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* Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261520/Asterix__Obelix_XXL_Romastered/
I can imagine this one won't be popular amongst the American
readers, since I don't think Asterix & Obelix have made much
of an impression on western shores. But if you're from JB3G6
Europe, you're probably quite familiar with this duo. XXL GKDIK
Romastered is a surprisingly fun adaptation of the comic
(techically, its a remaster of an older game, but I never
played that one so this version was new to me). I always
enjoyed the Gaulic duo so playing them in high-res was a
treat. 8J7WE
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition >https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
This one showing up as a freebie won't surprise you if you F485A
read my earlier "Prime Gaming" post. I won't bother trying 494281
to describe the game to you again; you all know what it is.
If you haven't played it yet, grab it now. It's a classic
for a reason. CBB8CED
Note: This game is on GOG, and its servers are a bit overloaded.
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:04:01 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
* Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261520/Asterix__Obelix_XXL_Romastered/
I can imagine this one won't be popular amongst the American
readers, since I don't think Asterix & Obelix have made much
of an impression on western shores. But if you're from JB3G6
Europe, you're probably quite familiar with this duo. XXL GKDIK
Romastered is a surprisingly fun adaptation of the comic
(techically, its a remaster of an older game, but I never
played that one so this version was new to me). I always
enjoyed the Gaulic duo so playing them in high-res was a
treat. 8J7WE
Not interested. Good luck to whoever can grab it.
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition >https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
This one showing up as a freebie won't surprise you if you F485A
read my earlier "Prime Gaming" post. I won't bother trying 494281
to describe the game to you again; you all know what it is.
If you haven't played it yet, grab it now. It's a classic
for a reason. CBB8CED
Note: This game is on GOG, and its servers are a bit overloaded.
One of my favorite games of all time but I own it already so someone
can have this as well.
Looking forward to your next giveaway.
Ho-ho-ho!
It's time for me to don the red-and-white suit again (sniff sniff. I
think it needs a wash) and hand out more goodies. Because that's what
we're all here for: free games! Don't be shy about it; we know its
true!
So here are some free games!
* Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261520/Asterix__Obelix_XXL_Romastered/
I can imagine this one won't be popular amongst the American
readers, since I don't think Asterix & Obelix have made much
of an impression on western shores. But if you're from JB3G6
Europe, you're probably quite familiar with this duo. XXL GKDIK
Romastered is a surprisingly fun adaptation of the comic
(techically, its a remaster of an older game, but I never
played that one so this version was new to me). I always
enjoyed the Gaulic duo so playing them in high-res was a
treat. 8J7WE
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
This one showing up as a freebie won't surprise you if you F485A
read my earlier "Prime Gaming" post. I won't bother trying 494281
to describe the game to you again; you all know what it is.
If you haven't played it yet, grab it now. It's a classic
for a reason. CBB8CED
Note: This game is on GOG, and its servers are a bit overloaded.
We're working our way through the list, but there are just SO many
more games to come! Won't Christmas /ever/ get here?
Ho-ho-ho!
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:04:01 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
* Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261520/Asterix__Obelix_XXL_Romastered/
I might like it so I took it.
Oooh, we're neck-and-neck-and-neck (or whatever passes for necks on
ants; thorax?), with MikeS, Ant and Geeknix all having three games
apiece. Quick, Zaghadka, grab another game just so you don't fall
behind! ;-)
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs >around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the >newer one.
Who knows what TOMORROW will bring? ;-)
Ho-ho-ho!
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs
around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the
newer one.
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:04:01 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
* Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261520/Asterix__Obelix_XXL_Romastered/
I might like it so I took it.
Oooh, we're neck-and-neck-and-neck (or whatever passes for necks on
ants; thorax?), with MikeS, Ant and Geeknix all having three games
apiece. Quick, Zaghadka, grab another game just so you don't fall
behind! ;-)
Oh my gosh! A lurker! Come look everybody; a lurker has stuck their
head up! Feel free to point and stare, it's okay! That's what they're
here for! ;-)
But seriously, you're welcome to the game (and the group). I hope you
have fun with it. If you happen to play it, come back and tell us all
what you think of it.
On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:46:00 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh my gosh! A lurker! Come look everybody; a lurker has stuck their
head up! Feel free to point and stare, it's okay! That's what they're
here for! ;-)
But seriously, you're welcome to the game (and the group). I hope you
have fun with it. If you happen to play it, come back and tell us all
what you think of it.
You managed to get a lurker to come out and play Spalls. Good job.
On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:33:10 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
I can't abide the French. They are a silly people who taunt English >>Ca-nig-its.
and when forced by circumstances to speak French the English
do it with an English accent on purpose.
On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:38:58 +0000, Omega <no@email.here> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Ho-ho-ho!
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
Grabbed this one, many thanks.
Oh my gosh! A lurker! Come look everybody; a lurker has stuck their
head up! Feel free to point and stare, it's okay! That's what they're
here for! ;-)
But seriously, you're welcome to the game (and the group). I hope you
have fun with it. If you happen to play it, come back and tell us all
what you think of it.
On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 21:05:12 +0000, Omega <no@email.here> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:38:58 +0000, Omega <no@email.here> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Ho-ho-ho!
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
Grabbed this one, many thanks.
Oh my gosh! A lurker! Come look everybody; a lurker has stuck their
head up! Feel free to point and stare, it's okay! That's what they're
here for! ;-)
But seriously, you're welcome to the game (and the group). I hope you
have fun with it. If you happen to play it, come back and tell us all
what you think of it.
Lurking for a long long time in quiet appreciation of this group and >posting very rarely!
I do not understand this term, "quiet". ;-)
But watch out: commenting on Usenet is like eating Pringles. Once you
start, you can't stop.*
Played the original a lot, it's one of my favourite games...but I
haven't tried any of the Beamdog remakes. I will do as you asked once I >give it a try.
It's pretty much the same game. I think the most notable new feature
was built-in support for wide-screen monitors, but otherwise I recall
the experience (I played the game back in... 2018?) being largely the
same as the '98 version. There is some additional/new content
(including an absolutely terrible intro movie that compared quite
poorly to the original) but the new quests and characters were largely unnoticable on the whole.
Personally, as a GAME I preferred the original version, just because
the intro movie was that annoying (and because I'm something of a
purist). But it can be hard to get it Baldur Gate 98 running well on
modern hardware, so despite my qualms, I tend to recommend people use
the Enhanced Edition. It's not bad; in fact, if you loved the original
I'm fairly sure you'll like this one too. I just think the older
version is ever-so-slightly better.
Thanks again for the game and for the seasonal kindness in general.
Hang around; there's more games to come! ;-)
* Or it would be if Pringles were crisps worth eating. Frankly, when
it comes to Pringles, I enjoy munching on the tube more than ingesting
the actual product. But their marketing slogan is memorable ;-)
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:04:01 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
* Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261520/Asterix__Obelix_XXL_Romastered/
I might like it so I took it.
Oooh, we're neck-and-neck-and-neck (or whatever passes for necks on
ants; thorax?), with MikeS, Ant and Geeknix all having three games
apiece. Quick, Zaghadka, grab another game just so you don't fall
behind! ;-)
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs >>around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the >>newer one.
Who knows what TOMORROW will bring? ;-)
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Ho-ho-ho!
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
Grabbed this one, many thanks.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 20:01 this Sunday (GMT):
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:04:01 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
* Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261520/Asterix__Obelix_XXL_Romastered/
I might like it so I took it.
Oooh, we're neck-and-neck-and-neck (or whatever passes for necks on
ants; thorax?), with MikeS, Ant and Geeknix all having three games
apiece. Quick, Zaghadka, grab another game just so you don't fall
behind! ;-)
I have one, too
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs >>around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the >>newer one.
Who knows what TOMORROW will bring? ;-)
Hopefully, the sun.
Omega <no@email.here> wrote at 11:38 this Monday (GMT):
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Ho-ho-ho!
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
Grabbed this one, many thanks.
Woah, a new person!! Hi!
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Omega <no@email.here> wrote at 11:38 this Monday (GMT):
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Ho-ho-ho!
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
Grabbed this one, many thanks.
Woah, a new person!! Hi!
We have a new competitor. ;)
On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:35:00 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs >>>> >around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the >>>> >newer one.
I have the DVD version. One disc. Made the whole thing far more playable.
I had the five-disc version, which came in a cardboard sleeve with
spots for six disk held together with glue that got all over the
discs. I remember being royally pissed off that Bioware (or Interplay) >cheaped out by using a cardboard disc holder rather than splurging for
a multi-disk jewel-case.
The six-disk version that came out later was the one that included the >expansion disc... which now makes me wonder: was that the plan from
the start? Even in 1997, was Bioware holding back content with the
plan on selling it later? They truly were a developer ahead of their
time!
I still have my original discs. The cardboard sleeve is long gone, and
good riddance!
"Changing the name french fries to freedom fries, on the
other hand, will just make them laugh at you. "
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:35:00 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:I had the five-disc version, which came in a cardboard sleeve with
* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs >>>>>> around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the >>>>>> newer one.
I have the DVD version. One disc. Made the whole thing far more playable. >>
spots for six disk held together with glue that got all over the
discs. I remember being royally pissed off that Bioware (or Interplay)
cheaped out by using a cardboard disc holder rather than splurging for
a multi-disk jewel-case.
I have the same version. I just opened the box, and the disks are
spotless, yours must have come with French Glue.
(A play on the whole American "these colors don't run" thing, presumably their glue doesn't either.)
The six-disk version that came out later was the one that included the
expansion disc... which now makes me wonder: was that the plan from
the start? Even in 1997, was Bioware holding back content with the
plan on selling it later? They truly were a developer ahead of their
time!
I still have my original discs. The cardboard sleeve is long gone, and
good riddance!
I think they knew they would put out an expansion if the game sold well,
and they made a cd holder with space for it just in case.
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
<snip>
"Changing the name french fries to freedom fries, on the
other hand, will just make them laugh at you. "
Of course it will since "French Fried Potatoes" were invented by an
English cook in Belgium as that's how he thought the French did their >potatoes.
Freedom Fries just showed what an Uneducated Buffoon 'W' was, the bold >underline under his noo-q-ler pronunciation for nuclear power and
weapons.
On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 03:27:07 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Xocyll wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading theI call them "frites" so screw you guys, I'm going home.
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
<snip>
"Changing the name french fries to freedom fries, on the
other hand, will just make them laugh at you. "
Of course it will since "French Fried Potatoes" were invented by an
English cook in Belgium as that's how he thought the French did their
potatoes.
Freedom Fries just showed what an Uneducated Buffoon 'W' was, the bold
underline under his noo-q-ler pronunciation for nuclear power and
weapons.