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8700
I usually start the game by creating four twenty-year-olds. The first character is my "greeter." She will be female, and will have maximum charisma. Any...
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Jan 4, 2008
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8701
I believe 29 is the best Philosopher's Stone possible. You can get it at University. Alan...
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Jan 4, 2008
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8702
Hello to this list. I've spent the last few days reading archives, and decided to sign up; Darklands is a favorite game of mine that I play for weeks at a...
Ben Glickler
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Jan 4, 2008
2:58 am
8703
... Welcome! ... I used to, but these days it is hard to get even a few hours of gametime in a week. Creating new characters takes me a long time, so the loss...
merle
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Jan 6, 2008
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8704
... I've wondered the same thing about a string buffer overrun. Here's a clarification - the game can get confused about character order. Changing colors when...
Ben Glickler
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Jan 6, 2008
8:03 pm
8705
... Hi! ... I do. If you search a few months back in the archives there were quite a few posts relating to "hardcore" parties. My definition of "hardcore" is ...
Daniel Collins
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Jan 7, 2008
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8706
Dammit! Does *all* flame protection have an invincibility bug?!...
Jeff Donville
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Jan 8, 2008
6:21 pm
8707
It's only supposed to last ~24 hours. -mwirkk :) YBL2 ... From: darklands@yahoogroups.com [mailto:darklands@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Donville Sent:...
Matt Wirkkala
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Jan 8, 2008
7:58 pm
8708
UPDATE: Ever heard of the 'Big one that got away?' Back on Okt.14'07, msg#8460, I mentioned an ongoing thread on the Atari Community Forum that seemed to have...
Matt Wirkkala
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Jan 30, 2008
4:45 am
8709
Off-Topic: For those of us who are interested in Darklands because we're interested in history, here's an AP article you might find interesting: - Berlin dig...
Matt Wirkkala
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Jan 31, 2008
12:18 am
8710
... it too suit your installation directories ... many Thanks for the help above. I have downloaded the game from underdogs and could not get it to run under...
dcallan
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Jan 31, 2008
8:07 pm
8711
Use a front end, like D.O.G. and have 50 DOS game shortcuts in one Desktop shortcut - the shortcut to the front end! :) John ... successfully...
John
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Jan 31, 2008
8:11 pm
8712
Checkout the last paragraph of Atari super-mod X900BattleApple's most recent response. It sorta validates what we've always dreamed of doing here in this...
Matt Wirkkala
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Feb 1, 2008
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8713
Hello everybody, haven't been here in a couple months. Just lurking, as I probably will do once in a while for many years to come. I am mostly interested in...
sultitan
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Feb 3, 2008
3:32 pm
8714
Good to hear from you again, Sultitan! -mwirkk :) YBL2...
Matt Wirkkala
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Feb 4, 2008
1:46 am
8715
... Interesting -- I wonder if all those times I was desperately trying to find a dragon, wandering over and over every pixel, I may have been at the wrong...
merle
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Feb 4, 2008
10:37 pm
8716
... Yes, this is very important for players to know: If you run around for many months without a thing happening, your "dragon time" is either OVER or you are...
sultitan
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Feb 5, 2008
2:22 pm
8717
Looong time lurker. I heard about Darklands about a year before it came out - last century. ;) waited very patiently (most of the time) for it to arrive in the...
David
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Feb 6, 2008
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8718
This may already be known by members of this forum, but I couldn't find it when I was doing searches here. I finally found a fix for it in the DOSBox forums....
bootcloset
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Feb 7, 2008
8:40 pm
8719
I use the D.O.G. front end, so I went to the Memory tab, and DOG had turned off the XMS.... Gosh, I love front ends! :)...
John
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Feb 7, 2008
9:47 pm
8720
Hi everyone I played Darklands in the great "backwhen" days. Some months ago I was surfing through a game site (Classic Games) and found it at a very cheap ...
José Freitas
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Feb 18, 2008
10:22 pm
8721
Hi Jose, Try using DOSBox and a front end called D.O.G. (available from the DOSBox site) and setting the sound to Soundblaster Pro. Also find 'Install.exe' and...
John
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Feb 18, 2008
10:36 pm
8722
... Done!! Thanks, John. All is well. I've also consulted the DOSbox commands ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
José Freitas
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Feb 19, 2008
4:31 pm
8723
Hi, I was reading an FAQ that mentioned relics that can be donated to cathedrals for reputation as well as a few relics that can be weilded as weapons. Where...
hevey
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Feb 19, 2008
9:21 pm
8724
Saving merchant caravans in the wilderness is the best way. Greg. ... From: "hevey" <dhevey1@...> To: <darklands@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday,...
Greg Woodstock
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Feb 19, 2008
11:44 pm
8725
The way you get relics is from the type of mine mission were the dwarves are being forced out of their homes by some sort of infernal invasion. ... [Non-text...
Carl Howard
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Feb 20, 2008
3:42 pm
8726
No, I'm pretty sure there is always one or two at the templar fortress. It's been a while since I played but I'm pretty certain they are always in a specific...
Allan Mills
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Feb 28, 2008
4:13 am
8727
I was going to say the same thing that Allan did, but my memory is vague, and the cluebook did not mention relics there. I thought there were two or three to...
merle
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Feb 29, 2008
3:01 am
8728
... Not sure there's an ultimate. However, you can generate a very powerful alchemist if you are prepared to make sacrifices to his utility. I would go...
tristan_list
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Feb 29, 2008
5:18 pm
8729
Hi all, When I look at the saved games list (at the beginning of the game, where you can choose to start a new group, continue the story or delete a saved...
Rachel Kronick
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Mar 1, 2008
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