
Gates of Skeldal is a cult classic Czech dungeon crawler from 1998. On the mythical island of Rovenland, a party of adventurers sets out to stop five rogue mages from the tower of Skeldal. Enjoy turn-based combat, powerful magic, and tricky puzzles in this legendary RPG!
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Gates of Skeldal is a cult-classic Czech grid-based dungeon crawler from 1998 that captivated RPG fans with its unique gameplay, epic story, and challenges that will test your wits and strategic thinking. It was a big deal in Czechia in the ‘90s, but before you download and review it, please keep in mind that this is a very old game (your seller of the year!).
🌍 Explore the Mysterious Island of Rovenland
This mythical island is home to the ruins of ancient civilizations, treacherous dungeons, and forgotten temples brimming with magic. Journey through icy caverns, the heart of a volcano, and the windswept peaks of the Stormy Mountain. The fate of the world hangs by a thread—five rogue mages are trying to open a gate to the forbidden dimension of Zohar. Can you stop them before it's too late?
⚔ Assemble Your Party and Engage in Tactical Turn-Based Combat
Pick up to six heroes, each with unique abilities and skills. Every move matters—thoughtful strategy will be the key to victory.
🔮 Master the Power of Magic
Learn powerful spells, discover ancient scrolls, and combine sorcery with tactical combat to overcome any foe.
🧩 Solve Puzzles and Avoid Deadly Traps
Dungeons aren’t just about combat—cunning traps and mind-bending puzzles will challenge even the most seasoned adventurers.
✨ A Timeless Classic
With its mix of 2D and 3D graphics, a rich story, and an unforgettable atmosphere, Gates of Skeldal stands as a legend of the genre. Join thousands of players who keep returning to Rovenland, time and time again!
👉 Go to Rovenland!
🔥 Save the world!
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Languages: English, Czech**languages with full audio support
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Also wenn ihr wirklich auf Oldschool-RPGs steht, könnt ihr hier mal reinschauen - ich hab einige Stunden versenkt, macht schon Spaß, ist teilweise aber auch frustig. "Leveln" ist hier wirklich Arbeit, um genügend Stufen aufzusteigen müsst ihr so ziemlich jeden Gegner platt machen. Aber so war das eben damals. Die Grafik - wenn auch alt - ist recht eigenwillig, dafür aber auch eigenständig. Die Dungeons, Portraits und Items sehen 0815 nach damaligen Rollenspielen aus. Die Figuren sind hier schon wesentlich spezieller, den Comic-Stil muss man mögen, mir gefällt er. Passt allerdings nicht ganz zum Rest. Die Rätsel sind teilweise echt schwierig, und Lösungen findet man kaum mehr. Aber wer Grimrock 2 "enträtselt" hat, schafft dieses hier auch. Ich glaube zum durchspielen fehlt mir dann doch etwas die Geduld. Aber für Fans ist das Spiel sicher einen Blick wert!
HELL YEAH
Game of my childhood. I would never dreamed of that I will ca 27 years later play it in Linux through command line. :D On hardware several times powerful than available at that time!
Strasně super nostalgická hra :) nemáte někdo náhodou doma Magiku a další datadisky kdysi dostupné nemůžu to nikde najít. Kdyby ano klidně piště díky :)
Klasický krokovací dungeon ala Dungeon Master, Ishar (asi nejvíce podobný dvojce), Eye of the Beholder, Lands of Lore z 80. a 90. let minulého století. Ovšem z českých luhů a hájů. Krapet nevyvážený systém ekonomiky a žádný respawn nepřátel, takže je nutné bezhlavě neutrácet a nedá se naexpit. Nicméně krásný počin. Rád si ho čas od času dám. Jako teď. Vřele doporučuji.
Nádherný návrat do mládí. Děkuji všem, co se přičinili za tuto reinkarnaci. ;-)
Klasika
skvělá stará hra.
Not recommended, very overrated for what it is, a basic bare bones blobber with a very basic and amateurish art direction, seems made in MS paint. Very questionable (read wtf) mechanics even a ridiculous (for a blobber) food/water starvation system which is with absolutely bizarre and out of place, your strolling along and a random character starts to die bit by bit like if it were poison, so you guess guy is poisoned, maybe they'll make their saving throw or smt, but guess what it's not poison, character is thirsty, so he loses hit point by hit point till dead, if you try to use all the ♥♥♥♥ you picked up you deduce he was thirsty, good, that was the only water bottle, so 5 steps later another character decides to go thirsty and soon enough everyone dies, seems the game world is a sub-Saharan desert with MS paint trees plastered on the background for esthetic purposes, dev couldn't even bother to make a pdf manual to explain all this ♥♥♥♥. Then you have all the interesting ctd because the programming is obviously stellar. smh. This reissue apparently was freeware until they decided to sell it on steam to those who had bought the original game back in 98 for nostalgia effect, so most of those 50 something reviews seem to remember this product fondly, guess in the former soviet country they were not able to play contemporary games of the time and were evidently starved for games so yeah, I get it, better than nothing I guess. The experience is objectively very poor even as a vintage piece of content, the competition at the time was way ahead, and GoG is chockful of better games, this should have remained freeware. Refunded.
Brány Skeldalu jsou klasika všech klasik, kdo z Česka je nehrál, jakoby snad ani nebyl. Hra je sice stará 28 let, ale to jí rozhodně na jejích kvalitách nikterak neubírá. Kdo by tuto old school pecku přece jen neznal, tak ve zkratce se jedná o krokovací dungeon, který vás chytne a jen tak nepustí. Čekají vás odhadem zhruba dvě desítky hodin procházení různorodých lokací, kdy budete zabíjet všemožná monstra, taktizovat nad nimi a řešit kdejaké hádanky a to vše za doprovodu skvělého soundtracku. Hru jsem osobně dohrál za svůj život již nesčetněkrát a ta nostalgie co na mě vždy padne se ani slovy nedá vyjádřit. Po dohrání základní hry velice doporučuji si zahrát i další (fanouškovská) dobrodružství, hlavně pak doporučím Magiku+Sféru a Skřetí říši, která jsou taktéž velmi kvalitní a přidají vám krom nových příběhů také další desítky hodin zábavy.
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