Now, you probably want to wait for the last day for these, in case the sales increase, but However, there are many, many minor sales. The general opinion is that they aren't selling much really good on the main sales. And with that off my chest, and Elvira’s, it’s time to start our journey.ĭamn, I forgot I was going to list that one this morning.įor those of you that don't know, the Steam Winter Sale is on now. The other one is that I did play the game quite a few years ago and I’ve watched some walkthroughs through the years, so I don’t expect to get stuck or need assistance (bye bye easy bets!!). Other than a minor occasional bug with the sound during combat, it seems to run fine. However, and for the sake of fidelity, I’ll be running it on DosBox. The first one is that it runs on ScummVM. I won’t say too much about the game right now (you can take a look at CRPG Addict’s opinion about the game) but I’d like to clarify a couple of points.
It’s not on GOG or any other platform that I know of, so I have resorted to abandonware sites to download it and the accompanying documents, of which there are two: the game manual, which is written in the same mocking tone used by the titular character and explains the history and the interface, and a spell book printed in two colours as a copy protection mechanism. The game is quite known for its gore imagery (reader discretion is advised) and even got the Computer Gaming World RPG of the Year award in 1991.
Which finally brings us to the game at hand: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Well… more gore than horror per se, but you get the idea. To break with their past, they changed their name to Horrorsoft Ltd., which also matched the common theme of their new games, horror. Sadly, Adventure International went bankrupt, but by that time Adventuresoft UK Ltd. Woodroffe was the founder of Adventuresoft UK Ltd., a company that started by importing and distributing Adventure International’s games, which consisted mostly of Gauntlet and Scott Adams’ adventure games. However, her fame was, or at least I think it was, limited to the US and, more surprisingly, the UK.Īnd here is where Michael Woodroffe enters the picture. The show’s popularity grew rapidly and the character got famous quickly, to the point that, by 1988, she even got a movie.
Basically, she provided the right company to watch those kind of movies that are so bad they become good, if you spend the whole movie laughing at it. The show consisted on her showing B-rated movies, adding joyful snarky comments before, during and after the movie regarding the actors, the editing and the special effects.