Includes Crystals of Arborea, Ishar: Legend of the Fortress, Ishar 2: Messengers of Doom and Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity
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It's currently 60% off for another day and available for $2.99 if you wanted to grab a compilation of all 4 Ishar games. Crystals of Arborea is not technically an Ishar game(?), but is a precursor to it.
The game is also available on Atari ST and Amiga. Does anyone know if there's any major differences between the platforms?
I'll post more about configuration when I get it setup.
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Do you have any idea whether my money will go to the original developers if I buy the game? I'm thinking of buying it because $2.99 makes me even pity, but if no money is going to the original developers I'll still pirate it lel
Do you have any idea whether my money will go to the original developers if I buy the game? I'm thinking of buying it because $2.99 makes me even pity, but if no money is going to the original developers I'll still pirate it lel
I have no idea, sorry. If I had to guess, the money probably goes to DotEmu: https://www.dotemu.com/ but they seem to just publish old games, so, maybe?
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DotEmu also seemed to have changed hands a few times. I assume the only way to clear this up would be through sending some emails.
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Yeah, same. I had a 22 inch Viewsonic from back in the day which was great for everything from CAD work to gaming, but it had one of the armatures fail. I contacted Viewsonic, it was only around a couple hundred bucks to have it fixed, but I had to ship it across the country which was going to cost a ridiculous amount (it weighed 70lbs) so like an idiot, I just picked up a flat screen. They are superior monitors, especially for being able to handle different resolutions. Should have ponied up the cash.
Yeah, same. I had a 22 inch Viewsonic from back in the day which was great for everything from CAD work to gaming, but it had one of the armatures fail. I contacted Viewsonic, it was only around a couple hundred bucks to have it fixed, but I had to ship it across the country which was going to cost a ridiculous amount (it weighed 70lbs) so like an idiot, I just picked up a flat screen. They are superior monitors, especially for being able to handle different resolutions. Should have ponied up the cash.
I have a few in storage. They'll all eventually die and there's almost no one left to fix them. Shipping one thousands of miles away for repair is a recipe for disaster.
Love CRTs, mostly to pair with old computers, but also great to run DOSBox, WinUAE and other emuls.
I got gifted VTMR so I'm playing it first. This seems to be rather short so I hope to finish it this month. To anyone curious why I don't seem to finish these, HQ stuff cuts heavily into time I used for playing video games. And I'm just bad at finishing games.
Completed, will post screenshots tomorrow.
The game is very short and can be completed in 4-5 hours where you will mostly be struggling with the UI and the lack of healing.
Make sure to spec into agility for your ranger/warriors or else they are completely useless.
I like the aesthetic of the game, but the lack of audio other than combat hits is off-putting. Took me about 2-3 hours to complete, which was enough. Any longer and it'd have really worn out its welcome.
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My team.
My overworld map. Looks like I got lucky and three of the crystals spawned top-side. Really easy to grab. Had to use a pencil and paper to find my way through the cave to the last gem, which was charming.
Ready to face the big bad.
Or not. The game bugged and I walked straight through him into the tower.
