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Price: $28
Date Added: Feb 2008
Operating Systems: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows Vista
File Size: 67200KB
Downloads Count: 650
Author: Basilisk Games
Remember Ultima? Tile-built worlds? Isometric view angles? Turn-based combat? Having the option to abandon your computer at will without hitting pause to prevent holy pandemonium from breaking loose?
Miss that? If so, you'll want to give Eschalon: Book One a try. It's a role-playing game (RPG) done up old-style, but rendered in clean, high-res lines and inviting hues that make it visually superior to most of its bygone predecessors. Like stats? It's got 'em. Loot? Scattered everywhere. Pick a class, a name, your attributes, and you're off to wrestle with oodles of enemies, plot twists, and your own missing memories.
Eschalon's world may not quite be Ultima-sized, but it's big enough, with a story that doesn't hold your hand or force you to tackle missions single-file. Give it a look if you miss this sort of thing, and know that it's called "book one" because it's the first in a planned trilogy. Plenty more to come, in other words. And why not? Like bell bottoms, sideburns, and platform shoes, there's no reason old school RPGs like this can't make a comeback.
Download Eschalon: Book One (Price: $27.95; Scope-limited demo)
--Matt Peckham
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Enjoy hours of fun with this jigsaw puzzle challenge.
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Apr 2008 | ||
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Provide an enhanced trading interface to the betting exchange, Betfair.
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Shareware | May 2008 | |
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Use a slingshot to shoot a can and keep it in the air.
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Apr 2008 | ||
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Amazingly dynamic puzzle-arcade game set in the prehistoric world of Jurrasica.
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Shareware | Apr 2008 |
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