Ransom Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 On-Line Systems was OK, but once they changed their name to Sierra they'd sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Definitely. Check out Adventures in Serenia / The Wizard and the Princess -- it's set in the same land that King's Quest V is set in. I think I might actually have the Atari version of Wizard and The Princess. I'll have to look through my disk collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Space Quest II was the highlight for me. Great game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Wow! Thanks for the info, I had no idea. I'll have to fire up an emulator and check out that MH-NY puzzle skip. Those MH games were hard enough without losing the option to save. I'm currently trying to track down the Japanese version of Police Quest II for the PC-9801: http://kotaku.com/5812431/japan-what-the-hell-did-you-do-to-this-classic-pc-adventure-game The other major change I remember was that Kings Quest III didn't have the clock when the wizard leaves so you just had to guess how long he'd be gone. That made the game much harder than it should have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysl Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 The other major change I remember was that Kings Quest III didn't have the clock when the wizard leaves so you just had to guess how long he'd be gone. That made the game much harder than it should have been. Whoah, that's brutal. I think King's Quest III might have been my favourite of those. Has anybody been playing the new series? I've finished chapter one and I think they did a really good job. As an adventure game I don't think it's quite as good as The Walking Dead series but I'm having a blast playing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Whoah, that's brutal. Yeah when I was a kid I kept reading references to this mystical clock but obviously there wasn't any in my version. It really confused the heck out of me. Like I said, the Apple IIe was scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of being able to run these games. If they weren't so popular at the time I don't think they would have even bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysl Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 The first copy of King's Quest I that I played as a kid was a self-boot or booter disk and when I was researching the Apple IIgs music I read that it had different music and sound effects. I managed to find a copy and load it with Dosbox and, sure enough, the opening theme is way better and sound effects throughout that weren't found in the regular PC version. I find those different version changes really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd30 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 The Sierra games were some of the first computer games that I played. I beat Space Quest, King's Quest III and the Black Cauldron when I was around 11 or 12 years old. And this was before the internet and any hint guides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysl Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Anyone remember the Sierra hint books. The originals were designed so you had to use an included highlighter to reveal the answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Didn't Infocom do the same thing? I think it was called InvisiClues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I played almost them all. Heros Quest and Conquests of Camelot were 2 other great ones. Had komgs, space, police, and lsl as well. Had up to 4 on kings and 3 on space. My tandy never had a hard drive but had a 3.5disk so some newer games needed the hard drive and we were not going to drop I think $2600 on another setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Whoah, that's brutal. I think King's Quest III might have been my favourite of those. Has anybody been playing the new series? I've finished chapter one and I think they did a really good job. As an adventure game I don't think it's quite as good as The Walking Dead series but I'm having a blast playing them. I think 4 with the chick is the best. The gtaphics were great. I suggest Conquests of camelot and heros quest. Also space quest 3 amazing game. Newer than that I think it is too modern looking and lost its charm with me. Probably cause my tandy would not play them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 The other major change I remember was that Kings Quest III didn't have the clock when the wizard leaves so you just had to guess how long he'd be gone. That made the game much harder than it should have been. That game I disliked the most. The wizard guy was a complete asshole. It took away that kinda free roaming idea, well the kings quest games you can get killed on lots of screens. I liked the jokes in the games. If you told your character to fuck an elf or something it would say perhaps you should purchase a copy of leisure suit larry! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 This thread caught me toad-ily off guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysl Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Newer than that I think it is too modern looking and lost its charm with me. I felt the same way. Although I completed Space Quest 4 & 5 and King's Quest 5 & 6 and really enjoyed them, they just weren't the same as the typing games. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I like the fact on kings quest 4 when you typed it stopped the action. the ones that kept running were really frantic to play. Oh well I learnt to type better than any other kid i know playing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Correction! You are right ne wrong. It was TGA graphics. On the cm-5 it looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Lunar Leeper, Oils Well, Apple Cider Spider, Jawbreaker - C64 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Jesus Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Funny you should ask... I worked through through most of the 90s 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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high voltage Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I had a Codename Iceman tee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Funny you should ask... I worked through through most of the 90s Thanks for the thread contribution, I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Jesus Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Thanks for the thread contribution, I guess. The video shows all my favorite old school Sierra games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman2000 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I played my first Sierra game, Police Quest 1 on my Compudyne 16/286 AT computer. I really loved the Police Quest series and I got all of them. I also got Space Quest IV and Kings Quest V. I even purchased a Roland MT-32 so I could get the best music for the Sierra games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Thanks for the thread contribution, I guess. You're supposed to make a video reply on youtube. Be sure to wear a crop top in the thumbnail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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