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Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) (Announce)

posted by Zyzzle, 06.09.2010, 01:08

> >
> > NOTE: It is the far most advanced DOS game at all!
>
> Really? Not sure if I agree, but it's close enough true I guess. Based upon
> the Quake 1 engine (though commercially only for Win32 originally, had to
> be backported to DOS again).
>

You piqued my interest... I also think Hexen 2 is probably one of the best (ie, most technically advanced, taking advantage of modern hardware, etc). What games do you think are "better" / more advanced for DOS only? One could argue AdvanceMame is better, but then you're talking about an emulator there (albeit a very, very, good one!). An arguement could be made for Descent 2 / Tomb Raider, but the latter doesn't support high resolutions (ie, does not have high-resolution texture-map data available) in DOS, and does not take advantage VBE3.

Complete thread:

• Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Laaca, 05.09.2010, 08:16 (Announce)
  • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 06.09.2010, 00:07
    • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Zyzzle, 06.09.2010, 01:08
      • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - marcov, 06.09.2010, 15:39
      • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 06.09.2010, 22:07
        • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - DOS386, 06.09.2010, 22:44
        • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 08.09.2010, 06:11
        • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - RayeR, 11.09.2010, 02:36
          • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 11.09.2010, 23:38
            • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - RayeR, 12.09.2010, 13:25
              • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 12.09.2010, 22:27
                • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - RayeR, 13.09.2010, 02:04
                  • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 13.09.2010, 08:41
                    • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - RayeR, 13.09.2010, 15:47
              • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) 1.5.0-rc1 - Rugxulo, 10.03.2011, 03:43
                • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) 1.5.0-rc2 - Rugxulo, 27.04.2011, 03:17
                  • Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) 1.5.0-rc5 - Rugxulo, 13.07.2011, 22:39