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Blackjack · #1

Many, many years ago, when I was still playing Lotus Trilogy on my A1200, one of my friends had a PC and in between bouts of "Doom" with his new fangled "Sound Card" he'd show me all his wonderful graphic adventure treats: Your Sam and Max, your Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, The Dig (yes, I saw your review just now FS) and all the rest. Now I have a PC all of my own.

I must play them. Now. How and where do I get hold of them and the necessary hardware/downgrading software/emulators?

Mockery · #2

I would suggest buying this set because it comes with the first three Monkey Island games. I bought it a while ago and it rocks. For some reason, it looks like it's no longer in production anymore. Bastards. You could try eBay though...

Zomboid · #3

Kazaa has tons of old games like that. I had sam and max, monkey island 1 and 2, day of the tentacle, indiana jones and the newfangled machine (..right?) and one or two others from downloading.

Anonymous · #4

Definitely buy Sam & Max. Cause if you get the CD version, it has voice-overs for the entire game, for every character :o

FS · #5

I thought the Dig was no longer sold anywhere, but now I've found that Amazon still sells it.

My full count of LucasArts adventures from the early 90s:
-Maniac Mansion
-Day of the Tentacle
-Zak McKracken vs. the Alien Mindbenders
-Monkey Island 1 (16 colors version)
-Monkey Island 2
-Loom (16 colors version)
-Sam & Max: Hit the Road
-Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
-Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
-Full Throttle
-The Dig

Most of the old ones I think you can find on Kazaa, but some of them might be stripped of voices and music, and personally I wouldn't be content with that. Games with voices are the Dig, Full Throttle, Sam & Max and the 256 color Loom CD version.

AChimp · #6

Bugger Kazaa. Just search for "abandonware" on Google and you'll eventually find a site that has it.

Don't forget the Simon the Sorcerer games, either.

Blackjack · #7

Thankfully there were many games which were released on the Amiga in the 90's - and they always looked better because you could use a TV instead of a crappy lo-res monitor.

I have Simon the Sorcerer with the "talkie" soundtrack - voiced by Chris Barrie of Red Dwarf fame, no less.

I played Monkey 1 and 2 on the miggy, and also Curse and Escape from (which was really, really bad by the way) - and many others like Loom and Fate of Atlantis were available.

pjalne · #8

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Originally Posted by Blackjack

Thankfully there were many games which were released on the Amiga in the 90's - and they always looked better because you could use a TV instead of a crappy lo-res monitor.

I have Simon the Sorcerer with the "talkie" soundtrack - voiced by Chris Barrie of Red Dwarf fame, no less.

I played Monkey 1 and 2 on the miggy, and also Curse and Escape from (which was really, really bad by the way) - and many others like Loom and Fate of Atlantis were available.

Chris Barrie

Shouldn't the third season of Red Dwarf be out about now?

And fuck you, Curse was good.

executioneer · #9

I think he's just saying Escape was bad :/

WHICH IT WAS

fucking gays

-willie

pjalne · #10

Oh yeah. My bad. I don't think Escape was all that catastrophic, but not anywhere near the three first ones either.

Helm · #11

I've played almost every adventure game there is!

Chamber of the Sci Fi Mutant Priestessess? Sure thing!

Captain Blood? You bet!

Sex Olympics? ...don't ask.

pjalne · #12

I would like to inquire about these aforementioned 'Sex Olympics'.

Seriously. What is Sex Olympics?

Ihach · #13

if somone could send me Sam and Max and Day of the Tentacle over AIM or somesuch program, thatd be great, i remember playing those games at my uncles house when i was like 10, now i miss them