Hero Quest

[Tom Henrik]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review and Download (if available) (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/157)

[revgb]

I never even knew this was a pc game as well as a bord game,
its buried somewhere in my house but half of the peices are missing :(
This should fill the gap of the missing peices nicely

[Durak]

I found this before I found abandonia. It was a wonderful board game and myself and a few friends bought it and had loads of fun.

You said "For instance you can only see the view from the person you are playing, instead of seeing everything on the table. Makes the game more realistic." in your review. Although I didn't think it was unrealistic to be able to see the layout of the map and choosing where you want to go, like a map to a dungeon. Plus it was lots of fun to open a door to a room and then find out it was filled with undead...

Great game, but I liked it better as a board game. More fun rolling things and movement etc. Plus I thought this game was waaaaay too easy.

[Tom Henrik]

This game comes with a map over the dungeon. :wink:

[Stroggy]

another new game from the man with the uninspiring name: Tom.
Nice.
But until you find me a full version of Broken Sword, I'm not happy :x

I never really liked "hero quest"... then again I don't like many games based on boardgames.

[Durak]

Wait a second, do you mean this version comes with a map of the dungeon already completed when you start the level/quest? If so, how is it different than the board game?

[Tom Henrik]

You make the map as you go along.

[Durak]

Then this is the same as the HeroQuest game I played before. To conclude my spamming I will say that this game is great although I liked the board game more since you were more into it and it felt like you had more choices. This game was also very easy for me and I didn't have anything to buy after I had already bought everything off of the buy menu. Hope everyone enjoys it and doesn't have the same movement trouble I had when I'd try and click somewhere on the screen but miss and fly a few panels over into the wrong room...

[revgb]

On the subject of bord games did anyone ever play a game called talisman?

[gregor]

my download doesent work. it makes somekind of error. is it possible that processor is too quick?

[Tom Henrik]

Never heard of such a problem before.

I could send you the game in your mailbox instead if you like.

[gregor]

thanks. now it works! :o

[Aristharus]

I've played Talisman, and didn't like it. I pretty much "collect" board games and have played many of them. Talisman is good if you compare to the simpler, more classic ones where you just throw a die, move forward and see what happens, but still, it's pretty dull and way too long.

Hero Quest's better than Talisman, but I can still think of many, many other board games I'd rather play than Hero Quest.

[polpoint]

how do you attack things? i can not figure it out i got a sword now what do i do?

[Durak]

As I recall, you have to run into the enemies.

[Tom Henrik]

Yes. It is all decided by the dices.

A skull means a hit.
A shield means a save for the player.
A sort of squiggle :P means a save for the monster.

[gdp2000]

Are the weapons in the weapons menu the same as in the bord game? A friend of mine had the bord game and I remember to have lot of fun with it. One or two years later I bought Star Quest. It is very much superior to Hero Quest. Due to sort of party management and a better combat system. Another big plus was, that the board was made of 4 pieces that could be put together in different ways. There is a PC Version of Star Quest for the Amiga. Don't remember the name and if it was ported to the PC, too.

c ya
gdp2k

[Durak]

Personally I thought the board game of Hero Quest was very good, and I think the selection of weapons is about the same. Except, for the board game you could make up your own items or weapons if you wanted to and create your own levels.

[Eversince]

Great game,

but nobody seems to have problems with saving your character.
I get the message please insert data disk or something like that and can't save...
Let me guess, I doing something stupid again, right?

Greetzz

[Eagle of Fire]

Well, I've simply hit enter when it asked for the disk and it worked for me... ;)

[holyman9]

hey, just wodering -- is there a way to save your characters, or do you have start with brand new ones every time? also, how do you quit the game, besides ALT-TAB, then closing the window (i am playing from dosbox). Thanks

[holyman9]

haha, sorry i didnt realize this topic had a second page on which my question is answered!

[duffy]

OMG this board game is fooking amazing :D i used to love playing it havent done so in around 6 ears though i reckon :(.a classic, its still at home somewhere mother tried to throw it out :angry:

[Grinder]

I like this game. good work, :Tom:
I always run into the enemies and see if i win or die. i never
really cared about the skulls and this stuff.
i just went through the dungeons and :rifle: everything
that got in my way...

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Grinder@Mar 31 2005, 08:58 AM
i just went through the dungeons and :rifle: everything
that got in my way...
You mean :Titan: everything that got in your way :D

Too bad they never made a map or unit editor for this game, would have made it more interesting.

[Anon]

So, any ideas how to get past fallen rock?

[another_guest]

You have to buy the tool set first, unless your character is a dwarf. Disabling traps will remove the fallen rock.
At least, if it's necessary to pass it, there might be dead ends with falling rocks that you won't be able to pass.

[Reup]

Mostly the rocks from a dead end. You might however want to seach for secret passages if you're stuck!

[Christian IV]

:max: searching for secret passages got me though tough spots,
yes a map would have been nice.
:D

[jgsmith]

Hi, is there any way to renew your characters health outside of potions and spells? I finish one mission and when I start another my guys are still hurt.

Also is there anyway to skip the opening sequence?


Thanks,
JS

[another_guest]

To skip the opening sequence: run quest.exe

Those are indeed the only two ways to heal, but I could give you a few tips. After all I never had much trouble finishing the game using only 2 characters.

- search every room for treasures, perhaps except when the "roaming monster" (the type that sometimes attacks you when you're looking for treasures) is too strong.

- don't forget to use up all healing spells and healing potions before you go back up the stairs. I must admit that happened quite often to me...

- an elf and/or a wizard make a good choice: earth and water spells will allow them to heal themselves or another character. also: use the genie spell to take out a really strong enemy.

- I always let my strongest character go first, to take on any monsters he meets. If the opposition is too strong, try to run into the next room.

- in the first mission, let the strongest character be the one who looks for treasures (the other character can search for traps/hidden doors). After this mission you should be able to buy him at least a sword and a shield.

- during the following missions, let your weakest character take all the treasures, to allow him to buy some equipment. During the rescue of prince Ragnar, I think it's the character that leaves just before Ragnar that gets the 200 gold reward.
That mission alone should be enough for your weakest character to buy either a sword and shield, or chain mail.

- use tables and such to your advantage, so that only 1 enemy at a time can attack you.

- Try to buy a toolkit (preferably for each character except the dwarf who doesn't need it) early in the game, there's a mission where you'll be trapped unless someone can disable a trap. Walking through stones could help you, but I'm not sure if you can escape from the next room then.

- Some of the cheaper equipment is useless (at least if the weapon stats are identical to those of the board game, but I think that's the case). For example the staff would only help the wizard, unless you consider attacking diagonally a great advantage. I'd rather prefer buying a cloak or bracers with that money. Also note that it appears that the wizard can buy weapons like a shield or a broadsword, but that he can't use them :blink:

Hope this helped a bit...

[jgsmith]

Thanx.

JS

[Cheatah]

I liked the board games very much, and I would like to enjoy playing the PC game, but I have some minor questions.

Can you open chests or closets or something like that? I was able to disarm a trap on a chest, but how to continue? I can't find a simple manual anywhere on the internet, all I find is pages about the real board game.

[another_guest]

Welcome to the board!
Chests, closets and such are "opened" by looking for treasures in that particular room.
And you're right to look for traps first, quite a few chests in the game are traps.

If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. I don't know everything about the game, but I've finished it :)

One of the things I never understood is the Mellar's Maze level (that's how it was called in the board game, don't remember its name in the PC version), where I was never able to leave the first room :blink:
Fortunately enough you can skip missions if you want.

[Violent Grog]

I've played the game in the boardgame version before, but this is the first time I've seen the computer game version. NICE. Only question I have is, I don't know what all the weapon stats and sell stats are. Is there a manual or something someone can link to me?????

Please???????????
:help:

[Lestasia]

Does Hero Quest work on Windows XP? I have followed the instructions to the letter and whenever I enter DOSBox and type up dir it shows the Heroquest folder but then when I switch over to the folder itself and type dir it shows the Heroquest folder as being empty. What have I done wrong? Advise please.

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Lestasia@Aug 6 2005, 10:40 PM
Does* Hero Quest work on Windows XP?* I have followed the instructions to the letter and whenever I enter DOSBox and type up dir it shows the Heroquest folder but then when I switch over to the folder itself and type dir it shows the Heroquest folder as being empty.* What have I done wrong?* Advise please.
It certainly works under Dosbox on a Windows XP system.
My advise would be to download D-Fend at http://members.home.nl/mabus/dfend.htm

This is a front end to Dosbox, allowing for a much easier use. Once you've chosen the initial parameters for a certain game, all you have to do is start D-Fend and double-click the game, no more commands to be typed.
It should work that way, since I'm having no trouble and I've got Win XP as well. Hope this helps...

Also, when installing and using Dos-based programs it's safer to use directory names that are 8 characters or less.


@Violent Grog:
I haven't found a manual so far. I have no clue about selling stats but I could give you some help with the weapons stats if you still need them. For the weapons I've used so far (there are quite a few I'll never buy), they seemed the same as in the board game.

[Esmale]

Originally posted by Violent Grog@Jul 24 2005, 08:56 PM
I've played the game in the boardgame version before, but this is the first time I've seen the computer game version.* NICE.* Only question I have is, I don't know what all the weapon stats and sell stats are.* Is there a manual or something someone can link to me?????

Please???????????
:help:
I've found an online version of the manual here:

http://files.the-underdogs.org//games/h/hero/files/hero.txt

Good luck.

[OlSheep]

I thought this was interesting, a Windows remake of the board game:
http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/lm.broers/download.htm

[Wolf Schneider]

Does* Hero Quest work on Windows XP?

I've had no problems running QUEST.EXE directly in XP -- i just click on it in the File Explorer. The only issue is that it won't exit (but that's what Ctrl-Esc is for! That will bring you back to the desktop, you can then right-click on the entry on the taskbar and select Close, and then say yes when the prompt messagebox is shown ;^)

[The Fifth Horseman]

I thought this was interesting, a Windows remake of the board game:
http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/lm.broers/download.htm
Nicey. I like this one more then the one we have on Abandonia.

[another_guest]

Originally posted by OlSheep@Oct 5 2005, 10:58 PM
I thought this was interesting, a Windows remake of the board game:
http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/lm.broers/download.htm
Olsheep, thanks very much for posting that link!
It's a great version of Hero Quest, though I sometimes can't continue playing after one of my heroes has died :blink:

[Help]

I need some help. i downloaded the game and it comes up with Win rar and i am not sure what to do to open or get the game to work

Can some one help me?

[Sebatianos]

It should be Hero Quest.zip file. You need to extract the files (right click and chose the extract option - works in WinXP). If you can't extract - get WINZIP (http://www.download.com/3000-2250-10003164.html) programe. That will do the trick.

[A. J. Raffles]

Or you could just extract it with WinRar, in fact.

[another_guest]

Originally posted by A. J. Raffles@Oct 18 2005, 03:04 PM
Or you could just extract it with WinRar, in fact.
Since you say your pc comes up with winrar, it looks like you've got winrar installed. Just right-click the file instead of double-clicking (opening) it. One of the options you'll see is "extract" or something similar.

[Magic User Maniac]

Ok, I still am unsure on how to use magic spells when u play as the elf or the wizard. Could some one tell me how it's done. Dont come back to my with a manuel because i wouldn't be botherd to read any of it :sniper: but who cares because if you do send me manuel you'll get sniperrifleized :sniper:

[another_guest]

I yet have to see the manual for this PC-version of HQ. I've come across some manuals that claimed to be this, but much of the info was in fact referring to the board game.

To cast spells, click the lightning on the right side of the table (next to that switch and such). For the effect of the individual spells and whether you need to have your target in sight, just try, I certainly don't know all of these by heart...

[The Fifth Horseman]

The manual HOTU have, yes...
Their forbidden halls enter you must, for the game search and there the manual download you can, yes...

Get it this way I did, yes...

(We really need a Yoda emoticon here...)

[another_guest]

You're right, this time it's indeed a manual for the PC game...

Talking about spells, I advise you to choose either water or earth as one of your picks, just for the healing spells. If you're playing a wizard, fire and wind will of course come in handy as well, but I always first go for some healing.

About that other HQ that OlSheep linked to: did anyone try the Dungeon yet? Just wondering how far you got... I had a hard time surviving the first few levels, but now a barbarian is becoming close to invincible :) (15 attack, 12 defense, impossible values compared to the classic version of the game)

[Rekindled interest]

Could someone please help me out with this issue? Im running Windows XP on an emachine and I downloaded the game off the link fine, but whenever I double click on "hero" (after I've extracted the files) the screen just goes black. I cant even get back to the desktop with alt f4 or cntl alt del. Any help would be appreciated- I have the rom for the nintendo version, but the graphics are sloppy and for some reason when you choose the barbarian it only allows for 1 body point.

[The Fifth Horseman]

DosBox the answer is.
To troubleshooting you must go, the stickied threads and archive read. There the answers lie to problem you have.

[another_guest]

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Oct 25 2005, 01:53 PM
DosBox the answer is.
To troubleshooting you must go, the stickied threads and archive read. There the answers lie to problem you have.
It's a little weird though; I'm able to run it directly in Win XP (SP2).
If you're going to use Dosbox, I suggest you also download D-Fend (just google for D-Fend + download). It's a front end to Dosbox that makes it a lot easier to use.

[PrejudiceSucks]

That or you could drag the game .exe onto the DOSBox icon - this actually runs it and that's pretty easy.

I use D-Fend myself though.

[Guest]

Does anyone know what the key symbol in the lower left corner is for?

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Guest@Mar 11 2006, 09:06 AM
Does anyone know what the key symbol in the lower left corner is for?
To open closed doors. This allows you to take a look inside the room first without entering = safer. I usually don't use it though, to be honest...

[RicChestmat]

Board game wise I loved this when I was 9 years old. But then I got Advanced HeroQuest with all the new races and unlimited layouts. Now that game was good! It was like Space Hulk compared to Space Crusade. Or like a Warhammer Lite.

[Guest_Gor_*]

What to run to see intro? I have both Abandonia and original version (on 3.5 disks and with protection). I can only play via quest.exe. Other .exes don't run. And quest.exe doesn't have intro. Any help? Thank you.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Your problem description is insufficient for us to provide a proper answer.

Please answer the following questions:
1. What operating system do you have?
2. Did you try using VDMSound or DosBox to run the game?

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 11 2007, 12:02 PM) 286626</div>
Your problem description is insufficient for us to provide a proper answer.
[/b]

Sorry for that.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 11 2007, 12:02 PM) 286626</div>
1. What operating system do you have?
[/b]

Win98.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 11 2007, 12:02 PM) 286626</div>
2. Did you try using VDMSound or DosBox to run the game?
[/b]

I don't use anything. I just start from Win98. Quest.exe works fine and has mouse and music. All the other exes don't work.

When I installed from the original disks, I think it was also from quest.exe that I played the game. But it didn't have mouse.

[The Fifth Horseman]

The intro scene should run after you launch INTRO.EXE.
If it doesn't, maybe try rebooting your machine into DOS mode and running the executable from there?

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 11 2007, 02:18 PM) 286641</div>
If it doesn't, maybe try rebooting your machine into DOS mode and running the executable from there?
[/b]

Ok. Tried to run it in DOS. No file worked, except for intro.exe. I was given a choice of video, sound and control. After that - black screen. Any help?

[The Fifth Horseman]

What options did you choose?

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 20 2007, 10:23 AM) 287665</div>
What options did you choose?
[/b]

VGA, Adlib, mouse for everyone. Then changed Adlib to Internal. Nothing.

[The Fifth Horseman]

This isn't normal.
My best guess is that the game doesn't like your hardware for some reason.

*sigh*
Please post details of your hardware setup.

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 20 2007, 02:22 PM) 287717</div>
Please post details of your hardware setup.
[/b]

What should I post?

[The Fifth Horseman]

What CPU, how much RAM, what graphics card etc... the basic hardware configuration of your machine.

[_r.u.s.s.]

since normal quest.exe works in windows. try running your "intro.exe" via dos commandline (in windows) and look if there s a message after your intro.exe crashes/doesnt start

[Gor]

To the_fifth_horseman

CPU - 400
RAM - 128
Graphic card - Riva TNT 2 64?
HD - 20 Gb
Audio - ESS 1968
Or something like this.

_r.u.s.s.

Rough translation from Russian: the program has performed an incorrect operation and will be closed.
I get this with all exe-s except for quest.exe. When I run quest.exe in Windows I don't get to choose settings.

[The Fifth Horseman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gor @ Apr 24 2007, 12:59 PM) 288270</div>
CPU - 400
RAM - 128
Graphic card - Riva TNT 2 64?
HD - 20 Gb
Audio - ESS 1968
Or something like this.
[/b]
Let's see...
Most of it checks out as allright.
Is your graphics card AGP or PCI? Do you have a spare older PCI graphics card to try running the game with?

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 24 2007, 11:18 AM) 288277</div>
Let's see...
Most of it checks out as allright.
Is your graphics card AGP or PCI? Do you have a spare older PCI graphics card to try running the game with?
[/b]

PCI. And I don't think I have an older one. Even if I did I wouldn't be able to check it :(
Maybe it's just my luck? Or, to put it properly, its absence?

Is this intro long?
Maybe someone could take pictures of it and send to a poor unfortunate soul?

[The Fifth Horseman]

The graphics card is about the only thing I see that could be causing the problems.

As for the intro, I'll try and send you some pics. ^_^

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 24 2007, 01:09 PM) 288291</div>
The graphics card is about the only thing I see that could be causing the problems.
[/b]

Ok, I'll try the game on another computer.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 24 2007, 01:09 PM) 288291</div>
As for the intro, I'll try and send you some pics. ^_^
[/b]

Thank you very much.

Have just checked it on another (a more powerful PC, I guess, though I don't know about its Graphics card). I'm no longer a poor unfortunate soul! The intro worked. Thanks again for all help.

Now does anyone know how to run Legacy of Sorasil (HQ 2) on PC?

[The Fifth Horseman]

I wasn't aware that HQ2 was ever released for PC, actually. Where did you find it?

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 24 2007, 01:40 PM) 288295</div>
I wasn't aware that HQ2 was ever released for PC, actually. Where did you find it?
[/b]

Had it been released for PC, I wouldn't ask. I'm asking becuase it's for Amiga, and I can't run it even with the emulator.

[The Fifth Horseman]

First, you cannot read Amiga-formatted floppies on a PC. You'd have to record disk images of them and use PC-formatted floppies to transfer them to your PC (alternatively, they might be downloadable from some Amiga emulation sites).
Second, you need an Amiga emulator. WinUAE is the only one that comes to my mind at the moment.

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 25 2007, 01:19 PM) 288414</div>
First, you cannot read Amiga-formatted floppies on a PC. You'd have to record disk images of them and use PC-formatted floppies to transfer them to your PC (alternatively, they might be downloadable from some Amiga emulation sites).
Second, you need an Amiga emulator. WinUAE is the only one that comes to my mind at the moment.
[/b]

Got everything. Just don't know how to run with Win UAE.

[The Fifth Horseman]

It's been years since I last ran an Amiga emulator.
The procedure should be explained in the emulator's readme.

[Gor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Apr 26 2007, 08:55 AM) 288490</div>
It's been years since I last ran an Amiga emulator.
The procedure should be explained in the emulator's readme.
[/b]

Finally run the game. Fun. Looks like HQ a bit, but adds more heroes. The first quest is a mine field of traps. Dwarf is essential to survive. In my first game 3/4 heroes died on traps.

Thanks for all the help I got here in running HQ.

[Mousazz]

perrrfect :tease: :ok: :brain: :D :whistling: ! here's what i think about this game =
1. gameplay - ultimate, easy, fun, great!.. everything good. i just love beating up the monsters, easy pickings. 5.
2. difficulty - easy. sometimes gets boring, but as i said, easy pickings. remembers me of modern game i had, fable (the lost chapters). small rpg, monsters were easy to kill. same here. 4.
3. graphics - good, for a dos game. even great! this makes game playable (think about pizza), and fun (sauce). gameplay makes it great (cheese, ham, etc.). 5.
overall rating - 4.7

[Usmanov]

This game was alright. Quite exciting the first time around and always interesting to see what your friends think about it. It is different and appealing.

Now, over to my request. We all know how strong some Amiga soundtracks where and Hero Quest has one of the best songs ever. The intro! This is partly why I played this so much, had to run it to hear this tune and it got me in the mood to play.

Is there anyone with the abilibty to rip a wav or mp3 of the Amiga versions intro theme?
It's freaking great and I'd love to have it on my cell.
Where it will be battling the likes of Speedball 2 intro and Commando High score for main tune status =)

Been searching the web for it. Found a NES version which was useless in comparsion to Amiga tune. It is on youtube also, if one can rip sound from there somehow I don't know, but here is link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh1K-Y4hF00

Is there a way to keep track at what and where you write on this forum? I'm pretty new here.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Is there anyone with the abilibty to rip a wav or mp3 of the Amiga versions intro theme?
Use Winamp to play the MOD file (you can find MODs with the music from Amiga version of Hero Quest easily, if not then I can supply you with them) and set output to its "Nullsoft Disk Writer" plugin to transcode the modules into wave files. Then you just need Foobar2000 and a reasonably recent version of the LAME codec to encode them into MP3.
Why this way? The LAME encoder plugin for WinAmp doesn't produce particularly good encodes IMO, while the MOD reader plugin of Foobar2000 produces dull-sounding output.

[_r.u.s.s.]

Is there anyone with the abilibty to rip a wav or mp3 of the Amiga versions intro theme?
check this site http://www.mirsoft.info/gmb/music_info.php?id_ele=NDg5MA==, there are various music rips on the site. but the one which is there from C64, so i don't know whether do you want it or not

btw what do you mean by keeping track on forum? just click the "forum" buttom and browse around=)

[The Fifth Horseman]

Is there a way to keep track at what and where you write on this forum? I'm pretty new here.
"New Posts" (at the top of the board) is quite helpful.

[Usmanov]

"New Posts" (at the top of the board) is quite helpful.

Thank you for tip about the mod, I look forward to testing this when I have time!

What I mean by keeping track is if I write three or four posts in different threads that may contain questions and such. If there are new answers in these specific threads, how will I remember where I was if I come back let's say one week later?

[dosraider]

Simply do a search on 'username'.

[Edit]
As you claim to be 'new': not the searchfield above, but the search in the red forum taskbar, and-> 'go advanced'.

[Fubb]

I play the newwer version of Hero's quest, made by some guy...

Anyways, still a fairly fun game

[Usmanov]

Simply do a search on 'username'.

[Edit]
As you claim to be 'new': not the searchfield above, but the search in the red forum taskbar, and-> 'go advanced'.



That's exactly what I was looking for, thank you.

I ripped the Mod!! This is a happy day.

[csulliv3]

Hey I dl the hero quest game from abandonia.com but got stuck on how to play run the game. I check the posts then dl winuae but when I run that it says that I need ROMs. I tried to make a virtual image of stuff with magic iso and run it that way but I just cant seem to get it to work. Could you PLEASE help me out. Instructions so a toddler could understand would be awesome. Thanks!

[_r.u.s.s.]

why would you download winuae? it's a dos game, runs fine in dosbox

[another_guest]

Hey I dl the hero quest game from abandonia.com but got stuck on how to play run the game...

Check your mail, I sent you the instructions to run the game in dosbox :)
Feel free to post back if you have any further questions...

[LaFey]

I don't know if I caught this thread somewhere in the wrong time - but to get the AWESOME Amiga intro MOD for the game you don't need to go re-inventing the wheel!

You see, Exotica archive, archive's the game info, and especially the game music - which is effectively great.

So for Hero Quest you just have to go here:
http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/Hero_Quest

And download the .lha archive (LHA is just like your average ZIP, 7Z, or RAR). To extract the MODS you'll need an archiver that supports LHA - which 7ZIP conveniently (it's free) does.

Now you'll have your Hero_Quest folder with two MOD files, but how do you play them?

Well - you'll want to use a MOD player - and I really don't recommend plugins for the major players - use a good standalone such as Deliplayer (no longer supported but still works - check:
http://matthew-4gl.wikispaces.com/deliplayer

Or even better is downloading Xmplay from:
http://www.un4seen.com/

The Delix plugin ("...This plugin allows XMPlay to open and play various exotic audio files originating from the Amiga computer.") for Xmplay is useful for some less common MOD formats and you can grab it here (not necessarily needed for these MODS):
http://dhost.info/pieknyman/html/plugins.html

Hope to have been of help. :)

Oh and by the way the music was composed by Barry Leitch - who said "The in game music was a bitch to write as we only had 30k and they wanted as long as they could get...."

[The Fifth Horseman]

Or, you can get a copy of Inertia Player and run it in DOSBox. :)

[_r.u.s.s.]

even winamp plays mods..

[bgkjbsksahgfdsg]

Hello everybody, Do u know how is possible to run this game on windows vista? I'm not able...as soon as i run it shuts and says that the system doesn't support the full screen mode!! help me please!!!

[The Fifth Horseman]

If you use DOSBox.
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406

[WolverineDK]

I don't know if I caught this thread somewhere in the wrong time - but to get the AWESOME Amiga intro MOD for the game you don't need to go re-inventing the wheel!

You see, Exotica archive, archive's the game info, and especially the game music - which is effectively great.

So for Hero Quest you just have to go here:
http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/Hero_Quest

And download the .lha archive (LHA is just like your average ZIP, 7Z, or RAR). To extract the MODS you'll need an archiver that supports LHA - which 7ZIP conveniently (it's free) does.

Now you'll have your Hero_Quest folder with two MOD files, but how do you play them?

Well - you'll want to use a MOD player - and I really don't recommend plugins for the major players - use a good standalone such as Deliplayer (no longer supported but still works - check:
http://matthew-4gl.wikispaces.com/deliplayer

Or even better is downloading Xmplay from:
http://www.un4seen.com/

The Delix plugin ("...This plugin allows XMPlay to open and play various exotic audio files originating from the Amiga computer.") for Xmplay is useful for some less common MOD formats and you can grab it here (not necessarily needed for these MODS):
http://dhost.info/pieknyman/html/plugins.html

Hope to have been of help. :)

Oh and by the way the music was composed by Barry Leitch - who said "The in game music was a bitch to write as we only had 30k and they wanted as long as they could get...."

Actually, the best mod player is modplug. When it comes to mod files, or are we talking about specific Amiga files ? since then deli player is a great player.

[Chevalier]

Awesome...I never thought I'd play Hero Quest again. I remember playing with my dad and brothers almost 20 years ago. Even though I was really too young to be of much help, it was so fun that I was hooked on RPGs (and especially dungeon crawlers) for the rest of my life. From there it was on to Wizardry, up through Baldur's Gate, and on to our current lack of good RPGs. Thanks to abandonia, I can still play decent games.

[robin_hood_79]

Does anyone have any tips for using the Earth spell to walk through rock/walls? Whenever I use the spell, it tells me that I should be able to walk through any wall when I next move, yet next turn comes around (or even in the same turn, if I cast it before moving) and still I'm blocked.

That damn spirit blade will be stuck forever!

[Shandiar]

Hi - i'm having trouble playing as my system is 64bit Windows. Is their a 64bit version that i can play?

Really loved this game when i was a nipper!

[The Fifth Horseman]

No 64-bit version, but there is a way to run the 16-bit version.

Run DOSBox on your system, then run the game in DOSBox. (see http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406 for a tutorial)