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6492
Had expected *some* reaction: "Hated it, liked it, my 7 year old sister writes better, ya must have a ghost writer 'cause everyone knows leprechauns are...
drinking_leprechaun
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Dec 2, 2004
4:37 pm
6493
Well I was having a good time reading them. What exactly are they for? I think I missed that part....
briantrleavitt
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Dec 2, 2004
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6494
At first I thought they were describing some part of the game I hadnt found yet :-) Apart from that I would love a sequel, but should it allow an existing ...
Daniel Collins
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Dec 2, 2004
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6495
... There should be some way to improve the old party. No idea to start with a perfect party that knows loads of saints and formulas and have perfect skills....
Sami Rieppo
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Dec 3, 2004
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6496
... I think that Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal gives a good precident for anticipating imported parties: if you create a new character in it, they start out...
Deth
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Dec 3, 2004
7:22 am
6497
All this talk about importing reminds me of the importing routines they had in one of the Bard's Tale games. As well as importing from earlier Bard's Tale...
Allan Mills
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Dec 3, 2004
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6498
... The game balance issue is the main reason I prefer games that don't allow imports of characters from previous games. I find the beginning of Darklands when...
Daniel Collins
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Dec 3, 2004
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6499
Daniel Collins wrote: Apart from that I would love a sequel, but should it allow an existing party to be brought into the next game or should it force a new...
drinking_leprechaun
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Dec 4, 2004
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6500
The Darkish one receives an Army and a fortune from the Moslems. This facillitates his construction of a massive, mountain fortress, which makes him appear...
drinking_leprechaun
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Dec 6, 2004
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matt haas
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Dec 9, 2004
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6502
Hi all, new to the group, but not to Darklands. Had the good fortune of buying the game without any prior knowledge, and now - 11-12 years later - I still...
Harry
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Dec 19, 2004
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6503
Welcome, Harry! ... Good to know. Be forewarned: it's addictive! ;-) Merle...
merle
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Dec 19, 2004
8:15 pm
6504
I wonder how you guys run Darklands? I'm just running it straight from Win2000 Explorer, using VMDSound. Only problem is that I can't switch applications...
Harry
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Dec 20, 2004
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6505
I haven't tried it on my current system, but on my previous system I could never get Windows to allocate any expanded memory for DOS prompts. Aside from the...
Allan Mills
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Dec 20, 2004
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6506
Q: Who the @#$% is drinking_leprechaun to do a Darklands sequel? ;-) A: I dunno; the best leprechaun currently available? Q: Are you seriously doing...
drinking_leprechaun
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Dec 21, 2004
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6507
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:32:21 -0000, drinking_leprechaun ... You didn't join till 12-30-03? Seems like you've been here forever... R -- ...
Robert Beveridge
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Dec 21, 2004
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Robert Beveridge <xterminal@g...> wrote: You didn't join till 12-30-03? Seems like you've been here forever... R Robert: Am a newbie! Seems longer cause I can...
drinking_leprechaun
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... Seems like you always been here, holmes. I for one look hugely forward to Darktimes :) And, btw, merry christmas/happy new years :) stay safe. just a...
Deth
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Dec 22, 2004
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6510
Definitely agree. Another tactic I use to increase weapon skills is to have 2 fighters with high skill engage the front (hopefully blocking the other thugs),...
Harry
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Dec 23, 2004
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6511
Ok so a little while back i cleaned out my whole system and I put a small partition of one of my drives for Win98SE so i could play my games. I know to be...
Jeff Traikoff
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Dec 23, 2004
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6512
We seriously need a better name for this remake in progress. The current one - "darktimes" - seems absurdly cheezy. It lacks both historical place (i.e....
ronmlosey
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Dec 23, 2004
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6513
... Ah, we're of equal minds here. I tried having the less skilled folks do vulnerable attacks, but that did not seem to work very well. The only problem with...
merle
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Dec 23, 2004
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6514
... Uhm... no. ;-) "Darklands 2: The Legend of Gunther's Gold". (no again, of course...) Merle...
merle
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Dec 23, 2004
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6515
... From: "merle" <merle-darklands@...> To: <darklands@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 4:42 AM Subject: [darklands] Re: Rumble...
Allan Mills
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Dec 23, 2004
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6516
I've always thought that we should call the sequel/remake 'Hinterlands'.. Then it keeps the flavor of the original, with a touch of mystery... or something.. ...
Philip Riley
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Dec 24, 2004
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6517
Well, I just downloaded DOSBox 0.63 and it seems to work like a charm! Also solved the sound-card problems I had running straight from Windows with VMDSound -...
Harry
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Dec 24, 2004
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6518
Seeing as I dare say it's only going to be freeware (?) then calling it "The Dark Lands" shouldn't be an issue... Greg ... From: "ronmlosey"...
Greg Woodstock
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Dec 24, 2004
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6519
You didn't make the mistake of formatting your C: (aka boot) drive in NTFS did you? Greg ... From: "Jeff Traikoff" <jtraik@...> To:...
Greg Woodstock
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Dec 24, 2004
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6520
What is "Darklands" in German? Bobby Luttrull ... From: merle To: darklands@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:44 AM Subject: [darklands] Re:...
Bobby Luttrull
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Dec 24, 2004
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6521
Not sure, but I don't think it would start in safe mode either then, or at least show a msg. What's the primary OS, XP? Did you try Win98 before installing XP...
Harry
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