1159075192794027241..comments2024-03-28T10:19:08.172-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Fate: SpellsCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-32420566978380637402017-02-08T06:39:12.528-05:002017-02-08T06:39:12.528-05:00That is probably because the title is PCem, not PC...That is probably because the title is PCem, not PCemu (which is a mistake I can't seem to stop making).<br /><br />The official site is at pcem-emulator(dot)co(dot)uk<br /><br />You will need to get BIOS files for the system(s) you want to emulate (there are packs available), as well as install media for the old operating systems. It is a bit of a hassle to set up.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87003562742655487662017-02-07T15:34:35.337-05:002017-02-07T15:34:35.337-05:00Gnoman, can you give a link to this PCemu? I can o...Gnoman, can you give a link to this PCemu? I can only find variants of this thing: http://pcemu.sourceforge.net/ but that looks ancient and abandoned.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86678709670706995032017-02-07T14:45:53.297-05:002017-02-07T14:45:53.297-05:00DOSBox supports selecting CPU instead of cycles co...DOSBox supports selecting CPU instead of cycles counts, if you really want. Also it doesn't start with every sound card available: Soundblaster 16, Gravis Ultrasound, and PC Speaker. <br /><br />(Also editing the DOSBOX ini is pretty easy, to be honest. It is quite well laid out. Plus there are a ton of 3rd party GUIs for it if you really can't figure it out)<br /><br />I'd say he should stay away from your emulator, as it is an unknown factor. DOSBOX is very widely used, and is very close to 100% emulating DOS. We don't know what bugs might be lurking within another one, and that could change his opinion of a game. It will probably be highly useful when we get to 1995, but until then I think staying with DOSBOX is probably for the best. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15325712939702846592017-02-07T07:29:44.947-05:002017-02-07T07:29:44.947-05:00Now that I think about it, the Addict may want to ...Now that I think about it, the Addict may want to consider experimenting with it now, as it has several advantages over DosBox. <br /><br />For one thing, getting something close to the right speed is much easier. Instead of trying to hit on the right number of cycles, you just select a BIOS and CPU (for example,if you want to run Might And Magic Book I you'd pick an 8088 processor and not have to worry about the area near Sorpigal that crashes your game if the system is running too fast) and get something very, very close to what you'd get when the game came out. Some users have reported the emu running at around 25% faster than the actual chip selected, but that is within the range of what you'd get on actual hardware.<br /><br />The second big advantage is that some games crash when you try to run their sound setup in DosBOX because that program has almost every possible option enabled by default. You can get around this by editing the ini, but it is a pain. With PCemu you'll only have one or two cards in play, and if you choose to have two it will be something like Adlib+Sound Blaster that play nice together. <br /><br />The final advantage is, I admit, a bit questionable. Because PCemu doesn't access your hard drive directly, but uses virtual hard drive images, your file system is a lot cleaner, and you can back up your entire setup with a single file.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28677683966338205862017-02-06T14:14:33.758-05:002017-02-06T14:14:33.758-05:00That is pretty cool, I hadn't heard of that. T...That is pretty cool, I hadn't heard of that. Thanks!Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-64174478593470415992017-02-05T17:21:20.177-05:002017-02-05T17:21:20.177-05:00That won't be a problem. PCemu is approaching ...That won't be a problem. PCemu is approaching a very high state of development, and already runs most 2D titles easily (3D is a bit more difficult because of system requirements, but it does emulate a 3Dfx accelerator card that will work with just about anything). By the time the Addict gets to 1995 or 1996, just about anything that doesn't have a newer port (the PC versions of FF7 and FF8, for example, were notoriously finicky to get working, but the Steam rerelease fixes that) will be easy enough to run.<br /><br />Two things are probably going to speed things up. The first is the general post-DooM RPG downturn. Between the demise of the non-PC computers and the introduction of a new and popular genre of game, from late 93 until late 96, the RPG industry took a major dive, and this period on the Master Game List not only is considerably shorter (1992 and 1993 have 64 titles, while 1994 has 42 and 1995 has 44), but many of these entries are dubious titles like the Xcom games that the Addict very well might decide do not qualify.<br /><br />Second, the (average) quality is going up, which means that even very big games aren't likely to bloat time the way Fate is doing because the games themselves will be more engaging. While something like Morrowind might take a hundred hours to finish if the Addict runs into "Bethedsa ADD", it won't take months to get through it because he'll be hooked.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58769719017810537042017-02-05T17:00:39.340-05:002017-02-05T17:00:39.340-05:00On the other hand, your work on these older games ...On the other hand, your work on these older games is super valuable, as they are the least documented and written about. <br /><br />Plus, as people have said, once you get into the windows 95/98 era we'll be skipping more and more games due to either not being able to find a copy, or not being able to get it to run (unless you build a Windows 98 machine just to play games on like The Lazy Game Reviewer, and even then it would be hit or miss based on if you have the right video card, sound card, etc). Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15248647825658646742017-02-05T15:56:00.037-05:002017-02-05T15:56:00.037-05:00The upcoming Martian Dreams would be a perfect one...The upcoming <i>Martian Dreams</i> would be a perfect one to skip. I don't really want to play it. It gave me emulation problems that I haven't solved. Plenty has been written about it already. The mechanics will be identical to two games I've already played, and the plot will be idiotic. I should just look up some information about the endgame, give it a best-guess GIMLET, and move on. But I won't because I have some kind of disorder or something.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17471800699489887262017-02-05T15:49:01.538-05:002017-02-05T15:49:01.538-05:00I reject about 15% of games not on the original li...I reject about 15% of games not on the original list as RPGs by my rules, so we might get to it by 2026.<br /><br />Or...I might contemplate a rules change at some point. "Only games with English releases" would help a little.<br /><br />I could start being more discriminating with my "six hour" rule. For the past few years, it's morphed into an unwritten rule that I need to try my best to finish a game, come hell or high water, unless I get to the point that I'm absolutely stuck. Even if I "lemon law" only 50% of games at the 6-hour mark, I'd still churn through them much faster.<br /><br />I'll entertain other ideas. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-84822954052235899402017-02-04T20:56:15.589-05:002017-02-04T20:56:15.589-05:00FFFFFFFffffffffffffff. Well, still. Longer games l...FFFFFFFffffffffffffff. Well, still. Longer games like....I don't know RPGs before that much to be honest. X-COM? It technically qualifies (your troops stats go up over time, non-puzzle inventory. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-14576856384462828632017-02-04T13:17:23.814-05:002017-02-04T13:17:23.814-05:00I don't think Fallout will take much longer th...I don't think Fallout will take much longer than 20 hours. Too much handcrafted content for the game to have been massive. Baldur's Gate 2 was probably the largest handcrafted game ever when it was made.<br /><br />But you got me curious.<br /><br />Fallout is game #1677<br /><br />About 37% of games appear on the play list, making it ~#616th game played.<br /><br />He has played 240 games, so only 376 remaining! (Then I realised there was a way to quickly filter and count and came up with....376 again)<br /><br />Chet has played 240 games in 7 years, so we're looking at...Jan 2028. ;)<br />Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17923698146358693612017-02-03T22:06:45.843-05:002017-02-03T22:06:45.843-05:00I think I will miss Fate as well. It feels comfort...I think I will miss Fate as well. It feels comfortable, and it is deep enough that you can really get into the guts of it. I am glad though, as while it may be the longest you aren't that far off of Fallout and similar games that are going to take a large number of posts, and this shows you won't loose your readers during them, and that you'll be able to keep the post quality high. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-87502474854567416782017-02-02T19:54:47.556-05:002017-02-02T19:54:47.556-05:00Also reading my own comment I feel like I am drunk...Also reading my own comment I feel like I am drunk. Hence the not so elaborate writing. Oh my.Morricanehttp://twitch.tv/morricanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18794256194023505402017-02-02T19:19:42.245-05:002017-02-02T19:19:42.245-05:00Or you could just laugh at that discourse (that I ...Or you could just laugh at that discourse (that I first heard of last year) :)<br />And if you want to use the last one, which also could be described as Japanese console-RPG even though games like the Crimson series frankly follow the same formula...but once the PC-RPG scene pretty much died off outside a handful of 18+-RPGs in the 90s with the death of the PC98, there's really not much coming. The Japanese themselves use(d) to use the term 日本製RPG (RPG made in Japan), another system applied 2D-3D-Action subgenres to RPGs, where 2D pretty much lumped DragonQuest/FinalFantasy and Ultima together vs. Wizardry vs. Zelda/Ys-likes.<br /><br />Personally I prefer keeping serious history to my field of expertise though which pretty much ends in 1333 :DMorricanehttp://twitch.tv/morricanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82632901825335649622017-02-02T00:15:11.697-05:002017-02-02T00:15:11.697-05:00+1 LOL What would Fate look like if IT was finishe...+1 LOL What would Fate look like if IT was finished?Rangerous the Secondhttp://www.fategatesofdawn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-40281773080539054462017-02-01T14:46:21.933-05:002017-02-01T14:46:21.933-05:00In later editions there's "gentle repose&...In later editions there's "gentle repose" specifically for preserving corpses and preventing them from being turned into undead.tlhonmeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256644187305759072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9180684967652545392017-01-31T16:06:40.769-05:002017-01-31T16:06:40.769-05:00" This, of course, raises the question of who..." This, of course, raises the question of who the pirates are pirating."<br /><br />Maybe the pirates are victims of their own success at pirating. Consider that that is a pretty small, enclosed, sea without cities at war with each other. So now they are patiently waiting for the sea economy of the region to restart. <br /><br />"It's taken over this blog in a way I didn't intend. To me, it's time for it to be over."<br /><br />I'll probably miss a bit the adventures of Winwood, cartographer from another reality, but i think i get how you feel about it. Anyway,both in the context of the blog and in the context of the crpgs of the time, it feels like an important title. It gives a possible answer to the question: "what would Alternate Reality have looked like if it was finished?". I think it will came back a lot in the future in senteces like: " ...not as big as fate's map but not as empty either". Ronconautahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644199312156727426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-72461104496233972102017-01-31T07:10:26.752-05:002017-01-31T07:10:26.752-05:00At this point we're getting into the distincti...At this point we're getting into the distinction between jRPG (meaning "RPG developed in Japan") and jRPG (meaning "the distinct subgenre of RPG that is most commonly developed in Japan, often focusing on a semi-linear path with detailed plot and characterization instead of the generally free-roaming style with undistintive player-insert characters that is dominant in the Western RPG subgenre"). What game qualifies as "First jRPG" depends on which of these two definitions you use.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25827161608188784282017-01-31T02:23:38.414-05:002017-01-31T02:23:38.414-05:00I did complete a couple PC88 RPGs if anyone is cur...I did complete a couple PC88 RPGs if anyone is curious about what he might "miss out on". Fantasian & Advanced Fantasian. Also Crimson I and II. (the only PC88 dump of III is corrupt and CANNOT be beaten). Admittedly, as with most 80s-RPGs, some of them are more tedious than anything else. Although many have really really good music - which you can't say of any Western RPG of the era.<br />There's no way I could suffer through anything even more tedious than Fantasian though, my life feels too important for that :/<br /><br />Also Emerald Dragon should really be played in one of the computer incarnations or at least on PC-Engine, since the SFC version is just quite different - in the inferior sense.<br /><br />Also Chitei Tansaku by Koei can be argued to be the first JRPG, although people still argue whether it is an RPG (Koei themselves wrote Simulation game on the box, but it seems pretty much in the vein of Rogue and Hack).Morricanehttp://twitch.tv/morricanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58952488536281567872017-01-30T18:26:41.176-05:002017-01-30T18:26:41.176-05:00Never had Toronar or anyone say anything about thi...Never had Toronar or anyone say anything about this, just went and clicked the wand. So it's definitely not a walkthrough shield.Zardashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856007425128087340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91851636134374712982017-01-30T17:23:15.110-05:002017-01-30T17:23:15.110-05:00Well, i do not know :-D
I just read (past tense?) ...Well, i do not know :-D<br />I just read (past tense?) my posts from "game playthrough diary" and there was a post saying "Toronar said something about remembering that wand place".<br />I did it during year 2011 so i do not remember exactly what was going on, but i wrote this diary and i always browse my posts before i write down something here :-D<br /><br />My hint is, do not care, just go there and chceck if this is another ""walkthrough shield" or you just click that wand a proceed.kamikadze1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445578946772831762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12047901790414659592017-01-30T16:47:21.210-05:002017-01-30T16:47:21.210-05:00Jesus, how do you get Toronar to say anything? Thi...Jesus, how do you get Toronar to say anything? This screwing around waiting for my own characters to pipe up with the hint is really getting on my nerves.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-28960954357369911292017-01-30T15:50:58.603-05:002017-01-30T15:50:58.603-05:00This a interesting point, i am not 100% if Toronar...This a interesting point, i am not 100% if Toronar is a "Must have character" but maybe this is his "must have" time. I did it with Toronar.<br /><br />Just little helpful hint - after you did manipulate the map-place wand, move your party to cassida plaza with inactive teleporter.<br /><br />BTW - enjoy the most difficult dungeon in the whole game :-Dkamikadze1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445578946772831762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51383510931384178802017-01-30T15:08:37.149-05:002017-01-30T15:08:37.149-05:00Awful indeed.
There is no servant, that's jus...Awful indeed.<br /><br />There is no servant, that's just something added by the walkthrough writer for flavor or something.Zardashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856007425128087340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-24338668143194420002017-01-30T14:33:25.835-05:002017-01-30T14:33:25.835-05:00Got it. You literally have to hit "Examine&qu...Got it. You literally have to hit "Examine" like 5 times in a row. That's awful. I can't imagine how many players must have missed this when there was no Internet to help them.<br /><br />I'm still not sure where I was supposed to find his servant.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks. I would have been stuck in the mud.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.com