The Summoning
DOS - 1992
Description of The Summoning
The Summoningis one of Event Horizon's best games and among the most neglected RPGs ever.
Excellent VGA graphics in 3D isometric view (similar to the later Ultimas), great spellcasting system, devious puzzles & traps (although most are of the "find-a-key-to-unlock-this-door" and "step-on-the-right-pressure-plate" variety). This is not for hardcore RPGers, as it uses only the most basic statistics, and has a strong action-oriented combat.
Still, it's one of the best RPGs that deserve to be on every RPGer's shelf.
Review By HOTUD
External links
Captures and Snapshots
Comments and reviews
Rain 2022-10-03 -2 points
any news on where to get a download of this game? been aching to play it again and my copy is only on 3.5 disks and at least one of them is corrupted
TheSummoningFan 2015-11-09 4 points
Great game, i discovered this by accident in a pile of games at my friends uncles house. He loaded it up and showed me how it was and i got addicted right away, i think i was 15 or something. That was back around the mid 90s. This is a great find from the truly old school early rpg gaming days. If you can just get past the dated graphics and find a way to enjoy them ( i personally think the game looks good ) and learn the controls (not hard) the game is definitely fun. Its long enough and involved enough that its worth playing. And its definitely overlooked, had it not been for that one day i probably never would have played and appreciated this great game.
Morbeous 2015-06-25 1 point DOS version
How do you get past the manual check at the begining? Can't play as I have no idea what 5 faces to select
desperate 2015-04-17 0 point DOS version
unable to download game having difficulty please help!!!!!! i have windows 8
my email address is bondliveandletdie@yahoo.com
Wixman 2014-07-18 2 points DOS version
I just looked through almost 90 pages of games to find this one... I thought it started with an S and was super sad when I passed through those and didn't find it.. .damn THE hah! Going to play it right now!
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