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General discussion (archive)Can we have Wizardry 1-8 and STARS! on Gog?(23 posts)(23 posts)
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Posted February 06, 2012
Like the title says, can we? Is this the right place to ask?

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizardry ] Wizardry: Classic turn-based RPG [/url]

: Long neglected but utterly awesome 4X game. [url=http://wiki.starsautohost.org/wiki/Main_Page]See the STARS! Wiki and Stars! FAQ for more info
Post edited February 06, 2012 by Ion_Zone
Posted February 06, 2012
Stars! is a Windows 3.1 program. This means it can't run on 64-bit Windows, which means GOG would have to distribute Windows 3.1 with the game so they can get it running with DOSBox (and they most certainly cannot do that).

However, if you have a copy of Windows XP ready, you should have no problems installing it there; I didn't. 32-bit Vista or 7 might also work, but I haven't tested that.
Posted February 06, 2012
When I read "STARS"

This was the first thing I thought of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxXVE-UKIs
Posted February 06, 2012
I would much rather see the never released but (almost) done sequel to stars: Stars Supernova genesis. *sighs* Oh SSG, we had such high hopes for you.
Posted February 06, 2012
Yes I want Wizardry but it's not very likely.
Posted February 06, 2012
what,no daily dose?
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Roman5: When I read "STARS"

This was the first thing I thought of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxXVE-UKIs
Posted February 06, 2012
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l0rdtr3k: what,no daily dose?
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Roman5: When I read "STARS"

This was the first thing I thought of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxXVE-UKIs
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l0rdtr3k:
Haha, you thought I would let you and this thread off without the daily dose?

You wish, The doctor is in and the daily dose is administered
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Posted February 06, 2012
like my daily dose of trolling on Facebook.
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l0rdtr3k: what,no daily dose?
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Roman5: Haha, you thought I would let you and this thread off without the daily dose?

You wish, The doctor is in and the daily dose is administered
Posted February 06, 2012
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Roman5: You wish, The doctor is in and the daily dose is administered
Time to update it, Thief and Deus Ex are in the voice bubble.
Posted February 06, 2012
You can have "The Ultimate Wizardry Archives" at Amazon for only $99.95 = )

http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Wizardry-Archives-Pc/dp/B00001QEP9/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328569098&sr=8-1

But beware Wizardy games are very very hard with permanent death. And if you want to play Wizardy 2 and 3 you have to import from Wizardry 1.
Post edited February 06, 2012 by Paingiver
Posted February 06, 2012
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Ion_Zone: : Long neglected but utterly awesome 4X game. [url=http://wiki.starsautohost.org/wiki/Main_Page]See the STARS! Wiki and Stars! FAQ for more info
Stars! is awesome. Still play it because it works fine in Wine.

Have been seriously considering making a (cross platform, open source) Stars! clone..
Posted February 06, 2012
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Roman5: When I read "STARS"

This was the first thing I thought of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxXVE-UKIs
I my case it was:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgmFDjA8lxU
Posted February 06, 2012
I do think Stars! could be made to work on 64 bit Windows with the right emulator. There must be one out there! After all, if we can emulate old 8-bit consoles and DOS on Windows, surely there is a way to emulate Windows 3.1? (or run Stars! in DOS mode somehow?)

I second Stars! Supernova. It would have been awesome. Oh, if only they hadn't sold the rights to a company that bought them purely to stop development so that they could release some crappy game of their own that nobody remembers. :P
Post edited February 06, 2012 by Ion_Zone
Posted February 06, 2012
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Roman5: You wish, The doctor is in and the daily dose is administered
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kodeen: Time to update it, Thief and Deus Ex are in the voice bubble.
I'll update it when GOG fixes the wishlist

or Releases Morrowind ;)
Posted February 07, 2012
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Ion_Zone: I do think Stars! could be made to work on 64 bit Windows with the right emulator. There must be one out there! After all, if we can emulate old 8-bit consoles and DOS on Windows, surely there is a way to emulate Windows 3.1? (or run Stars! in DOS mode somehow?)

I second Stars! Supernova. It would have been awesome. Oh, if only they hadn't sold the rights to a company that bought them purely to stop development so that they could release some crappy game of their own that nobody remembers. :P
What game was that? I can seriously not remember it (and yes that was a serious question).



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Ion_Zone: : Long neglected but utterly awesome 4X game. [url=http://wiki.starsautohost.org/wiki/Main_Page]See the STARS! Wiki and Stars! FAQ for more info
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xyem: Stars! is awesome. Still play it because it works fine in Wine.

Have been seriously considering making a (cross platform, open source) Stars! clone..
That would be absolutely amazing! Please do tell us if you create one.


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Paingiver: You can have "The Ultimate Wizardry Archives" at Amazon for only $99.95 = )

http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Wizardry-Archives-Pc/dp/B00001QEP9/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328569098&sr=8-1

But beware Wizardy games are very very hard with permanent death. And if you want to play Wizardy 2 and 3 you have to import from Wizardry 1.
I got that collection for 1€+postage last summer ;)
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