Which game to play now?

ZnOOZer · Post by **ZnOOZer** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:03 pm

It's so cool to see this game still living. Played the original DM all the time when it was new but haven't played for a long time now. Would like to try it again but don't know where to start. I see alot of other similar games has been made.

So which game to play now. RTC, CSB or any clone?

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:31 pm

http://www.dianneandpaul.net/CSBwin/Games/

For the easiest to install and play and most faithful to
the original.

Beware....I am biased...it is my version.

Big-J-Q · Post by **Big-J-Q** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:07 pm

I recommend RTC (not v0.29, it's buggy; Bugfix-release is supposed to be released tomorrow, I hear), since it contains both DM and CSB and, to me, runs better than CSBwin and is faithful enough to the original. Besides, it's as easy to install as CSBwin.

Post by **PaulH** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:14 pm

I recommend both: play CSBWin and play RTC and make your own mind up. CSBWin has both DM and CSB too, plus a host of other new dungeons. For me, CSBWin is the better and IS more faithful to the original.

BloodFromStone · Post by **BloodFromStone** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:31 pm

I've used CSBwin and had no problems... I've never actually tried RTC, though.

Babe Bridou · Post by **Babe Bridou** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:09 am

I play both.

I like CSBWin because of the "record-playback" feature, I find it great, it should be a standard for all modern games IMHO (currently only fps games such as HL, quake or doom get that kind of feature).

I like RTC because it looks less "retro" to me. It's hard to watch myself in a mirror and say, I really play a game that was released in '87

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:41 am

When wa Basketball released? Or Chess? Or Go?

Babe Bridou · Post by **Babe Bridou** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:32 am

Oh come on, Paul, you know what I mean

You don't play a game because it feels old, you play it because it feels good!
(and I play yours because it feels good)

Post by **Gambit37** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:17 pm

I like RTC because it looks less "retro" to me.

Utterly weird! How do you work that out? Other than a few minor cosmetic diffrences, RTC looks exactly the same as the original game -- how does it look "less retro"? If anything, CSBWin looks 'newer' due to it's Windows menu system.

ZnOOZer · Post by **ZnOOZer** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:39 pm

Ah, guess CBSWin is the game to play, downloading right now

Hmm, read somewhere about some 3d DM. Don't remember where though. Any clues what game I'm thinking of?

Post by **PaulH** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:58 pm

Deathtrap Dungeon?

Des · Post by **Des** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:25 pm

I definitely agree with PaulH - get both CSBWin and RTC (v0.30 out now), then you can play custom dungeons for both formats.

You have to watch out for compatibility problems as RTC is not forward-compatible (e.g. you must run Sukumvit's Labyrinth with 0.28 ) and CSBWin is not backward-compatible (e.g. you can't play Conflux II with an old version of CSBWin that does not support the advanced features used in the dungeon).

Also you may find you like RTCs improved monster AI and auto-modifying difficulty (according to party strength), and / or the "crypto-fascist" spellbook system.

ZnOOZer · Post by **ZnOOZer** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:23 am

PaulH >> No not that game. Think the game I'm thinking of wasn't even released when I found the homepage. Think it's just one persion that makes it...

Des >> Ok, thanks for the info. Guess I'll have to try more then two versions now

ZnOOZer · Post by **ZnOOZer** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:42 am

Hmm, I think it was this one..
http://www.dungeon-master.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=21010

Their homepage doesn't work for me

JCG · Post by **JCG** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:33 pm

ZnOOZer wrote:Hmm, I think it was this one..
http://www.dungeon-master.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=21010

Their homepage doesn't work for me

Yeah ! Unfortunately I'm afraid it's dead. Too ambitious ?

Jardice · Post by **Jardice** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:25 pm

PaulH wrote:Deathtrap Dungeon?

That reminds me I need to get off my butt and finish that game. I'm so close to the end too...jus need that one lousy sword....:/

Think I'll play some ore Dungeons too. And also work on trying to create one as well(not likely happening for a while thouhg

).