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Old Sierra Games Breathe Anew
Cow_With_Gun writes: "A small group named Tierra has taken it upon themself to resurrect the classic Sierra anthologies. So far they have brough King's Quest 1 up into the world of VGA and are working on other titles such as Quest for Glory 2 and King's Quest 2."
...and put each game onto thirty disks. :)
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Bleah! Heh heh heh... BLEAH BLEAH!!! Ha ha ha ha...
> pick up mouse
>> Ok.
> move mouse to reply
>> Why don't you just walk there yourself?
> click reply
>> You suddenly notice a gust of wind through the room, after which you are greeted by an object with the strange words "Subject" and "Comment" on it.
> type shit
>> If only your mother heard you say that!*
> type comment
>> Ok.
> click submit
>> You suddenly feel sick and nauseous, ready to pass out. The next thing you know, the room goes black and you are whisked to an unknown location.
I have to say that the MUD-style EGA versions of the games kicked ass. I was actually disappointed the other day when they weren't listed on the "favorite game" poll.
* It always made me chuckle how Sierra always programmed in some quip in response to foul language typed in at the prompt.
Many happy hours were spent on Mixed Up Mother Goose....Anyone else remember that classic? I've got a paper to write, but I feel somehow it is more important to search for that one.
If they ever get around to the spacequest series I'll be a very happy man. You've gotta respect a company that put Bill "Pug" Gates in a video game.
Scumsoft. heh. Man, they were ahead of their time.
Triv
You think you're old because you remember playing Leisure Suit Larry? Youngster, I remember LSL when it was called Softporn Adventure, a BASIC text adventure, on the Apple II.
...a cardboard box? Luxury! Why in my day...
<grin>
> Ask officer where the body is
Huh?
> Ask policeman where the body is
Huh?
>Ask cop where the victim is
Huh?
>Ask where the god damn fucking piece of shit body is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your mother would be ashamed of that language!
> FUCK OFF!!
Your mother would be ashamed of that language!
Then, you pay 4 bucks to call the tipline and find it you need to type "ask the second class sergeant of the county sherriff's department where the body is" or something similar but strangely different from what you were trying.
Crap, now I'm getting lameness filtered....this is just random complaining to bring up my average length per line. My favorite games were police quest, personally, but I also liked space quest. I never really played kings quest, though I'm sure I would have liked it.
I have been thinking of getting my PC4i up and running again just to be able to play KingsQuest 1. It runs in machine mode right from boot, no dos there to meddle with. I never did finish the game. Kings Quest was my first encounter with the foreign language english and i learned much by trial and error. "put lard in bowl" "jump tree" "hump watermelon" My english teacher newer liked my strange arrangement of english words, i wonder why?
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Imagine LSL as a first person? :)