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"There's quite a bit of interesting history and trivia on offer here; for instance, it was a developer called Condor Games that created the basis for Diablo and worked with Blizzard on the game's development, changing the structure from turn-based to real-time action. Condor was eventually bought and became Blizzard North."
My favorite bit is the fact that Diablo's expansion, Hellfire, wasn't a Blizzard made (or really even all that sanctioned) thing. I don't know why, maybe its just because everyone loves to lord over their IP's these days, but it always tickles me how little control Blizzard appeared to have back then, and now they're all mighty, and such.
My favorite bit is the fact that Diablo's expansion, Hellfire, wasn't a Blizzard made (or really even all that sanctioned) thing. I don't know why, maybe its just because everyone loves to lord over their IP's these days, but it always tickles me how little control Blizzard appeared to have back then, and now they're all mighty, and such.
@booming: that shit happened back then. I remember similar instances for doom and/or duke 3d.
@article: that looks sweet. Anyone else get that sexy hardcover book of Cain? My wife got me it for xmas, sooo well put together and very interesting. Lots of stuff I didn't know. Got me hyped.
@article: that looks sweet. Anyone else get that sexy hardcover book of Cain? My wife got me it for xmas, sooo well put together and very interesting. Lots of stuff I didn't know. Got me hyped.
I remember playing Diablo 1 through DIAL UP with my friend. My mom used to pick up the phone and shit.
I'm getting old.
I'm getting old.
@Magnalon:
I use to make my parents angry by using up both phone lines. One line to connect and play Doom, the other line to talk for 40 mins about how to get those fucking modem strings to work.
I use to make my parents angry by using up both phone lines. One line to connect and play Doom, the other line to talk for 40 mins about how to get those fucking modem strings to work.
oh god, i hated init strings for modems.
and that was back before cell phone technology was prevalent, so if something fucked up i had to call him, hope he was disconnected, try to see what might have went wrong, hang up and try again, rinse and repeat if it fucked up again.
but man, when we actually connected those were some of the best wasted hours of our lives.
and that was back before cell phone technology was prevalent, so if something fucked up i had to call him, hope he was disconnected, try to see what might have went wrong, hang up and try again, rinse and repeat if it fucked up again.
but man, when we actually connected those were some of the best wasted hours of our lives.
@ Football Religion
Why notjust buy the game and then use the offline patch that will be available within days of the street release?
Why notjust buy the game and then use the offline patch that will be available within days of the street release?
@Phil
even still, Diablo was really the first instance of it that I can even remember. Not having shit for PC knowledge back then aside from loose BS I learned in school (IE typing), nor the money flow to try to keep up (I was a kid and all the money went into console games) I generally stayed away from a lot of PC gaming. Blizzard's stuff, and some Sim City, were really the only things I'd really play on a PC for the longest time. So Hellfire just has a special place in my heart I guess.
@Magnalon
I know I just said to Phil that I didn't do much more then play Blizzard stuff and Sim City, but I have two words that prove I'm getting old too: Neverwinter Nights.
No, not the BioWare joint but the Stormfront Studios/Strategic Simulations, Inc. one that you played online, on AOL, while you payed AOL a stupid amount of money per minute or hour. I think it went from minutes to hours over time.. Either way, this game got me in SOOOOOO much trouble. I became addicted to it pretty much, and when my parents got the internet bill.. Well, lets say we didn't have the internet for all that long in the early days...
I often credit Neocron as my first in a long line of MMO's, but Neverwinter Nights is in fact the actual first.
even still, Diablo was really the first instance of it that I can even remember. Not having shit for PC knowledge back then aside from loose BS I learned in school (IE typing), nor the money flow to try to keep up (I was a kid and all the money went into console games) I generally stayed away from a lot of PC gaming. Blizzard's stuff, and some Sim City, were really the only things I'd really play on a PC for the longest time. So Hellfire just has a special place in my heart I guess.
@Magnalon
I know I just said to Phil that I didn't do much more then play Blizzard stuff and Sim City, but I have two words that prove I'm getting old too: Neverwinter Nights.
No, not the BioWare joint but the Stormfront Studios/Strategic Simulations, Inc. one that you played online, on AOL, while you payed AOL a stupid amount of money per minute or hour. I think it went from minutes to hours over time.. Either way, this game got me in SOOOOOO much trouble. I became addicted to it pretty much, and when my parents got the internet bill.. Well, lets say we didn't have the internet for all that long in the early days...
I often credit Neocron as my first in a long line of MMO's, but Neverwinter Nights is in fact the actual first.
@Magnalon
And thats to say too, that many phones were picked up in the course of my game time, usually fighting trolls.
I was fighting trolls on the internet before it was in fashion.
And thats to say too, that many phones were picked up in the course of my game time, usually fighting trolls.
I was fighting trolls on the internet before it was in fashion.
@Magnalon
Shit, I must be old too. I remember one time, without really understanding how the whole thing worked, I got online and dialed my friend's home line. His dad's voice came in through my computer, and I vowed then to swear off the Internet and its black magic.
Shit, I must be old too. I remember one time, without really understanding how the whole thing worked, I got online and dialed my friend's home line. His dad's voice came in through my computer, and I vowed then to swear off the Internet and its black magic.
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