Need help choosing!
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Hi, everyone. I've been too busy to show up here for quite some time, and in the mean while I've been scouting eBay for good old classic games (both adventure and dark-side stuff). On the adventure side, I've netted Prisoner of Ice Broken Sword 1 and 2 Full Throttle Gabriel Knight 1, 2 and 3 Phantasmagoria 2 Sanitarium Larry 1-6 King's Quest 1-6 The Darkness Within 1 and 2 So...where should I start? Which one of these do you people like the best?
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/22/12 02:58 PM
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Hi, My choice would be *Sanitarium* first... Its a VERY Great game to me....
Luv Dar
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/22/12 03:03 PM
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Here is my opinion... 1. Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within 2. Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh 3. Sanitarium 4 & 5. Darkness Within 1 & 2 6. Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Sacred Blood of the Damned 7. Broken Sword 1 You could skip the rest
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/22/12 03:24 PM
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King's Quest 6 Gabriel Knight 2 Sanitarium I'd start with those.
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/22/12 07:19 PM
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First? Broken Sword 1 & 2!
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/23/12 04:02 AM
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Sanitarium actually runs without a hitch. Just that strange "palette" problem that all old games have with Win 7, but it's no more than an annoyance. And yes, it's the physical boxed version that I got... Gabriel Knight 1, however, I just can't seem to get to work.
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/23/12 07:09 AM
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Becky's right: I remember the fiasco when players started to complain about their CDs breaking IN their CD drive. That's why I bought the GOG version of Sanitarium for my Win7 machine. Good game, though!
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/23/12 11:28 AM
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My 2 bits worth..
1) Sanitarium 2) Gabriel Knight 2
3) Broken Sword 1 and 2
$) the resr any order but I'd do 1,2, and 3 first
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/23/12 12:01 PM
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" Gabriel Knight 1, however, I just can't seem to get to work. " Drizzt .... There are "installers" on the Sierra Help Pages and there should be one there that will work for you
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/23/12 03:36 PM
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Yes, it's one of those old-fashioned boxes. Thanks for the warning! Maybe I should just get it on GOG then. Mad, what Sierra Help Pages are you referring to? I thought Sierra was dead and buried? Edit: Oh, on GOG, I see.
Last edited by Drizzt; 05/23/12 03:36 PM.
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/23/12 06:40 PM
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I would play them in this order: Gabriel Knight 3 Gabriel Knight 2 The Darkness Within 1 Phantasmagoria 2 Gabriel Knight 1 Broken Sword 1 and 2 The Darkness Within 2 I could not play Sanitarium, I gave up whilst lost in the asylum as it depressed me. Perhaps I should give it another go. Maybe I was not in the right frame of mind or I had other big games crying for me to play them, not sure. I have not played the other games. (What? I am still a Shy Boomer with 50 posts after 4 years? Dear me, I will forever remain a Shy Boomer!)
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/23/12 09:00 PM
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The first installer on THIS page might do the trick for you Drizzt EDIT : I see now that rmt has given you an address too !! Sorry, I should have read all this thread first
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/24/12 08:53 AM
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Well, you have to work long and hard to reduce that shyness. I suspect that it will melt away faster than you think. (Assuming you don't take a loooong break.)
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/24/12 11:01 AM
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Wow, those are quite a few installers! I will take a look at them tonight. Has anyone used the GK2 installer and got it to work? I just get a "Not found. Please reinstall" after I installed the game.
Last edited by Drizzt; 05/24/12 12:07 PM.
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Re: Need help choosing!
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05/24/12 04:32 PM
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I've successfully used the installers for both GK1 and GK2 to get them running in WinXP - but I downloaded them many moons ago. I don't know what could be happening for you, Drizzt Maybe a visit to the Glitches Board would help ??
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