HooliganBarlow

Thanks - I'll check it out. Is it a "better" ending with them or just different?

Pre-endgame spoilers above.

I assumed for sometime my first experience was with Geneforge 1, whose demo I found on CNET shareware at age 15 or so. After purchasing and playing the full game, later wanting more, I checked out the developer's website, and found that I had played both Nethergate and BOE on a demo disc, probably MacAddict, years earlier, but had found the gameplay too laborious for my 9-11-year-old tastes, though I still managed to enjoy what little I could figure out of the fantasy world at that point. To the poster who mentioned Escape Velocity, EV:Nova is also one of my favorite finds. Too bad the company hasn't expanded that series further. Great topic, OP, it was fun thinking back and seeing all the discoveries not associated with commercial releases.

Has anyone found out how to get inside the room with the chest (surrounded by gates) in the zone with all the water wheels. I assume it has something to do with a pattern of turning the wheels, but i can't figure it out.