One more for the road...

[m1ckey]

I recently reincarnated my old trusty friend from 1987. What´s the first thing to do? Beat CSB obviously...



Gonna take me at least an hour, maybe two. (Amiga mice are kinda hinky)

[Ameena]

Cool, good luck - I presume you have no DM party to import so are having to start from scratch with CSB characters? When was the last time you played? I mean, was it recently enough that you can roughly remember the layout of the dungeon, what links to where, and where you need to go in order to do what needs doing? I'm gonna guess that you do, otherwise you wouldn't be predicting a completion time of an hour or two .

[m1ckey]

DONE!

Took longer than expected. ~3,5 hours - Including numerous piss & cig brakes and refurbishing one Amiga mouse.
Reincarnated Plague whom I renamed "Jaska The Rapist".
Surely, I knew map layout, Tips & tricks beforehand.

Reminded how different it really feels to use real hardware vs. emulation...

[MasterWuuf]

DONE!

Took longer than expected. ~3,5 hours - Including numerous piss & cig brakes and refurbishing one Amiga mouse.
Reincarnated Plague whom I renamed "Jaska The Rapist".
Surely, I knew map layout, Tips & tricks beforehand.

Reminded how different it really feels to use real hardware vs. emulation...

Poor Plague. And he was only trying to see what the real world looked like...without his meds.

[m1ckey]

DONE!

Took longer than expected. ~3,5 hours - Including numerous piss & cig brakes and refurbishing one Amiga mouse.
Reincarnated Plague whom I renamed "Jaska The Rapist".
Surely, I knew map layout, Tips & tricks beforehand.

Reminded how different it really feels to use real hardware vs. emulation...

Poor Plague. And he was only trying to see what the real world looked like...without his meds.

Correct me if I´m wrong, but isn´t Plague supposed to a female character? Hidden somewhere in the code. IIRC...
Yeash... Nice weekend messing around with an old friend while totally drunk.
Amiga owners, get a modern accelator - It´s worth every penny!

[MasterWuuf]

DONE!

Took longer than expected. ~3,5 hours - Including numerous piss & cig brakes and refurbishing one Amiga mouse.
Reincarnated Plague whom I renamed "Jaska The Rapist".
Surely, I knew map layout, Tips & tricks beforehand.

Reminded how different it really feels to use real hardware vs. emulation...

Poor Plague. And he was only trying to see what the real world looked like...without his meds.

Correct me if I´m wrong, but isn´t Plague supposed to a female character? Hidden somewhere in the code. IIRC...
Yeash... Nice weekend messing around with an old friend while totally drunk.
Amiga owners, get a modern accelator - It´s worth every penny!

Oh no! Now Plague is also a female??? I spent years cross-dressing Wuuf, not realizing she was a princess (a bearded lady, for sure).

[Simon]

I never completed CSB. Using various guides I managed to cast a couple of the things into the pit but I could never get the 4th one!

[Ameena]

You can sneak one of them without having to complete "Part Two" of that class's path. If I remember rightly, it's Dain that you can skip (hooray!) by sneaking on fake pits in the Ros section and getting around the Corbum Pillar to another side. Or I suppose you could go the other way, from Dain to Ros, but pretty sure Dain is a pain in the arse (I certainly find "Part One" of it to be so), so better to do it that way around .

[terkio]

Yes one can sneak a corbum, as said. But not the mentioned one.
I did get the Ku corbum this way, that came handy because I had been enable to enter the upper Ku domain.

[Ameena]

Ah okay - Ku is one I normally get legit, because I tend to find Ku (both parts) to be the easiest/most fun. Dragons, yay . Maybe I normally sneak around from Ku, then. I mean, I've only done it once or twice and that would've been, like ten or more years ago, so it's been a while .

[terkio]

Spoiler

At the four corbums pillar there is a hidden way that connects Ku and Ros

[m1ckey]

Did all the 4 ways, start to finish on my little "Noltalgia" run. (No short-cuts)

KU-ROS-NETA-DAIN

[MasterWuuf]

Did all the 4 ways, start to finish on my little "Noltalgia" run. (No short-cuts)

KU-ROS-NETA-DAIN

Well done, mickey! Brings back great memories...er, frustrations???

[MasterWuuf]

I didn't know where to post my latest adventure, seeking to break all known records for Longest Run in CSB.
I was running around, fighting and exploring, when I realized I didn't have the EXECUTIONER (Not Hardcleave. Thanks Ameena.). Huh? I had it earlier.
I guess I saved the game before facing the four brutes in that room, so I was skipping the one path to get that.
I also remembered the section with multiple dragons behind grated doors. I spent hours trying to locate it. Ha.

How on earth did I get through CSB the first time (when did it come out?), back in the late 80's?
I knew no one who was playing it (same with DM earlier). I had no 'cheats' and no internet, unless you consider the 'fax-sound' internet access.
Odd thing too was how easily I finished it back then. I'm enjoying myself anyway.

P.S. I found a fake wall in the DDD room, explaining why the GOR coins were not giving anything back (hidden cove).
Wow, CBS was a wonderful addition to the DM group.

Using 'edit' to add a question: Is the leg plate the last item a person can get from the GOR coin slot in the DDD area?

[Ameena]

Presumably when you say "Hardcleave", you mean "Executioner" - no Hardcleave in CSB .
CSB came out in '89 (DM in '87). And yeah, no Internet back then . When me and my dad played the games back in the day (when I was like, six or so), we had a guide for DM but nothing for CSB. Well, presumably there was a manual with the game but I didn't read those. My dad did know about chucking the corbums into the Ful Ya Pit but I dunno if that's 'cause it says so in the manual or because he'd found out elsewhere. But we had no outside help with the game that I know of, though.
Can't help you with your "vending machine" question, I'm afraid - I don't bother with it or with the coins in general as they don't provide anything that I ever actually use .