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Hi all. My fondest memories of d2 are pre lod when orb could be cast non stop, culwins point, sigons shield and silks were the best. My other favorite was when godfather+silence cb or cruel cb of quickness were top tier.

Is there a way to play either of these in resurrected or the original?

Thank you for your help and guidance.
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You can just install the original game and patch it yourself. Granted you could find a patch.exe (or the files themselves) somewhere. Other than that, D2SE lets you pick from 1.07 to the latest patch I think. Not sure about the Resurrected part. That one is garbo anyway.
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I found patch works best if log in to Asia for some reason
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quick google search found this
https://archive.org/details/diablo2patches

so download some disc .iso's from another archive, like
https://archive.org/details/diablo-ii-plus-expansion

use a virtual drive to mount the .iso files, install d2 or d2+lod, then run the appropriate patch.exe file for your install. if you install just d2 (classic) you'll use the D2_1xx.exe and if you install LoD you'll use LODPatch_1xx.exe. you probably want a classic d2 install with a 1.06 patch

no i have not done this personally so do not ask me for a detailed tutorial. this should work with single player, might work with local LAN multiplayer (install same version on 2 pcs), i doubt it will work with open or closed battle.net and if you try it might just patch you to the current patch anyway.

if i were you and i wanted to play og d2 1.06 with friend(s) (assuming you have any who would do this with you), i would get a couple identical cheap refurbished laptops, pirate windows xp, install and patch d2, then set them up on a dedicated private (not connected to outside internet) LAN network.

on the off chance that you actually try this, let me know if it works. i dont have any friends, much less any cool enough to want to play outdated versions of a decades-old game together. but i have a cousin or two whom i see every so many years i could probably goad them into a challenge of prelod pvp ability
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Hi all. My fondest memories of d2 are pre lod when orb could be cast non stop, culwins point, sigons shield and silks were the best. My other favorite was when godfather+silence cb or cruel cb of quickness were top tier.

Is there a way to play either of these in resurrected or the original?

Thank you for your help and guidance.


Those were the days! I miss them too. Look into project Diablo. I haven’t tried it but have heard great things from everyone who played seasons of pd2.
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I found patch works best if log in to Asia for some reason



Which patch?
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Ow don't recall which one.
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Those were the days! I miss them too. Look into project Diablo. I haven’t tried it but have heard great things from everyone who played seasons of pd2.


I actually played pd2 s2 hc and got 99 on a zon. It was amazing.

I'm just looking to run it solo when wife is studying and kids asleep.

Thanks for the tips so far. I think the loader might be best way. Gonna try it out soon.
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