Classic Adventure Games! (old school)

[Jontas]

Hey all, :wavey2:

I'm into all the vintage games, those considerd 'abandonware' or anything realy from my childhood. You cannot imagine the old adventure games without the name 'Sierra' comming to mind, They pioneered the genre with their classic "King's Quest" series, and added to that an abundance of enjoyable Quest series. :king:

If you have news, questions, coments, fond memories, or anything to share about the good old days of Adventure games, or are a part of the small but indismissible group who are trying to bring adventure gaming back, then make a post and we'll see where this forum takes us. :thumb:

- Jon

[Jontas]

To start off, if you love the 'King's Quest' or 'Quest for Glory' series, then you need to check out http://www.agdinteractive.com/ . These guys call themselves Tierra and they put alot of work into reconstructing some of these classic adventure games for us. I hope you have as much fun playing them as I did.

Talking about independant remakes, here's some websites that might interest you:
http://www.kq9.org
http://frostbytei.com/space
http://www.hero6.com
http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/adventure/games_p_r/quest_for_glory_4_1_2_so_you_thought_you_were_a_hero_.html
http://www.justadventure.com

Trouble playing in Windows?
Download the DOS emulator:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net

[ramazank2]

Did you ever play Nuclear War? it was a great game.

[DarkFury]

Umm... Zork anyone? :D

[ramazank2]

do you mean zoop?

[DarkFury]

do you mean zoop?
Nope... Zork

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/zork1.html

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/Images/zork1l.jpg

[Mike_N_Ike]

I love the Kings Quest games. My favorites were 2, 5 and 6. I bought this KQ collection off some guy on ebay a couple years back but I had a lot of problems running it in XP. Oh well...

I'm downloading KQ 2 off of that site you linked right now. :)

[Jontas]

I'm real excited that you guys responded, welcome everybody!
I never played Zork but I'll check it out.
My favorate King's Quest was #6, but I started with #2, so that will always have a special, nostelgic place in my heart.



Did you ever play Nuclear War? it was a great game.
I think so, AKA Thermal Global Nuclear War, and I was seriously addicted (loved the humor).

[Jontas]

I love the Kings Quest games. My favorites were 2, 5 and 6. I bought this KQ collection off some guy on ebay a couple years back but I had a lot of problems running it in XP. Oh well...

I'm downloading KQ 2 off of that site you linked right now. :)

Awsome, have fun!
I own the Quest For Glory collection and just bought the Police Quest collection from eBay too. I can't wait for the Quest for Glory II remake, It should be tremendus fun.

[Jontas]

One more thing,

if any of you are playing old games in Windows (any version) and experiencing problems, you need to download DosBox. That's right, it's an emulator of the old DOS operating system, and it plays old games very sucessfuly. It converts your sound card to the correct Sound Blaster settings too, so enjoy playing with sound!

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net

[Cubsfan]

Star Control 2, great game:

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

[Memo]

I want Day of the Tentacle!

[ialsohaveadream]

Maniac Mansion 2?

[Jontas]

Maniac Mansion 2?

Yeah, played it, loved it, good times! :cheers:

Thanks for the links, guys.

[Devhux]

The very first adventure game I played for the PC was something called "LOOM" (I still actually have the CD here). The main thing I remember is that you would perform "spells" on various objects by keying in a sequence of notes. For all you Zelda fans, yes this means that Ocarina of Time was NOT the first game to use such a system.

It was a simple game, but back when I had my first 2x CD-ROM drive, it was my first taste of adventure games (next was King's Quest 5).

[DarkFury]

I'm real excited that you guys responded, welcome everybody!
I never played Zork but I'll check it out.



I seriously doubt that... unless you got a Radio Shack TRS-80 or a Commodore 64 handy. :D

[Hoser]

You can play Zork if you have an emulator.

[Airencracken]

What about the O.G. Adventure game. Adventure, straight up Atari.\

"Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!!!"

[Chgoman]

I've kept some of the classics that I used to like and still pull them out from time to time. If anyone wants me to e-mail them a copy, let me know.

Rogue (now we're talking old school)
Nuke War
Kings Bounty

Anyone out there ever play UFO? I love that game and picked up a copy, but it runs too fast on todays computers.

[kimchicowboy]

LEISURE SUIT LARRY whoop. represent. :)

[LPMiller]

I seriously doubt that... unless you got a Radio Shack TRS-80 or a Commodore 64 handy. :D

Zork has been updated and converted quite a few times. I played it on a color mac a few years back, for instance. Zork never dies, it just gets parsed better.

[DaFunkyUnit]

i've played "Return to Zork"

does that count?


(was included in the "Creative Multimedia Package" [cutting edge 2xSpeed CD-ROM drive, Sound Blaster PRO, cd full of cliparts, AVIs, WAVs, and GIFs, and BMPs.])

[DarkFury]

Zork has been updated and converted quite a few times. I played it on a color mac a few years back, for instance. Zork never dies, it just gets parsed better.

LP walks into a dark room...
LP strikes a match...
The match goes out...
LP strikes a match...
The match goes out...
It is dark now...
It is dark now...
A Grue enters the room...
It is dark now...
LP is eaten by a Grue...

A light envelops you and you magically appear in an open field... you have nothing on your person.

[Jontas]

...Anyone out there ever play UFO? I love that game and picked up a copy, but it runs too fast on todays computers.

Dude, you know it! I was way too addicted to that game, and I loved all three of them.
There are utilities that slow down your computer (like cpukiller), which allow you to run the old games at a playable speed. However if you use the dosbox, you'll probably be okay.

http://www.cpukiller.com
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net

[Jontas]

I seriously doubt that... unless you got a Radio Shack TRS-80 or a Commodore 64 handy. :D

I downloaded a game called Zork and played a little, it's text only right?

[Chgoman]

Dude, you know it! I was way too addicted to that game, and I loved all three of them.
There are utilities that slow down your computer (like cpukiller), which allow you to run the old games at a playable speed. However if you use the dosbox, you'll probably be okay.

http://www.cpukiller.com
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net

Thanks for the links. I knew there were programs out there, but I never took the time to loof for them. I had only played the first UFO when I was in college, but I picked up a pack that had all three in them. I'll have to check out the slowing program!

[DarkFury]

I downloaded a game called Zork and played a little, it's text only right?
Yup... that was some fun stuff back in like 1982. :D

[Jontas]

I don't know if any of you guys remember, but back in the day there was a program called friendlyware, which was actually a collection of a whole bunch of little games. I spent an eternity playing those little games. Good times.

[8bit]

The Shareware title Gateworld (1993) was a great game, and going back even earlier who could forget the 255 screens of Activision's classic Pitfall. :)

[zenbooty]

I'm glad I noticed this thread! I almost never hang out in the games area, but I am an avid abandonware collector and player. I've got probably well over 100 titles of varying age. I'm currently working my way through the Wizardrys (on 3 now, using an apple emulator that can emulate the apples 2, 2C, and 2E), as well as Commander Keen 6 and PGA Tour Golf.

[Airencracken]

I downloaded a game called Zork and played a little, it's text only right?

Strongbad: Get ye flask.
Dungeon Master: You can't get ye flask!

[ialsohaveadream]

Exits are north, east, and Dennis.

[Jontas]

Favorite female adventure charactors anybody?

Me: Laura Bow in the colonels bequest.

[Gothic Girl]

You know, if anyone really likes the text games, Amulet of Vega was pretty fun... easy to cheat on too, Also, does anyone know where I can dl police quest from?

[Jontas]

You know, if anyone really likes the text games, Amulet of Vega was pretty fun... easy to cheat on too, Also, does anyone know where I can dl police quest from?

Dude, alright !!! :)
My Couch Potato friend, how you doing? :wavey2:

You can buy Police Quest from eBay for a very reasonable price. Catch you later.

Favorate female adventure character, anybody?

[Gothic Girl]

What up Jontas! :wavey2: My favorite female adventure character's not really a classic... I would have to say Lara Croft

[cruelpupet]

Nope... Zork

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/zork1.html

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/Images/zork1l.jpg


When I was around 15 (1995) I was at a computer show in NJ and got really excited cause I found a Zork Anthology (all the origionals 1-3, Beyond, Zero). The guy at the booth (mid 50's) couldnt believe I had ever heard of the game...untill I started rattling off the secrets in Zork 1


I seriously doubt that... unless you got a Radio Shack TRS-80 or a Commodore 64 handy. :D


The anthology i had was for the PC (origionally i played on the commodore 128...when i was 5)

[cruelpupet]

The very first adventure game I played for the PC was something called "LOOM" (I still actually have the CD here). The main thing I remember is that you would perform "spells" on various objects by keying in a sequence of notes. For all you Zelda fans, yes this means that Ocarina of Time was NOT the first game to use such a system.

It was a simple game, but back when I had my first 2x CD-ROM drive, it was my first taste of adventure games (next was King's Quest 5).



Bobbin Threadbarren....I loved that game....

there was also a similar one where you were trapped on an alien planet and had to resurrect a dead race to get back home.

[Jontas]

Lara Croft... Yeah all of her good features start with the letter b, fascinating. How about Zanthia from Hand of Fate, she was hot.

[DaFunkyUnit]

Lara Croft... Yeah all of her good features start with the letter b,

Brains.

Big. Huge. Brains.

:cool:

[Jontas]

Brains.

Big. Huge. Brains.

:cool:

Bulging, bright eyes

[DarkFury]

Bulging, bright eyes

Big Beautiful lips :D

[Gothic Girl]

Lara Croft... Yeah all of her good features start with the letter b, fascinating. How about Zanthia from Hand of Fate, she was hot.


Man! I forgot about her! I just played that game a few months ago! She was pretty hot...

[Jontas]

Is it just me, or is it dead around here?
I guess everybody discovered AGD interactive.

[DarkFury]

Is it just me, or is it dead around here?
I guess everybody discovered AGD interactive.
Huh? You mean this thread or this forum?

Other forums here are much more active over Games... :shrug:

[dogopoly]

I seriously doubt that... unless you got a Radio Shack TRS-80 or a Commodore 64 handy. :D

I've got one of each sittin' around if anyone want to think about getting the hardware...


What about the O.G. Adventure game. Adventure, straight up Atari.\

That was MY favorite, especially the "random" level. Crude graphics, but I accidentally found the secret area and read about it as an egg sometime later. Also found that you could "hang" the game there if not careful.

[welfareloser]

i was totally down with zork. i beat zork 1 all by myself, and used only one cheat to beat zork 2... took me and a friend all summer. it was awesome.

my sister palyed all the kings quests, through like 11...

and i'm sure i could re-addict myself to wahtever the current version of civilization is... i played a lot of 1 and 2 in undergrad.

[dogopoly]

the fun part is to bring back those old games and play them from scratch.

I did that with Leisure Suit Larry #1 and it was a blast. I don't think I ever made it through the first time I tried, but after going through 2 through 6, #1 seemed excessively easy.

[kei2]

Wow how did I miss this thread for so long. Guess I've been too busy playing Peasant's Quest.

offer the kerrek a cold one.

[dogopoly]

Anyone remember Populous?

I happened to see it in my bookshelf and it brought back lots of memories about how I whipped through 17 levels before it became hard (but I enjoyed it all the way.)

[kimchicowboy]

i'm going through king's quest 2 right now. great joy. :)

[Jontas]

the fun part is to bring back those old games and play them from scratch.

I did that with Leisure Suit Larry #1 and it was a blast. I don't think I ever made it through the first time I tried, but after going through 2 through 6, #1 seemed excessively easy.

I've played quite a few adventure games lately that I'm embarresed to admit, I didn't finish the first time round. I still feel pretty victorious in an adventure-junkie sort of way. Right now I'm playing Monkey Island 4 for the first time (lol), what a blast!

Recently I introduced my two little cousins to Kings Quest I+II (AGD), they love it and what a joy to watch them play the same games that excited me as a kid.

[dogopoly]

Someone just brought up Donkey Kong.

Anyone else remember the three levels and how they worked?

What level had the springboards that were annoying, and you had to watch out for piranhas on the ropes?

[GreatScott]

Anyone remember Populous?

I happened to see it in my bookshelf and it brought back lots of memories about how I whipped through 17 levels before it became hard (but I enjoyed it all the way.)

I used to love Populous. I remember staying up late many nights to finish some of the higher levels. I think that game was responsible for getting me hooked on Warcraft I & II.

[WhiskeyPapa]

plugh
xyzzy

[Daversinger]

remember the one where you have to catch the babys from the burning building in a stretcher
i think its called bouncing babys
we had one of the first IBMs on the block with those 5 3/4 disks or whatever

[Jontas]

I played that game untill I got a 386 and the computer was too fast for the game. Made me want to downgrade again. (lol)

[dogopoly]

I played that game untill I got a 386 and the computer was too fast for the game. Made me want to downgrade again. (lol)

Didn't you turn off the turbo button? (Or did you buy one that came without it?)
Actually that machine was the turning point where the better programmers finally realized that games need to run on clock cycles rather than full-speed. It also meant that lazier programmers no longer had to worry about optimizing code for speed...and it led to big blob applications like Windows 98/ME/XP and Office 97/2000/2002/XP, with more to come. Well, it's not likely to change soon so we're stuck with larger and larger (and cheaper) hard drives and memory. (Maybe it's not so bad after all.)

[Jontas]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I would have turned off the turbo switch if I had one.
Like girlfriends, computers have come and gone over the years and some memories get a little hazy. Sometimes you need a change of scenary and sometimes you just gotta upgrade.
Yes I'm tired, which results in me getting a little philisophical (not to mention the spelling errors), but I think I've got a point there boys and girls. Am I right?