ilswyn Posted November 23, 2002 Posted November 23, 2002 I have been a big fan of Monkey Island and LucasArts adventure games in general, but unfortently I have played all LucasArts adventure games that are availible. Can anyone recommend some non-lucasarts adventure games? (I must play an adventure game.. so addicted
Junior™ Posted November 23, 2002 Posted November 23, 2002 I strongly suggest those: - The Larry series - The Simon the Soucerer series - The Broken Sword series - The Legend of Kyrandia series - The Discworld series - Last Express
Midnight Hawk Posted November 24, 2002 Posted November 24, 2002 I find that the first two discworld games are a bit cheesy (and not in a good way, I'm a huge fan of the books), but Discworld Noir is good and works well because it is not ripping off the plots of existing books but laying down newe stuff. I like the Myst Trilogy as well but I don't know if you can put them in the same bracket as MI.
Feral Posted November 24, 2002 Posted November 24, 2002 Yeah, the first 2 Discworld games aren't great if you're a fan of the books (Discworld 1 follows the main plot of Guards! Guards!, and Discworld 2 follows the story of Reaper Man with elements of Moving Pictures and Lords & Ladies), whilst Discworld Noir is pretty buggy. They're still worth a spin, though.
ashleyisachild Posted November 24, 2002 Posted November 24, 2002 I definitely agree on the Larry series... also: -the Quest for the Holy Grail (sierra) -Myst series -Hero's Quest (also sierra)
Yoghurt Posted November 25, 2002 Posted November 25, 2002 could you count the Goblins series as adventure? I kindof liked those in my early days oh and: what's the name: yes: Flight of the amazon queen. That one is kind off cool too btw, I loved Kyrandia 1, but I disliked the second one.... Kyrandia, beautifull story, mysterious, I like it very much
scabb Posted November 25, 2002 Posted November 25, 2002 The Larry series is awful. Sure, it's funny, and some of the puzzles may even make sense! But JESUS, most of them were extremely stupid, and if you missed something, just one tiny thing, then you usually couldn't go back and get it, and then, later on, you died. Which, I suppose was not surprising, seeing as you die every minute on a Larry game, but infuriating none the less. Remember on Larry 2? Where you get to go on a cruise by winning a dating show? Well, Larry 2 was doing fine until that part, and I enjoyed it. But on board the ship was just torture! It was very difficult to finish that scenario and avoid the old lady in your quarters who would 'punish you' if you couldn't perform 50 tasks in under 5 seconds. Still, I suppose a lot of the puzzles were satsifying to complete, the soundtrack was good (for its time), the recent games have improved, and it was fun in places. Definetely nowhere near as good as anything Lucas Arts have produced. And I'm including 'The Dig' there. *Yawn*
Yoghurt Posted November 26, 2002 Posted November 26, 2002 I also loved the Larry series, but figured that averybody allready played those, I didn't mention them.... Larry 2 was cool indeed, yet sometimes very frustrating (when you forget to buy the sunscreen for example). the ol' sm lady was no problem actually... you needed to do the parts with the swimsuit first, and then NEVER return to your cabin but the boat indeed was freakin' difficult
jannar85 Posted November 26, 2002 Posted November 26, 2002 Tony Tough? The Longest Journey? Roger Foodbelly? (Heck! It's not released yet!) Kinky Island? (Not released yet. 18. http://www.kinkyisland.cjb.net) Byzantine? (Not released either... http://screen7.adventuredevelopers.com/byzantine.htm) Any games by http://ilb.notrix.net/ ? Gilbert Goodmate? Touché? Jack Orlando? Okay, haven't more suggestions....
Governor Phatt Posted November 26, 2002 Posted November 26, 2002 Also, -Lure of The Temptress, - Beneath a Steel Sky, both revolution games too i think
Yoghurt Posted November 27, 2002 Posted November 27, 2002 There also was this other game I played when I was a kid.... ermmmmm YES, it was Teen Agent.... kind of short, but I found it fun
scabb Posted November 27, 2002 Posted November 27, 2002 Yes, I remember Teen Agent, it was fun. I never completed it though, because it always crashed at a certain point....so I tried running it in DOS, and it broke my computer. There was probably a really easy fix, but it was around 96/97 and I had no idea what I was doing.
Yoghurt Posted November 28, 2002 Posted November 28, 2002 I DID finish it one time or two.... But I can't actually remember the game that well... I remember it was 2 floppys big, I remember I had to do some military training I remember the drill instructor hiding in a barrel I remember something with a girl I had to give candy I remember something with a cellar ?? I remember a weird gardener or something... I remember a bird-scarer (I don't know the proper word for it, it's a dolly placed in some land to keep the birds away) uwh... Oh, and I can still remember that song.. It sometimes still runs through my head... That's all I can remember, I need to play it again someday... I probably still have it somewheres
Feral Posted November 28, 2002 Posted November 28, 2002 If you can find a copy of "Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist", it's worth a play.
Benihana14 Posted November 29, 2002 Posted November 29, 2002 The Kings Quest Games for sure! Quest for Glory And if you find it (which is hard) its an oldschool classic... Ween: The Prophecy
Yoghurt Posted November 29, 2002 Posted November 29, 2002 for those who didn't know this allready: check out this website: http://www.tierragames.com/ find a total remake of kings quest 1 & 2 here - very good!
jimmycracker Posted November 29, 2002 Posted November 29, 2002 I'm just wondering, what did everybody think of King's Quest vii? Was it too cheesy? By the way, download Larry games for mac at http://do you want to get your ass banned? Also King's Quest there. For pc users there's http://you know the rules, follow them
Benihana14 Posted November 29, 2002 Posted November 29, 2002 No, I personally really enjoyed King's Quest VII. Yes, it was cartoony (But so was CMI)...I thought it was an interesting twist playing females, and the art was really nice....so no, I didn't find it to be "cheesy". I personally haven't played VIII yet, is it any good? Ben
jimmycracker Posted November 29, 2002 Posted November 29, 2002 This is just stupid. Sierra is NOT selling those games for Mac, so it is NOT illegal to download them. That's the whole point of abandonware! Do you honestly think Sierra would care if we downloaded something that they weren't selling?! It's just common sense…
SamNMax Posted November 29, 2002 Posted November 29, 2002 Originally posted by ashleyisachild (sierra) Myst series (also sierra)
SamNMax Posted November 29, 2002 Posted November 29, 2002 Hmmm... Where can I buy some of these games besides Ebay?
Benny Posted November 29, 2002 Posted November 29, 2002 This is the second time you've posted links to 'abandonware' jimmycracker. You've been told before not to do it, so dont. The merits and legality of abandonware can be debated all day, the bottom line is that its better not to post links to it at all. If people want to find it they can easily do so themselves without embroiling the forums in the legal mire that is abandonware.
Remi Posted November 30, 2002 Posted November 30, 2002 I just received Tony Tough (which I won from AG.com - yay!), and it's a lot of fun. Curse of Monkey Island fan will especially like it. I'll probably post a review of it on TSB very soon.
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