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- cheat Posted by Mervyn Graham.
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go YonderYou play King Graham, the King of Daventry. Queen Valanice, Prince Alexander, and Princess Rosella of the Royal Family as well as Castle Daventry have been taken hostage by the evil sorcerer Mordack. In this game, you travel to the Land of Serenia and beyond to find your family and castle and to restore them back to the Kingdom of Daventry. General tips It is very easy to die in the game. Save… |
- review Posted by Erik-André Vik Mamen.
Sam & Max The Devil's Playhouse Episode 305: The City That Dares Not SleepAll bad things must come to an end... Apparently, this also applies to the evil possessed monster Max, who has been terrorizing New York for the past week. Sam and Max have defeated a lot of enemies this season, from a villainous space gorilla to a powerful undead Pharaoh to even an animated ventriloquist doll. At last, they manage to destroy the Devil's Toybox. Unfortunately, Max has been… |
- review Posted by Jenny Rouse.
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream retroIn 1967, famed sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison penned a story about 5 people being eternally tortured by a sentient supercomputer, known as AM ("I think, therefore I am."), in a post apocalyptic world. Titled "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream", this allegory of hell, set after World War III, left much to the reader's imagination and could not be called a cheery piece of fiction by any stretch of… |
- review Posted by Patrick Talbot.
Puzzle AgentThe adventure game genre has welcomed episodic gaming with open arms. Games produced episodically are not very long and are developed much like cliffhanger movie serials of the 1930s and 1940s. Moreover, some developers are using this template as a way to fund the development of games that will serve as "pilots" to gauge marketplace interest in their projects. Television shows have done with… |
- review Posted by Mervyn Graham.
Atlantis III: The New WorldThe name Atlantis is synonymous with the fabled lost city supposedly existed before the rise of the Egyptian Empire. There is even conjecture today as to whether or not Atlantis is simply a myth. Hieroglyphics discovered in ancient Egyptian architecture have made references to the ancient city, though archaeologists are still debating on the authenticity of such claims. In 1997, French developer… |
Past Favorites
- feature Posted by Mark Newheiser.
Adventure game puzzles: unlocking the secrets of puzzle designFor a lot of games, you can figure out most of what you need to know about them from simply looking at an in-game screenshot or watching a gameplay trailer. With a quick glance at the head-up display and the quality of the graphics, you can get a good sense of what kind of monster killing mayhem you will be engaging in and what kind of experience you will likely get from playing the game.… |
- feature Posted by Marshall Ratliff, Philip Jong.
The rise and fall of Full Throttle: a conversation with Bill TillerPlaying Full Throttle is like tasting a rich bowl of roadhouse chili filled to the rim with biker gangs, chick mechanics (covered in engine grease too), and truckers with badass tattoos. An action packed, comical (albeit short), animated graphical adventure set in the backdrop of an apocalyptic future, Full Throttle touches on the subculture of motorcycle gangs and their steel horses. It is also… |
- interview Posted by Philip Jong.
Roberta WilliamsNo adventure game designer had ever achieved the level of success as Roberta Heuer Williams (Roberta Williams) had. Born in 1953, she and her husband Ken Williams co-founded On-Line Systems, which later became Sierra On-Line, when she was only 26. Mystery House, which she wrote in 1979, was the first graphic adventure game ever created for the PC. Her portfolio of games, spanning over nearly 20… |
Random Picks
- review Posted by Erik-André Vik Mamen.
AnkhFrom the ancient Egypt comes the tale of Assil, the son of an architect of the Pharaoh. Assil has brought upon himself a death curse when he accidentally disturbs the tomb of a mummy while throwing a party inside a pyramid. His dad does not believe him and thinks that his rebellious son is just making up the story as an excuse to stay up all night. So, the young Assil must now go on a quest to… |
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