Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:35:00 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>>On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>
>>>> >> >* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
>>>> >> >https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
>
>>>> >I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs
>>>> >around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the
>>>> >newer one.
>
>>I have the DVD version. One disc. Made the whole thing far more playable.
>
>I had the five-disc version, which came in a cardboard sleeve with
>spots for six disk held together with glue that got all over the
>discs. I remember being royally pissed off that Bioware (or Interplay)
>cheaped out by using a cardboard disc holder rather than splurging for
>a multi-disk jewel-case.

I have the same version. I just opened the box, and the disks are
spotless, yours must have come with French Glue.
(A play on the whole American "these colors don't run" thing, presumably
their glue doesn't either.)

>The six-disk version that came out later was the one that included the
>expansion disc... which now makes me wonder: was that the plan from
>the start? Even in 1997, was Bioware holding back content with the
>plan on selling it later? They truly were a developer ahead of their
>time!
>
>I still have my original discs. The cardboard sleeve is long gone, and
>good riddance!

I think they knew they would put out an expansion if the game sold well,
and they made a cd holder with space for it just in case.

Xocyll

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
<snip>
> "Changing the name french fries to freedom fries, on the
> other hand, will just make them laugh at you. "

Of course it will since "French Fried Potatoes" were invented by an
English cook in Belgium as that's how he thought the French did their
potatoes.

Freedom Fries just showed what an Uneducated Buffoon 'W' was, the bold
underline under his noo-q-ler pronunciation for nuclear power and
weapons.

Xocyll

On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:30:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 20:01 this Sunday (GMT):
>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>>>Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:04:01 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
>>>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> >* Asterix & Obelix XXL Romastered
>>>> >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261520/Asterix__Obelix_XXL_Romastered/
>>
>>
>>>I might like it so I took it.
>>
>> Oooh, we're neck-and-neck-and-neck (or whatever passes for necks on
>> ants; thorax?), with MikeS, Ant and Geeknix all having three games
>> apiece. Quick, Zaghadka, grab another game just so you don't fall
>> behind! ;-)
>
>I have one, too
>
>>>> >* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
>>>> >https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
>>
>>>I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs
>>>around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the
>>>newer one.
>>
>> Who knows what TOMORROW will bring? ;-)
>
>
>Hopefully, the sun.

Not in Seattle / Hamburg / London / (insert famously grey and drizzly
city here)

On 12/11/2024 12:20 AM, Xocyll wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
> say:
>
>> On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:35:00 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>> * Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
>>>>>>>> https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition
>>
>>>>>> I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs
>>>>>> around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the
>>>>>> newer one.
>>
>>> I have the DVD version. One disc. Made the whole thing far more playable.
>>
>> I had the five-disc version, which came in a cardboard sleeve with
>> spots for six disk held together with glue that got all over the
>> discs. I remember being royally pissed off that Bioware (or Interplay)
>> cheaped out by using a cardboard disc holder rather than splurging for
>> a multi-disk jewel-case.
>
> I have the same version. I just opened the box, and the disks are
> spotless, yours must have come with French Glue.
> (A play on the whole American "these colors don't run" thing, presumably
> their glue doesn't either.)
>
>> The six-disk version that came out later was the one that included the
>> expansion disc... which now makes me wonder: was that the plan from
>> the start? Even in 1997, was Bioware holding back content with the
>> plan on selling it later? They truly were a developer ahead of their
>> time!
>>
>> I still have my original discs. The cardboard sleeve is long gone, and
>> good riddance!
>
> I think they knew they would put out an expansion if the game sold well,
> and they made a cd holder with space for it just in case.
>
More likely the company that made those cardboard sleeves didn't make 5
slot wallets for discs and the game developers didn't want to pay more
for a custom job.

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 03:27:07 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Xocyll wrote:

>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
>entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
>say:
><snip>
>> "Changing the name french fries to freedom fries, on the
>> other hand, will just make them laugh at you. "
>
>Of course it will since "French Fried Potatoes" were invented by an
>English cook in Belgium as that's how he thought the French did their
>potatoes.
>
>Freedom Fries just showed what an Uneducated Buffoon 'W' was, the bold
>underline under his noo-q-ler pronunciation for nuclear power and
>weapons.
>
I call them "frites" so screw you guys, I'm going home.

--
Zag

This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

On 12/11/2024 3:21 PM, Zaghadka wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 03:27:07 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
> Xocyll wrote:
>
>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
>> say:
>> <snip>
>>> "Changing the name french fries to freedom fries, on the
>>> other hand, will just make them laugh at you. "
>>
>> Of course it will since "French Fried Potatoes" were invented by an
>> English cook in Belgium as that's how he thought the French did their
>> potatoes.
>>
>> Freedom Fries just showed what an Uneducated Buffoon 'W' was, the bold
>> underline under his noo-q-ler pronunciation for nuclear power and
>> weapons.
>>
> I call them "frites" so screw you guys, I'm going home.
>
I call them "heart attack and stroke makers".

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.