Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Justisaur Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Return of the Phantom Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 19:45:32 -0800 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <9IScnaqiQewM9bn6nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@earthlink.com> <0ti9ij11h3bthlhmc3stchsd7te5ftibhh@4ax.com> <589cijpvijm2b0nac1bvqhgo3tu1duguon@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 03:45:33 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1152219"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Qhe2PUx7m0g9bYSXAivnRF/BNu0vlRR08ycHrj9WPKg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 5323 Lines: 92 On 11/2/2024 7:38 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Sat, 02 Nov 2024 09:21:59 -0400, Mike S. > wrote: > >> On Sat, 02 Nov 2024 01:39:57 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: >> >>> What was your favorite adventure games? I did like the humor in the >>> beginning of Space Quest IV on my friends' fancy full tower 386 PC! I >>> was jealous! >> >> Hero's Quest, later renamed to Quest For Glory is my favorite >> adventure game of all time. It is also my favorite series. King's >> Quest IV, V and VI are also some of my favorites. Maniac Mansion is >> the game that got me into the genre so obviously I have a lot of love >> for that one. >> > > > Ah, favorite adventure games. I can't say I have a favorite but there > are definitely some I hold above the rest. > > "Kings Quest VI" was impressive largely for its production values. > It's story and puzzles were pure Sierra tripe, but man that game > looked and sounded great; it was head-n-shoulders above anything else > at the time (especially the CD-ROM 'talkie' version). You really could > believe that one day video-games might surpass Hollywood! Also, it was > one of the first games to offer 'multiple endings', which felt > amazingly forward-thinking. > > > "Loom" wasn't that great a _game_, but boy did it have atmosphere! > Even moreso the CD-ROM version, which replaced the tinkly MIDI with > real CD-Audio. But even the EGA version (which introduced dithering to > large swathes of the gaming population) was gorgeous; it was amazing > what you could do with just 16 colors. > > > "Mission Critical" is one of my favorite games, ever. While the > live-action video (mainly used in the intro and closing cinematics) > weren't that all impressive (sorry, Michael Dorn!) the rest of the > game was fantastic, with an excellent story, fantastic MIDI > soundtrack, a fun strategy mini-game and a realistic sci-fi setting. > Even thirty years later, every time I play it I'm surprised at how > well it holds up. Well, with the exception of those live-action bits. > > > > "Zork" (in all its many forms) may not be one of my /favorites/ but it > definitely ranks up there was one of my more memorable adventure > experiences. I can still remember the vivid impression it had on me as > I crept through its dungeons one spring morning so long, long ago. > > > "Full Throttle" doesn't get a lot of love but I think it's one of > LucasArt's best adventure games. It's got humor, drama, and action; > it's got an terrific voice-acting, great visuals, and an awesome > soundtrack. The puzzles were a bit hit-or-miss but that was always an > issue with LucasArts adventures. The action sequences and the game's > shortness were turn-offs to many too. But the overall package was a > fantastic experience; LucasArts at their very best. > > > > > And there are so many more! Adventure games used to be the > bread-n-butter of the PC platform. The genre really allowed the PC to > show-off its impressive RAM, storage and CPU capabilities even as it > hid the fact that it couldn't move sprites very fast. There were a lot > of stinkers in the genre too, but so very many classics. > > After Myst (or, more importantly, the flood of Myst-clones that aped > the style but lacked the atmosphere) the adventure game crashed for a > while, but even then there were still a trickle of games coming out. > Some of those were quite good too, but none had the impression on me > that those early DOS-era titles had. I hated all those games, I did play some Zork, but still hated, and I never bought it. HGttG was my most hated, also didn't buy. Both were played with friends on their computers. I remember playing on of the KQ games ad SQ games that way too. I hated Colossal Cave Adventure too, but I'd probably have to put it in my least hated. Unless you count The Curse of Monkey Island which I actually liked. -- -Justisaur ø-ø (\_/)\ `-'\ `--.___, ¶¬'\( ,_.-' \\ ^'