What was the game that first turned you on to adventure games - Page 4

Foozwah · 11-09-2009, 06:27 PM

Three games stick in my mind as being the gateway into adventure for me:

1. Zork II, played on a C64 at the local K-Mart every night after school, since I didn't have a computer of my own. Had to restart from the beginning every day, since the disk drive was in a locked case, so no way to save my progress.

2. The Hobbit, on the ZX Spectrum, the first computer I (briefly) owned. Was such a huge fan of the book, and even though the game was pretty limited, my imagination made up for the gulf in-between. (Ironically wound up working on a project with the man who wrote it, Phillip Mitchell, about a decade later.)

3. The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, on the C64 (my own at last, this time). Again was a huge fan of the books, and this game never disappointed, depsite being one of the more difficult text games out there at the time. One of the few IF adventures I still revisit, every three or four years.

renna · 11-09-2009, 08:13 PM

Laura Bow and the The Dagger of Amon Ra. It was still the early days of adventure games and the technology wasn't great but I loved that little game. I wish they would do a remake of it and update the music and give it some good voice work. I bet it would still be a good game to play.

Antaios · 11-10-2009, 02:31 AM

A mate of mine brought the first Larry and Police Quest. Soon after that he copied the first Monkey Island for me and I've been hooked ever since.

ozzie · 11-10-2009, 09:25 AM

Oh, there was magazine called "Bestseller Games" in Germany. Every month a new classic game came with it, most of the time adventures.
My father bought some of them for me, and the first game was "Monkey Island". Yeah, what a cliche.

So, Monkey Island brought me to adventure games. I had to control it with a keyboard though, because at the time we didn't have a mouse. Or maybe the mouse driver wasn't installed under DOS...anyway, the gull puzzle was really hard without mouse! Especially since I didn't realize that there were shortcuts...

Sadly, the magazines also contained walkthroughs, so I was spoiled from the start. :-/
I played the Indiana Jones adventures shortly after, and Fate of Atlantis is still a favorite of mine.

giom · 11-10-2009, 11:38 AM

The first real adventure game I played was Eternam when it came out, I was 9 years old and I was hooked. I then went on to play Indiana johns 3 and 4, but I had the English version so it took me a while to play it (adventure games are a great way for a kid to learn languages :-))

After that, I remember playing and loving Secret of Monkey Island, Conquest of the Longbow (I loved that game), Beneath a Steel Sky and Dune (not completely an adventure game per se though)...
From then on, I was hooked and used to buy and finish about 10 games a year (all my pocket money went in games and my parents contributed as long as the game was not in French)....

But once I became a student, there were more interesting things than playing games and I stopped... Now it comes and goes... I play for one two months and then stop again...

Mossi · 11-10-2009, 12:51 PM

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I have a question for people who started playing the old Sierra text games when they were young: do you think playing those games at that developing age really helped to improve your reading and writing skills?

Heck yeah, you had to type fast and accurately, especially in "action" sequences, it was hell at first! Knowing how to spell helped a ton. Still have to take my time when I type out Mananan though.

Sughly · 11-10-2009, 03:30 PM

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Heck yeah, you had to type fast and accurately, especially in "action" sequences, it was hell at first! Knowing how to spell helped a ton. Still have to take my time when I type out Mananan though.

Seriously though, Mananan. That guy was scary as hell when I was a kid, didn't anyone else find that? Popping up all the time when you were somewhere doing something you KNOW he wouldn't be happy about.

Yet another game I could only dabble in at a friends, I never got anywhere near defeating this guy (not sure I made it down the mountain either) and spent many a year wondering how to do it. Eventually, as always, the walkthrough came along...

*Fantasysci5* · 11-10-2009, 05:35 PM

I know, that Wizard scared the heck out of me, too. A reason I prefer adventures to action or shooter games, is that I hate being rushed. I like to know I don't have to hurry and do something, because when I'm under a time frame, I start stressing out, shaking, etc. I have enough stress issues in my life, so I really don't need any more. So I hated being nervous about the constant threat of getting caught/dying. Of all of the Kings Quest games, even though I liked the story, it was my least favorite game.

I liked the story, though, and usually that's what's most important to me. I hate the puzzles in Myst and their hardness, and yet it's one of my favorite games because of the story and characters. But at least I wasn't timed in Myst.

Did we ever have to spell out Mananan's name, though?

thejobloshow · 11-10-2009, 09:39 PM

Sam and Max - before I even owned a computer, I saw a review of the game on television and thought "Wow, it looks like a cartoon!!"

Big Al · 11-15-2009, 03:14 AM

grim fandango, but more syberia

Trumgottist · 11-15-2009, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by thejobloshow

Sam and Max - before I even owned a computer, I saw a review of the game on television

Cool. Same here, except that it was in a magazine and not on TV. (They reviewed other adventure games too in that magazine, such as BASS and Innocent Until Caught, and appointed DOTT game of the year.) I found it very interesting, and wanted to make an adventure game before I'd ever played one.

Sughly · 11-15-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

I know, that Wizard scared the heck out of me, too. A reason I prefer adventures to action or shooter games, is that I hate being rushed. I like to know I don't have to hurry and do something, because when I'm under a time frame, I start stressing out, shaking, etc. I have enough stress issues in my life, so I really don't need any more. So I hated being nervous about the constant threat of getting caught/dying. Of all of the Kings Quest games, even though I liked the story, it was my least favorite game.

All sierra games that had that 'save all the time because you'll probably die soon' gave me that same stress, which is why I always preferred Lucasarts. I'll always remember the first time I saw that joke in MI when Guybrush jumps off the cliff and bounces back up, joking that he can't die. At that point I realised he was right and felt a great deal more relaxed.

Bloody Police Quest and their car safety checks and endless protocols *grumble grumble*...

Karmillo · 11-15-2009, 05:20 PM

Toonstruck.
Remember always looking through PC world looking for games that were like it.
Was originally a bit close minded about it now that I think back, I remember looking at Normality and being put off it for some reason only to be given a loan of it when I was older and finding it to be one of my favorite games.
Same with Monkey Island! although I never knew that was an adventure at first, only ever saw it in the Virgin White Label collection next to a bunch of old strategy games and just assumed it was an rts aswell, had actually gotten into Monkey Island by chance when I bought one of those old Lucas Arts Vault collections they use to do.

Shame you don't get collections like that anymore

Zanthia · 11-16-2009, 02:46 PM

Second Monkey Island.
It's my first adventure game difficulty level.

Maquisard · 11-17-2009, 04:16 AM

Watching my big brother beat Secret of Monkey Island using a walkthrough published in a gaming mag, when I was about 8 or 9, I guess.

Twizman · 11-18-2009, 09:51 PM

Sam & Max, King's Quest V, and Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb.

I remember having a map for the desert and sailing puzzle for King's Quest

Nowadays just use Gamefaqs!

Even my mum played that game a little.

Twizman · 11-18-2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sughly

Seriously though, Manannan. That guy was scary as hell when I was a kid, didn't anyone else find that?

The brother of manannan, Mordack, was pretty scary to me as a kid. He's thought of as the most powerful sorceror in the King's Quest series.

"What are you doing with my wand, you SWINE!!"

valypan · 11-19-2009, 10:49 AM

My first ever games were adventure games: Prince of Persia (the original first one) and Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis.

Sughly · 11-19-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Twizman

The brother of manannan, Mordack, was pretty scary to me as a kid. He's thought of as the most powerful sorceror in the King's Quest series.

"What are you doing with my wand, you SWINE!!"

Yeah true, he was pretty freaky. But I still think, coming from KQ3, I was more scared of that cat when I got to his castle in KQV

AJ Beals · 11-19-2009, 07:28 PM

It was Titanic: Adventure Out of Time back in 1996. I remember being stumped for days and days with this one. A game I still have in my gaming library.

11-09-2009, 08:13 PM	#62
renna Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	Oh this is an easy one Laura Bow and the The Dagger of Amon Ra. It was still the early days of adventure games and the technology wasn't great but I loved that little game. I wish they would do a remake of it and update the music and give it some good voice work. I bet it would still be a good game to play.

11-10-2009, 02:31 AM	#63
Antaios Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Amersfoort, the Netherlands Posts: 34	A mate of mine brought the first Larry and Police Quest. Soon after that he copied the first Monkey Island for me and I've been hooked ever since. __________________ "Ahoy there, fancy pants."

11-10-2009, 09:25 AM	#64
ozzie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 372	Oh, there was magazine called "Bestseller Games" in Germany. Every month a new classic game came with it, most of the time adventures. My father bought some of them for me, and the first game was "Monkey Island". Yeah, what a cliche. So, Monkey Island brought me to adventure games. I had to control it with a keyboard though, because at the time we didn't have a mouse. Or maybe the mouse driver wasn't installed under DOS...anyway, the gull puzzle was really hard without mouse! Especially since I didn't realize that there were shortcuts... Sadly, the magazines also contained walkthroughs, so I was spoiled from the start. :-/ I played the Indiana Jones adventures shortly after, and Fate of Atlantis is still a favorite of mine. __________________ I'm looking for the following games: 7 Tage, 7 Nächte, Infinity One, Suspicious Cargo [DOS only], The Romantic Blue, GAG, In the Shadow of the Raven, Louis Cat Orze : The Mystery Of The Queen's Necklace, Town with no Name [DOS only], Stay Tooned! Trade for a lot of other games (many of them in german though)! Here, take a look!

11-10-2009, 05:35 PM	#68
Fantasysci5 Stalker of Britain Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Missouri, US Posts: 1,207	I know, that Wizard scared the heck out of me, too. A reason I prefer adventures to action or shooter games, is that I hate being rushed. I like to know I don't have to hurry and do something, because when I'm under a time frame, I start stressing out, shaking, etc. I have enough stress issues in my life, so I really don't need any more. So I hated being nervous about the constant threat of getting caught/dying. Of all of the Kings Quest games, even though I liked the story, it was my least favorite game. I liked the story, though, and usually that's what's most important to me. I hate the puzzles in Myst and their hardness, and yet it's one of my favorite games because of the story and characters. But at least I wasn't timed in Myst. Did we ever have to spell out Mananan's name, though? __________________ Lover of games about the supernatural...because ghosts really do lurk. Favorite Adventure Games-Dark Fall games & Lost Crown, Longest Journey games, Myst games, Barrow Hill, Blackstone Chronicles, Sanitarium Currently Playing-Star Wars Rebellion, GK Looking Forward To-LOST SOULS, Braken Tor, Last Crown, Black Mirror 2

11-15-2009, 05:20 PM	#73
Karmillo woof Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NOT REALLY RIGHT HERE Posts: 2,286	Toonstruck. Remember always looking through PC world looking for games that were like it. Was originally a bit close minded about it now that I think back, I remember looking at Normality and being put off it for some reason only to be given a loan of it when I was older and finding it to be one of my favorite games. Same with Monkey Island! although I never knew that was an adventure at first, only ever saw it in the Virgin White Label collection next to a bunch of old strategy games and just assumed it was an rts aswell, had actually gotten into Monkey Island by chance when I bought one of those old Lucas Arts Vault collections they use to do. Shame you don't get collections like that anymore __________________ "I've got nothing to lose! Except for...well everything."

11-09-2009, 06:27 PM	#61
Foozwah Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 54	Three games stick in my mind as being the gateway into adventure for me: 1. Zork II, played on a C64 at the local K-Mart every night after school, since I didn't have a computer of my own. Had to restart from the beginning every day, since the disk drive was in a locked case, so no way to save my progress. 2. The Hobbit, on the ZX Spectrum, the first computer I (briefly) owned. Was such a huge fan of the book, and even though the game was pretty limited, my imagination made up for the gulf in-between. (Ironically wound up working on a project with the man who wrote it, Phillip Mitchell, about a decade later.) 3. The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, on the C64 (my own at last, this time). Again was a huge fan of the books, and this game never disappointed, depsite being one of the more difficult text games out there at the time. One of the few IF adventures I still revisit, every three or four years.

11-10-2009, 11:38 AM	#65
giom Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	The first real adventure game I played was Eternam when it came out, I was 9 years old and I was hooked. I then went on to play Indiana johns 3 and 4, but I had the English version so it took me a while to play it (adventure games are a great way for a kid to learn languages :-)) After that, I remember playing and loving Secret of Monkey Island, Conquest of the Longbow (I loved that game), Beneath a Steel Sky and Dune (not completely an adventure game per se though)... From then on, I was hooked and used to buy and finish about 10 games a year (all my pocket money went in games and my parents contributed as long as the game was not in French).... But once I became a student, there were more interesting things than playing games and I stopped... Now it comes and goes... I play for one two months and then stop again...

11-10-2009, 09:39 PM	#69
thejobloshow Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 38	Sam and Max - before I even owned a computer, I saw a review of the game on television and thought "Wow, it looks like a cartoon!!"

11-15-2009, 03:14 AM	#70
Big Al Dark fall fan Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 22	grim fandango, but more syberia

11-16-2009, 02:46 PM	#74
Zanthia Sky is not the limit Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Kyrandia Posts: 724	Second Monkey Island. It's my first adventure game difficulty level. __________________ RUBY + EXOTIC FLOWER = RED POTION TOPAZ + TULIP = YELLOW POTION RED POTION + YELLOW POTION= ORANGE POTION

11-17-2009, 04:16 AM	#75
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 1,121	Watching my big brother beat Secret of Monkey Island using a walkthrough published in a gaming mag, when I was about 8 or 9, I guess. __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

11-18-2009, 09:51 PM	#76
Twizman Budding Archaeologist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tycho Northpaw's House Posts: 48	Sam & Max, King's Quest V, and Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb. I remember having a map for the desert and sailing puzzle for King's Quest Nowadays just use Gamefaqs! Even my mum played that game a little.

11-19-2009, 10:49 AM	#78
valypan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 10	My first ever games were adventure games: Prince of Persia (the original first one) and Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis.

11-19-2009, 07:28 PM	#80
AJ Beals Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5	It was Titanic: Adventure Out of Time back in 1996. I remember being stumped for days and days with this one. A game I still have in my gaming library.

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