, comes "Diablo".
A Game, In My Opinion, 2x Better Than War2 (No Offense War2). I Mean war2 Is Still Awesome,
But This Is Better. Diablo Takes Up Only About 5MB Of Disk Space, Which Is Amazing. But The
Labyrinth Consists Of Only 16 Levels, Broken Into 4 Groups: Dungeon(Church), Catacombs, Caves, And Hell.
Another Great Thing That Comes With "Diablo" Is A Multiplayer Program called 
(yes, this is a link).
It Is The Greatest Thing That Has Ever Happened To Multiplayer Gaming, And It's All Free! (with the purchase of diablo, of course).
The Story
The kingdom of Khandaras has fallen into chaos . An unknown force of evil has swept across the land , plunging it into civil war and terrorizing the populace . A mad king , his missing son , and a mysterious Archbishop are all pieces to the puzzle that faces you . You have journeyed to the source of the evil , the town of Tristram , now inhabited by only a handful of survivors . The cathedral there is built over the ruins of an ancient monastary , and now eerie lights and sounds are heard echoing through its abandoned halls. Perhaps the answer lies within the remains of a forgotten past .
Leoric was originally from the northern kingdom of Westmarch . He came into Khandaras as a holy warrior , a follower of Zakarum , the religion of Light . He declared himself king and chose to build his castle not far from the town of Tristram . His castle and the town were built over the site of an ancient monastary of mage-warriors , which was rumoured to hold much power within its halls . The people of Khandaras quickly accepted Leoric as their rightful king , for his reign was just and they felt that he could protect them from the forces of Darkness. As time passed , however , a change came over Leoric . He became convinced that his closest advisors were plotting against him , and that his court was corrupt . He began to confide only in the Archbishop Lazarus . Believing that his own homeland , Westmarch , was planning an invasion , he declared war against the other nation and ordered his armies and advisors north to their certain doom . Not long afterwards , Leoric's only son , Albrecht , vanished . Leoric was enraged , and what sanity he had been holding onto was lost . He believed that his son had been kidnapped by the townspeople of Tristram to protest the war against Westmarch . He destroyed much of the town in his search for Albrecht and executed those that he believed withheld information from him . Just as Leoric was about to order the entire town put to the torch , news of his army's defeat in Westmarch reached him . Lachdanan , a great hero of the Church and Captain of the King's Army , arrived in Tristram with the remnants of his company . Lachdanan saw that Leoric had fallen completely into madness, and begged the king to concede his throne . Leoric refused . He accused Lachdanan of treason and ordered his personal guards to execute Lachdanan . A great fight broke out in the halls of the cathedral between Lachdanan's soldiers and the King's guard , and the battle carried down into the labyrinth below . Lachdanan himself delivered the killing blow to Leoric , though his heart was filled with sadness as he was forced to betray the very king that he had sworn to protect . With his dying breath , Leoric cursed Lachdanan and his attackers to an unlife of eternal damnation.
The Warriors of the lands of Khanduras are well trained in all of the weapons of war . Ranging from crusading paladins to unscrupulous mercenaries , Warriors can be found wherever there is conflict amongst their countrymen . Many of these adventuresome men joined with King Leoric's army and went to battle against the Northern kingdom of Westmarch . As the fires of war burned themselves out , these Warriors returned home to find their kingdom in shattered disarray . Dark rumors of the mysterious demise of King Leoric abound and the evil that lurks within his Cathedral has drawn many Warriors to Khanduras seeking fortune and glory . Though they were warned by the people of Tristram , a few of these brave souls have ventured into the chaotic labyrinth beneath the old church - never to be heard from again ... Whether they are driven by valor , honor , madness or greed , new Warriors arrive in Tristram every day , ready to challenge the dark unknown that awaits them beneath the earth . The Warrior is the strongest and toughest of the three available classes , and he excels in the art of close combat . His primary weakness is that his extensive physical training has left little time to develop more than a rudimentary knowledge of magic . The extended periods of time that most Warriors spend away from their homes and civilization requires that they learn to repair their own weapons and armor , although their skill is no match for the talent of a true blacksmith .
The Sisters of the Sightless Eye are a loosely organized guild shrouded in mystery amongst the peoples of the West . These highly skilled archers employ ancient Eastern philosophies that develop an "inner-sight" that they use both in combat and to circumvent dangerous traps that they may encounter . Known only as wandering Rogues in the West , the Sisters conceal their secret affiliation by posing as simple travelers . Many pompous fools have made the mistake of underestimating these steel nerved women in combat and paid a terrible price for their vanity . The strange events transpiring in Khanduras have caught the attention of many of these Rogues . They have come from as far as the Eastern dunes to test their skills against the dark evil that is said to be lurking in Tristram . It is also believed that untold riches wait the discovered among the ruins of the ancient cathedral . Although not as powerful in close combat as the Warrior , the Rogue is the undisputed master of the bow . A skilled Sister can send a stream of arrows at an opponent , each fired with a seemingly careless precision . The innate sixth sense that all Rogues seem to possess also allows them to sense trapped fixtures , and aids them in attempts to disarm these traps .
Although practitioners of the mystic arts are scarce within the often superstitious and religious lands of the West , many magi have made the pilgrimage from the Far East to see for themselves what horrors lie beneath the ruined Cathedral of Khanduras . The veiled Brotherhood of the Vizjerei , one of the eldest and most dominant mage-clans of the East , has sent many of its acolytes to observe the dark events unfolding in Khanduras first hand . The Vizjerei , known for their brightly colored turinash ,or spirit-robes , have taken a keen interest in both gathering knowledge of demons and seeing them slain . The Vizjerei elders hope that their acolytes will learn the secrets of the dark evil that they sense growing in the West and can destroy it . The possibility of discovering long-lost tomes of magical knowledge within the confines of the labyrinth has also captured the interest of many wandering Sorcerers . Most magic in Khanduras is in the form of enchanted items and elixirs . The Eastern Sorcerers have developed a greater understanding of spellcasting than the other classes , and while a Vizjerei neonate knows only the simplest of spells to start , he can expect to rapidly grow in power as he discovers new incantations . All Sorcerers possess the ability to recharge spell staves by drawing power from their surroundings and channeling it through the staff .
Tips
-Although Diablo requires little hard disk space, it performs much better with more RAM. More memory can even help diminish the effects of latency during Internet play. -If you're playing a sorcerer, learn the Mana Shield spell as soon as possible. Sorcerers generally have more magic points than hit points, and the Mana Shield makes damage count against Mana instead of health. -If You Have a strong resistance to fire, the Fire Wall spell can be very effective against multiple Enemies. Lay Down Four Walls Of Fire Next To Each Other And Stand In The middle. Then watch the monsters Turn To Ash As They Close In For The Kill.
This demo requires: An IBM-PC compatible computer with a Pentium 60 or better CPU 16 mb of RAM Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 A DirectX compatible SVGA video card A Microsoft compatible mouse
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