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Article #709934Re: Daggerfall now FREE
From: Jonathan Ellis
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:41
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:41
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"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? Jonathan.
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