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| 6 JUL 2005 at 10:23pm |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Good game. Great story. The only thing that could have been better was a larger play screen.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 10:41pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5536
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Haven't played it. And there it is, staring at me accusingly on my bookshelf. I really should rectify that.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 10:48pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Never played it.
I'm always guessing this in trivia whenever I feel desperate. :
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 11:05pm |
| Deleted User | Sorry Fickfack, it's a 6 for me: Waaay too much disk-swapping and running back and forth. Pixel hunting in a pixelated world, in a really small window. The story is interesting and exciting at the beggining, then just drag on and on.
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 11:36pm |
AntoinettaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 89
Joined: 22 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I completed probably about 80% of this game on my old Windows 98 machine before it died. My new machine is Windows XP, and I find that Dark Side of the Moon will run, with one important exceptions; I cannot get the text to work, and therefore cannot activate the conversation trees, as they are invisible.
Nonetheless, this game has a compelling story that I wish I could have completed. My only gripes were as mentioned previously, the tiny game screen and the disk-swapping. The graphics I can forgive on account of the game's age; it must be at least 7 or 8 years old. This is a game that needs to be re-issued on a DVD, made compatible with Windows XP, and with the window expanded and the graphical quality brought up to the general standard of to-day's releases. I scored the game an "8" on this poll.
Antoinetta
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 11:46pm |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | A 6 for me. It is an above average game with a good story and great FMV cutscenes. I played the DVD version, so no disc swapping. I had trouble with orientation, and missed some hotspots which made it a
bit frustrating. There were also stealth/timed portions that I didn't really like.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 6 JUL 2005 at 11:53pm |
AntoinettaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 89
Joined: 22 OCT 2002
Status : Online | There IS a DVD version of the game? Is it compatible with Windows XP?
Antoinetta
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| 7 JUL 2005 at 12:39am |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Offline | Not sure. I played it on my XP. I had to download some program that would let me play the game, though.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 7 JUL 2005 at 1:06am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Antoinetta (6 JUL 2005 11:53pm)
There IS a DVD version of the game? Is it compatible with Windows XP?
The Problem of the Disappearing Text doesn't seem related to the operating system. That's what the experts say. I'm no expert... just parroting.
Having said that, I can play the DVD version -- yep, there is one -- on my Win98 machine without problems, but not on my XP computer.
One solution: get virtual pc (free trial 45 days) and install win95. Parroting again.
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| 7 JUL 2005 at 4:25am |
AntoinettaIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 89
Joined: 22 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Virtual PC? Is there any chance this would allow me to re-play Amber: Journeys Beyond. This is a game that apparently even the most sagacious of computer wizards have been unable to run on XP. This was a great game, and would alone justify the price of whatever Virtual PC is.
Antoinetta
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| 7 JUL 2005 at 6:49am |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | If I remember right I had problems with the text on 98se as well but I played the game from the begining again from the dvd version and it worked fine.
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| 7 JUL 2005 at 11:50am |
RevliskciPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 9 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | 7 for me. The disk swapping was annoying, and there were a few hard to see ares which caused me to miss things. Pretty good game overall, though.
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| 7 JUL 2005 at 12:19pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Antoinetta (7 JUL 2005 4:24am)
Virtual PC? Is there any chance this would allow me to re-play Amber: Journeys Beyond. This is a game that apparently even the most sagacious of computer wizards have been unable to run on XP. This was a great game, and would alone justify the price of whatever Virtual PC is.
Yes, you can play Amber with Virtual PC. Haven't tried it myself though.
Virtual PC makes it possible to install many diferent operating systems on your XP machine. Such as Win98, Win95 and DOS. The price is about one hundred dollars, I think.
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