Games with a winter theme?
Robert Barnhardt
I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
Thanks for your help.
Neil Cerutti
Barnhardt wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment,
> or otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text
> adventure
_Winter Wonderland_, by Laura A. Knauth, winner of the 5th Annual
Interactive Fiction Competition.
http://www.wurb.com/if/game/604
_Hunter, in Darkness_, from the same competition, is also good,
though not wintery, but undergroundery. It's an homage to one of
the first RPGs ever released.
http://www.wurb.com/if/game/483
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Phil-on-a-hill
Some Tribes 2 maps have a very nice winter theme.
Paula
If you don't mind a role-playing game, Icewind Dale is all wintery.
Paula
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Peter Meilinger
Icewind Dale had a lot of wintry environments.
Pete
Jenny100
Syberia (and Syberia 2 also, from the looks of the screenshots)
Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon
Arthur's Knights I took place in the winter
Some of the Tomb Raider games had snowy levels.
The first Tomb Raider started out in the Peruvian mountains
and Tomb Raider 2 Gold bonus level - Golden Mask started
out on some island in the Bering Sea.
The Ryme Age in RealMyst - only a small level, but memorable.
Neil Cerutti
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Jenny100 wrote:
> Robert Barnhardt wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
>
> Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon
>
> Arthur's Knights I took place in the winter
>
> Some of the Tomb Raider games had snowy levels.
> The first Tomb Raider started out in the Peruvian mountains
> and Tomb Raider 2 Gold bonus level - Golden Mask started
> out on some island in the Bering Sea.
>
> The Ryme Age in RealMyst - only a small level, but memorable.
That reminded me that _Bard's Tale I_ is set in a town that's
snowed in by a magical blizzard. There's not much winter
atmosphere to speak of though.
Phil-on-a-hill
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Just rememebered that Max Payne was mainly set during a very harsh winter.
Andrew
>Oops, just realized that's not a PC title....sorry.
>
Boarder Zone/Supreme Snowboarding is the best one I know. Its about 3
years old but the graphics and gameplay still blow me away.
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And if you don't mind faery tales, I think King's Quest 6 or 7 had a wintry
chapter. Rollercoaster Tycoon (2) has plenty where you can create a winter
based park. Age of Mythology has several wintry levels - so does Age of
Empires.
Madeleine Williams
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> And if you don't mind faery tales, I think King's Quest 6 or 7 had a
wintry
> chapter. Rollercoaster Tycoon (2) has plenty where you can create a winter
> based park. Age of Mythology has several wintry levels - so does Age of
> Empires.
Hi :-)
KQ5 certainly did.
Cheers.
Mad.
>
>
Hermann Hesse
Seems obvious, but... Midwinter?
// Hermann
Frank
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Dick Justice
>
> Some Tribes 2 maps have a very nice winter theme.
>
>
Katabic :} some T2 servers these days run nothing but Katabic which is a
winter map.
Ken Rice
says...
>Hi.
The old SSI's "Secret of the Silver Blades" has a winter environment. So does
Demon's Winter.
The various Might & Magic tites include winter areas.
Ultima VII Part II Serpent Isle has part of the story set in snow covered
regions.
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Rohan Parkes
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
No-one Lives Forever had many scenes that took place in show.
There's that scene in Gabriel Knight 2 where Grace is running through
the snow, but that might be pushing it a bit, although it is memorable.
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Daniel L. Bateman
There are lots. Carnivores: Ice Age had snowy maps. Max Payne.
And there used to be an (official) CounterStrike map that was snowy,
you had to get the prez to a helicopter. I still remember the
footstep sound in that one. Dungeon Siege had some parts with
beautiful snowy terrain. Serious Sam Second Encounter had a winter
village deathmap map, and you can even get dressed up in Santa Claus
outfits. I seem to remember snowy areas of Germany in No One Lives
Forever and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Mobil 1 Rally Championship
(might have been called Rally Championship 2000 outside the US?) had
snowy rally race courses. Deadly Dozen Pacific Theatre had winter
missions. And an oldie but goodie, Drakan did too. And Warcraft.
Ok that's enough for now.
Robert Norton
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
Animal Crossing! (GameCube, sorry.) It is now winter, (snow fell and
stuck on the ground yesterday,) so you will get to play 3 months in
winter if you act
now.
Greg Campbell
Morrowind's "Bloodmoon" expansion takes place in a wintry
environment; see http://www.elderscrolls.com/art/bm_screenshots_01.htm
for some images from the game.
Gandalf Parker
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
Surely someone will mention Icewind Dale and Icewind Dale II
http://icewind2.blackisle.com/
Personally Im the opposite. I dislike games with a winter theme. As much as
I usually like these games I disliked the Icewind Dale versions because
they did the wintery stuff so well.
Gandalf Parker
John M.
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'Midwinter' for the Amiga! Boy do I wish that would be updated and released
for the PC!
John
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Rick Sirocco
Cheers,
Rick
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with lots of blowing snow and fog. Oh, that blood looks so pretty
splattered on all that white.
Bill Green
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
It's probably just me, but since you mentioned text adventures, Infocom's
The Lurking Horror takes place during "the worst blizzard in 50 years" or
something like that, and I found the prose very evocative of winter, even
though the majority of the game takes place indoors. I have been snowed in
at school with just a few other souls, just like the game describes, and the
feeling of isolation and bleakness is well captured.
GSV Three Minds in a Can
wonderful person Robert Barnhardt <r.bar...@cogeco.ca> said
>Hi.
>
>I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
>All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
>a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
>long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
I'm old enough to remember something called, iirc, 'Midwinter', but I
doubt it'll run on any of today's hardware even if you could find it.
8>.
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> Bitstring <o5hhtv8gunb6ttip1...@4ax.com>, from the
> wonderful person Robert Barnhardt <r.bar...@cogeco.ca> said
> >Hi.
> >
> >I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> >otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
> >
> >All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> >a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> >long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
> I'm old enough to remember something called, iirc, 'Midwinter', but I
> doubt it'll run on any of today's hardware even if you could find it.
> 8>.
Yeah, I remember that one too.
http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/unsung_heroes/sec2_10.html
It's striking how original that game design was. Nothing like that would
ever get written, these days. Maybe there really was a "good old days" of
gaming, in certain respects.
Ashikaga
> Hmm... Daggerfall had a winter season. :)
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GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
> Bitstring <o5hhtv8gunb6ttip1...@4ax.com>, from the
> wonderful person Robert Barnhardt <r.bar...@cogeco.ca> said
> >Hi.
> >
> >I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> >otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
> >
> >All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> >a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> >long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
> I'm old enough to remember something called, iirc, 'Midwinter', but I
> doubt it'll run on any of today's hardware even if you could find it.
> 8>.
>
> --
>
There was also several winter maps in 'Blood' (the first one, not Blood 2).
These were actually in one of the expansion paks that you could get for the
game. But you probably couldn't run that game if you're running Win XP,
2000, or NT since it was for DOS. Some of those levels were fun. Very high
cliffs with really narrow ledges and thousand foot drops if you slipped.
Lots of snow and ice. You could find holes in the ice in spots and go for a
swim. It was one of the more fun, older games.
Nick
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>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>>
The Thing - Set in the Antartica.
Are you limiting your games just to PCs?
If not which consoles.
higgy
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
Outcast opens in a winter enviroment, though disappointingly, it's only the
training world - might be worth tracking down the demo if you're
interested, as it covered this section. Elite Force 2 also has a rather
nice snowy world. Other than that, I can't think of much since Midwinter
that's truly immersed in an icy enviroment. Sigh.
Dave.
higgy
Complete freedom to wander around an island, battling evil forces,
chatting to locals and resuing people? Morrowind isn't that far off.
Dave.
Ken from Chicago
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS and WARCRAFT III: FROZEN THRONE have winter
themes, or at least sections.
-- Ken from Chicago
GSV Three Minds in a Can
higgy <higgys...@hotmail.com> said
Ah but you don't get to hang-glide, snow-cat, look for resources,
recruit all your chums, etc. Midwinter had a lot of cool ideas (even if
it was turn based) for its age. I used to spend a lot of time 'resting
up' after crashing my snow cat. 8>.
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Lynley James
>On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:25:50 -0500, Robert Barnhardt
><r.bar...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
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>>Hi.
>>
>>I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>>otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>>
>>All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
>>a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
>>long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>
>Hidden&Dangerous2 has a number of missions that take place in winter
>settings. Hitman2 also.
How is H&D2? I put off buying it as the reviews I read said that it
was very buggy.
Lynley
higgy
Tell me about it. I spent far too much time playing that game, even after
discovering it could be completed in less than 40 minutes.
Dave.
tritone
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> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> > otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
> >
> > All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> > a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> > long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
> >
>
> Seems obvious, but... Midwinter?
>
> // Hermann
Wow. I'm impressed. Somebody actually remembers that
great game!!!
Andrew
>Wow. I'm impressed. Somebody actually remembers that
>great game!!!
I remember it on the Atari ST. I don't remember a huge amount about
it, but it had very open ended gameplay didn't it?
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: I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
: otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
I don't know if you can find it, or if it'll run on your computer or
whatnot, but you might like the Jazz Jackrabit Christmas Edition. It's a
horizontal scroller, in the vein of Sonic the Hedgehog, but with a
christmas theme and with jazzed up christmas songs as backround music.
You didn't mention if you wanted a christmas type of theme or just winter,
but I thought I'd mention this just in case.
-Aaron
Josh Mayfield
of the game, but the full Anachronox demo, which is still downloadable from
numerous sites, happens in Whitendon. Lots of snow, bare trees, and lit
fireplaces... oh, and murder.
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> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
Anon
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
Max Payne was the first game that came to my mind.
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>Hi.
>
>I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
>All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
>a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
>long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
>Thanks for your help.
Winter Games. Syphon Filter 2's first level is on top of a snowy
mountain at night.
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>On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:33:53 +0200, Lynley James
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>
>>How is H&D2? I put off buying it as the reviews I read said that it
>>was very buggy.
>>
>>Lynley
>
>You sure they were not talking about the original H&D? I've played
>about four missions now and haven't come across any bugs yet. It has
>had one patch released though. IMO it's a very good game and a must
>have if you like games of this ilk.
Thanks I will check it out. The review up at AVault and in a mag I
buy both said it was very buggy, which I thought odd given its four
year development cycle.
Lynley
Revliskci
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
Kings Quest 8 had a strong portion set in winter.
EjP
> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
had a significant winter portion.
It's getting a bit dated, but is still sort of entertaining.
-E
John Lewis
>On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:51:04 -0500, tritone <elk...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Wow. I'm impressed. Somebody actually remembers that
>>great game!!!
>
>I remember it on the Atari ST. I don't remember a huge amount about
>it, but it had very open ended gameplay didn't it?
>--
Yes, indeed. Graphics very primitive these days, but the game was fun.
In my Amiga collection with Flames of Freedom ( Midwinter 2 )
John Lewis
John Lewis
Yes.
The Amiga/Atari ST glory-days.
The following is OT a little, but may be interesting to some.
Midwinter, Flames of Freedom ( Midwinter 2). Dungeon Master
( 1986, grand-daddy of all first-person dungeon romps -- in stereo
sound ) Faery Tale Adventure ( grand-daddy of graphical
adventures, mood-music and all), Cadaver ( grand-daddy of
isometric games ) Settlers 1 ( first wriitten for the Amiga, and still
plays very well...........). Because of the unique sound, music and
graphics capability of the Amiga in the 1985 thru 1992 era,
the open developmental documentation available ( unlike the PC
and the Mac), togther with a couple of excellent C
-compilers, virtually every creative game developer
focussed on the Amiga platform. A complete top-level game
could be done on a home machine. For example:Faery Tale
Adventure, programming, story, graphics, sound and music
was developed solely by David Joiner. And fitted on a 880K
floppy-disk. If you have a chance to see either FTA or
Dungeon Master you may be astonished by what could be
put on a single floppy -- all credit to the brilliant video and audio
hardware integrated into the Amiga architecture, maximum
game functionality for minimum code A later horrible port
of FTA was done to the (then) pip-squeak 16-color graphics
PC.
Many of today's top games programmers honed their
creativity on the Amiga. Digital Illusions (BF1942) got
their start with the Pinball Dreams/Illusions/Fantasies
series for the Amiga (1992) The only hardware platform
at the time truly capable of doing justice to pinball
emulation.
John Lewis
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Slash
Christmas Lemmings!
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Ah, Might and Magic reminded me that Betrayal at Krondor has winter
regions completely with snowy trees and mountains and roads and such.
An older game, but *entirely* deserving of a play through, even now.
It's a first person RPG with turn based "chess" style combat, heavy on
exploration and has a superb story, given its roots in fantasy
literature (Raymond E. Feist).
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What do I care what you forgive? Crybaby.
Murray Peterson
> Nobody's mentioned it yet, but "Amber, Journeys Beyond"
> had a significant winter portion.
>
> It's getting a bit dated, but is still sort of entertaining.
I would rate it higher than "sort of entertaining". I didn't find it
particularly dated either.
--
Murray Peterson
Email: murray_...@shaw.ca (remove underscore)
URL: http://members.shaw.ca/murraypeterson/
MP
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
Robert, a few "wintry-themed" games here (various genres, but mostly "dark"
Adventures):
* Jazz Jackrabbit 2: Holiday Hare (Christmas-y, silly holiday-themed
platformer - compleat with Santa Claus)
* Morpheus (Pure Adventure, and as wintry as you can get - it's set on a
icebound ship in the Arctic)
* Dracula Resurrection (Pure Adventure - opens with a video of snowbound
Borgo Pass in 1897)
* Dracula: The Last Sanctuary (Pure Adventure - 2nd of the Dreamcatcher
"Dracula" series - more snow than first - the game takes you to the Count's
castle in Transylvania to rescue Mina)
* Clive Barker's Undying (Survival Horror/Action/Adventure - lovely snowy
old spooky monastery)
* Black Dahlia (Adventure - not much snow, but it sure gives you chills)
* Titanic - An Adventure Out of Time (Adventure - no explanation necessary
for its selection, but the game is not that great)
* Zork: The Nemesis (Adventure - one of the "Forbidden Lands" is quite
wintry - and ZN is one of the best Pure Adventure games ever made)
So, Robert - there you have it. A few of the "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
games.
Mark
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Bateau <Gam...@work.stomping.aza> said
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>What do I care what you forgive? Crybaby.
Hmm, another person who can't even spell netiquette.
<plonk>
--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Rand Al'Thor
It was called Midwinter
It was a brilliant idea but unfortunately very flawed. I'm suprised that no
games developer have tried to resurect this as it could be fantastic on our
modern PCs or consoles.
Basically an ice age had engulfed Earth. You were stuck on an large island.
The baddies were taking over the world and had decided your island was next.
You went round in 1st person warning and getting help from the islanders as
well as snipe at and attempt to destroy enemy convoys across the island. You
interated with characters and aquired their help as well resolve many mini
plots.
You could:
Ski
drive snowploughs
ride ski bikes
ride chairlifts
fly hang gliders
Weapons included:
sniper rifle
grenades
etc.
You had to find provisions and medicine
It was very immersive
Someone out there build it for the PC PLEASE!
Randy
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Freeware now too.
Bateau
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>Bateau <Gam...@work.stomping.aza> said
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>>What do I care what you forgive? Crybaby.
>
>Hmm, another person who can't even spell netiquette.
><plonk>
Um I didn't even use that word. WEirdo.
Bateau
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>"Robert Barnhardt" wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
>Robert, a few "wintry-themed" games here (various genres, but mostly "dark"
>Adventures):
Wasn't there an adventure game about a submarine trapped in ice or
something?
Markku Herd
"Rand Al'Thor" <randa...@wheeloftime.ie> kirjoitti ...
> One of my favourite games of all time was on the Amiga
> It was called Midwinter
>
Both Midwinter and Midwinter II were made for MS-DOS too. Look at
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=721
and
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=722
- MJH
Robert Norton
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:25:50 -0500, Robert Barnhardt wrote:
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
Oh, Diablo II expansion pack! Very wintery.
<http://www.blizzard.com/diablo2exp/screenshots/800x/ss01b.shtml>
Darin Johnson
> Isn't it about time you demonstrated a little more contribution
> to this newsgroup than your ASCII doodlings ?
Just don't antagonize him. I'm sure his postings will stop when he
graduates.
--
Darin Johnson
Support your right to own gnus.
Marc LaPalme
t t wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:02:15 GMT, john...@verizon.net (John Lewis)
> wrote:
>
> >focussed on the Amiga platform. A complete top-level game
> >could be done on a home machine. For example:Faery Tale
> >Adventure, programming, story, graphics, sound and music
> >was developed solely by David Joiner. And fitted on a 880K
> >floppy-disk. If you have a chance to see either FTA or
> >Dungeon Master you may be astonished by what could be
> >put on a single floppy -- all credit to the brilliant video and audio
> >hardware integrated into the Amiga architecture, maximum
> >game functionality for minimum code A later horrible port
> >of FTA was done to the (then) pip-squeak 16-color graphics
> >PC.
>
> What was wrong with the PC version? It was practically identical to
> the Amiga version (graphics & sound), and it even had a nice ending
> demo which the Amiga & ST versions lacked. I played DM through
> originally on Amiga back in 1988, and years later on PC just for
> nostalgia.
>
> For the record, I think the Amiga version also utilized only 16 color
> mode. The game appeared originally on Atari ST where most games used
> 16 colors, and the graphics were not enhanced for the Amiga version,
> nor the PC version.
>
> I wonder though, why didn't Faster Than Light port one of their other
> successful games, 'Oids', to any other machines besides the original
> Atari ST? Oids was kind of an advanced Thrust clone, appeared in 1987
> or 1988 I think. I would have loved to see it on Amiga.
>
> >Many of today's top games programmers honed their
> >creativity on the Amiga. Digital Illusions (BF1942) got
>
> Interesting tidbit. I didn't realize that was the team behind the
> game.
>
> Amiga was the first (gaming) platform I ever owned that seemed
> "perfect" to me, the first one where I didn't instantly see the
> shortcomings of its hardware and capabilities, like I did with the
> earlier gaming computers I owned before it.
Thief 2 had many winter maps in the user created fan missions. There are
hundreds of them and some of them are even better than the ones that come
with the game. It's an older title and the graphics aren't as pretty as
some of the newer games but it's still a greate game. Different gameplay
than the majority of the other shooters out there since the idea is not to
kill or to kill as little as possible.
Bill Seurer
> john...@verizon.net (John Lewis) writes:
>
>
>>Isn't it about time you demonstrated a little more contribution
>>to this newsgroup than your ASCII doodlings ?
>
>
> Just don't antagonize him. I'm sure his postings will stop when he
> graduates.
Don't you just HATE it how they now do big graduations for everything
from kindergarten to middle school?
Xocyll
porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
Holiday Lemmings I think you mean.
<dig-dig-dig> Ahh there it is.
Hey, the disk is still readable after 10 years. It installs too.
Xocyll
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MP
> Wasn't there an adventure game about a submarine trapped in ice or
> something?
There *could* a *submarine* stuck in ice in a game, but I don't know of one
off-hand.
Like I said, there is "Morpheus", but it was about a boat - the
"Herculania" - stuck in ice in the Arctic. Pne of your goals is to get it
running again.
Great, frightening, point 'n' clicker "Pure" Adventure game.
Mark
P.S. Bateau, it looks like some folks want your "creations" to be more like
this:
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Robert Barnhardt
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:25:50 -0500, Robert Barnhardt <r.bar...@cogeco.ca>
wrote:
>I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
Thanks, everyone, for the excellent suggestions and comments.
I've collected all of them and made a list with links to information, reviews
and downloads (where possible). I won't clutter up the newsgroups with it;
I'll put together a simple web page and post a link in a day or two.
Of course I realise most people won't be interested... but wouldn't it be a
nice thing to find if you were? >:)
Cheers,
- Rob Barnhardt, r.bar...@cogeco.ca
matt
<r.bar...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
How about Christmas Lemmings (also known as Holiday Lemmings)?
Xocyll
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>"Bateau" asked:
>
>> Wasn't there an adventure game about a submarine trapped in ice or
>> something?
>
>There *could* a *submarine* stuck in ice in a game, but I don't know of one
>off-hand.
He's probably referring to Prisoner of Ice, an adventure game set on a
submarine on a rescue mission to the antarctic.
The sub picks up some strange cargo during the rescue which turns out to
be a horrific monster that eats the captain. You're trapped on board
with it.
A Cthulhu mythos game apparently.
Bateau
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4ax.com:
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
Happyland Adventures X-Mas Edition is a freeware platformer. Icy Tower
is not that wintery, but it's icy and it's simple and addictive. Both
those games can be found at http://www.freelunchdesign.com/games.shtml
Permanent Daylight is a freeware adventure game set in a snowy
landscape. It's fun, too. http://user.tninet.se/~vqb114l/ilb/
Calsoon 2 is another adventure game. I haven't played this one yet, but
it's set on an island that suffers from constant winter, and the main
character starts the game in his bare underwear. http://www.gaspop.com/
Rikard
Hermann Hesse
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
Twinsen's Adventure / Relentless / Little Big Adventure. Can't believe I
almost forgot that.
// Hermann
Lynley James
wrote:
>"MP" <markp...@mindspring.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
>the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>>"Bateau" asked:
>>
>>> Wasn't there an adventure game about a submarine trapped in ice or
>>> something?
>>
>>There *could* a *submarine* stuck in ice in a game, but I don't know of one
>>off-hand.
>
>He's probably referring to Prisoner of Ice, an adventure game set on a
>submarine on a rescue mission to the antarctic.
>The sub picks up some strange cargo during the rescue which turns out to
>be a horrific monster that eats the captain. You're trapped on board
>with it.
>
>A Cthulhu mythos game apparently.
>
>Xocyll
Was a half decent game actually. Can't remember too much about it
though.
Lynley
matt
<r.bar...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
And another recently released and most excellent 2D platformer is:
Snowy: The Bear's Adventures
http://www.alawar.com/games/snowy/?alawar=newGame2
Excellent gameplay, beautifully drawn and animated graphics. I can't
commend it highly enough. :-)
Phil
Aquila
Alan Hobson
> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
Since you crossposted to an RPG newsgroup:
Icewind Dale I & II
-Alan
Jenny100
I thought of another one - Agon
Some screenshots here
http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/AgonPart2/AgonPart2.shtm
EjP
> EjP <nos...@hackers.are.bad> wrote in news:bre01h$15v$1...@info4.fnal.gov:
>
>
>>Nobody's mentioned it yet, but "Amber, Journeys Beyond"
>>had a significant winter portion.
>>
>>It's getting a bit dated, but is still sort of entertaining.
>
>
> I would rate it higher than "sort of entertaining". I didn't find it
> particularly dated either.
>
I found the game fun for the most part, but that part with the
&%&$&& teddy bear and the underwater roadways has to be
one of the most downright annoying puzzles I've ever
encountered.
-E
Walter Mitty
incisive wit when in news:o5hhtv8gunb6ttip1...@4ax.com he
conjectured that:
> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
Halo has some nice outside snow scenes. NOLF too.
Paul
>
> I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
> otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
> All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
> a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
> long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
> Thanks for your help.
Fatal Illusion has some snowy scenes - the part where they have to go
up the mountain in the cable car.
Xocyll
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
>On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 08:55:10 -0500, Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net>
>wrote:
>
>>"MP" <markp...@mindspring.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
>>the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>
>>>"Bateau" asked:
>>>
>>>> Wasn't there an adventure game about a submarine trapped in ice or
>>>> something?
>>>
>>>There *could* a *submarine* stuck in ice in a game, but I don't know of one
>>>off-hand.
>>
>>He's probably referring to Prisoner of Ice, an adventure game set on a
>>submarine on a rescue mission to the antarctic.
>>The sub picks up some strange cargo during the rescue which turns out to
>>be a horrific monster that eats the captain. You're trapped on board
>>with it.
>>
>>A Cthulhu mythos game apparently.
>>
>Was a half decent game actually. Can't remember too much about it
>though.
Never played it myself. I just remember a review of sorts in a gaming
magazine a former roommate had when Prisoner of Ice was new.
Only reason I knew anything about the plot was because I remembered the
name and googled.
mcheu
>Hi.
>
>I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
>All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
>a first-person shooter. Also fine if it's just part of the game, as
>long as you feel it's a significant and memorable part.
>
>Thanks for your help.
NOLF1 and NOLF2 both have wintery levels. You can even drive a snow
mobile if you wish (keep in mind, the real thing isn't quite that hard
to drive). I think you had a snow mobile level in Contract Jack as
well, but I can't really recommend that game.
TUX Racer. A Penguin toboggan game for Linux. Starring TUX the
penguin, the Linux mascot. Not terribly complex, but is fun.
And... In the less memorable department:
SouthPark, the FPS. You can throw yellow snowballs at opponents.
That's sort of the highlight of the game, so don't expect much.
Xtreme Snowboarding. A rip off of the Tony Hawke games. I had
thought it was published by Activision because of the similarities,
but there's no mention on the site. There was a better snowboarding
game from a year or two ago, but I don't remember the name. It was
also a Tony Hawke clone, but it was much more well done.
----------------------------------------
Thanks,
MCheu
Lynley James
wrote:
>
>Never played it myself. I just remember a review of sorts in a gaming
>magazine a former roommate had when Prisoner of Ice was new.
>Only reason I knew anything about the plot was because I remembered the
>name and googled.
>
>Xocyll
It was a while ago and it came out towards the end of the adventure
gaming era. Hopefully BS3 will show devs that teh adventure genre
isn't dead.
Lynley
Slash
scribbled:
Which is basically a well-done clone of Snow Brothers, an older arcade
game. Woo!
Good stuff, both.
-Slash
--
"Ebert Victorious"
-The Onion
mattchu
<lmarc11...@qwest.net> wrote:
>There was also several winter maps in 'Blood' (the first one, not Blood 2).
>These were actually in one of the expansion paks that you could get for the
>game. But you probably couldn't run that game if you're running Win XP,
>2000, or NT since it was for DOS. Some of those levels were fun. Very high
>cliffs with really narrow ledges and thousand foot drops if you slipped.
>Lots of snow and ice. You could find holes in the ice in spots and go for a
>swim. It was one of the more fun, older games.
I've had limited success in running Blood (1) on WindowsXP. Using
VDMSound i was able to play it at 320x200 resolution with Sound
Blaster sound enabled. It's unfortunate i could not manage to run the
title at 640x480 or any of the higher resolutions. I haven't tried
DOSBox with it yet so there may be some hope there.
--
best regards, mattchu
np: Social Distortion, "Bad Luck"
>
mattchu
wrote:
>I already graduated high school.
There's always something left in this world to absolutely shock and
horrify others.
--
best regards, mattchu
np: Interpol, "Say Hello to the Angels"
mattchu
<r.bar...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
I'm reading this from the RPG newsgroup so with that in mind...
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
Icewind Dale I
Icewind Dale II
Tales of the Unknown: The Bard's Tale
The Elder Scrolls: Bloodmoon
There are other RPGs with sections that take place in snow-covered
landscapes but they're probably of less use to you:
Anachronox
The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna
Neverwinter Nights
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>On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:04:27 +0800, Bateau <Gam...@work.stomping.aza>
>wrote:
>
>>I already graduated high school.
>
>There's always something left in this world to absolutely shock and
>horrify others.
WHY ARE YOU REPLYING TO A 5 MONTH OLD POST.
Slash
scribbled:
>>There's always something left in this world to absolutely shock and
>>horrify others.
>
>WHY ARE YOU REPLYING TO A 5 MONTH OLD POST.
Some threads taste better after being aged well.
Thomas Adams
> WHY ARE YOU REPLYING TO A 5 MONTH OLD POST.
109 lines of fluff and ONE line of content - is this necessary?
Pooster
On 12-May-2004, Thomas Adams <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> 109 lines of fluff and ONE line of content - is this necessary?
It's amazing that some people STILL haven't killfiled Bateau. He does this
all the time, at least you didn't quote his sig! ;-)
--
pooster
B0B
wrote:
I tried to, but my PC ran out of memory.
Ando Tull
<r.bar...@cogeco.ca> wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I'm looking for games that take place in a winter environment, or
>otherwise have a strong feeling of winter about them.
>
>All suggestions are welcome; I don't mind if it's a text adventure or
>a first-person shooter.
Metal Gear Solid
the kraken
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, i happened upon the crew of Thomas Adams
<m...@privacy.net>:
Bateau <Gam...@work.stomping.aza> wrote:
> WHY ARE YOU REPLYING TO A 5 MONTH OLD POST.
Why not?
--
salutations, mat
np: [winamp not running]
Bateau
>On 12 May 2004 15:18:42 GMT, during a swim through the cold waters of
>comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, i happened upon the crew of Thomas Adams
><m...@privacy.net>:
>
>Bateau <Gam...@work.stomping.aza> wrote:
>
>> WHY ARE YOU REPLYING TO A 5 MONTH OLD POST.
>
>Why not?
BECAUSE.