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Beneath a Steel Sky

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  • 03-01-2005 4:32pm
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    hamster
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    Any Boarders playing any Adventure clickie games at the moment?

    I dug out "Beneath a Steel Sky" and it looks like a right classic. I'm using ScummVM 0.70 for this.


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    Stephen
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    For those who don't yet know - you can legally download a free copy of beneath a steel sky to play with ScummVM

    get it here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scummvm/BASS-CD.zip?download
    (67mb)


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    Waltons
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    I heart that game....


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    hamster
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    Stephen wrote:
    For those who don't yet know - you can legally download a free copy of beneath a steel sky to play with ScummVM

    get it here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scummvm/BASS-CD.zip?download
    (67mb)

    Yep, thats where I got it. It's talkie version and is quite good. Anyone play this when it was first released... on Amiga or PC? Its supposed to be a huge game with well over a 100 screens in it.


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    RobertFoster
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    yeah, it's a great game - one of my favourites ;)


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    hamster
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    Which version did you have - Amiga or PC? Both can work on ScummVm (use the Amiga flag).

    I never played it on the Amiga but as far as I can tell there are 15 floppies for it (not the CD32 version). At least it's now harddrive installable.

    But the PC version seems fine....

    Just a thought... lure of the temptress was also released by the same team and also available for free download from the underdogs.


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    steviec
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    I bought this game a few years ago after loving the first Broken Sword and hearing that it was by the same developers, I couldn't get it to run on my PC though :(
    Must try this version..


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    Scratch Acid
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    Lure of the Temptress is pretty cool...weird-ass game though...


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    hamster
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    steviec wrote:
    I bought this game a few years ago after loving the first Broken Sword and hearing that it was by the same developers, I couldn't get it to run on my PC though :(
    Must try this version..

    Steviec,

    You could try the Amiga version using Winuae (15 floppy version -> hardfile) or use the CD32 version via google. Or get the file from scummVm (as per Stephen's link) which should definitely work. Music, Voice it all works fine.

    Here's a nice ingame shot where I am now. I like my sidekick joey. :)


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    Retr0gamer
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    He's not yet captain welder. That part of the game annoyed me. Don't know how many times I heard the WD40 jokes before i finally found what I was supposed to be looking for.
    Untitled Image




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    Squall
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    Retr0gamer wrote:
    He's not yet captain welder. That part of the game annoyed me. Don't know how many times I heard the WD40 jokes before i finally found what I was supposed to be looking for.

    Great game that. Real noddle scratcher sometimes, dont make um like they used to :)


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    monument
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    The screen shot just reminds of how old the game is.

    I'm going back to adventure games (well, a new one I cant remember the name of) once I finish KOTOR (the first one - after giving it a good run in the last week, I'm nearing the end now).


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    Stephen
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    If you're into adventure games, I highly recommend the latest broken sword game - The Sleeping Dragon. They made the move to 3D but the game hasn't lost anything through it. You should be able to pick it up pretty cheaply by now.


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    Deadwing
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    Only played BASS once, i was more a monkey island man myself.

    'how appropriate, you fight like a cow'. Legend :D


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    RobertFoster
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    Stephen wrote:
    If you're into adventure games, I highly recommend the latest broken sword game - The Sleeping Dragon. They made the move to 3D but the game hasn't lost anything through it. You should be able to pick it up pretty cheaply by now.
    It's €15 on PC budget now. I've seen it for €20 on the PS2 in Smyths also.


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    monkeyfudge
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    I had the 15 disk version on the Amiga. It wasn't too bad as it used the order of the disks intelligently. It wasn't like Monkey Island 2 where you have to swap disk 3 with disk 8 and disk 8 with disk 5 just to see a gob of spit go accross the room.. then you change back to disk 3.

    But I only got to complete BASS recently by running it through eSCUMM on my phone...

    The SCUMM emulator is great though. I got a big Lucas Arts bumper pack off eBay with The Dig, Day of the Tenticle, Sam and Max and Grim Fandango. SCUMM Vm can't do Grim Fandango though...

    I loved playing through The Dig again though...


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