Neverwinter Nights 1 cRPG by BioWare

Neverwinter Nights 1 cRPG

Welcome to my cRPG blog on Neverwinter Nights.

BioWare released Neverwinter Nights for Windows PCs in June of 2002. Neverwinter Nights is a cRPG built on the Aurora Engine.

Neverwinter Nights is the successor to BioWare's Baldur's Gate of 1998 as well as the spritual successor to Beyond Software's Neverwinter Nights of 1991 and MicroMagic's Unlimited Adventures of 1993.

Neverwinter Nights requires at minimum an Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or Athlon 800 MHz CPU, 128 megs of RAM, 8x CD-ROM and 4.1 gigs of hard disk drive space.

Neverwinter Nights supports 3D hardware acceleration via NVIDIA GeForce 2 or ATI Radeon 7500 with 32 megs of vRAM and Hardware T&L. Neverwinter Nights commonly displays in 4:3 800x600 up to 16:9 1920x1080. Neverwinter Nights 3D supports actor shadows, environment shadows, shadow-casting lights, dynamic lighting, anti-aliasing, texture-mapping animations, environment mapping, grass, actor wind-effects and visual effects.

Neverwinter Nights runs from Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, NT or 7-11 operating systems. Neverwinter Nights runs with DirectX 8.1b to DirectX 12.

As of 2024 I have published over 500 hyperlinked articles and half a million words on the original Neverwinter Nights. In length the equivalent to several novels, no one in the world has written more on NWN than I have over the game's two-decade history. In addition, my NWN commentary is supported by 2,000 screencaps and infographics; again, more than any other site on the internet.

Neverwinter Nights 1 Veteran

Like many of my readers I have played Neverwinter Nights on and off for 20 years; that is, since the game came out. It has been great to hear from fellow veterans of NWN over the past several years. Thanks to the 20 or so modders and hundreds of other people that have commented on my NWN articles. I would like to especially thank Balkoth, Savant and Rogueknight for their valuable insights and corrections to my commentary.

• cRPG Definition
• NWN1 vs NWN2
• NWN1 worth playing in 2024

Neverwinter Nights 1 Rules

• Best Builds NWN
• Spells NWN
• Neverwinter Nights Henchman Guide
• Neverwinter Nights Treasure System
• Neverwinter Nights Experience Points
• Neverwinter Nights Console Commands

Neverwinter Nights 1 Mods

• Best Mods NWN1
• Best Modules NWN1

Neverwinter Nights 1 Official Campaigns

• NWN Official Campaign Ranking
• NWN Original Campaign (Part I)
• Aribeth Neverwinter Nights (Part II)
• NWN Item codes
• Hordes of the Underdark Walkthrough
• Hordes of the Underdark Item codes

Neverwinter Nights 1 Misc.

• Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition
• NWN Quest-dense Urban Hubs
• NWN Area Design
• NWN Combat Scenarios

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