Parkan English version
MudHead
I just visited the Nikita website and Parkan looks real tasty!
Not the latest graphics for sure, but then again graphics aren't
everything.
The website says it's available both in English and in Russian.
However, all the screenshots are in Russian. Does the English version
of the game still have Russian characters? It would suck to not be
able to read what's on the screen....
What's the game like? Is it more of a Wing Commander type game or is
it more of an Elite kind of game. Don't be bashful... let us know if
it's another BC3K and warn us! :)
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 23:58:35 -0800, "Frank" <valis...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>For anyone interested in the English version of the Russian space sim
>"Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles" (seems to be pronounced par-KAHN) from
>1997, I successfully ordered it in the U.S. from the links at the game's
>publisher:
>
>http://www.nikita.ru/
>
>It cost $29 delivered, but you have to put your faith in a U.S.-based
>company that seems to be an outlet for Russian periodicals and such. They
>have a system where you put money in an "account", then that money gets
>deducted for what you order. They then say it can take up to 2 months, I
>think. It was worth it for me to give it a try, because it's not everyday
>that something like this is a hit, and the curiosity factor was high. I
>received the game in less than a month, no problem, and it came as a
>registered package. The package contained the full Russian boxed version of
>the game, a little beat up. This is a nice souvenir, but the key item
>thrown in is a hand-labeled ("1999") CD-R containing the English version.
>The manual for the English version is 54 pages in Word format, with a lot of
>graphics.
>
>I've installed and loaded it successfully. The CD-R is just about full,
>with data and some CD audio, and the installation was 80 megs (and it
>resisted my one routine attempt to copy the precious thing). It looks
>pretty neat to me, despite predictably clumsy translations, but I don't play
>enough space-sims to be able to compare it to anything current (nor do I
>usually play leading edge stuff anyway). And since I've barely given it a
>spin, I don't know much about it yet. Check out the web site above for
>information on what type of game it is. And if you've got $29 to blow, you
>may very well have a lot of fun with it (if you too successfully order it),
>even if it's just to brag about having the cool box on your shelf.
>
>Frank
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