New Diablo II patch lets you play without disc
by Ross Miller 
{ Jun 19th 2008 at 1:30PM }
which allows you to run the full game without the disc in the tray, provided you have all the required .MPQ files. According to BlizzPlanet, that either requires a full re-installation or copy-and-pasting the proper files onto the computer.The patch also fixes some compatibility with Intel Macs and resets the online rankings. Our friends at BigDownload speculate this might be preliminary steps to putting the game on Blizzard's digital download store. Blizzard, known for patching games years after their release, updated Starcraft as recently as 2007.
[Via BigDownload]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LordChimp @ Jun 19th 2008 1:35PM
I feel like the only man in the world that has not played Diablo II. :|
Intentless @ Jun 19th 2008 1:38PM
As you should... as... you... should...
PeterF @ Jun 19th 2008 1:39PM
no, I haven't.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ Jun 19th 2008 2:02PM
maaaan.. yur pretty.
Hwuh!
Jakka @ Jun 19th 2008 2:50PM
I have it on my HDD but I'm only half-way through Act 1.
A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Jun 19th 2008 4:03PM
Then you each fail. :-)
AoE @ Jun 19th 2008 4:14PM
After Diablo I, I had no interest. I realize I'm almost entirely alone in my lack of care for the franchise though.
McWeen @ Jun 19th 2008 1:36PM
Cool
Zertoss @ Jun 19th 2008 1:40PM
Blizzard and Valve are my heroes.
A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Jun 19th 2008 4:04PM
Wow, me too! High five!
Mode~7 @ Jun 19th 2008 1:44PM
That's nice of 'em and all but how about they just put the full game on fileplanet or something? They not making enough money? id software have released the actual sourcecode for games newer than this.
Tom @ Jun 19th 2008 2:13PM
They put the source code, not the game media files. You can't play the game with the source code.
Mode~7 @ Jun 19th 2008 4:22PM
Yeah, I'm aware of that. My point is that the source code is of a potentially much higher value than Diablo 2 at this point, and would usually be the last thing to be given away for free.
dabamf @ Jun 19th 2008 1:50PM
I think I'll have a Diablo martini. It gives you a devil of a good time.
jimmy @ Jun 19th 2008 3:35PM
Let me have a diablo sandwich, a dr pepper and make it fast i'm in a god damn hurry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udp1o3PTkjY
Deric Lee @ Jun 19th 2008 1:53PM
Am I mistaken or did this game come out last mellinia?
coyotej @ Jun 19th 2008 2:01PM
not quite, it was released Jun 29, 2000. And it got an expansion pack one year later (which was quite good, IMO).
DLow28 @ Jun 19th 2008 2:06PM
and its still great!
CyberKnight @ Jun 19th 2008 3:18PM
Insert "There Was No Year Zero" argument here.
FSK405K @ Jun 19th 2008 4:07PM
June 2000 WAS last millenium.
FSK405K @ Jun 19th 2008 4:08PM
June 2000 WAS last millenium.
Dirty @ Jun 19th 2008 1:53PM
I hope they announce something this year for diablo 3.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ Jun 19th 2008 2:04PM
I consider this a "good riddance" step. I find it 100% ridiculous that I install entire games but still need to pull the disc from my rack when I want to play. Company of Heroes got so much play-time thanks to this feature being removed.
joevill @ Jun 19th 2008 2:30PM
wow... 8 years later how cool is that! Does anyone have any spare SOJs ?
A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Jun 19th 2008 4:06PM
Ladder reset. Everyone's gonna have lowbies for a little while.
Nietha @ Jun 19th 2008 2:31PM
This makes me want to start playing again.
Farseer (GDI) @ Jun 19th 2008 3:16PM
ditto
whymog @ Jun 19th 2008 2:50PM
My proudest moment was when my friend put a Zod rune into a socketed ethereal Diggler, which is a unique dirk. It just goes to show how much we overplayed that game.
(Side note: If you don't get the Diggler reference, then you were too young to be playing the game when it came out. Shame on you!)
Jhongerkong @ Jun 19th 2008 2:53PM
This is nice, although there are no-cd patches for EVERY PC game ever made.
CyberKnight @ Jun 19th 2008 3:16PM
Yeah, but it's nice to have an "official" "no-cd" patch, finally.
WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Jun 19th 2008 2:57PM
It would be nice if they made Blessed Hammer not pwn every monster in the game in
Seifer @ Jun 19th 2008 3:39PM
"Stay a while, and listen!"
CyberKnight @ Jun 19th 2008 4:41PM
"Good to see you!"
DemonGSides @ Jun 19th 2008 3:41PM
The 'Stiq does know that Starcraft was also patched in 2008, right?
Powerlord @ Jun 20th 2008 11:04PM
Not only that, but it was pretty much the same patch... to remove the CD requirement.
FSK405K @ Jun 19th 2008 4:09PM
Reset online rankings....NNNNOOOOOO! But my top-level rogue was ranked 14000th! OMG, those Blizzard bastards!
(sarcasm)
FSK405K @ Jun 19th 2008 4:10PM
comments system a little buggy today, isn't it?
chispito @ Jun 19th 2008 4:16PM
How about a patch that adds depth?
CyberKnight @ Jun 19th 2008 4:42PM
Sorry, afraid it's the same shallow characters you're used to.
Wait, what?
Mikeymike @ Jun 19th 2008 6:01PM
"Can't a farmer get some peace!?"
Farmham the drunk
or whatever his name was...
Justin @ Jun 19th 2008 7:59PM
This was done years ago (unofficially).
drun @ Jun 19th 2008 9:04PM
oh, guess I'll install it again. I really wanna go back to battle.net but my former group members all moved to WOW :(
and...will they add bigger resolution and widescreen support?
marek @ Jul 18th 2008 4:43PM
its super