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Which game to play now?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:03 pm
by ZnOOZer
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?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:31 pm
by Paul Stevens
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:07 pm
by Big-J-Q
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:14 pm
by PaulH
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:31 pm
by BloodFromStone
I've used CSBwin and had no problems... I've never actually tried RTC, though.
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:09 am
by Babe Bridou
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
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:41 am
by Paul Stevens
When wa Basketball released? Or Chess? Or Go?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:32 am
by Babe Bridou
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)
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:17 pm
by Gambit37
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:39 pm
by ZnOOZer
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?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:58 pm
by PaulH
Deathtrap Dungeon?
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:25 pm
by Des
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:23 am
by ZnOOZer
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
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:42 am
by ZnOOZer
Hmm, I think it was this one..
http://www.dungeon-master.com/forum/vie ... hp?t=21010
Their homepage doesn't work for me
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:33 pm
by JCG
Yeah ! Unfortunately I'm afraid it's dead. Too ambitious ?
Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:25 pm
by Jardice
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
).