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224:Role-playing
161:The Dark Eye
159:
151:Guido Henkel
125:Lothar Ahle
113:Horst Weidle
108:Guido Henkel
57:Publisher(s)
45:Developer(s)
1266:MacOS games
1193:Other games
1176:Blackguards
1166:Blackguards
1060:Video games
777:: 138, 143.
742:PC Gamer UK
710:PC Gamer US
557:PC Gamer UK
551:PC Gamer US
389:Publication
358:There is a
301:in 2009 on
169:Platform(s)
147:Composer(s)
103:Designer(s)
1235:Categories
1113:Drakensang
1103:Drakensang
1085:Star Trail
1039:Publishers
634:Goes Gold"
617:References
571:Star Trail
1251:DOS games
1201:Demonicon
963:MobyGames
681:April 23,
650:April 23,
380:Reception
375:Reception
360:sidequest
286:in 1996.
133:Artist(s)
93:U.S. Gold
881:Archived
876:Die Zeit
855:(2): 91.
639:Sir-Tech
526:Die Zeit
450:PC Gamer
437:PC Gamer
288:Sir-Tech
219:Genre(s)
201:May 1997
82:Sir-Tech
1155:Memoria
1013:Authors
931:Scorpia
609:called
592:called
590:Scorpia
303:GOG.com
299:Windows
262:system
254:) is a
230:Mode(s)
180:Release
1168:series
1140:series
1105:series
1070:series
773:(33).
516:87/100
295:DOSBox
174:MS-DOS
156:Series
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392:Score
315:Linux
311:Steam
935:Riva
683:2024
652:2024
539:Riva
452:(US)
439:(UK)
321:Plot
307:OS X
297:for
276:and
210:1997
961:at
937:".
851:".
827:".
767:".
582:In
548:In
506:84%
456:88%
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266:by
188:GER
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