Five Magical Amulets

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Five Magical Amulets

Post by eMTe »

I don't know how could I have missed this game... It is a good example of how the borders between what is amateurish and professional slowly diminish. This game is superb in every aspect - lovely and quite unique graphics, good puzzles, well-written dialogues and absolutely stunning (and 100% original) music - one of the best made for computer game ever (seriously). A MUST PLAY!!!

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Download link: http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... ?gameid=24

Download size: 142 Mb

Developer: OFF Studio

Release date: 18th March 2005

Status: confirmed freeware
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But does it come in english???
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But of course! I took the screens from official site, that's why they are in Czech.
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Post by mistergreen77 »

I tried this game in window mode and had problems - will install it at home and try it there on full-screen mode and window mode. I hope the windowing problem is not a bug because it looks like a good game....

Yep - quality adventure game. No windowing problems at home either.
Checked the readme file and found:

This product is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. In no event will the authors be liable to you for damage arising out of your use of or inability to use the product, even if the authors have been advised of the possibility of such damage.
This product is distributed free of charge. The installation package can be redistributed providing it is not modified in any way and that no financial or other form of payment is required.
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Post by Pater Alf »

You can now download a patch for Windows 98/ME and a german translation file for the game on our game info page:

http://curlysworldoffreeware.com/game_i ... ?gameid=24

Info about the patch:
"We discovered a bug in the game, which can cause occasional crashes on Windows 98/Me systems. If you are running this Windows version, please apply the patch. To do so, either click the "Check for updates" button in the game launcher window, or download the patch manually and unzip its contains to the game folder." (taken from the official homepage)
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Post by Chroelle »

I played this for a bit more than an hour, and since this is in no way my type of game I must admit that when it comes to freeware point and clicks this one is of a rare quality.
The music and story is very good, but the start is very slowmoving and hence you might loose interest just there.
I was actually going to quit it and give it a failing grade, when I decided to look at some reviews on it. A reviewer actually wrote that the game was very slow at first, but moved on to be better.
I then confided in a walkthrough to get past the tedious beginning (it is not cheating when you are validating) and found out that it envolved a lot more than I thought.
So please do not quit this game in the beginning but stay on. This is actually one of the better games on this site i you ask me.
Currently testing Life version 2.9 (With added second child)
(Beta testing in progress)

www.paed-it.dk - My blog in Danish

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
--Mark Twain