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Posted September 12, 2013
Brandon, I have your saw!

Legend of Kyrandia, an unforgettable, classic point-and-click adventure game packed with wondrous locations, mythical creatures, and downright evil sense of humor, is available on GOG.com for only $5.99.

[url=http://www.gog.com/game/legend_of_kyrandia][/url]Welcome to the wonderful kingdom of Kyrandia, a land of astounding beauty, home to countless enchanted creatures and spellbinding locations. Alas, dark clouds gather on the horizon: Malcolm, the court jester, has done something terrible and the magical realm will never be the same again. Unless you, Prince Brandon, can achieve the impossible and outfox the demented joker. Remember when adventure games challenged you to beat them, without cutting you any slack? Remember when you had to draw a location map not to get lost in the maze, or were wary of crossing a funny-looking bridge, in fear of falling to a terrible death? Legend of Kyrandia, in all its classic charm and glory, is the epitome of those games.

Legend of Kyrandia is one of the gems of the classic adventure games era. First in the series of three titles, it established the original setting of Kyrandia, a land of unparalleled beauty, and, at the same time, menacing dangers. Celebrated for its unique tone of mischievous humor and inventive quests, it has also been considered a milestone in adventure games evolution. The game introduced innovative elements to the genre, with extremely simple interface and creative use of inventory items. It also made you suffer and die in many imaginative ways (one of them including a particularly charming slasher smile and a very sharp saw).

Prepare for some old-school questing and lose yourself (literally) in a perilous kingdom of Kyrandia, get Legend of Kyrandia, for only $5.99 on GOG.com!
Posted September 12, 2013
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! No way, this is awesome! The Legend of Kyrandia is literally is the #1 I've wanted from gog.com since this web site began! Thank you so very very very very much! I loved playing this game (and the entire series) back in the 90s. Gog.com has totally made my day. I cannot thank your team enough for this release. Awesome.
Posted September 12, 2013
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timppu: Definitely that, to get the full experience, one should try to enable the Roland MT-32 sounds (and use Munt). I wonder how easy it is to change the sound settings in the GOG version? I presume it defaults to the tinny Adlib/SB sounds.

The later Kyrandia games support also General MIDI, so Munt (nor MT-32/CM-32L ROMs) is not necessarily needed with them anymore.
1. Install the GOG version of Kyrandia
2. Install a copy of Scummvm.
3. Dump Mt-32 control roms into ScummVM directory.
4. Start Scummvm, Add game and select the directory of where you install Kyrandia (the data folder is the one I think)
5. After the CD version is added, go to Options, Audio and select MT-32 as preferred device.
Posted September 12, 2013
It's a very good addition indeed but since I already have this I'll just pass. Those games were nice back then but I doubt that I'll ever play them again...
Posted September 12, 2013
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damien: Is this the floppy version or CD version? and which one is better?
Man, I don't remember games on a floppy weighing in at around 53 megs :P

Yes, it's the talkie CD version :)
Posted September 12, 2013
I have very fond memories of this, one of the first adventures I played. Thanks to EA and GOG for giving it back!

However I will not buy it, because I guess it will have aged a lot and I have quite some backlog of very good, less old adventures.
Posted September 12, 2013
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Crosmando: Edit: Also, only two games a week?
We should be getting Volgarr the Viking tomorrow.
http://www.indiedb.com/games/volgarr-the-viking
Post edited September 12, 2013 by SCPM
Posted September 12, 2013
Thank you!
Posted September 12, 2013
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timppu: Definitely that, to get the full experience, one should try to enable the Roland MT-32 sounds (and use Munt). I wonder how easy it is to change the sound settings in the GOG version? I presume it defaults to the tinny Adlib/SB sounds.

The later Kyrandia games support also General MIDI, so Munt (nor MT-32/CM-32L ROMs) is not necessarily needed with them anymore.
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Crosmando: 1. Install the GOG version of Kyrandia
2. Install a copy of Scummvm.
3. Dump Mt-32 control roms into ScummVM directory.
4. Start Scummvm, Add game and select the directory of where you install Kyrandia (the data folder is the one I think)
5. After the CD version is added, go to Options, Audio and select MT-32 as preferred device.
You can use the ScummVM version in the folder of the GOG version. There's no need for a fresh installation.
Post edited September 12, 2013 by RS1978
Posted September 12, 2013
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Trilarion: I have very fond memories of this, one of the first adventures I played. Thanks to EA and GOG for giving it back!

However I will not buy it, because I guess it will have aged a lot and I have quite some backlog of very good, less old adventures.
you can play this old gem way better than other old gems, as it already has left-click/right-click controls, not those ugly walk/talk/open/smell/fart controls...
Posted September 12, 2013
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Crosmando: ...
Yeah that way too. I played the original Kyrandia on DOSBox though, and it utilized the Munt I have installed already.

So now I am wondering if the GOG version is using DOSBox, or ScummVM? I usually opt for running the games vanilla in DOSBox, just because previously I had some issues with one game getting MT-32 music and SB sound effects play correctly in ScummVM. But maybe those issues are ironed out.
Post edited September 12, 2013 by timppu
Posted September 12, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Man, I don't remember games on a floppy weighing in at around 53 megs :P

Yes, it's the talkie CD version :)
thanks! btw, there is even an Amiga version ;)
Posted September 12, 2013
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damien: Is this the floppy version or CD version? and which one is better?
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JudasIscariot: Man, I don't remember games on a floppy weighing in at around 53 megs :P
I wonder if there were any 30+ floppies games? Because I do remember installing some software which used ~60 floppies. Man, that was time consuming...
Posted September 12, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Man, I don't remember games on a floppy weighing in at around 53 megs :P
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Ghorpm: I wonder if there were any 30+ floppies games? Because I do remember installing some software which used ~60 floppies. Man, that was time consuming...
I don't remember any that large on the PC but I do recall some games having around 7 floppies or so, I think Ultima VII did although my memory is hazy about the details :/
Posted September 12, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Man, I don't remember games on a floppy weighing in at around 53 megs :P

Yes, it's the talkie CD version :)
Raptor on 3 floppies came out at ~30 MB. Re-compressing it required 10 floppies, so there was some trickery going on with it.
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Ghorpm: Because I do remember installing some software which used ~60 floppies. Man, that was time consuming...
MS Office 97 or so was at 47 floppies. And since it was a good practice to first make a backup of the original installation media, it was even more time consuming...
Post edited September 12, 2013 by JMich
Posted September 12, 2013
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For French and German speaking people: You can play the game in the respective language if you change the command line on the launcher from "kyra1-cd" to "kyra1" (French) or "kyra1-cd-de" (German).
Post edited September 12, 2013 by RS1978
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