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  • FREE GAME: Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

    From Spalls Hurgenson@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Mar 6 13:58:02 2026
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    It's probably free for a reason!


    * Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269500/Crowalt_Traces_of_the_Lost_Colony/
    The short of it is that this is a point-n-click adventure
    game in the classic style with unimpressive pixel graphics.
    The interface/controls are poor, and the questing is a bit
    repetitive. It's hook is its setting (the game takes place
    in the 18th century, investigating the mystery of the lost
    colony of Roanoke from early American history). Superficially,
    it's another lackluster Indie game, and from the little I
    tried of it, I can't disagree with any of the complaints
    made in the reviews. And yet... it has a certain charm and
    heart to it; it's undeniable lack of polish belies the
    passion behind its creation. It's not a good game, no, but
    I can admire the effort put into it, and that endears it to
    me more than it probably deserves. Will I keep playing it?
    I don't know... but neither will I entirely condemn it like
    so many other free games that have been announced on this
    newsgroup.


    Grab it today, grab it tomorrow, grab it Sunday or grab it Monday...
    but after that you'll have to pay.

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  • From PW@[email protected] to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Mar 6 18:41:31 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:58:02 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:


    It's probably free for a reason!


    * Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony >https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269500/Crowalt_Traces_of_the_Lost_Colony/
    The short of it is that this is a point-n-click adventure
    game in the classic style with unimpressive pixel graphics.
    The interface/controls are poor, and the questing is a bit
    repetitive. It's hook is its setting (the game takes place
    in the 18th century, investigating the mystery of the lost
    colony of Roanoke from early American history). Superficially,
    it's another lackluster Indie game, and from the little I
    tried of it, I can't disagree with any of the complaints
    made in the reviews. And yet... it has a certain charm and
    heart to it; it's undeniable lack of polish belies the
    passion behind its creation. It's not a good game, no, but
    I can admire the effort put into it, and that endears it to
    me more than it probably deserves. Will I keep playing it?
    I don't know... but neither will I entirely condemn it like
    so many other free games that have been announced on this
    newsgroup.


    Grab it today, grab it tomorrow, grab it Sunday or grab it Monday...
    but after that you'll have to pay.
    *---

    Going to grab it, and try it! Thanks!

    -pw
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