The Aching by the Lobdegg
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"...a gorgeous thing to behold." —PC Gamer

<a href="https://hadrosoft.itch.io/the-aching">The Aching by Hadrosaurus Software</a>

New for MS-DOS!

In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of where you came from. A silver locket at your feet.

The Aching is a horror adventure game in an unsettling other world where you must find the answers to three burning questions:

Who are you?
Where are you?
What is the significance of this locket?

Filled to the brim with gruesome scenes, creepy close-ups, and tricky puzzles that will make your skin crawl, the world of The Aching is beautifully rendered in 16-color graphics designed for Tandy 1000 series computers. Feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end as the sullen sounds of forgotten nightmares lap from the Tandy 3-voice sound chip!

Join us on a trip of discovery into the dark realms of The Aching.

System specifications

The Aching runs well in DOSBox-based emulators on any system (Linux/macOS/Windows). If running on real DOS hardware, the system requirements are:

Any 8086 (or higher) IBM-compatible PC, running at 10 MHz or faster
MS-DOS (or compatible operating system) or Windows 95/98
384KB of RAM
Tandy 16-color (TGA), or EGA 16-color graphics
Optional: Tandy 3-voice sound, Roland MT-32 MIDI modules

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