About This Game The wind whistles shrilly through the halls as you step gingerly over the threshold. You’ve just entered Shadowgate, a once shining fortress, now a dark smoldering ruin. Swallow your fear and take up your torch. In your hands lies the fate of your land... freedom and sunlight, or the dark domination of the Warlock Lord. Only you, the last of an ancient line of kings, can hope to stop the evil one from his dread purpose: the raising of the titan Behemoth and the destruction of all you hold dear.The original Macintosh AND Apple IIgs versions have been restored to their original glory! Come see where the world of first-person fantasy adventures started and experience the classic adventure as it appeared in 1987.Play the completely updated Shadowgate (2014) by clicking here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/294440/Shadowgate: MacVenture Series Key FeaturesTwo Original Versions: You get BOTH the Macintosh and Apple IIgs versions, restored to their original glory!First Person Adventuring: Over 50 game rooms of fantasy adventure.Drag and Drop: Utilize the classic, groundbreaking windows-based, drag and drop object system.Puzzles: Tons of great puzzles.Customized UI: Move the UI around to suit your needs and resize the retro graphics to full screen.Save System: Save your progress at any time – create as many save points as you wish. 7aa9394dea Title: Shadowgate: MacVenture SeriesGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:ZojoiPublisher:ZojoiRelease Date: 26 Jan, 2015 Shadowgate: MacVenture Series Activation Code [License] I grew up knowing the NES version of this game. I remember the nightmares that it caused, and the fun that I had playing it. Though the MacVenture edition is the original, I feel the NES version is superior. It was a bit easier to play, a bit more forgiving, and it had an awesome soundtrack.That being said, this game is still pretty awesome - consider it the NES version on Nightmare difficulty. There is no forgiveness, and your torches will burn out 10 times faster than they did in the NES version.. This unforgiving game is for hard-boiled adventure fans. I swear a lot and almost smash my screen not because puzzles are so complicate but in every room my eye misses something due to a lack of attention. I lost hours for not paying attention to an irregularity on the wall or something like that. On screen inventory is a good idea but not continued in new verison. Not a point and click adv. but very good in itself. Only downside is lack of nice music from nes version. It came free with new verison. Recommend very higly.. ... so many memories of this game .... I got this game through the MacVenture Series Collection during the 2016 Summer Sale (I think...) as I played Shadowgate, Uninvited and Deja Vu on my NES a good few years back (fun games) and figured I should get the original Apple versions to go alongside the Kemko ports on the NES - yeah, they're still as enjoyable as I remember on the NES.This, like the rest of the series, is a point 'n click that's a bit unforgiving. I like just about everything in here - they've got some fairly nice art. (higher-res than the NES, espically on the Mac version) The only gripes I have are minor - first off, the plot is a bit generic (it still works though) and the other is that I miss the NES version with the music which I thought was pretty great, although if you want that you can just look it up and have fun. I'd say the game is worth picking up if you're interested in some old point 'n clicks, and if you can then pick up the full MacVenture Collection as it's a really nice value for what you get.. This is a loving port of Shadowgate. Keep in mind that this game is a bit different from the NES version. This is the original version on Mac (either the original release or the enhanced release a couple years after). The game launches in a window reminiscent of the original mac OS it was released on, using almost identical controls, graphics, and audio from its respective release. If you know your way, the game can be ran through in just twenty minutes, but if this is your first time traversing Shadowgate be ready for many hours of trial and error to figure out how to make your way through the castle. Shadowgate is a classic adventure title, and this port is 100 percent faithful to the original release. If you like old school text adventures, or older point and click games, you need this in your game library (along with Uninvited, Deja Vu, and Deja Vu 2).. Shadowgate really takes me back. I remember spending hours playing and replaying this game, trying to find better and more efficient ways of beating the game. Playing the MacVenture series version of Shadowgate is different from the NES version, though the content seems to be the same. The controls, however are not. Not trying to knock it, it's still a good game, just takes a little getting used to the controls for those of us who grew up playing this on the NES or Gameboy Color. If you enjoy an old school RPG, pick this game up. Of course there is a rebooted version, with more modern graphics; However, I have a soft spot for the original.. Remember that feeling when you slammed the floppy into the old commidore and played this game late at night. The feeling of both determination and fear wrapped in your child mind? That feeling caused me to buy this game, unfotunatly it was just a memory.Otherwise this game is complete tripe.. The torches don't flicker momentarily before going out?! I suppose I could count my actions and light a torch at the appropriate time\u2026\u2026. I jumped into this without knowing anything about it. Yeah I played the Mac games on an emulator and have seen them here and there and finished some on Nintendo, i'm kind of familiar with the games, I was just expecting this Steam release to be a handful of roms and some kind of emulator.Surprisingly it isn't though.. it's a set of games built from the ground up to resemble the old versions, and it does a remarkable job at it. You've got the old Mac note windows (albeit with new fonts) and all the methods of interaction are the same, including the item management where you can just lose stuff if you don't organize it well. That's refreshing. Everything works the way you'd expect it to and it even comes with a mono and color version for picky types.That's all great engine wise. Gamewise - you might want to consider that part. First point: these games don't care AT ALL if you ever finish them. You will die in the first room, you often won't know from what or why, and you usually will not get hints on anything. They are all completely unfair by modern standards and you can often make them entirely unwinnable no matter how often you save. Do you like challenge? Are you psychic? You may enjoy these games more than other people. If you don't care so much about that and want to\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665around in glorious retro adventures for cheap this stuff will do it for you. If you owned these on a Mac way back.. well you probably already bought this i'm guessing. Bottom line - surprisingly good port of classic adventure games with massive problems that just aren't for everybody, but at this price you can afford to take a peek.. Faithful emulation of the original.
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Shadowgate: MacVenture Series Activation Code [License]
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