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Shard of Spring

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Shard of Spring
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Quietly released by SSI in 1986 and 1987 were 2 PC conversions of their classic Apple II RPGs: Demon's Winter and The Shard of Spring. Both games are solid "conventional" RPGs (i.e. top-down view, lots of loot and monsters) which emphasizes level advancement and typical "kill the big foozle" endgame...
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1987, SSI, ...
System requirements
Windows 7/8/10, 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9, 1 GB...
Description
Quietly released by SSI in 1986 and 1987 were 2 PC conversions of their classic Apple II RPGs: Demon's Winter and The Shard of Spring. Both games are solid "conventional" RPGs (i.e. top-down view, lots of loot and monsters) which emphasizes level advancement and typical "kill the big foozle" endgame.

The blessed island of Ymros is always at ease thanks to the Shard Of Spring -- a crystal that bestows eternal springtime. Now, the evil sorceress Siriadne has stolen the sacred shard and you have to get it back. The world you once knew has fallen to hunger, famine and despair. Everyone now asks you to come forward and take the challenge!

Shard of Spring is a role-playing game, in which the player creates and builds up a party of adventurers composed of the traditional races of humans, elves, dwarves, trolls, and gnomes. The two main classes are warrior and wizard; each class specializes in different skills (such as elemental proficiencies). Towns are represented by simple text menus; most of the action takes place in the dungeons, fighting enemy parties in turn-based combat.
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This game is powered by DOSBox.
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Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.11+)
Release date:
{{'1987-01-01T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
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18 MB

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Posted on: February 2, 2022

galdom

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Games: 499 Reviews: 38

alpha version of Demon'winter

This game shoudn't have been sold by his own. It should have been included with Demon's winter. Why? It's just a demo of Demon's winter: less class (only 2), less race, less monsters, less colors and the land to explore is extra small. The basics of Demon's winter are here but at an embryonic stade. Play Demon's winter instead unless you want an oversimplified and quick version.


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Posted on: January 1, 2022

jsjrodman

Games: 320 Reviews: 5

DOS versions inferior

Truly unfortunate that the dos conversions are here. From the inevitable timing issues that dosbox cannot resolve, to the unfortunate visuals, these are simply inferior versions of the early SSI games.


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Posted on: July 2, 2022

Akishimaru

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Games: 33 Reviews: 5

A Nostalgic Blast

I played this game for HOURS at school after I installed in our typing class. Shard of Spring really captured the D&D feel back in the day. I could see the kids of Stranger things playing these!


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