Scott Adams resuming work on new Adventure

gamingafter40 · 06-26-2010, 07:04 PM

For those who have been adventuring for a while, I thought I'd share this announcement Scott Adams recently posted as a comment at my Gaming After 40 blog:

I think I am going to take this post as my world-wide announcement that I have started work once again on my next adventure "The inheritance". I stopped work on it about 3 years ago and I hope this time to complete it! Happy Adventuring all!

***fov*** · 06-27-2010, 10:47 AM

Cool! I hope it's not as hard as his early work.

I interviewed Scott for a story in GamesTM about a year ago. The piece was recently posted online here -- might be a helpful reference for adventure gamers too young to know who he is.

Hamham Chan · 06-27-2010, 11:44 AM

I used to play his Pirate Adventure when i was a wee lad, back in the eighties.
That game was hard as nails, never managed to beat it.

Kazmajik · 06-27-2010, 01:13 PM

I have very fond memories of playing through classic Scott Adams adventures, like The Count and Voodoo Castle, That two-word text parser made for a serious challenge. I'm definitely intrigued by anything he would create now.

gamingafter40 · 06-27-2010, 02:26 PM

He came out with a Pirate Adventure sequel in 2000, called Return to Pirate's Island 2. The two Savage Island games are the hardest of his original series, in my opinion; fortunately there are walkthroughs available these days for those moments where we just need a hint.

I played through the first 12 of the original Scott Adams games in a series on my blog about a year ago, called The Great Scott Project. Planning to pick it up again and catch the ones I've missed starting in August. There are spoilers aplenty, but I wanted to document the games in detail.

Christian IV · 06-28-2010, 08:26 AM

Great to hear Scott is back in action. he is one of the great ones.

youfightlikeadairyfarmer · 06-28-2010, 10:25 AM

The Dilbert guy?

gamingafter40 · 06-28-2010, 11:58 AM

Nope, different Scott Adams. This Scott Adams pioneered adventure gaming for microcomputers, figuring out how to cram a game into 16K of memory with his first releases, Adventureland and Pirate Adventure. His influence is visible on almost all the text adventures of the early 1980's.

06-26-2010, 07:04 PM	#1
gamingafter40 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 11	Scott Adams resuming work on new Adventure For those who have been adventuring for a while, I thought I'd share this announcement Scott Adams recently posted as a comment at my Gaming After 40 blog: I think I am going to take this post as my world-wide announcement that I have started work once again on my next adventure "The inheritance". I stopped work on it about 3 years ago and I hope this time to complete it! Happy Adventuring all! Share Share this post on Twitter

06-27-2010, 10:47 AM	#2
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	Cool! I hope it's not as hard as his early work. I interviewed Scott for a story in GamesTM about a year ago. The piece was recently posted online here -- might be a helpful reference for adventure gamers too young to know who he is. Share Share this post on Twitter

06-27-2010, 11:44 AM	#3
Hamham Chan Fulci lives Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 981	I used to play his Pirate Adventure when i was a wee lad, back in the eighties. That game was hard as nails, never managed to beat it. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ - And you will face the sea of darkness and all therein that may be explored -

06-27-2010, 01:13 PM	#4
Kazmajik Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 418	I have very fond memories of playing through classic Scott Adams adventures, like The Count and Voodoo Castle, That two-word text parser made for a serious challenge. I'm definitely intrigued by anything he would create now. Share Share this post on Twitter

06-27-2010, 02:26 PM	#5
gamingafter40 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 11	He came out with a Pirate Adventure sequel in 2000, called Return to Pirate's Island 2. The two Savage Island games are the hardest of his original series, in my opinion; fortunately there are walkthroughs available these days for those moments where we just need a hint. I played through the first 12 of the original Scott Adams games in a series on my blog about a year ago, called The Great Scott Project. Planning to pick it up again and catch the ones I've missed starting in August. There are spoilers aplenty, but I wanted to document the games in detail. Share Share this post on Twitter

06-28-2010, 08:26 AM	#6
Christian IV Adventure Game Researcher Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, California Posts: 537	Great to hear Scott is back in action. he is one of the great ones. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ The Future is the Promise of Today Becoming Real Admin 3D Worlds and Game Developers Group Linkedin Game Research and History http://3dworldandgamedevelopers.blogspot.com Game Patches and Aides http://www.filefront.com/user/CrisGer Patch and Fix Packs

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06-28-2010, 11:58 AM	#8
gamingafter40 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 11	Nope, different Scott Adams. This Scott Adams pioneered adventure gaming for microcomputers, figuring out how to cram a game into 16K of memory with his first releases, Adventureland and Pirate Adventure. His influence is visible on almost all the text adventures of the early 1980's. Share Share this post on Twitter

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