Nostalgic PC Fantasy Game Help!

Submitted by Mikocheni_Report t3_11dkmxz in gaming

Hi Reddit game people,

I used to play a game which was already old when I discovered it about 15 years ago. It was a fantasy game and my character would be exploring caves and gaining XPs and equipment while fighting dangers like slimes and my worst ever- spiders. I can't remember much more than that it had extensive maps especially the cave systems, and it was relatively slow going because I am not a very good gamer but it could soak up hours having fun trying to run around those caves and collect gems.

I am sorry I can't describe it better. I think the title of the game was the Something of Something, e.g. The Caves of Avenor or some such. I haven't had any luck using Google, any help is appreciated.

Thank you!

EDIT: Found it! My brain finally coughed up the name "Avernum". Thanks a lot for the suggestions, they jiggled some memories loose 🙂

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Johnny-raven t1_ja96npw wrote

Try the subreddit r/tipofmytongue or r/tipofmyjoystick

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einherjar81 t1_ja96amj wrote

Okay... I can think of several games off-hand that fit those criteria. Was it for Windows, DOS, or something else? Did it use ASCII art or have actual graphics?

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Mikocheni_Report OP t1_ja9bmrr wrote

It had actual graphics, color and everything but 2d. The game seemed like an endless explorstion of caves by the character, looking for gems.

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einherjar81 t1_ja9tkt6 wrote

The ones that spring to mind are the old Spiderweb Software titles, but they don't quite match the naming scheme.

EDIT - Saw your edit on the post, haha... Guess I was on the right track.

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Mikocheni_Report OP t1_jac3lxb wrote

Yeah, pretty cool that you zoned in even though I gave such terrible clues. Thanks!

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einherjar81 t1_jaceu3u wrote

I really liked those games back in the day. Especially the second one, I think.

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Johnny-raven t1_ja96fag wrote

For some reason I’m guessing it’s the game called Fate, slimes and spiders were both common enemies and it came free on a lot of PCs back in the day

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Mikocheni_Report OP t1_ja9c90o wrote

Fate is in the right direction but the graphis are too sophisticated for the gane I remember. This game was really basic in how one moved though the sound was nice. You could hear water dripping in the caves with a nice ploink, and the character made a sound moving like boots on cobblestones except quite fast.

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M1ckey t1_ja97xew wrote

Baldur's Gate?

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M1ckey t1_ja98k2t wrote

I should add it has a subtitle, Shadow of Amn. Or Tales of the Sword Coast. Or Throne of Bhaal.

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Mikocheni_Report OP t1_ja9cicd wrote

Thanks- all of these are way too sophisticated. It was really quite basic in terms of graphics 🙂

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