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Yey Fool's Errand. Papa Moose, did you know the author is writing a new one for halloween release?
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I've loved every Infocom text adventure I've ever played, although I never feel the urge to replay Deadline or...oh, what was the hard boiled 40's style detective type game they had? I wasn't wild about it either.
My favorite Infocom games have been Zork The Enchanter Series Suspended Beyond Zork (or was it Zork Zero? I'm thinking of the one that featured to Coconut of Quendor very prominently. It's been too long) Hitchhiker's guide and my all time favorite, Trinity. My god that was an involving game.
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Noemon -- yep the coconut one was Beyond Zork.
I like the fantasy/SF adventures the best -- they're usually the most creative and funny. The Leather Goddesses of Phobos one is a lot of fun, definitely recommend it, though I think that one's hard to find.
I'm playing "Infidel" currently, another Infocom one, and that one's not as much fun -- exploring a lost pyramid. So far it's just been logic puzzles without any other characters to interact with...
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I loved all of the old Sierra Games. I think the Quest for Glory / Hero's Quest series was my favorite, but I also liked Space Quest and, yes, even a couple of the King's Quest games. And let's not forget about Leisure Suit Larry.
The Infocom games were great. Zork through Zork III were all great, but after that the series went downhill. The Enchanter and Planetfall series were both awesome. In my opinion, though, the best of the Infocom games, and still one of the best games ever written was A Mind Forever Voyaging.
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Yeah, Leather Goddesses of Phobos was great. I only played it on the "lewd" setting though. Anybody play it through on the less racy settings to see how different it was?
Witness was the mystery I was thinking of, I think. It was the one with Monica in the bungalow, right? Deadline was the one in the mansion, and Suspect was the one at the costume party? I only messed around with Suspect--it didn't hold my attention as well as most of the others.
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Noemon -- yep I tried it, the tame version uses less, um, vocabulary, and instead of making out with the harem princess, you have long discussions with her about laundry lint and economics and other fascinating subjects Posts: 2911 | Registered: Aug 2001
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quote:I've got every Commander Keen game on my computer. As well as Silpheed and a bunch of Sierra's x Quest games. Day of the Tenticle. Tank Wars and Scorched Earth. Yeah, old games rule.
Man, I remember Slipheed... that demo was a *lot* of fun. You also get a cookie for Day of the Tentacle.
Also: the Marathon games (I bought the Bungie Mac Action Sack even though I don't have a Mac. I pulled the data files off and run 'em under Aleph One. Awesome!) Tie Fighter & X-wing Warcraft Carmageddon 2 Doom 2 Day of the Tentacle (I wish I could find this again!)
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Kings, Police, and Quest for Glory games...I still play those every now and then. I'd rank em QfG, Kings, then Police in descending order.
Dark Forces I & II.
Imperialism! I can't believe anyone else mentioned that.
X-Wing, Tie Fighter (the latter was quite a bit better). Wing Commander. Doom, Castle Wolfenstein, Commander Keen, Carmen Sandiago! I'd forgotten that one, I'll have to dig it up sometime.
There WAS one, called Shadow of the Beast, for an old Amiga that I have never found again, anywhere .
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You know, I've been meaning to give Imperialism a try for ages. I think I picked it up from a bargain bin a few months ago. If I did, I'll have to install it and give it a try.
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Any of you play One Must Fall? Mmmm, robots duking it out in DOS.
I loved Scott Adams's old text adventure games, and to this day, I'm still addicted to Rogue.
Kyrandia was a blast, though I can't say I was fond of the third one. Did you ever play Goblins?
King's Quest III was the best one, IMO. Nothing better than poisoning your evil master with a cat-hair cookie.
How about Sam and Max? Not as old as some of that stuff, but a classic nonetheless, I think. I loved it.
I absolutely love the Space Quest games, as with the Quests for Glory. I have to agree with Rakeesh on the order of them, though I favored QfG II: Trial by Fire more than any of 'em.
edit: Rakeesh: I'm not sure if this is the right one, as I haven't played it before, but this page has Shadow of the Beast 1 and 3 on it, if you scroll down. You'll need an emulator, I think, but they might work.
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Boo yeah! One Must Fall all the way. My friend Jamie and I would play against each other on our blazing fast 14.4 modems. Everyone in school wanted to be us, let me tell you. We'd also duke it out in Rise of the Triad pretty often. More games need santa hats and christmas carols if you happen to play on the 25th of December.
I also played Goblins. Or... one of them anyway. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the Quest games. Space Quest was my favorite. "You grab the ladder and jam it in your pocket... ouch!"
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Haha. I always found it morbidly entertaining to go through the games dying in as many ways as possible, just to read the messages. "Shredded like an Iran-Contra document, your many independent parts flutter to the bottom of the hopper. This is of little importance to you, what with your being dead and all." - SQ3
I recently found out that a sequel to OMF existed (OMF: Battlegrounds), and from what I saw on the box, it looked decent -- and it was priced at five bucks, so what harm could it have been?
I want my five bucks back.
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