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Submitted by iryan on Thu, 2013-09-26 03:33

It is a truly classic game and one of my favourites though not everyone would like it's style (a lot different to Dungeon Siege to be sure).

I also owned it since it was released and still have the cd lying around some where. Like Bare Elf I also ran it under most Win systems. The current version I use I downloaded from GOG when it was on sale and cost a staggering 1.99 US. The rationale being that it was suppose to be fully patched and confirmed to work under Win 7 and Win 8. Plus I love the idea of not having DRM in my games though the last official patch created for Septerra Core removed that obstacle from the game,

Well all of that is a bit of a furphy. It won't run when first installed under Win 7 or 8 until you do quite a bit of tinkering (how much tinkering depends on your system, etc). Following the advice at this excellent forum at GOG http://www.gog.com/forum/septerra_core_legacy_of_the_creator#1380163570 I was able to get it running in Win 8 on my laptop with some enhancements courtesy of the unofficial patch. For those who don't want to use such a patch or it doesn't work for you, there's plenty of other advice on how to get it running in modern versions of Windows.

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[quote=iryan]<p>It is a truly classic game and one of my favourites though not everyone would like it's style (a lot different to Dungeon Siege to be sure).</p>

<p>I also owned it since it was released and still have the cd lying around some where. Like Bare Elf I also ran it under most Win systems. The current version I use I downloaded from GOG when it was on sale and cost a staggering 1.99 US. The rationale being that it was suppose to be fully patched and confirmed to work under Win 7 and Win 8. Plus I love the idea of not having DRM in my games though the last official patch created for Septerra Core removed that obstacle from the game,</p>

<p>Well all of that is a bit of a furphy. It won't run when first installed under Win 7 or 8 until you do quite a bit of tinkering (how much tinkering depends on your system, etc). Following the advice at this excellent forum at GOG <a href="http://www.gog.com/forum/septerra_core_legacy_of_the_creator#1380163570" rel="nofollow">http://www.gog.com/forum/septerra_core_legacy_of_the_creator#1380163570</a> I was able to get it running in Win 8 on my laptop with some enhancements courtesy of the unofficial patch. For those who don't want to use such a patch or it doesn't work for you, there's plenty of other advice on how to get it running in modern versions of Windows.</p>[/quote]

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