Once you get past Apogee and Epic titles you tend to end up with more bad than good. RPGs in particular tend to not be so good shareware-wise.dosgames sitetoo much share/shovelware and too many instances where they're one and the same on that site.they have a lot of weird games on that site.
Ultima clone #3697What game was this again?
I was trying to find the b/w macintosh pics of Shard of Spring & Demon's Winter, if any, and this was in the search engine but didn't link correctly.
The text in your screenshot says "Your journey continues in the realm of Hera!" so I simply googled "Realm of Hera CRPG" and found a post by CRPG Addict playing an Ultima clone named Hera:What game was this again?
I was trying to find the b/w macintosh pics of Shard of Spring & Demon's Winter, if any, and this was in the search engine but didn't link correctly.
You should have posted the original cover as well.
Der Druidenzirkel, some shitty attic RPG/adventure.
It's the infamous Druid: Daemons of the mind, one of the nails in Sir-Tech coffin.
And here we have the simple answer to the age old question: Why did Sirtech go bankrupt?
Did you know, I bought that version with the fugly fucker and the game did NOT work? It was fucking borked right off the bat. And funny, later when I bought a boxed wizardry 8 it had two of the second disc but didn't have the first disc. The rest of the package was fine. And because I bought it and shelved it for a year before opening it (HEY! It was fucking only $5 on sale), I couldn't return it.
Fucking Sir Tech fuckery production.
The chick version looks better. Not sure why they thought bobble-fucking head was a good cover.
Lol the German distributors saw this and straight up said "Yeah we're not gonna use that cover. Here's what we'll do: half-naked barbarian chick, sinister wizard dude, spaceship and ancient ruins in the background. Got it?"You should have posted the original cover as well.
Der Druidenzirkel, some shitty attic RPG/adventure.
It's the infamous Druid: Daemons of the mind, one of the nails in Sir-Tech coffin.
It is an Award Winning Software.Anybody know much about this game:
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Is it a cRPG or adventure? It's published by Paragon Software so would be more an adventure game?
Lol the German distributors saw this and straight up said "Yeah we're not gonna use that cover. Here's what we'll do: half-naked barbarian chick, sinister wizard dude, spaceship and ancient ruins in the background. Got it?"You should have posted the original cover as well.
Der Druidenzirkel, some shitty attic RPG/adventure.
It's the infamous Druid: Daemons of the mind, one of the nails in Sir-Tech coffin.
Higher quality version of that top tier box art:
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WARNING!!!
Before going through with the game launching I advise the use of the crack as the game uses the "Starforce Protection" which is a known harmful DRM that can break your system. Under no circumstances allow yourself to launch the game and install the Starforce driver. You've been warned!! Also be wary of other games that use the same Protection.
Do you refer to the link in the review on archive.org? The part that says "Download and start the SFREMOVE utility application (https://www.star-force.com/support/sfdrvrem.zip) and wait for it to remove the Starforce protection from the computer." ?Seems link from archive for starforce removal is borked. Maybe this page is better? https://www.star-force.com/support/drivers/
Anyone care to risk it on this game?
Finally found these pics.On the topic of Dawn of Magic - I remember that when it released, the gaming magazines hyped it up something fierce and it was the hottest thing of the month thanks to the unique mechanic of changing your character's appearance based on the most commonly used magic type.