By Ilmari
Something really special is cooking up on the Adventure Game -blog, and we might have more time than usual to wait before the surprise is ready. In addition, the first ever gaming year with the new regime is about to end, with only few games to cover in 1991. So, it's good time to get your CAPs rolling and to decide what games to add to the gaming year 1992.
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It wasn't all fun and games in 1992,
it was also bad movies sprouting good TV series later |
Here's an explanation for anyone uncertain about how this works. A Potential game to be played must be listed on Moby Games as part of the adventure genre (excluding interactive fiction games) and must have at least 10 votes, or it must appear on the Wikipedia Notable Graphic Adventure Games list, or it must be an adventure game in a series, later part of which would be Potential. A game will be automatically Accepted to the playing list, if it a) has at least 20 votes on Moby Games, b) appears on the Wikipedia Notable Graphic Adventure Games list and c) is clearly an adventure game (we might on occasion be lenient with this condition). Borderline game fulfills two of these criteria and Disregarded only one.
Readers can spend CAPs to transfer to the official list games which are marked as Borderline (50 CAPs for an individual or 100 CAPs for a joint effort) or Disregarded (200 CAPs, not dependent on whether you use just your own CAPs or pool your resources). Just like last time, the below is now set in stone, so don't bother heading off to Moby Games to vote or Wikipedia to edit the Notable list. Any CAP trades need to occur before the introduction post for the last game of 1991 (Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective), after which time 1992's playlist will be set.
Next year's games are to be played approximately in the chronological order wherever possible. The order can be seen in our
AdventureGamer Spreadsheet - and yes, when dating the games, we have probably made quite many mistakes, since our sources are quite unreliable, so if you know better, just speak up. All discussion on CAP trades for the 1992 playing list should be had on this post. The admin will be adjusting the CAP leaderboard and each game's status as trades are made.
We will also decide who's to play what game in the comments below. Especially with continuing series, reviewers for previous parts are preferred over completely new reviewers. If there will be arguments over who will get to play what game - well, I'm sure we can find some civilized manner to solve the issue.
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| Like a sword fight |
Here are the candidates:
Amazon: Guardians of Eden
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You thought Joques Sparrow was a ridiculous character?
Wait till you see Access Software’s next attempt! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (17) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Lars-Erik) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Bargon Attack![]() |
| Killer aliens trying to take over the world! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (7) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Alfred n the Fettuc) |
| Potential reviewers | Alfred n the Fettuc |
Batman Returns![]() |
| Does anyone want to become Batman? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (11) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Joe Pranevich) |
| Potential reviewers | Joe Pranevich |
Curse of Enchantia![]() |
| And speaking of Batman... |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (26) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | - |
The Dagger of Amon Ra![]() |
| Someone else should probably review this - I can give Laura Bow only full scores! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (71) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | Aperama |
Dark Seed![]() |
| H. R. Giger’s graphics are spectacular, but what about the game itself? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (74) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Dune![]() |
| Is it really an adventure game? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (125) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Lupus Yonderboy and Reiko and Ilmari) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Eternam![]() |
| Weird, but still surprisingly fun setting in a French game |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (14) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Lars-Erik) |
| Potential reviewers | Aperama |
Fascination![]() |
| Does anyone dare to taste, if the makers of Emmanulle have any talent for decent games? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (13) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Canageek) |
| Potential reviewers | Ilmari |
Frederik Pohl's Gateway![]() |
| Surely we cannot pass this classic, just because it’s interactive fiction! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (30) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Ilmari) |
| Potential reviewers | Reiko |
Gobliiins![]() |
| Lemmings + King’s Quest = ? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (60) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Lars-Erik) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Hook![]() |
| Hey, look, it’s Monkey Island 1½! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (2) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Lars-Erik) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Hugo III: Jungle of Doom![]() |
| Thank God, it’s the last of this series! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (14) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Laukku) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Inca![]() |
| Seems more like a space simulator. |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (22) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Aperama) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis![]() |
| I’ve been expecting this |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (378) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | TBD |
Inspector Gadget: Mission 1 - Global Terror!![]() |
| This takes me to my childhood! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (3) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Joe Pranevich) |
| Potential reviewers | Joe Pranevich |
The Island of Dr. Brain![]() |
| Yet another puzzle game |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (31) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Reiko and Ilmari) |
| Potential reviewers | Reiko |
KGB![]() |
| Who wants to enjoy the last days of Soviet Union? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (42) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | - |
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow![]() |
| Some consider it best in the series (not me, I’ve always preferred Rosella to his wimpy brother) |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (157) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | TBD |
The Koshan Conspiracy![]() |
| I hear the wailing of Aperama |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (6) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Aperama) |
| Potential reviewers | Ilmari |
Leather Goddesses of Phobos! 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X
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| Not that great a sequel to an IF classic |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (10) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Canageek) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
The Legend of Kyrandia![]() |
Somehow I just remember these games involving collecting
huge amount of seemingly insignificant stuff for potions |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (92) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | Alfred n The Fettuc |
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes:
The Case of the Serrated Scalpel![]() |
| The game’s afoot! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (52) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | Joe Pranevich |
Lure of the Temptress![]() |
| Yet another “save the world from evil sorcerer” |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (67) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Mixed Up Fairy Tales![]() |
| Is it better than Winnie the Pooh? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (10) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Aperama) |
| Potential reviewers | Aperama |
Nippon Safes, Inc. ![]() |
| A more unfamiliar prequel to Big Red Adventure |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (5) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Canageek) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel (remake)![]() |
| So Lytton wasn’t a small town after all? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (39) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Laukku) |
| Potential reviewers | Alex |
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade ![]() |
| I am sure Canageek would love it, but is it an adventure game? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (36) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Lars-Erik) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero (remake)![]() |
| Another take on the beginning of the Quest for Glory -series |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (39) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Laukku) |
| Potential reviewers | Aperama |
Quest for Glory III: Wages of War![]() |
| I am sure there are plenty of eager people wanting to play this |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (83) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | Alex |
Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender![]() |
| What have we got ourselves into this time? |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (30) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch![]() |
| Another classic scifi book turned into a game |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (21) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Lars-Erik) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Rome: Pathway to Power![]() |
| Adventure game with strategic elements? Sounds… interesting |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes (well, sort of) |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (10) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (Reiko and Ilmari) |
| Potential reviewers | Reiko |
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Volume II![]() |
| Two Sherlock Holmes games in a year! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (0) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Lars-Erik and Joe Pranevich) |
| Potential reviewers | Joe Pranevich |
Spellcasting 301: Spring Break![]() |
| Final episode of the entertaining series of magical college games |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | No (6) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted (Ilmari) |
| Potential reviewers | Aperama? |
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary![]() |
| Where no AFGANCAAP has gone before! |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | Yes |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (83) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | Yes |
| Result | Accepted |
| Potential reviewers | Aperama (if no one else wants it) |
WaxWorks![]() |
| You can see it’s from the producers of Elvira |
| Is it clearly a graphic adventure game? | No |
| Does it have 20 or more Moby Games ratings? | Yes (30) |
| Is it on the Wikipedia Notable Games list? | No |
| Result | Accepted (TBD) |
| Potential reviewers | - |
Now that's a lot of games to choose from! Do you think that's too much? Be glad that you haven't seen all the adventure games in Moby Games that didn't fit even the criteria of a Potential Game. Just to show what you have missed, here's two examples.
The first one's not even listed as an adventure game, but a brave commenter had a bold idea of still making Trickster play it:
No, I am not speaking of Ultima VII (that might have been a little too outlandish), but Alone in the Dark. Moby Games categorises it as an action game and it's nowhere to be seen on the Wikipedia list so it never had any chance to get on the playing list. This is kind of sad, and not just because it was Andy's life goal, but also because the Alone in the Dark -games are categorised as adventure games
in other places.
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| A missed opportunity |
The other failed candidate raises some memories of my own childhood at the beginning of 1990s. Ah, the golden days, when I could expect to spend all evening watching
McGyver or
Star Trek or
Mission:Impossible or some other educational and entertaining TV show - unless a sound of saxophone told me that our TV was reserved for my parents.
I never watched L.A. Law., because, frankly, it seemed quite boring (hey, my parents watched it!), but it must have had something to do with the law. I was a bit surprised to find out the show was converted to another form.
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| What's next - Ally McBeal: The Computer Game? |
Moby Games did categorise L.A. Law: The Computer Game as a 1992 adventure game, but it had no user ratings, so it clearly had no chance getting on the playing list. This was a bit sad, since we do now have a professional lawyer among our reviewer group, and I can just imagine what Alex could have made out of this clearly high quality game.
So, you might have guessed that I had a reason for bringing these two games up. Combining Andy Panthro with L.A. Law we get Panthro Law: every year two games that weren't even Potential will get a chance to make it on the official playing list. Of course, it won't be cheap. Since getting just a Disregarded game to the playing list costs 200 CAPs, getting one of these to the list must cost 500 CAPs (remember that it is possible to pool the resources of many persons).
NOW, let the CAPs roll!
And Andy Panthro hits the first Panthro Law game! Alone in the Dark in now on the list!
