THE VERY ANCIENT DRAGON'S
VERY OWN WEBSITE

• About this site -- This site is intended to be a Storehouse of the Information I have collected in a decade and a half of playing Computer Games, mostly fantasy RPG's but a few Action Games and the occasional Odd Thing (like Fairy Godmom). I am making this information available as a Service to my Fellow Gamers and as a handy way to store my own Game Notes, which are *very* extensive. Eventually this Site will have all the Information I have, organized into tidy Categories. The only thing a dragon loves more than Piles of Treasure is *tidy* Piles of Treasure! I would like to have Searchable Databases available on line, but that's Someday, after I get all the way through SQL for Dragons. This site does *not* have Ads, Banners, Pop-ups nor Spyware and never will.


• About you -- Welcome, Adventurer, and I hope you have found what you are searching for. If not, I probably have it around Somewhere and just haven't gotten it uploaded yet -- I have a *lot* of Stuff for a lot of Games! If you drop me a line, I will see if I can find Whatever It Is and either post it on the site or e-mail you the info direct.


• About me -- I am an Old Gamer, first got hooked with ID / Apogee's Commander Keen in the early 90's and it was all downhill from there. Yes, I am an Ultima Dragon. My dragon name is Very Ancient Dragon (VAD for short) and here is my code:

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VAD’S GAMES INFORMATION CATEGORIES -- look at all the neat stuff I've got! I don't have every category for every game (notice the tinge of regret -- dragons really like things to be complete). However, I have a lot of the categories for most of the games I've got, and there are over 120 games in my database. (updated Oct 30, 2004)

BATCHFILES: batch files I wrote to back up my characters in Twinion, Yserbius, Moraffe’s World, etc.

BOOKMARKS: links to good game websites

BOX: scans of the game box for those hardcore game memorabilia collectors, some scans are mine

CHARACTERS: where you can get other people’s game super characters or my game characters available for download

CRACKS: where you can get utilities that remove the protection from the game and/or protection codes if I have them

FAQS: my favorite or the only-game-in-town-type faqs and walkthroughs reviewed with content summaries and where you can get them and/or cheat codes if I have them

GAME: where you can get the game – new, used, abandoned

GAMEDOCS: where you can get the original game documentation - game manual, installation instructions, readmes, and quick reference cards.

GAMEMAP: where you can get scans of the map that came with the game

GUIDE: where you can download hint books or game guides

LEVEL MAPS: screenshots of area/region or dungeon level maps, many annotated with keys to special locations

MUSIC: where you can download the music

PATCHES: where you can get fixes, unofficial upgrade patches, official patches, etc.

SAVEGAMES: where you can get some else’s saved game if you can’t make the run to that important gate before it slams in your face (common problem with Lara Croft)

SHORTCUTS: DOS games only. These are my desktop shortcuts with imbedded autoexec and config sys commands which get Windows to run your game

TRAINERS: where you can get game trainers and editors

WINGAMES: actual saved wingames for games that allow you to import your characters from the previous game in the series.

VAD’S SPECIAL TREASURES: what information I have on the game. This is currently stored in extensive databases which we are currently working on converting to downloadable files, so keep checking the Treasure Room. VAD’s info includes:

• Places:
  - highlight summaries and significance of major places like regions, towns, dungeons, castles, camps (etc.), local shoppes (with inventories if known), services, public buildings, etc.
• Who’s Who:
  - the dope on every friendly character and enemy (named enemies only, like Sarevok) in the game and what they do (give quests, train you, give info, clues, etc.)
  - includes Gods, Saints, hirelings
• Spells:
  - all the game spells with what they do and effectiveness ratings
• Items:
  - all the game items with ratings, stats (damage, AC, THAC0, etc.) and what they do (if it’s not as obvious as hit a monster with it or wear it), which classes can use it, proficiency required, where you can buy it or find it, cost and selling price.
• Monsters:
  - all the game monsters with stats (experience, hit points, resistances, immunities) and tips on how to beat them
• Party:
  - professions, races, skills, abilities, proficiencies with ratings
• Strategy:
  - how you complete whatever quest, steal from a shopkeeper, etc., get to that item that you have the coordinates for but seem to be prevented from reaching by a transparent wall, etc.

VAD’s GAMES: Here is a list of all the games VAD has info for: (updated Oct 30, 2004)

• Baldur’s Gate 1 (bg1) -- Resource page updated Oct 30, 2004
• Baldur’s Gate 1: Darkside of the Sword Coast (bg1 DoSC) -- Resource page added Oct 29, 2004
• Baldur’s Gate 1: Tales of the Sword Coast (bg1 ToSC) -- Resource page added February 28, 2006
• Baldur’s Gate 2 Shadows of Amn (bg2) -- Resource page added February 28, 2006
• Baldur’s Gate 2: Throne of Baal (bg2 ToB) -- Resource page added February 28, 2006
• Bard’s Tale 1: Tales of the Unknown (bt1) -- Resource page added February 28, 2006
• Bard’s Tale 2: The Destiny Knight (bt2) -- Resource page added February 28, 2006
• Bard’s Tale 3: Thief of Fate (bt3) -- Resource page added February 28, 2006
• Betrayal at Krondor (bkrondor) -- Resource page added February 28, 2006
• Beyond Zork
• Bloodstone - Resource page added April 16, 2006
• Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure 1
• Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure 2
• Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure 3
• Daikatana
• Darklands (added March 4, 2006)
• Dragon Wars
• Drakan: Order of the Flame (drakan)
• Dungeon Siege
• Dungeons of the Unforgiven (DoU)
• Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (morrowind)
• Elder Scrolls 3: Bloodmoon (bloodmoon)
• Elder Scrolls 3: Tribunal (tribunal)
• Eye of the Beholder 1 (eob1)
• Eye of the Beholder 2: Legend of Dark Moon (eob2)
• Fairy Godmom (fgodmom)
• Fates of Twinion (twinion)
• Four Crystals of Trazere (trazere)
• Half-Life
• Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 (fakk2)
• Heretic 2
• Hexen 2
• Hexen 2: Portal of Praevus (praevus)
• Icewind Dale 1 (iwd1)
• Icewind Dale 1: Heart of Winter (iwd1 HoW)
• Icewind Dale 2 (iwd2)
• Keen 1 (yes! Commander Keen!)
• Keen 2
• Keen 3
• Keen 4: Goodbye Galaxy (keen4)
• Keen 5
• Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Babysitter (keen6)
• Keen Dreams
• Keys to Maramon (maramon)
• Lands of Lore 1: The Throne of Chaos (lol1)
• Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny (lol2)
• Lands of Lore 3 (lol3)
• Lord of the Rings 1 (lord1)
• Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers (lord2)
• Lost Treasures of Infocom
• Magic Candle 1 (mc1) (added March 4, 2006)
• Magic Candle 2: The Four and Forty (mc2) (added March 4, 2006)
• Magic Candle 3 (mc3) (added March 4, 2006)
• Megatraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy (mt1)
• Megatraveller 2 (mt2)
• Menzoberranzan (menzo)
• Might and Magic 1: Secret of the Inner Sanctum (mm1)
• Might and Magic 2: Gates To Another World(mm2)
• Might and Magic 3: Isles of Terra (mm3)
• Might and Magic 4: Worlds of Xeen: Clouds of Xeen (mm4)
• Might and Magic 5: Worlds of Xeen: Darkside of Xeen (mm5)
• Might and Magic 6: The Mandate of Heaven (mm6)
• Might and Magic 7: For Blood and Honor (mm7)
• Might and Magic 8: Day of the Destroyer (mm8)
• Might and Magic 9: Writ of Fate (mm9)
• Mines of Titan (titan)
• Monster Bash (bash)
• Moraffe’s World (mw200)
• Neverwinter Nights (nwn)
• Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide (nwn SoU)
• Planescape Torment (planescape)
• Pokemon Yellow etc. (pokemon)
• Quake 1 (quake1)
• Quake 1: Dissolution of Eternity (dissolution)
• Quake 1: Scourge of Armagon (scourge)
• Realms of Arkania 1: Blade of Destiny (roa1)
• Realms of Arkania 2: Star Trail (roa2)
• Realms of Arkania 3: Shadows Over Riva (roa3)
• Return to Krondor (rkrondor)
• Shadow of Yserbius (yserbius)
• Soulbringer
• Swords of Xeen
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith (sith)
• Third Courier
• Tomb Raider 1 (tr1)
• Tomb Raider 2 (tr2)
• Tomb Raider 3 (tr3)
• Tomb Raider 4: The Last Revelation (tr4)
• Tomb Raider 5: Chronicles (tr5)
• Ultima 1: The First Age of Darkness (ult1)
• Ultima 2: The Revenge of the Enchantress (ult2)
• Ultima 3: Exodus (ult3)
• Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar (ult4)
• Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny (ult5)
• Ultima 6: The False Prophet (ult6)
• Ultima 7 Part 1: The Black Gate (ult7a)
• Ultima 7 Part 1: Forge of Virtue (ult7af)
• Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle (ult7b)
• Ultima 7 Part 2: Silver Seed (ult7bss)
• Ultima 8: Pagan (ult8)
• Ultima 9: Ascension (ult9)
• Ultima Akalabeth (akalabeth)
• Ultima Underworld 1: The Stygian Abyss (ultund1)
• Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds (ultund2)
• Ultima Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams (umdreams)
• Ultima Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire (savage)
• Unreal
• Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption (vampire)
• Wheel of Time (WoT)
• Wizardry 1: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (wiz1)
• Wizardry 2: Knight of Diamonds (wiz2)
• Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn (wiz3)
• Wizardry 4: Return of Werdna (wiz4)
• Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom (wiz5)
• Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (wiz6)
• Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant (wiz7)
• Wizardry 8 (wiz8)
• Wizardry Gold (wizgold)
• Wizards and Warriors (wiz&war)
• Zork 1

Told you I'd spent Way Too Much Time playing games...