Ravenloft Games PC
DreamForge Intertainment's Ravenloft games are cRPGs released in 1994 and 1995 for IBM PC MS-DOS.
Specifications for Ravenloft Games
All three Ravenloft-engine games share the following specifications:
- 256-color SVGA 640x400 display
- Icon-driven mouse control
- AD&D 2nd Edition ruleset implementation
- Toggleable floors, ceilings, skies, sprite-dithering and palette intensity
- Tailorable draw distance and auto-mapping
- Switch between flip-screen step-based and interpolated movement
- 3 different render-field sizes (max 512x256)
- i80386DX-33 MHz CPU minimum requirement
- 4 megs of RAM minimum requirement
- Rational Systems' DOS/4GW Protected Mode run-time (v1.96)
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession IBM PC 1994
DreamForge Intertainment released Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession for IBM PC MS-DOS 5.0 Protected mode run-time 1.96 in 1994. Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is set in TSR's AD&D gothic-horror Ravenloft campaign setting of 1983.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession was programmed by Don Wuenschell.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession was distributed on 7x 3.5" 1.44MB HD diskettes and decompresses and installs to hard disk drive via Floppy 1.1 Installation. The CD-ROM version adds enhanced cinematics, 25 digitized NPC voices, a Paladin quest and roaming NPCs and fauna. Count Strahd Von Zarovich is also voiced.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession displays in 256-color SVGA 640x400 and features a maximum render-field of 512x256.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession requires an i80386DX-33 MHz CPU, MSCDEX 2.1 2x CD-ROM, 21 megs of HDD space and a minimum of 525,000 bytes of free conventional RAM and 2,720,000 bytes of XMS RAM (4 megs of RAM).
- Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession Manual aka Rule Book: 93 pages
- Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession Clue Book: 124 pages
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession Ruleset Feature List
- Four-person party (two created characters + two recruitable NPCs)
- 6 Races: Human, Half-elf, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Halfling
- 6 Classes: Fighter, Ranger, Paladin, Mage, Cleric, Thief
- Double and triple Multi-classing, no Dual-classing
- 6 Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
- Alignment, Hit points, Experience Points (XP), Levels
- Melee & Ranged Combat, no Backstabbing
- Arcane & Divine spellcasting (65 spells in total)
- Armor Class, THAC0, Damage, Saving Throws
- 10 recruitable NPCs
- Spells have range, area and duration stats
- 33 different enemies
- Wands, Potions and Scrolls
- Adornments and Arms & Armor
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet IBM PC 1995
Sequel to Strahd's Possession of 1994, DreamForge Intertainment released Ravenloft: Stone Prophet for IBM PC MS-DOS 5.0 Protected mode run-time 1.96 in 1995.
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet was programmed by Don Wuenschell, Mike Breitkreutz and Thomas J. Holmes.
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet is set in the ancient desert-realm of Har'Akir in TSR's Ravenloft campaign setting. Ravenloft: Stone Prophet features Thief backstabbing, 24 new monsters, a spell management system and the ability to fly. Ravenloft: Stone Prophet also supports party-importation from Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession.
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet installs via CD-ROM; the game reads most of its data from the CD-ROM.
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet displays in 256-color SVGA 640x400 and requires an i80386DX-33 MHz CPU, 2x CD-ROM, 4 megs of HDD space and a minimum of 340,000 bytes of free conventional RAM and 2,700,000 bytes of XMS RAM (4 megs of RAM).
- Ravenloft: Stone Prophet Manual aka Rule Book: 92 pages
- Ravenloft: Stone Prophet Clue Book: 93 pages
Menzoberranzan IBM PC 1994
DreamForge Intertainment released Menzoberranzan for IBM PC MS-DOS 5.0 Protected mode run-time 1.96 in 1994.
Built on the Ravenloft engine Menzoberranzan is set in TSR's Forgotten Realms campaign setting and is based on the characters found in R.A Salvatore's The Legacy of 1992.
As its name suggests Menzoberranzan is set in the Underdark. Menzoberranzan is the birthplace of Drizzt Do'Urden.
Menzoberranzan was programmed by Don Wuenschell. Menzoberranzan installs via CD-ROM.
Menzoberranzan displays in 256-color SVGA 640x400 and requires an i80386DX-33 MHz CPU, 2x CD-ROM, 15 megs of HDD space and a minimum of 540,000 bytes of free conventional RAM and 2,700,000 bytes of XMS RAM (4 megs of RAM).
Stupidly, Menzoberranzan cinematizes its character creation via ugly pre-rendered animations that also slow down chargen.
- Menzoberranzan Manual aka Rule Book: 92 pages
- Menzoberranzan Clue Book: 110 pages
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