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Welcome to my gaming page.  Here I will discuss several games that exhibit good quality & are extremely popular.  I will not bother to overall summarize what most gamers already know...what I will do is offer some insight(s) or hint(s) that may make the game more enjoyable.  This site will change from time to time due to newer games (so please be patient).

• Awesome "3/4" overhead view adventuring game.  Hacks are everywhere since this game has been out over a year... but some special things can be done w/o the use of special programs.   Backing-up multiplayer characters are as easy as finding the "dlinfo_#.drv" file in your root of your windows directory (# indicates which character).  Just make a copy of it --- that's your back-up.  Duping is a timed event of clicking on a potion on your belt & picking up an item off the ground (it takes practice... make sure to close your inventory window).  Enjoy!

Click on the following link for the complete updated info on Diablo II.

• The only authorized add-on to Diablo, only Sierra Online supports it.  All the same ingame tricks work as noted above.  New quests, multiplayer option, & characters can be had if you download & install the patch from Sierra with the added hack files from my download site - just follow the readme text file included in the zip file.  The following is a summary of the hack capabilities:                                

Cowquest replaces Lester the Farmer with...well, you just have to see this hilarious new character.  He will give you a quest just like Lester does after the church and catacomb levels are cleared.

Theoquest places a new character in the game, a sweet little girl who has lost Theo to the bad creatures in the hive. After you descend into the hive and then come up to town again, you'll see her and she send you on a quest to find Theo for her.

Bardtest activates a new character class, the bard. She has maximum status of 120 strength, 120 magic, 120 dexterity, and 100 vitality.  The bard can wield two swords at once, getting damage bonuses from both applied to her attack. She's also able to do sweep attacks and hit multiple creatures with one swing, much as the monk does. Her special ability is the identify spell.  The bard does not have new artwork, but reuses the rogue's artwork.

Barbariantest activates yet another new character class.  You guessed it--play as "Ah-nold" the Barbarian now. This guy is pretty cool. His maximum stats are 270 strength (wow!), 0 magic (gulp!), 40 dexterity, and 150 vitality.  He can use a two-handed sword or mace/maul in one hand, and can also perform sweep attacks when not wielding a shield.  While he has no natural magic ability, this can be raised through magic items.  He does get some natural resistance to magic (it is linked to vitality, resistance total and AC),  however, his special ability is to rage, temporarily raising his physical stats (but he pays for it by losing some life points as if he was hurt by the rage spell).  The barbarian reuses the warrior's artwork. 

Multitest adds (you guessed it) the multiplayer option.  Unfortunately, Battlenet (TCP/IP) is not supported, but modem, IPX, null modem link is!  The new patch may not allow this feature to work.

By the way, you can leave out any part of the quests and the others will still show up (except for the one you left out) in the command.txt file.

If you have not discovered Kali (gaming network)... well, you need to.  This network is has worked wonders in making Hellfire a easily supported game in IPX (see Kali site for more info).

(most of the above summary was supplied by C/Net's Gamecenter --- hey thanks Brett for letting me know about the info!)

• Bullfrog's Dungeon Keeper presents a unique aspect of the adventure gaming --- being the bad guy ("Evil is Good").  Not only do you have to create a dungeon, take care of your monsters (feeding, paying & keeping general happiness), but you have to create traps to punish heroes or other intruders that venture into your realm.  You can even possess one of your creatures to take on a whole new perspective of first person action (verses a "3/4" overhead view - which you can rotate).  The basic hint is to save often.  Further, make your rooms as close to a square shape as possible (reinforcing the walls) --- this adds to its efficiency.  Keep your training rooms small to control $$$ flow.  Build big libraries first, then big hatcheries.   Both will draw in powerful creatures (wizards & bile demons).  Lastly, training all your wizards to level 2 before you allow them to research... this will speed up your research timetable.

• Microsoft's Age of Empires is a unique combination of Civilization II, Warcraft II and Command & Conquer.  In this hot new title, YOU, the gamer, take control of your tribe... build, explore, and conqueor until your empire is the winner (you can decide the winning variables).  Not only are you able to take charge of one of twelve great empires of the past, but you are introduced to a well developed game (including fantastic artwork, sounds, and features...  heck, it even has a have decent A.I.).  Winning hints include developing your technology quickly, keeping a good number of priests available to convert enemy troops, and of course... saving before major moves against your enemy(s).  This game is a real blast!  By the way, AoE already has a patch out... you can download it from my file download page. 

           Click here to go to my Age of Empires cheat page. 

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  With a similar build-and-conquer to the Warcraft engine that they are so famous for, StarCraft lets you choose between 3 very different different races this time. Those scrappy Terrans just can't be stopped, making their way across the galaxy with mobile factories that can quickly strip the resources from any planet or asteroid. The Protoss are an ancient psychic species that have massive strength and huge claws (not to mention guns and spaceships). Finally, the creeping menace that is the Zerg wants a piece of the galaxy to, in fact, they want the whole thing. A communal, biological horror, the Zerg don't build engines of destruction, they grow them.

  Battlegrounds will include the polluted planets that the Terrans leave behind. The dense jungle homeworlds of the Protoss, orbital space platforms, and the freaky living surfaces of Zerg planets.

  Other Features? The graphics looked terrific, and the maps can be up to 4 times the size of WarCraft II PUDs. There will be full network support (of course) for up to 8 players over LAN or the battle.net internet site. The scenario editor will let you change much more than just the maps, including graphics, sounds, and hero characters!

Click on the logo above to go to SC's official site.