Gothic (also titled "Intro to Gothic" or "Gothic Intro" or "Gothic :
an Introduction") is a 1988 World Builder game by Greg Herlihy.
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> THE STORY
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> THIS is the tale of EMILY, a young orphaned woman cruelly imprisoned
> in Castel Udolpho, a mountain fastness lost in the desolate heart to
> the Italian Appenines. THIS is the story of MONTONI, Lord of
> Udolpho, a man of unimagined evil, a man whose plots against Emily's
> life and property, are surpassed only by his designs upon her
> person. THIS is the tale of LAVINIA, once and sometime mistress of
> Udopho, who--so the village gossips whisper to each other on cold
> and stormy nights in the valley--died (or did she ever quite die?) a
> strange and horrible death...
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> Tonight, Emily has resolved to escape Castle Udolpho. She must do so
> before dawn, or she will be caught. It is now a few minutes before
> one o'clock in the morning.
>
> YOU are Emily...
>
> and THIS is GOTHIC
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> Let the TERROR begin....
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Download #1 is a .sit-compressed (.img) disk image that contains a
copy of Intro to Gothic, dated 1988. This download is meant for Mini
vMac (II), to facilitate easy drag-and-drop.
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The above game copy is actually just a mail-order-registration demo of
(i.e., introduction to) the full-length version.
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> ABOUT "INTRODDUCTION TO GOTHIC"
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> Since GOTHIC is a sprawling, complex game, it is not practicable to
> distribute it as shareware. The cost of phone bills, hourly access
> charges and the sheer nuisance of tying up electronic bulletin
> boards to download a huge program you may know nothing about, make
> INTRODUCTION TO GOTHIC necessary.
>
> Although INTRODUCTION TO GOTHIC gives a taste of the style and
> themes of the full blown version, it contains only a very small
> portion of the actual game.
>
> [...]
Therefore, if you happen to have (or can find) the full-length
version, then please upload it.
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k
This app was tested in Mini vMac II with System 7.1.1 (and it opens
without crashing), so it should also work in Mini vMac II with Systems
7.0.1 and 6.0.8, as well as in Mini vMac with Systems 6.x and older.
Apps that aren't 32-bit-compatible aren't able to work in (the default
build of) Basilisk II or SheepShaver because the Macs they emulate
aren't capable of running in 24-bit mode. Even if (the default build
of) Basilisk II is booted with System 7.1.1 and 32-bit addressing is
turned off in the Memory control panel, restarting the emulated Mac
resets the setting back to the default. It's also the case that NONE
of the World Builder games are FAT or PPC, so Mac OS 9.x should be
avoided.
If you're desperate to run non-32-bit World Builder games in Basilisk
II, then you need to find a 24-bit build, and use that version.
(Comparatively speaking, Mini vMac II has Magnify and Full-screen
modes, if you want a larger screen image.)
