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[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Same here brother/sister. Which Heroes of Might and Magic was your favorite?

Mine was HoMM 3.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Same. I wonder if there's a decent port.

[–] Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There are lots of mods to original, that add quality of life, extra content and should work fine with win 10/11

It has been few years since tried last time, I believe it was this mainly: https://h3hota.com/en/documentation

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

HotA is awesome!

But the best way to play it is to use VCMI. It's an open source re-implementation of the original game for the modern hardware. It also have a built-in launcher which asks you automatically download HotA or WoG after the first start. You can also install other mods from it. So convenient.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

GOG.com had it for pretty cheap last year and it worked as well on Win10 as I remember it working on Win95 (or was it XP? I forget). Point is, yes, you can get it for cheap on modern OS's and it's just as fun as it was in 2000

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There is VCMI. It's an open source re-implementation for the modern hardware.

[–] Aarkon@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

In case anyone needs the original game files, the‘re on archive.org as it seems:

https://archive.org/details/heroes-3

[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I remember back in elementary school going over to my friends house after school to play this game all the fuckin time. HoMM 3 was the shit homie!