Old School : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:15 pm

If you haven't played these or lost your disks, look in your local Gamestop for Dungeons and Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection for $20. It includes:

Original Baldur's Gate
Tales of the Sword Coast
Baldur's Gate II
Throme of Bhaal
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale 2
Planescape Torment
The Temple of Elemental Evil (not familiar with this one)

A nice touch is they're ready to play on XP, Vista and Win 7.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:57 am

i own all of these but i cant be assed playing most of them

i weild more games than you can possibly imagine

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:23 am

That's a really good deal, especially if they're made to work with modern OS's straight away.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:15 am

Thanks for the heads up, Yas! Is it available at other stores like Best Buy, by chance?

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:19 am

Thanks for the heads up, Yas! Is it available at other stores like Best Buy, by chance?

Don't know. You'll have to Google that. Given the miniscule assortment of PC games carried by my local Gamestop, I wouldn't be surpised.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:35 pm

I prefer to own the originals in their individual boxes but that is a damn good deal.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:11 am

Don't know. You'll have to Google that. Given the miniscule assortment of PC games carried by my local Gamestop, I wouldn't be surpised.

K, thanks! I will give Best Buy a look but there is a Target near it as well.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:33 pm

will have to check this out next time i'm by a gamestop, thanks for the tip, i've been wanting to play planetscape torment for a long time

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:26 pm

BTW, the installation takes a looong time. I don't know why 'cause the games aren't all that large. It comes on two DVD's, so start the first, go make a cup of coffee, come back and insert the second, then go drink that coffee.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:43 am

After that you'll probably want to put the http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/ on most of them.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:36 pm

Yay, nice deal

Nothing for me though. While I don't have Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale 2 or The Temple of Elemental Evil; I'm not really interested in them either.

BTW, the installation takes a looong time. I don't know why 'cause the games aren't all that large.

To copy 10GB that consists of lots and lots of tiny files takes a lot longer than just copying one large 10GB file.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:25 am

Really sweet deal, Yas. I see at least a couple of titles in there I'd love to try.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:39 am

Huh, I guess this is the perfect excuse to try out all these classics.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:12 am

I think about the cash I put out for some of these, just over the last couple of years.

Eh.

I sort of like that I tracked down and purchased the boxed copies of most of these. Bought Planescape at a corner store before I even knew what it was. Ended up being my one of my favorite games. :smile:

Thirty bucks well spent on that one alone.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:03 pm

I love having original boxes and hard copies of great games, with numerous books and ads for upcoming titles in them. Everything is so damn cheap nowadays.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:13 am

Very nice deal, although there's nothing there for me as I already own all those games. If anyone does grab this pack be sure to get the http://usoutpost31.com/easytutu/ mod for Baldur's Gate (allows BG1 to be played using the BG2 engine), along with the http://www.co8.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7737 modpack for Temple of Elemental Evil. While there are a fair number of smaller mods (widescreen mods, bugfixes, etc) for all the games those are the two big ones that everyone should be aware of.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:25 pm

Thanks povu and Darrk. Those will be my next stops.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:04 pm

If you use the widescreen mod for Torment you'll also want http://www.shsforums.net/files/file/683-ghostdogs-pst-ui-mod-v22/, so that the UI elements properly scale. This isn't a problem for the BG/IWD games.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:06 pm

I own all of them except Planescape Torment and The temple of Elemental evil.
I haven't seen them at Gamestop. I think all the games that you mentioned are available at gog.com

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:02 am

Box copies of PS:T, ToEE and ICD are meh. BG series are the real jewels of all box sets there. cloth maps, textbook size manual with detailed descriptions, stylish CD box/sleeve.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:31 am

Nice! Time to buy.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:05 pm

I own all the Baldur's Gate stuff, but the other half I do not... what to do...

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:27 pm

I own all the Baldur's Gate stuff, but the other half I do not... what to do...

Buy it anyway? :tongue:

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:25 am

I have been meaning to try out a few of those games. Thanks for the tip, just bought it on Amazon.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:11 am

I'm thinking of ordering two copies, so I need to know if this set has any online requirements as the person I'm thinking of getting this for (other than me) has no internet at the moment