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Graphic novels can be pretty graphic.



<span class="bold">Noctropolis</span>, a FMV adventure game about living out your comic book nightmares, is available now DRM-free on GOG.com with GOG Galaxy achievements and a 50% launch discount.

It's closing time at the bookstore. In the dimly-lit room, a strange figure lurks crouched on the creaky floor. It's the owner, Peter Grey. Suddenly, he leaps over the counter, dashes across the room, then throws a hefty cooking tome on an unsuspecting table lamp. BANG! The store goes completely dark - another successful mission for "Darksheer". But when Peter gets magically sucked inside his hero's comic-book world, he quickly realises darkness can be as perilous as it is alluring.

The legendary Darksheer has gone missing and now Peter must don the cape of his idol and clean up the everdark streets of Noctropolis in his place. For in the persistent shadows an evil plot is unfolding, threatening to consume this city of eternal darkness. Thankfully, what Peter lacks in KAPOW! he makes up for in *lightbulb* as he sets out to point, click, and talk his way to the truth. And maybe, eventually, back to the real world.

This version of the game comes with improved mouse and keyboard support, gameplay enhancements which remove dead-ends, plus numerous technical fixes. It also includes a remastered in-game soundtrack and a downloadable copy of the original Comic Book!



Open the latest issue and venture into the ominous streets of <span class="bold">Noctropolis</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com. The 50% discount will last until January 26, 1:59 PM GMT.
All these people having never heard of it! I obviously didn't tout it loud or long enough around here!
Now a game from 1994 without WinXP or Linux support. -.-°
Nightdive could at least include the original Dos version to let people make it run on WinXP and Linux themselves.
Post edited January 22, 2016 by Klumpen0815
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eiii: Could you please at least also provide the original DOS version together with the remade version of the game?
You would have to ask Night Dive Studios about that. I'm only a contractor for them.
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Klumpen0815: Now a game from 1994 without WinXP or Linux support. -.-°
Nightdive could at least include the original Dos version to let people make it run on WinXP and Linux themselves.
On the matter of Windows XP, you're asking a developer to support a OS going on nearly 15 years and stopped being supported many moons ago. Should I ask for a port to Windows 2000 or Fedora 1 while we're at it?

Linux on the other hand is a matter of choosing a codebase to support. As for DOS, sure, that's easy. Nag them about that if you want.
Hooray! One of the obscure games that I voted for on the Community Wishlist was actually brought to GOG!

*Buys*

Now to wait for Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist!
Gratuitous Nudity needs to be the title of the gogmix for this game.
Awesome release.Sold!
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ShadowWulfe: Was waiting for the GOG release, I wonder what percentage of buyers were not so patient.
I wasn't patient. I bought on steam ages ago. But of course I didn't play it again on steam (who has time).

Now I'll snap it up here.

One of the few games I have completed. Back the days when time was more abundant than money :)
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IAmSinistar: Fuck yes. I knew there were rumours that this was in the works to come to GOG, glad to see it here at last! Now I can safely put away my CD edition.
Does that mean you caved and bought another game?
I've seen a lot of people ask for the original, does that mean this game can't be WINEd and dined?
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deonast: Does that mean you caved and bought another game?
Yes, it does. I have an exception in place for long-awaited old games, especially if they debut with a nice discount. I already own this one in physical media, so it's more like buying a version that is ready to go on a modern OS than a whole new game.
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airnmusic: Interesting, never heard of this one but it looks like something I´d like.

Is it anyway similar to Phantasmagoria and stuff like that? Gameplay-wise, I mean.
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drealmer7: Phantasmagoria is an easy-cake adventure in my opinion. There's no challenge to it and the story is just mediocre relying on shock value (but hey, Phantasmagoria is still enjoyable, just nothing to "write home about.")

Noctropolis has lots and lots of locations, items, characters, and a very interesting story and is waayyyyyyyyyy better than Phantasmagoria (and most other adventure games), imo.

I have no idea how back in the day it didn't get more notice, while things like Phantasmagoria and Tex Muprhy did. I can only imagine it was marketing, because this beats ANY Tex Murphy game in its greatness too.
Thanks for the info, got me more interested on this. Will definitely check it out. ;)
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Klumpen0815: Now a game from 1994 without WinXP or Linux support. -.-°
Nightdive could at least include the original Dos version to let people make it run on WinXP and Linux themselves.
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Darvond: On the matter of Windows XP, you're asking a developer to support a OS going on nearly 15 years and stopped being supported many moons ago. Should I ask for a port to Windows 2000 or Fedora 1 while we're at it?

Linux on the other hand is a matter of choosing a codebase to support. As for DOS, sure, that's easy. Nag them about that if you want.
Seriously, making DosBox packages for Linux and WinXP wouldn't be any problem, but Nightdive is sitting on the rights for the original version and seems to lock it away for some reason. You'd expect a company buying the rights of old games to not make them (the original games) unavailable, right?
Post edited January 22, 2016 by Klumpen0815
Thanks for adding this game to the catalog. I just voted on the wishlist for Noctropolis a couple months ago but thought it was too obscure a game to be added here anytime soon. Looks like I was wrong to underestimate the Gogmakers !
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TomNook: Gratuitous Nudity needs to be the title of the gogmix for this game.
there's no gratuitous nudity in this game. There's a pair of boobs for about 1 second once in the entire game.
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awalterj: Thanks for adding this game to the catalog. I just voted on the wishlist for Noctropolis a couple months ago but thought it was too obscure a game to be added here anytime soon. Looks like I was wrong to underestimate the Gogmakers !
They announced it was going to release here back in June I think, so I've had this waiting anticipation of building frustration for it for MONTHS. and finally: RELEASE! AHHhhhh! It feels good, like a weight lifted, a load dropped.
Post edited January 22, 2016 by drealmer7