2008-06-17

Screenshot of the Day: Wizardry Gold

Wizardry

A couple of updates for the Wizardry series: I added a seperate page for Bane of the Cosmic Forge, the game that introduced the new system that would stay till the end of the series. Looking through the Wizardry Gold help file, I found some hilarious party suggestions by Danny Low. I haven't finished the beginner hints for Wizardry 8, but I added some details about the development history.

Two Sound Devices for Dune II

Originally, Dune II supported only one sound device. So you had to choose between cheesy FM music and no speech. A tough choice, for as good as the music is with a Roland or GM device, that slightly mechanical voice announcing Atreides harvester deployed or enemy unit approaching does add a lot to the atmosphere in the game.

Fortunately there is a later, but official, patch that adds support for two different sound devices. You can download it right here. Thanks to lux79 for the info.

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