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Legends of Murder Vol. 1 : Stonedal Castle

I remember playing this when I was younger ... and I'm going to eventually pick it up again. I do remember liking the game, despite the fact that it's got quite possibly the ugliest graphics on the face of the Earth. But it plays like a text adventure, which I find admirable because even though I've never been any good at them I still like them. Some more info after the jump.

From the readme file :

Legends of Murder is a fantasy/role-playing/murder mystery game, and you are its main character. As the Inspector, you have been summoned to a small castle near the harbor city of Erdwyn to investigate the murder of the King. This castle -- the site of the murder -- is a day's journey across the Northern Sea from your own kingdom. Hired by the advisor of the deceased King, an elf named Ash, you set foot in the castle after a long journey across the sea, and the game begins...

Your ultimate purpose in Legends of Murder is to discover the murderer of the King. There are numerous riddles and puzzles to solve along the way, as well as many people to meet and places to explore. It is very important that you talk to everyone you encounter, search all rooms of the castle you enter, and make note of what you learn for later reference.

- It is important to search everything. Many objects contain clues to the murder and to other puzzles in the game.

• - Visit every location. There are specific things you must do in certain locations in order to complete the game.
• - When looting a chest, you need not always take everything. If you leave items, you can always come back later and get them.
• - Make notes of important information along the way.
• - Try to explore all corners since some things -- like stairs -- do not show on the map.
• - Some events will not take place until you have possession of the correct items. For example, certain rooms may not be entered until specific items have been found.
• - Certain characters will comment on various items the Inspector may find, so, once you find an item, go to someone who might have an interest in it.

Hopefully I'm a little bit better at it now. I kinda re-found it at Home of the Underdogs. I remember quite a few years ago emailing the webmaster of that site basically saying "Can you name the game I'm thinking of? All I remember is that it was CGA and the executable was 'STONEDAL.EXE'" and luckily enough I got an email back jogging my memory, WITH a link to the game on the site.

That is why Home of the Underdogs is one of THE best abandonware sites you'll ever come across. And this game is more than likely free to distribute anyway, I'm just too lazy to make my own download for it at the moment. Here's some screenshots for those of you who are interested.

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