Just a quick post today of an advert I spotted for the first Longbow game in the August 1996 PC Format:-
Also, I had a request for a scan of the C64 Ultima 1 Reference Card which is now sat on the downloads page.
This is a review of Crusader No Regret from the October 1996 PC Gamer. The reviewer gets it spot on for me bringing attention to the lack of major changes to the original but not minding a bit:-
Also from the same magazine, a full-page ad for Privateer 2:-
Talking about trips worth taking, this blog will be going transcontinental in a months time as I travel to Austin for the week of GDC Online. Not sure how much blogging will get done but there should be plenty of Origin adventures to be had.
This post is something of a novelty for this site in that it contains scans of one of most positive Wing Commander reviews you are ever likely to read, despite appearing in a UK gaming magazine (PC Review December 1996). This should go a small way toward redressing the journalistic balance on here. It still takes a potshot at Wing Commander 4 in the early paragraphs but describes Privateer 2 as “…probably the most polished PC game ever, and the most rewarding, ambitious and addictive computer game for a few years.” It also includes a short interview with Erin Roberts on the final page.
It’s only been 2 days since the last one but I was persuaded that there was a need for Ultima 9 support and have uploaded a new version of the Ultima Patcher. This adds the new Forgotten World mod, as well as an easier way to change screen resolution and swap between Glide/D3D. I’ve also put in the monster/economy and dialog patches which people may or may not prefer to the vanilla experience.
A couple of things to note:-
Courtesy of Escapade, here is a review of the first Crusader from the January 1996 Edge magazine. It was never my favourite gaming mag but they are very positive about Crusader describing it as proof that PC games can achieve a complexity and intelligence rarely matched on console:-
