Special K 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2004 Ah, I've always loved this near-dead genre. Good thing Longest journey has a sequel coming out. Here would be my list (I don't play text games much) 1. Grim Fandango 2. Curse Of Monkey Island 3. The Longest Journey 4. Monkey Island I 5. Gabriel Knight: Sind of the Father 6. Sam & Max Hit the Road 7. Snatcher 8. Indiana Jones and the whatever of Atlantis 9. King's Quest VI 10. Maniac Mansion Obviously I am biased towards LucasArts, but I think they make terrific games in this genre. Too bad Monkey island 4 was pretty crummy. Just looking for your lists and any suggestions for games to pick up I hear Legend of Kyrandia 1-3 are great, but I haven't ever gotten them to work, from disk or gamez site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2004 Bard's Tale or Zork? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2004 where's Leisure Suit Larry? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Use Your Illusion 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2004 Robin Hood: Conquests of the Longbow. Hands down, my favourite game on the PC. I was absolutely in love with the legend of Robin Hood as a little boy, and I spent HOURS playing this one. I think it took me three weeks alone just to work out how to get out of the fucking Fens (I was nine, bite me). Not to mention the music was mind-blowingly cool. Really awesome tune set around the melody of 'Green Sleeves'. Top stuff. You can download it these days on most abandonware sites, too. UYI Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 I was a fan of the early Ultima and the Might & Magic games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
{''({o..o})''} 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 No mention of LOOM? For shame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Shadowgate and Deja Vu were pretty good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Below the Root. Pirates! Old school C64 goodness. www.the-underdogs.org is a pretty good abandonware site too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Annoyed Grunt Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Not the best game in the world, but I have fond memories of working with my Dad to beat Police Quest 4. Same goes for Full Throttle, which was great, but easy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Anyone who even mentions the word "Myst" gets a swift kick to the jimmy. Personally, I was always a fan of the Sierra adventure games, like King's Quest and the like, but most especially the bizarre humor that characterized Space Quest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 I was a big fan of Willy Beamish back in the day. That and Maniac Mansion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaosrage 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Shadowgate. Maniac Mansion was awesome too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Renegade 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Curse of monkey Island owns all. It still looks and plays great. Sam and max and Snatcher come a close second. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ted the Poster 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2004 No one has mentioned Day of the Tentacle? That's messed up. The LSL games and Sam & Max are two of my favorite games ever. I still play through Sam and Max every once in a while even though it only takes about an hour for me to beat the game nowadays. Full Throttle was pretty good, and the destruction derby sequence was awesome. I liked the Monkey Island series up until the last one. Guybrush did not do well in 3D land. Speaking of 3D, I am still ultra pissed that LucasArts cancelled the nearly completed sequel to Sam and Max. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2004 Wizard's Crown, and its sequel, Eternal Dagger, which I am have a lot of trouble finding these days.. This was one of if not the first strategy RPG of its kind. You commanded eight PCs and it took you a long, long time to finish the game. I'm enjoying playing WC right now... if not for these two games, the critically acclaimed SSI/TSR gold box games would not been anywhere near as good as they were, since they took heavily from WC/ED. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2004 the critically acclaimed SSI/TSR gold box games would not been anywhere near as good as they were, since they took heavily from WC/ED. I bought the reissue for $10........Pool of Radience was my favorite. The only thing I disliked about it was the damn decoder rings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest T®ITEC Report post Posted June 27, 2004 I loved all of the King's Quest games, and I wish that we still had them. We had 1-7 on two CDs, and I wasted hours of my life on every single one of them. Eh. "Companions Of Xanth" was a game that I could play over and over, repetitive though it may have been. I'd kill for a PC that could still run it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stahl 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2004 Shadowgate and Deja Vu were pretty good. Agreed, same with Uninvited. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Skironox Report post Posted June 27, 2004 Ahh, Adventure Games. They're what got me through my first 12 years of life. Thanks to Roger Wilco, I've learned I can save the Universe using nothing more than a rotten fish, a paper clip, and whatever other crap I find on the ground where my journies take me. Yes indeed, those were good times. Shame nobody has mentioned the Quest for Glory series. What game back then offered a full fledged adventure, a fighting interface, and RPG elements? Personally, I prefer the parser interface of the AGI and SGI engines over the mouse driven interfaces of later Sierra games and LucasArts games, but that's a minor quiblle. For those that care, AGD Interactive has released VGA remakes of King's Quest 1 and 2. The mouse interface of the later Sierra Games has replaced the blocky 8 bit graphics, and the beeps and boops have been replaced with synthesized music. Kings Quest 2 has had stuff added into it, but it's not butchery George Lucas style. They are also releasing my favorite adventure game, Quest for Glory 2 in a similar fashion. It's free, so theres no reason to not give nostalgia another shot. There's fan made Space Quest Adventures (The Lost Chapter and Replicated) out there that are up to par with the originals, too, but I forgot where those are. AGD Interactive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mandarin 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2004 Has anybody else played Moonmist from 1986? That game was hilarious. >left >Game Room You see Ian and your friend Tamara sitting on the sofa. Lord Drake is playing the piano. >Bolitho >You can't see Bolitho right now! >Tamara >Tamara glances at you. >undress >You can't undress here! >end game >But.. you haven't found two of the missing treasures, found the secret passage or solved the mystery of the ghost yet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2004 Zombies Ate My Neighbors! No, not the game. I'm serious. Zombies just ate my fucking neighbors...what do I do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2004 ::I do not understand that command.:: ::You are on your front lawn. To your north is a busy highway; to your south is your house; to the east is a fence; to the west is your former neighbors' house. The zombies have noticed you!:: Zombies: "BRAAAAAAAAAAINS." ::Your inventory include: (1) stick of gum. What do you do?:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArkhamGlobe 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2004 Just thinking about this brings back alot of fond memories of me and my friends spending hour after hour playing games like Police Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle and the Monkey Island games back in the early 90's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2004 Zombies Ate My Neighbors! No, not the game. I'm serious. Zombies just ate my fucking neighbors...what do I do? That was a totally bitchin' Genesis game, my friend. ........you know, I must say, I'd absolutely love for them to bring that game back and make a modern day version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2004 That would be swell, I'd give it a Robotron/Smash TV control scheme. God do they even make shooters with simple, quick control schemes anymore? And if anyone likes a good, free, text-based creepy adventure game (that's pretty damn easy, get 'Shade' And if you just want a good story, get 'Photopia', which is basically a tremendously affecting short story as an adventure game. Neither are really challengine at all (photopia's hardly even a puzzle game) but they're both great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caboose 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2004 The first two Monkey Island Games are without doubt the two greatest of this genre. Picking between them is like picking between my children, (if I had any). Beneath A Steel Sky is a good'un too if not compltetley under the radar of most non-Amiga owners. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrokenTiger 0 Report post Posted July 3, 2004 Police Quest series, Quest for Glory, Gabriel Knight, Leisure Suit Larry...I'm such a mark for Sierra games. Didn't play most of the LucasArt games (waay into Wolfenstein3d and Gunship then). My loss, as I hear nothing but great things about them (Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle...etc.) Does Sanitarium count? Fascinatingly weird game...never finished it, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
