Adventure Gaming Catch-All

Added Steam links to the new LucasArts games that were released today. Hoping for more in the future (c'mon, Zak McCracken!).

Added the Jules Verne stuff from The Adventure Company and Microïds, inspired by the podcast. Can't believe I forgot it!

If Zak McCracken shows up, it's a must buy for me. I never actually finished it. I cheated and won the lottery too often, and they banned me from playing, and since I wasn't sure what the next step was, I wound up spending all my money flying from one place to another and back.

I did find the gas can, though.

Steam News wrote:

Activision Expands Catalog with Space Quest, King's Quest and More
July 23, 2009, 10:50 am - Valve - Product Release

Activision has added five more games to it's catalog on Steam, including classic titles Space Quest™ Collection and King's Quest™ Collection as well as the more recent Aces of the Galaxy™, TimeShift™;, and 3D Ultra™ Minigolf Adventures.

Save 25% off any of these titles when you buy before July 30!

Space Quest Collection:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10110/ Sale price- $14.99

King's Quest Collection:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10100/ Sale price- $14.99

doubleplusungood wrote:
Steam News wrote:

Activision Expands Catalog with Space Quest, King's Quest and More
July 23, 2009, 10:50 am - Valve - Product Release

Activision has added five more games to it's catalog on Steam, including classic titles Space Quest™ Collection and King's Quest™ Collection as well as the more recent Aces of the Galaxy™, TimeShift™;, and 3D Ultra™ Minigolf Adventures.

Save 25% off any of these titles when you buy before July 30!

Space Quest Collection:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10110/ Sale price- $14.99

King's Quest Collection:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10100/ Sale price- $14.99

In Europe the sale price for both packs is 7.5 euro. At last the Americans got the exchange rate shaft!

Nice, but I picked up those packs in disc form not long ago anyway (along with the Police Quest games). I think the only Sierra adventure games I'm missing now are the Larry games - lewdness aside would they be worth a look if they show up on Steam?

Minarchist wrote:

Added Steam links to the new LucasArts games that were released today. Hoping for more in the future (c'mon, Zak McCracken!).

Another vote for Zak McC here - probably the first adventure game I played I think.

There was actually a fan-made sequel released online for free a while back which looked pretty good, but I think it was only ever released in German...

Ah here we go...
http://www.zak2.org/
Looks like they're working on an English version as well. Nice.

doubleplusungood wrote:
Steam News wrote:

Activision Expands Catalog with Space Quest, King's Quest and More
July 23, 2009, 10:50 am - Valve - Product Release

Activision has added five more games to it's catalog on Steam, including classic titles Space Quest™ Collection and King's Quest™ Collection as well as the more recent Aces of the Galaxy™, TimeShift™;, and 3D Ultra™ Minigolf Adventures.

Save 25% off any of these titles when you buy before July 30!

Space Quest Collection:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10110/ Sale price- $14.99

King's Quest Collection:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10100/ Sale price- $14.99

Thanks! Added the links.

No Quest for Glory, though? Dysplastic will not be pleased!

Minarchist wrote:

No Quest for Glory, though? Dysplastic will not be pleased!

Infidels!

Probably because Vivendi didn't rerelease the QFG series pre-packaged with DosBox for XP compatability like they did KQ and SQ in 2006 - which is what they just ported onto Steam.
I bought KQ and SQ, despite my hatred of Activision, because I'm hoping if these packages do well enough, more of Sierra's library will be released onto steam and at least given some kind of system to make it playable.

Along these lines - My first adventure game was King's Quest 6, in 1992 or 93, and I spent far too long playing that game. Last night, with about 20 games I currently have that I could have played, I decided to fire up KQ6 for the first time in 15-odd years and give it another whirl.
I tore through it. I remembered everything, even to the point of remembering how to get 231/231 points.
I just couldn't believe how all these specific memories from ages ago came flooding back to me with pinpoint accuracy - stuff I haven't thought of in years.
It basically reminded me how much adventure games affected me as a kid and shaped the gamer I am today.

Dysplastic wrote:

Along these lines - My first adventure game was King's Quest 6, in 1992 or 93, and I spent far too long playing that game.
...
I just couldn't believe how all these specific memories from ages ago came flooding back to me with pinpoint accuracy - stuff I haven't thought of in years.

Same here.

Here are a few new trailers that look pretty interesting...

Black Mirror II
Memento Mori
Machinarium
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Heavy Rain

And a neat preview of Haunted. Lots of cool stuff coming up!

Emerald City Confidential now on Steam. Buy!

Strewth wrote:

If Zak McCracken shows up, it's a must buy for me. I never actually finished it. I cheated and won the lottery too often, and they banned me from playing, and since I wasn't sure what the next step was, I wound up spending all my money flying from one place to another and back.

I did find the gas can, though.

On most other websites you'd be labeled a nutjob for those seemingly nonsensical words. Here, its pretty normal.

Minarchist wrote:

Here are a few new trailers that look pretty interesting...

Black Mirror II
Memento Mori
Machinarium
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Heavy Rain

And a neat preview of Haunted. Lots of cool stuff coming up!

Machinarium is a must-buy for me. I have no idea if the puzzles are any good, but it's absolutely gorgeous.

I'm really interested to see how Heavy Rain turns out. I loved Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy despite its considerable flaws (I'm not sure what exactly I liked about it so much, but I enjoyed it immensely) and I'd be willing to suffer through quick time events to play something new like that. Boo on PS3 exclusivity, though!

Anodyne wrote:

I'm really interested to see how Heavy Rain turns out. I loved Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy despite its considerable flaws (I'm not sure what exactly I liked about it so much, but I enjoyed it immensely) and I'd be willing to suffer through quick time events to play something new like that. Boo on PS3 exclusivity, though!

Yeah, that's a bummer, but I'm hoping there's a cheaper PS3-slim coming in the near future that would help me out with that quandary.

To me the most exciting game on the list is Memento Mori; I'm hoping it lives up to the hype. It's actually out now, I just haven't had a chance to pick it up yet.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Nikopol : secrets of the Immortals. It's a Gorgeous looking well designed game based on the same comic that inspired Immortel ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314063/ ). Even ign liked it http://pc.ign.com/articles/911/91102... ) and you can pick it up on steam for $20.

Is Gametap the best place to be able to play the Last Express? This game has come up too often in my little world and while I'm not a huge adventure game fan, I'd like to experience the game.

garion333 wrote:

Is Gametap the best place to be able to play the Last Express? This game has come up too often in my little world and while I'm not a huge adventure game fan, I'd like to experience the game.

Yeah, it isn't for sale in the usual places (Amazon, Just Adventure, GoG), so if you're a Gametap member I'd hit it up there.

garion333 wrote:

Is Gametap the best place to be able to play the Last Express? This game has come up too often in my little world and while I'm not a huge adventure game fan, I'd like to experience the game.

Someone wants to play it! Finally!

btw:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009...

Thirteenth wrote:

Emerald City Confidential now on Steam. Buy!

Only $9 too, a steal at that price.

UCRC wrote:
garion333 wrote:

Is Gametap the best place to be able to play the Last Express? This game has come up too often in my little world and while I'm not a huge adventure game fan, I'd like to experience the game.

Someone wants to play it! Finally!

btw:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009...

Whoa, I totally missed that post yesterday. The Universe is trying to tell me something.

UCRC wrote:
garion333 wrote:

Is Gametap the best place to be able to play the Last Express? This game has come up too often in my little world and while I'm not a huge adventure game fan, I'd like to experience the game.

Someone wants to play it! Finally!

btw:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009...

Or you could just watch the videos of it.

Infocom now has all of their games free-to-play online, in every version! Get going into that little maze of twisty passages, all alike!

It includes Leather Goddesses of Phobos, all the Zorks, Planetfall, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and a bunch of other great, nostalgic titles.

Nice find! Just what I need - more games to try to find time to play.

AUs_TBirD wrote:

Nice find! Just what I need - more games to try to find time to play.

All credit goes to DuckiDeva. But yeah, it was a great find, and a great distraction at work...

The Shivah, possibly Dave Gilbert's best adventure game, is free today for Yom Kippur.

Switchbreak wrote:

The Shivah, possibly Dave Gilbert's best adventure game, is free today for Yom Kippur.

There's a direct link to install in comments section under news piece, so you don't have to go through whole shopping & confirmation process.

Heads-up, Machinarium can now be pre-purchased on Steam.

Sanitarium is up on GOG.

This was seriously one of my favorite games ever when it came out. Before Silent Hill, this was my introduction to games that scared you not by making you jump but by putting you through a surrealistic psychological mindf*ck.

It wasn't a super high-budget deal, the protaganist in particular is really poorly voiced and the CG is kind of laughable by today's standards, but man was this ever a great game.

Switchbreak wrote:

Sanitarium is up on GOG.

This was seriously one of my favorite games ever when it came out. Before Silent Hill, this was my introduction to games that scared you not by making you jump but by putting you through a surrealistic psychological mindf*ck.

It wasn't a super high-budget deal, the protaganist in particular is really poorly voiced and the CG is kind of laughable by today's standards, but man was this ever a great game.

Definitely. I was still in high school when I played it, but I definitely remember having quite a few WTF moments, thus it's placement on the "highly recommended" list. I've updated it with the GoG link, thanks.

In other news, I've almost finished Machinarium. It's just a wonderful charming little game. Nothing groundbreaking, really, but so fun.

Switchbreak wrote:

Sanitarium is up on GOG.

I SAW THIS IN AN EMAIL ON MY PHONE AND ALMOST POOPED MYSELF