I found this game today in New Orleans at a thrift store. I had never heard of it. Has anyone?

Wrath of the Gods

I've never heard of it JB but it sure received good ratings! Are you going to play it or is it sealed and new?

Ana

JB...

I never heard of it before...Sorry

Here's a bit more info. And here's even more. It's an older game. Looks intriguing through.

Hi Ana. It is used and in great condition. Yes I will play it eventually.

Thanks Becky...

JB the screenshots looks very good...My only problem is that the game was released in 1994 Noway will it play on my fussy computer

I have it. I haven't tried to load it up yet but I'm looking forward to it.

I'm playing a game from 1994 right now--Death Gate. One of the best adventures ever!!! And it plays perfectly in DOSBox on Windows XP. DOSBox is one of the greatest gifts to computer gamers ever!

But I digress.

Back to Wrath of the Gods; I believe that it can still be ordered online here:

WRATH OF THE GODS HOMEPAGE

No idea if it's a bear to get running, but you can email the designer from there, and I'm sure he would be willing to answer questions about Windows XP compatibility. I'll give it a whirl one of these days and will also try my Windows ME computer.

Are you running it on compatibility mode?

I haven't tried to get Wrath of the Gods running yet, Butcher. I'll certainly try compatibility mode when I do.

I've got it too = will have to try it out with XP (keeping fingers crossed). I think I got it after I read about it on this gameboomer thread .

I have Wrath of the Gods. It is one of my favorite older games really fun. I've played it several times on one of my older computers. Don't know if it works on xp. Another favorite game of mine is Golden gate. Really worth playing. Don't remember having any trouble playing either of these games. Diane

Hey John Boy~

I played this game several years ago, and it was a kick! But then I collect as many FMV games as I can, so call me crazy, lol. It was cheezy and that made it fun for me. I hope you get a chance to play it and make up your own mind, let us know what you think.

Marci

Agreed, Death Gate is one of the best games I've ever played. And I have Wrath of the Gods as well, but never played it. I wonder if the one they're selling now is the same as the one from 1994 or if it's a reissue...

Hi

All this talk of games like Death Gate will send me rushing to my oldie stack even faster !!

They are all SO good

Cheers.

Mad

Glad you guys agree that Death Gate is a great game. For anyone else reading this, here's a review of the game:



DEATH GATE REVIEW

I'm just as enthusiastic about this game as Ray.

Darleen, hi,



One word: DOSBox

Regards,
MetzO'Magic

Hi everybody,

I'm bringing this thread back up to the top, to say that I installed Wrath of the Gods on Windows ME today and it's running perfectly. I realize that doesn't answer the big question of whether it runs on Windows XP or not, but it's something, anyway. It's NOT a DOS game.

Nickie, the way it looks kind of reminds me of The Crystal Skull, in the sense that what you have is live-action-video people against static backgrounds. I'm enjoying it so far. And, even though you do learn about Greek mythology in a reasonably straightforward manner, it has the same campy feel to it as Crystal Skull and is just slightly goofy.

Thanks Marian - it's moved up in the pile. Campy is a good thing!

Hi

The Crystal Skull !!

What a hoot - with all the Americanisms

Cheers.

Mad

It's a Windows 3.1 game. Some Windows 3.1 games apparently work in DOSBox, but I don't see this one listed.

There is also a Mac version, for some pre-OSX version of MacOS.

That's very true, Jenny; DOSBox does support Windows 3.1 now, so maybe the game would run that way. I don't know.

One thing I've been wondering lately is if Panic in the Park would run in DOSBox; that was a Windows 3.1 game, too, and being able to finish it on a later version of Windows requires a hex edit. But further research/information is needed.

I don't know, Marian. I think using the hex edit would be easier for Panic in the Park, since it seems to be only that one place at the shuffleboard that causes everyone problems. According to this
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9405
you need a copy of Windows 3.1 to use a Windows 3.1 game in DOSBox. So it's not like playing a DOS game in DOSBox. It's more like playing a game in Virtual PC, where you have to install the OS you want inside the virtual machine before you can use it.

Right. I did realize that you need Windows 3.1 to run games in DOSBox, but I certainly didn't make that clear in my note. I haven't tackled that yet (finding Windows 3.1 to install is a plan I have for the future).

Back to Wrath of the Gods--one website where I read a review of the game said it did support Windows NT. So, maybe the game will run in XP. I'll check it out myself one of these days (my XP computer is down for a few days).

Unlike you, I did not realize that you needed Windows 3.1 to play windows games in DOSBox until I found that Vogons thread I linked to above. I'd heard you could play Windows 3.1 games in DOSBox, but I'd assumed that Windows 3.1 was emulated the way DOS is emulated.

I don't know if Wrath of the Gods will run in XP natively. Let us know the result if you try it.

Would I be right in suggesting that running Win95 in a virtual machine (Virtual PC, or VirtualBox under some form of linux) might do quite well with DOS and Windows 3.1 games? Windows 95 is afterall, based upon DOS.

Gremlin