Straight playstation port?

[Retro Bliss]

I can't tell if anything has been changed or updated? Is this just a direct port?

[robomagon]

The playstation version was the port. This was originally a PC game.

[Retro Bliss]

Still same question then. Is this just the same game without any update?

[robomagon]

Originally posted by Retro Bliss:

Still same question then. Is this just the same game without any update?

Pretty much yeah. Only updating they would have done would be to make sure it worked on modern versions of Windows. But it still plays like a 1999 PC game. Mouse and keyboard required. Don't expect any controller support at all if you're used to the PSX version.

[Retro Bliss]

Thanks a lot!

[mbarrett90.mb]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS GAME FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, EVER SINCE MY PARENTS SOLD OUR PLAYSTATION AND I CAME HOME TO AN XBOX. OMG OMG OMG OMG I'M DYING.

[robomagon]

Expect $5.99. If you really just can't wait, GOG has been selling it for about a year now.

[Grut]

2.49 for the first week :)

[Zaniaac]

I just got done playing for a bit. (Its 2am here) and I must say wow, its a lot of fun. I just wish I could figure out how to get the game's resoultion up so I cant see the text on the screen a bit better on the UI. Fun game though .

[iemander]

Playstation port? I don't think this game was a port when it released.

[kt_m_smith]

Originally posted by iemander:

Playstation port? I don't think this game was a port when it released.

The game on playstation was a port from the original PC version.

[Sparka]

Originally posted by kt_m_smith:

Originally posted by iemander:

Playstation port? I don't think this game was a port when it released.

The game on playstation was a port from the original PC version.

yup its true, and it was a reduced price game when it was new. I loved it back in the day, great game....devs these days could learn alot from games like this....instead of making stale bland boring bad gauntlet 2014.

[Shatnerology]

There are quite a few differences between the PS1 and PC versions. The PC version is the original (1999) while the PS1 version is the port (2001).

The most obvious difference is that the PS1 version was joypad controlled, while the PC version has a Diablo-style click-to-move click-to-attack interface and no joypad support.

The other major difference is that the PS1 version had a single player-character, while the PC version has you running around with a second character tagging along. You can swap between them at any time, with the AI controlling whichever character you're not controlling.

Beyond that, there are plenty of other more minor differences: changes to the world layout, changes to the way quests are given, changes to what skills can be learned by what character ckasses, etc etc.

In general, the PC version has more features and the PS1 version was a "streamlined" port. The overall game is essentially the same, though, so which version you prefer will probably come down to whether you prefer mouse or joypad controls for this sort of game.

[Evilnapkin]

Originally posted by mbarrett90.mb:

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS GAME FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, EVER SINCE MY PARENTS SOLD OUR PLAYSTATION AND I CAME HOME TO AN XBOX. OMG OMG OMG OMG I'M DYING.

Your parents lied to you. Your Playstation ran out the front door when your dad opened it to get the flyers and then it got hit before it got to the other side of the street. They quickly bought an Xbox and brought it home so that they could spin you the lie you've now been living your entire life.

[Smoth]

Originally posted by robomagon:

Originally posted by Retro Bliss:

Still same question then. Is this just the same game without any update?

Pretty much yeah. Only updating they would have done would be to make sure it worked on modern versions of Windows. But it still plays like a 1999 PC game. Mouse and keyboard required. Don't expect any controller support at all if you're used to the PSX version.

If they updated it to support things like widscreen I would have bought it.

[Retro Bliss]

Originally posted by Smoth:

Originally posted by robomagon:

Pretty much yeah. Only updating they would have done would be to make sure it worked on modern versions of Windows. But it still plays like a 1999 PC game. Mouse and keyboard required. Don't expect any controller support at all if you're used to the PSX version.

If they updated it to support things like widscreen I would have bought it.

Although I would much rather use a keyboard and mouse this is why I will just stick with the playstation version. It can at least show up across my whole tv