To my eternal shame, I've only played two of these - Questprobe 2: Spider-man, and Robin of Sherwood. Really must correct that oversight one of these days.
Of the two, though, Robin of Sherwood, by a long way. I can remember being really excited to play Spider-Man as a kid, and getting quickly bored and frustrated, thinking "This is all about collecting crystals?.. and the villains are basically just scenery?". The pack-in comic was pretty cool, albeit rather deceptive.
RoS, meanwhile, probably isn't the greatest adventure ever, but I remember being blown away by some of Teoman Irmak's illustrations, especially the waterfall.
Adventureland is an easy pick. It's quite possibly the third most influential adventure game of all time after Colossal Cave and Zork. Not only was it the first to be released for home computers but the source was published in a magazine in 1980, jump-starting a lot of the other creators, who could then seen how the games worked.
I don't think the later games kept pace with developments elsewhere in the industry though, as they remained quite simple with small maps, terse descriptions and not a lot of story. They did feature some nice graphical illustrations though, even if you only get them in a few locations.
I don't have anything cool to put here, so i'll just be off now to see a priest with yeast stuck between his teeth and his friend called Keith who's a hairpiece thief...
1. Adventureland.
To be honest this is one of the originals in the adventure genre. This is the game that started all the adventures in the 8 bit machines.
It's also famous for packing a genre originally only playable on room sized computers into microcomputers.
Not this version though, this one also have pictures. Although sometimes you are probably better off turning off the images because the text descriptions in this version often has the words you need to enter.
2. Torch and Thing
I prefer this one above most of the others even I can't remember most of it. I must have played most of them 20+ years ago so it's all a blur.
3. Sorceror Claymorgue Castle
I also remember somehow being drawn to this game but I always thought it was unfair, but it did had great looking graphics, if I remember correctly.
Note: I remember really not liking Sea of Blood at all. Too much random dice fighting and I could never understand that.
Timmy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 10:25 am
2. Torch and Thing
I prefer this one above most of the others even I can't remember most of it. I must have played most of them 20+ years ago so it's all a blur.
