Oh man, the memories! Because my childhood PC was a Pentium 133 with a run of the mill Trident 9440 PCI, I was limited to running 2D games or games from the golden age of DOS and that's when I first encountered roguelikes. To this day I am still a big fan of the genre and Ragnarok is part of my Top 10 below great gems like ADOM and Unreal World among others. Your video already made me want to play it again haha! I have the Caves of Qud and I haven't even tried it yet (shame) 😆
If you enjoyed this game I think you would really love Caves of Qud as well! I was in the same boat as you back in the day, I had only old computers and a slow dial up connection. The easiest games to play(and download) were old ones from abandonware sites that ran on a then-slow Pentium.
It's worth it if you like traditional roguelikes or old CRPGs! I need check out the Ultima games again, seems like there is a lot to like in that series.
Whoa, I used to play the hell out of this game in the 90s. Also, the videos have a good production value, definitely subbed and looking forward to seeing the channel grow.
Having grown up with Hack (precursor to Nethack), I was struck by the number of similarities between Ragnarok and Hack. That said, Hack itself was an evolution of Rogue, so maybe these are all traits taken from Rogue, but a lot of things seem directly inspired from Hack (or possibly NetHack), such as nymphs seducing your items away, wands of polymorph, discovering scroll effects by reading them for the first time, etc. I wonder if the authors of Ragnarok ever documented their development journey.
That would be interesting to see if it exists no doubt! I can only assume they were fans of Rogue and NetHack. I'm pretty sure it was only a team of two guys that made the game and nothing else was ever released by "Norsehelm Productions" as far as I know. Rob Vawter and Thomas Boyd are the only two names I've seen associated with the game. Rob appears to work for Amazon Games now, and Thomas Boyd doesn't appear to be in the industry anymore.
Oh man, the memories! Because my childhood PC was a Pentium 133 with a run of the mill Trident 9440 PCI, I was limited to running 2D games or games from the golden age of DOS and that's when I first encountered roguelikes. To this day I am still a big fan of the genre and Ragnarok is part of my Top 10 below great gems like ADOM and Unreal World among others. Your video already made me want to play it again haha! I have the Caves of Qud and I haven't even tried it yet (shame) 😆
If you enjoyed this game I think you would really love Caves of Qud as well! I was in the same boat as you back in the day, I had only old computers and a slow dial up connection. The easiest games to play(and download) were old ones from abandonware sites that ran on a then-slow Pentium.
Your production values are skyrocketing. That playdough eating scene was legit. Ragnarok looks fascinating and I can't wait to come across it!
Thanks for noticing! I enjoy video editing and cameras quite a bit, and I'm learning a few new fun things here and there.
This game was an absolute killer. Still play it to this day.
Yeah its aged pretty well too all things considered. Definitely still easy to pick up and play in 2023...or 2024!
Never played this one, might give it a go sometime.
My favorite DOS game is Ultima 8: Pagan, so it was good to see the Ultima series mentioned here :)
It's worth it if you like traditional roguelikes or old CRPGs! I need check out the Ultima games again, seems like there is a lot to like in that series.
@@DOSStorm I would highly recommend playing Ultima 7 first. Ultima 8 was never a popular choice but I love both games.
Whoa, I used to play the hell out of this game in the 90s.
Also, the videos have a good production value, definitely subbed and looking forward to seeing the channel grow.
Thank you. More videos are coming!
Having grown up with Hack (precursor to Nethack), I was struck by the number of similarities between Ragnarok and Hack. That said, Hack itself was an evolution of Rogue, so maybe these are all traits taken from Rogue, but a lot of things seem directly inspired from Hack (or possibly NetHack), such as nymphs seducing your items away, wands of polymorph, discovering scroll effects by reading them for the first time, etc. I wonder if the authors of Ragnarok ever documented their development journey.
That would be interesting to see if it exists no doubt! I can only assume they were fans of Rogue and NetHack. I'm pretty sure it was only a team of two guys that made the game and nothing else was ever released by "Norsehelm Productions" as far as I know. Rob Vawter and Thomas Boyd are the only two names I've seen associated with the game. Rob appears to work for Amazon Games now, and Thomas Boyd doesn't appear to be in the industry anymore.
Now that is an impressive game!
I know this game, sage, scroll of body switching, phase potion. wish wand with 99 luck bug when your backpack is full.
Nice deep dive into this game. It looks like a gem to me!
Do I see a RAIDMAX SCORPIO on your desk? It was my first case (i had the yellow one)
Yep, it's the blue version of that case! It must have been a popular case back in the day, I get comments about it all the time.
can you check out a yamaha ymf724 based pci sound card? or if you already have/had one, what are your thoughts about it?
I actually have a Yamaha XG that I need to get around to testing.
awesome!
Whaat is the game at 0:32 I dont think Ive ever seen it.
Descent to Undermountain. It was a D&D based game that uses the Descent engine and is not really a good game at all.
@@DOSStorm Ah too bad. It really looks as if it could be good, graphics wise
0:33 what game is this?
Descent to Undermountain. It is a dreadfully bad game. lol
@DOSStorm bummer, graphics look good. I'll give it a try anyway, ty
@@polaris911 Yeah the game uses the Descent engine(thus the name) the graphics are quite good.