(rating the GOG version here, not the originals) Nice job, Gog! If only there weren't some slight issues that have to be dealt with... * First: the auto-rotating menu "bug" in all three games - this comes from not having a joystick installed. Tomb Raider 2 and 3 come with configuration panels. For Tomb Raider 1, you'll have to manually edit "dosboxTR.conf" in the game folder. Look for the "joystick" line and change it from "auto" to "none". ** Second: Tomb Raider 2-3 are heavily glitched and pretty much unplayable in hardware mode with (certain?) Nvidia cards without downgrading the drivers - look for details, hints and solutions via Google, since GOG doesn't allow me to post URLs. With Radeon cards this problem doesn't arise. None of the three games has been updated for widescreen displays. *** Third and (for me) most annoying: While the other two have adequate means to set a proper 3D resolution (not SCALED via DosBox like some pre-rendered adventure), the GOG configurator for TR1 is pretty much useless. And the game looks HORRIBLE at the default low resolution. You'll have to edit the ~Tomb Raider 1+2+3DOSBOXglide.ini file manually to fix that - details in the "Higher resolutions for TR1" thread on the GOG forum.
If you liked the ghosthunting gadgets in The Lost Crown, this game is for you. On the whole, my favorite of the three Dark Fall games. Not as polished and gory as Lost Souls, but more immersive and refined.
This is the DOS version of Zork Nemesis, with a custom Gog.com all-in-one installer and the DOSBox emulator package included and pre-configured. This version of the game has no sound- or speed-related issues on modern machines. I ran it on my XP SP3 machine without problems. The one thing I tweaked was to change the default sound output from 22050 to 44100 Hz (manually replace the default settings in "dosboxZorkNemesis.conf"). For full 3D pseudo-surround, QSound needs to be enabled in the game via CTRL + P (preferences), by default it's off. (The chosen Windows MIDI output device should be "MPU 401" for optimal MIDI sound, but that may depend on the case.) I had never played the DOS version before, but with the above settings there's no difference to the Windows original, except menus have to be accessed via keyboard shortcuts in place of dropdown menus.
