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Article #709932Re: Daggerfall now FREE
From: Justin H.
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:09
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:09
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Jonathan Ellis wrote: > "Nostromo" <nos...@forme.org> wrote in message > news:umlf55h345bvr9gg93oieo3bk6g2ujighr@4ax.com... >> Thus spake "Jonah Falcon" <jonah...@mindspring.com>, Fri, 10 Jul 2009 >> 16:35:24 -0400, Anno Domini: >> >>> "Andrew Rybenkov" <aryb...@gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:h37r0k$fpc$1@news.eternal-september.org... >>>>> before, you can now find out for free. Bethesda is making Daggerfall >>>>> available as a free 150MB download. >>>>> >>>>> Check it out - some love Daggerfall over Morrowind and Oblivion due to >>>>> the >>>>> massive scope and the freedom of character generation. >>>>> >>>>> Link: http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm >>>>> >>>> never played it, and decided to download it. >>>> Good before it I checked screenshots (at MobyGames) - butt-ugly pixel >>>> mess. >>>> Not forgivable for that year really. >>>> As someone wrote (at MobyGames): "Is it a pixel in your pocket, or you >>>> just glad to see me?" >>>> Indeed. No wonder Tomb Raider smashed the market. >>> It wasn't pixelated when I first played - I played on a 13" CRT monitor. >> Now yer just boasting Jonah & we all know the truth don't we? >;-p > > Importantly: > > Does this version of Daggerfall run on Windows, with or without DOSbox? > > If so, which versions of Windows? XP? 98? NT? Windows 7? Vista? > > If not, what tweaking needs to be done, to make it work "out of the box" as > it were? There are instructions available from the download page on how to set up DOSBox for the game. Justin H.
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