Black Sect
 

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)

Ah, finally my sect is up and running! :OK: Although it should be noted that I did not write this review. I just provided the game and the screenshots.

Can't AB propose the original French version for download also?

The original was in French so I'd consider it natural. If we were to do it properly, we should make the English version a separate download and the French one the main download since the English one is really not the original.

This game indeed has a few flaws as the review says. I found the action interface tricky - trying to work out what each small icon means. The french explanations weren't a lot of help. But the trickiest bit is that - for me - the 'Yes' options didn't work. Pressing 'Y' for saving and exiting resulted in nothing, while the 'N' option worked fine for both. Otherwise, good graphics and nice review for what might potentially be an ok game.

Are you sure that Y was bound to your Y key? Maybe it was Z or something like that.

@MrDeadly
I inserted Klapauzius as uploader since the game was from Lankhor.net, if it is okay for you. He gets his deserved share this way.

No problem Luchsen, he deserves every bit of credit for giving us an english version!

Also, I've played through the entire game using dosbox 0.72 and never had any issues with it.

I haven't tried this but Yes and No in French is Oui and Non so the N would work for "No" but the "O" would probably be needed for "Yes".

OMG, i have the original in french, never knew what i was doing i requested this game here a long time ago, and they have it great 10/10 mates

I have just started to play this game and I think it looks good...However I am stuck..I have given the tramp some cheese and I have the knife but I cannot find where to dig the hole to get the gloves etc..I seem to have tried everywhere anyone got a clue? Many thanks..

I had problems with this too.

:)Many thanks Mr.Deadly will give your suggestions a go

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:no:OK I think I have tried all the paving with all the icons and I STILL can't find the gloves..HEEEEEEEEEELP PLEEEEEESE

:(Is anyone out there playing black sect? I need to know where the gloves are..I mean I basically know where they are supposed to be but CANT FIND THEM

http://www.abandonware-paradise.fr/s...k_Sect-91.html

Solution for Black Sect

The Soluce is there:
http://www.lankhor.net/jeux.php?jeu=3&menu=solution
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:thanks:Merci 2dpixel merci beaucoup. J'ai la solution mais en Francais!J'essaie la..

:clap:Ok with my trusty french dictionary I am going well.. The other walkthrough is not very well translated so it is not very clear..Also the interface controls are a bit of a pain to work out.

Google Translate comes handy every now and then. :)
http://translate.google.com/translat...on&sl=fr&tl=en

:)Thanks 5th Horseman. Information very much appreciated..Between the three (2 english 1 french) translations and my dictionary I can get through the game well. I feel that there is room for a non literal translation though. For an English speaker an instruction that says "give bread to tramp..it gives you a tablet.Read tablet, ask tablet. leaves a bit to be desired. The french verb Poser should have been translated as "to put down" so Poser la tablette really says put down the tablet..This makes even more sense when playing the game as there is a limit to the number of items you can carry.

:wondering: Ok I am down in the crypt below the church and I have the box and the pentagons and the gold key but I can't open the @#$ cupboard. I have tried all the icons and nothing works..Any help greatly appreciated.

Has anyone out there played this game through? I am still stuck.I have gone back over the game and replayed it up to the crypt but still can't open the cupboard to get the cassock out.Without that I can't proceed.HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP

Go to this page:
http://www.klapauzius.net/Old_Games.html

Download Black Sect for Atari ST at the bottom of the page. In that zip there is an english walkthrough, the very same that I used. I had no problems when following it. Good luck!

Ok ..thanks Mr.D. Got the walkthrough but couldn't find the manual at Lankhor..Many thanks for your help:)

:clap:Well I finally finished the game..Thanks Mr.D I found I was using a wrong key...Anyway I thought it was a good game with a certain creepiness about it especially at the end which was quite surprising.

Congrats! Glad I could help out and that you liked the game. Yeah it has a certain creepiness about it, very much in style with the italian gothic horrorfilms of the mid 60's early 70's I would say. And of the scary music from the band Jacula, also italian and from the same period. The game's front cover/main title screen (the hooded figure walking by) especially remind me of the first and second Jacula LP covers.

Avira Antivir tells me there's a virus in the zip, something called LZDamage. :suspicious:

Most likely false report. These old dos games do that a lot, because of old file types or something.

avira is a virus

Digging up those gloves
 

Hi, i am stuck - can't dig the gloves. I've found the third stone right from the tramp is loose. Then I go to the inventory and choose Knife. Then I bring up the menu with icons and choose the one with Wrench. Then I click on that stone. All I get is message "This isn't very conclusive!". How can I dig it???

I can't open the link; I get a 509 error. Does someone else have it and can upload it?

Just wait till limit is reset ......

A really awesome remake of the game just got released recently:

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk...ck_Sect_Remake