I was hoping to try a few adventure games (a la Leisure Suit Larry for example), and was wondering what are some of the must have titles? Keeping in mind I'm running an XP, so I can't play the really, really old school stuff.
Monkey Island (all 4...although the 4th one kinda sucked) Day of the Tentacle Sam and Max: Hit the Road Full Throttle The Dig Grim Fandango (S&M, FT, TD, GF and Monkey Island 3 have all just been re-released in Europe + Australia!) Gabriel Knight trilogy Myst series The Neverhood Kings Quest Discworld trilogy Broken Sword quadrilogy Zork series ...and others.
Also, don't forget to buy the Sam and Max episodes - Episode 4 is one of the funniest/most bizzare games I've played in ages.
*Edit* It's fairly easy to find patches/programs that will allow you to play these on XP - I've got them all running on my PC.
For comedy adventure games you could always try Grim Fandango (though it's not completely old school, as it's semi 3D) If you're looking for a great story you should try The Longest Adventure, one of the best adventure games out there (but you might need a patch to avoid problems in XP). Be aware that there is a game called Dreamfall-The Longest Journey, that's not the game Still Life is also good if you like a more dark story (and this is a fairly new game, so no probs running on XP)... but be warned: It is starforce infected
from the same guys who gave us broken sword is lure of the temptress and beneath a steel sky - both pretty decent games, and i think they're both free legal downloads over at the revolution website
as mentioned, the broken sword games are also great - especially the first two - i think just about everything else worth playing has already been mentioned
from the same guys who gave us broken sword is lure of the temptress and beneath a steel sky - both pretty decent games, and i think they're both free legal downloads over at the revolution website
as mentioned, the broken sword games are also great - especially the first two - i think just about everything else worth playing has already been mentioned
unless you want to play dizzy A-S_FM
I forgot all about Beneath a steel sky. That was a really cool game too!
from the same guys who gave us broken sword is lure of the temptress and beneath a steel sky - both pretty decent games, and i think they're both free legal downloads over at the revolution website
as mentioned, the broken sword games are also great - especially the first two - i think just about everything else worth playing has already been mentioned
unless you want to play dizzy A-S_FM
I actually have Dizzy for the NES, great game!
Thanks to everyone on the suggestions, I'll start looking into them.
You can find Kings Quest I & II here (a fan remake): http://www.agdinteractive.com/ Kings Quest III is here: http://www.infamous-adventures.com/kq3/ There are *really old* games. KQ3 is from '86, so don't expect the world here.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, even though it's not completely an adventure game, it does follow quite a few formulas. Check out Abe's Oddysee, and Abe's Exoddyss, these are great, and I know I loved them for their witty puzzles. Â
from the same guys who gave us broken sword is lure of the temptress and beneath a steel sky - both pretty decent games, and i think they're both free legal downloads over at the revolution website
as mentioned, the broken sword games are also great - especially the first two - i think just about everything else worth playing has already been mentioned
unless you want to play dizzy A-S_FM
I agree with this guy.
I would also add Sam and Max Seasons 1 and 2 - don't let age put you off, they're both pretty old school when it comes to gameplay mechanics. And they are both pretty awesome.
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