I am a lazybones.

Warning! The information in these pages is grossly out of date. In fact, some of it is still from the pre-release demo. Some of it may still be pertinent, and you may feel free to browse at your leisure. However, be wary of beleiving wholeheartedly in it, for ancient maps may lead you to your peril.

First, a few words of introduction. Diablo is an amazing game made by Blizzard Entertainment. It is an action role-playing game, set in a world of Gothic horror. Many of its features spring from the Rogue-like games genre. This game is a truly amazing swords-and-sorcery experience.

As it is now, most of the pages are complete, for the demo version. There are a few pages which are still nonexistent, most notably the spells page. I have deliberately left this one for last, since so many of the other Diablo pages have excellent spell sections.

With the release of Diablo, a lot of the information in these pages (all of which was gathered from the pre-release demo), may be incorrect. I have been able to gather some (not a whole lot) of information from the full version, and will be periodically updating the pages once again. As I have decided to stop using Windows 95 for a while, most new information will be from outside sources. Keep it coming, and I'll keep updating.

Features

Some of Diablo's features are as follows:

• seamless high-resolution graphics (640x480) (requires Microsoft DirectX)
• quality sound and music, for total immersion
• carefully crafted images and animations, for a stunning sense of realism
• randomly generated dungeons - no two games are ever the same
• a huge number of nefarious creatures to slay
• a wide variety of items, magical and mundane
• an extensive list of magical spells to use
• three different character classes to choose from: warrior, rogue, and mage.
• multiple quests and sub-quests to embark upon
• 4-player network play, for countless hours of enjoyment
• built-in battle.net support, for easy internet play

Credits/Thanks

Much of the information in these pages has come from direct personal experience playing the game. All of the pictures have been taken from screenshots by myself, and should probably be considered property of Blizzard software, since it's their game. The buttons I made with NeoPaint (see below.) Wherever information has been provided by others, I have noted it close to the reference. I will also briefly list them here.

• Anise Sorghum provided information on the Broadsword.
• zWolfMan provided information on the Broad Axe, Soft Studded Leather, and Scrolls of Stone Curse. Check out his webpage, by the way; it's pretty cool.
• Todd Byrd mailed me some information clarifying the effects of the Mystic Shrine
• Matt Vukovitch generously offered to send me a pic for the helm, which I had, but had not yet uploaded.
• Skip Tracer and Jesse Thompson have provided clarification of the Fascinating Shrine.
• Roland Michener, Andrew Gove, and Felipe Xacur Mena sent information regarding the effects of Hidden Shrines.
• Dave Beckler told me about the Holy Shrine, which I had just recently discovered for myself :).
• Boneripper's blurb is a composite of quotes sent in by Martin L. Miles and Krago.
• Draco provided the information regarding the Magical Shrine.
• Mike Gallagher has told me some stuff about the full version, which I have not yet incorporated in the pages.
• Evan G. also sent information about full version items, which I will save for one massive update once I have played the game myself a while.
• Information about the Eldritch Shrine was given by John Jewtuch.
• I got a ton of information about various shrines from the following people: Bill MacPhee, brianmer, Gary Jacobson, Oliver K., Pyro, and Scott Hamm.
• Ryan myers gave me the specs on the Black Razor. He also helped my spirits out after I had received a couple particularly nasty emails, simply by being friendly and congenial in his mail.
• Jonas Johansson gave information on the Glimmering Shrine and clarified the effects of the Goat Shrine.
• I have probably also subconsciously included information that I picked up from reading other Diablo pages.. Go to my links section and check them all out!
• If you gave me information, but I have inadvertently forgotten to include you here, please don't hesitate to send me mail, and I will add your name.

Now here are all the other credits; thanks to people and organizations without whom I could not have made this site what it is.

• First of all, I would like to thank Darious and Rob Scanlon for putting up their Diablo pages, which inspired me to create mine. Thanks to them also for any information that I have borrowed from their sites.
  In addition, thanks, Rob, for the tip about screen captures.
• thanks to Penguin for some suggestions on webpage design
• thanks to Shaun Formo for helpful information on transparent GIF's, as well as having a very good Diablo page.
• thanks to David Lacey, president of Psycho Interactive, for pointing out several flaws in my HTML.
• thanks to Neopaint, for being a great shareware paint program.
• thanks to Gifcon, the GIF Construction Set, for allowing me to create transparent GIFs.
• Finally, a thousand thank-you's go to Blizzard Entertainment for creating such a stunning game.