Talk:New World Computing

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I just wanted to thank everyone for making this a great article in my opinion. I must say, when I first did this article (probably one of my first edits), there was almost no substance. I did make an edit that added substance and history. But, everyone else who edited this turned not only my work, but added their own work also and created what was a barely readable article into an article that an average person can be intrigued in. Thank you all.

P.S. Sorry if this sounded a little bit like self advertising. Fableheroesguild 04:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

fyi- there's a version of might & magic viii: day of the destroyer for the japanese playstation 2. the game is fundamentally the same as the pc version, but adds a tutorial dungeon and support for a peripheral called popegg, which was/is a printer that allowed players to take pictures during gameplay.

here's the list of all console & pc might and magic games if you's like to expand this one day...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=might+%26+magic&searchplatform=All+Platforms

Other games

missed Hummer of the Gods, which is very similar to Heroes

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BetacommandBot 08:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed questionable claim

I fact-tagged and then removed this text from the Might & Magic section:

With Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen and Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen, released for the IBM PC in 1992 and 1993 respectively, New World Computing did something that hadn't been done^{[citation needed]} successfully before (or since). If one had both games installed together on the same hard drive, one could move between the two worlds, and in fact could access new content not individually available in either title. A previous series, Alternate Reality, attempted this same feat a number of years earlier, but was ultimately unsuccessful due in part to the floppy-based nature of the systems at the time.

This claim is doubtful and needs a citation. What about Wizardry 1 and 2 on the Apple II, or Eamon Adventures? In any case the claim (and the awkward mentioning of and defense of Alternate Reality) isn't cited, so I removed it. Tempshill (talk) 18:12, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, Clouds of Xeen and Darkside of Xeen worked as indicated above. At the time New World Computing allowed you to mail in your disk based set of the game and exchange it for the CD version, because the CD version wasn't ready when the original game went to press. You were able to cross into 1 game from the other exactly as indicated above, however.