Gothic is now downloadable.

[apsham]

That's right, I logged into HOTU today, and low and behold there was Gothic is all its glory. Too bad I am just getting it down now since it's 116MB and The Underdogs server will only let me go at around 7.55 kb\s although I do have highspeed. Meh. It's supported by torrents as well.

Check it out if you get the chance, awesome game.

[TMM]

What is Gothic? I've never heard of it, explain.

[apsham]

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/gothic/

It is an amazing RPG game that still with age, and a 7.2 on Gamepot is one of the best available for the PC.

[LL!]

What is this HOTU? And I'm just gonna ask without negating the fact that I'll get mauled for my "stupidity", but is it free?

[apsham]

Home Of The Underdogs

http://www.the-underdogs.org

It's got probably the largest collection of abandonware out there, but one download at a time and the download speed thing really sucks for me, maybe it'll be better for you.

[Enter Blue Guy]

HOLY SHIT! They have Incredible Machine 3! During I was addicted to that game in elementary school! Of course it was the only game on the school PC that you could play without a disk, but it fucking rocked! Oh man, nostalgia time! Holy shit, I can't believe it! I haven't played this game for like 7 or 8 years...

Edited April 28, 2005 by Enter Blue Guy

[Robsturgh]

omgwtf? Bahamut Lagoon? ....cool.

[MDK]

HOLY SHIT! They have Incredible Machine 3! During I was addicted to that game in elementary school! Of course it was the only game on the school PC that you could play without a disk, but it fucking rocked! Oh man, nostalgia time! Holy shit, I can't believe it! I haven't played this game for like 7 or 8 years...

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Damn, I got addicted to that as well. TIM rocked

[K]

Been playing it for two days (Y) i love it.

[MDK]

Been playing it for two days (Y) i love it.

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Then send it to me, I cant download it

[G-O-D]

I just downloaded this game, and it's good. I struggled with the controls at first, but soon, it came naturally. Intriguing plot, although I haven't got too far.

One problem though, when I reached the Old Camp, the game keeps crashing at random times for no apparent reason.

[Herr Matzat]

i remember how i made IWCs pants explode wen i posted the link to HOTU the very first time on EWB ^^

[Robsturgh]

The game is either buggered or too complex for me. This makes me sad.

[apsham]

It works fine for me, it messed up once.. but meh. I think it's actually where the inspiration for Fable comes from, come on, it's very open and you can at least attempt to do anything. There's a Gothic II and III either out or coming out I believe, and I am seriously going to look into it. For those that are having problems, here's the basic scheme:

Default position (without hitting space, character standing straight):

Ctrl+UP: Picks things up that are highlighted, talks to people etc.

TAB: Brings up inventory.

Ctrl+UP: Eat things, equips things, puts things into the buy\sell section of a store purchase.

After hitting space (which puts you into combat stance, pulling out weapons and making you hostile):

Ctrl+UP/LEFT/RIGHT: Attack in that direction

Ctrl+DOWN: Block

That should get you going with the controls that were fucked up for me. Also, be careful about being rude to guards, messing with their stuff and finally going into places that aren't yours. Many times have I entered a hut thinking it's empty and had an angry person pull a weapon on me.

[G-O-D]

That should get you going with the controls that were fucked up for me. Also, be careful about being rude to guards, messing with their stuff and finally going into places that aren't yours. Many times have I entered a hut thinking it's empty and had an angry person pull a weapon on me.

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[Guest ch1ppy08]

Are there any other games you people would recommend?