GAMEBOOMERS provides you with all the latest PC adventure computer games information, forum, walkthroughs, reviews and news.

GB Reviews

Latest & Upcoming Adventure Games

GB Annual Game Lists

GB Interviews

BAAGS

GB @ acebook

About Us

Walkthroughs

free games galore

Game Publishers & Developers

World of Adventure

Patches

GB @ witter

GameBoomers Store

Print Thread
blacstone chronicles #1126894
10/02/17 10:54 AM
10/02/17 10:54 AM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,101
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
dorish Offline OP
Addicted Boomer
dorish  Offline OP
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,101
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Does anyone know where I can download this from a safe site?

Doreen

Re: blacstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126895
10/02/17 10:58 AM
10/02/17 10:58 AM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,230
near Yosemite
Marian Offline
Global Moderator
Marian  Offline
Global Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,230
near Yosemite
As far as I know, it's not available for download. wave

Re: blacstone chronicles [Re: Marian] #1126896
10/02/17 11:05 AM
10/02/17 11:05 AM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,101
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
dorish Offline OP
Addicted Boomer
dorish  Offline OP
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,101
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
I saw it for download when I went into Google, but I didn't know any of the sites. One was called good-old games--not GOG. Is this a point and click game? Is there anywhere I can buy it?

Doreen

Re: blacstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126901
10/02/17 11:35 AM
10/02/17 11:35 AM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,230
near Yosemite
Marian Offline
Global Moderator
Marian  Offline
Global Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,230
near Yosemite
There are no legitimate sites where you can download the game.

You can find the game selling on eBay as well as places like Amazon Marketplace sellers.

Some folks have been able to get it to run properly on newer systems and others have difficulties, so no guarantees there unless you have an older computer to play it on. It seems to have a problem on Windows 7, for example, because it uses an old version of QuickTime and the "latest" QuickTime isn't fully backward compatible.

It is point and click. wave

Re: blacstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126904
10/02/17 11:51 AM
10/02/17 11:51 AM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,270
In the Naughty Corner
BrownEyedTigre Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
BrownEyedTigre  Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,270
In the Naughty Corner
Ditto what Marian said. Downloading from any of the sites offering it, is illegal. You can try to see if anyone is willing to part with theirs in the Trading Post or purchase off Ebay. I doubt it will run for you on any modern machine though.

Ana wave


Don't feed the Trolls
Re: blacstone chronicles [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #1126905
10/02/17 11:58 AM
10/02/17 11:58 AM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,230
near Yosemite
Marian Offline
Global Moderator
Marian  Offline
Global Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,230
near Yosemite
We have a couple of people on the Glitches forum telling us that it runs on their Windows 10 systems, which is a surprise to me. Not sure why this would be, but there you have it. laugh

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126906
10/02/17 11:58 AM
10/02/17 11:58 AM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Jenny100 Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100  Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
There is an eBay seller who configures old Windows 95/98 games so they run on modern computers. He includes the original game discs as well as a DVD with his custom installer.

He does offer Blackstone Chronicles.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/230863773169

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: Jenny100] #1126907
10/02/17 12:03 PM
10/02/17 12:03 PM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,230
near Yosemite
Marian Offline
Global Moderator
Marian  Offline
Global Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,230
near Yosemite
Thanks, Jenny - I was just remembering that seller before you posted.

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126910
10/02/17 12:54 PM
10/02/17 12:54 PM
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,270
In the Naughty Corner
BrownEyedTigre Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
BrownEyedTigre  Offline
The Sassy Admin and PR Liaison
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 83,270
In the Naughty Corner
I was looking for the seller but couldn't find this game for him! Good sleuthing Jenny!


Don't feed the Trolls
Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: Marian] #1126911
10/02/17 12:54 PM
10/02/17 12:54 PM
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,312
United Kingdom
Mad Offline
Sonic Boomer
Mad  Offline
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,312
United Kingdom
I've bought several games from this site and all work very well !! thumbsup


Time : The Most Precious Commodity
Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: Mad] #1126913
10/02/17 01:27 PM
10/02/17 01:27 PM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,101
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
dorish Offline OP
Addicted Boomer
dorish  Offline OP
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,101
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Thank you all for your help. He is asking 39.95 US plus shipping and handling. Do you think it is worth that much?

Doreen

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126920
10/02/17 02:19 PM
10/02/17 02:19 PM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Jenny100 Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100  Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Originally Posted By: dorish
Thank you all for your help. He is asking 39.95 US plus shipping and handling. Do you think it is worth that much?

You are paying not just for the game discs but also for his expertise in setting up the custom installer. He also offers technical support if you run into problems. If you have a question, he will answer promptly.

It is up to you if you think that's "worth it."

If you are able to set up the game in a Virtual Machine, maybe you can do that. If it completely blows your mind to try to follow instructions like these
***Metzomagic instructions for Virtual PC 2007***
then you're probably not going to be able to set it up yourself and the question becomes
"Do you want to play this game or not?"
"Is it worth $39.95 to you to play this game?"

Only you can answer that question.

So far online shops like GOG and Steam have shown practically zero interest in offering "updated" versions of old QuickTime-driven first person games like Blackstone Chronicles, so don't hold your breath for a download version.

Some of the eBay seller's games are less expensive than $39.95. I suspect the cost has something to do with how difficult it was to create the installer. His "Riddle of the Sphinx" installer was also $39.95.

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126927
10/02/17 02:55 PM
10/02/17 02:55 PM
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 17,998
Chicago
oldbroad Offline
Graduate Boomer
oldbroad  Offline
Graduate Boomer

Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 17,998
Chicago
I've also purchased several games from this seller, including Blackstone Chronicles. At first I wasn't going to because of the cost, but after sleeping on it, I decided it was worth it to ME because I really wanted to play the game again.

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126933
10/02/17 04:28 PM
10/02/17 04:28 PM
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,138
Oakland, Ca.
kazzmo Offline
Addicted Boomer
kazzmo  Offline
Addicted Boomer

Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,138
Oakland, Ca.
The game plays on my Windows 10 computer perfectly. My computer had Windows 8 at purchase, Windows 10 was an on line upgrade. Maybe that makes a difference, I do not know, just thinking out loud.


Brick walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. Give no thought of tomorrow, today was tomorrow and tomorrow will be today.
Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1126942
10/02/17 06:50 PM
10/02/17 06:50 PM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Jenny100 Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100  Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Part of the website for this game is archived ***here*** by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1127079
10/03/17 10:43 PM
10/03/17 10:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 261
Northeast Pa.
S
SCOTTY Offline
Settled Boomer
SCOTTY  Offline
Settled Boomer
S

Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 261
Northeast Pa.
My wife bought this game for me a few years back for Christmas when I had Windows 7 & had no luck what so ever running it. I now have windows 10 but never thought to try it on my new PC. After seeing these posts I will try to run it. I'll let you know how I make out.

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: dorish] #1127082
10/03/17 10:56 PM
10/03/17 10:56 PM
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 17,998
Chicago
oldbroad Offline
Graduate Boomer
oldbroad  Offline
Graduate Boomer

Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 17,998
Chicago
I hope you get to play it SCOTTY. It's a good game!

Re: blackstone chronicles [Re: oldbroad] #1127265
10/05/17 11:40 AM
10/05/17 11:40 AM
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,312
United Kingdom
Mad Offline
Sonic Boomer
Mad  Offline
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 34,312
United Kingdom
I certainly second that !! wave


Time : The Most Precious Commodity
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

Moderated by  BrownEyedTigre, Marian 

Who's Online Now
2 registered members (flotsam, 1 invisible), 261 guests, and 0 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Staff, Mod
Newest Members
PierreLombardo, Dux, WillPowerGoat, Ebalon, J7769mon
9388 Registered Users
Powered by UBB.threads™