Police Quest 1 (VGA Remake): That’s DETECTIVE Bonds to You!
Written by AlexIn our last post, we were left hanging as Sonny busted suspected drug dealer, murderer, and driver of that darn stolen Mercedes, Marvin Hoffman aka Leroy Pierson. But did the bust...
View ArticleLegend of Kyrandia - WON!
Written by Alfred n the FettucBrandon’s journal - entry #5 : Finally. Malcolm’s abode. The fiend is near. I’m gonna avenge my new-found dead parents. This is it. The final showdown. Now if I can just...
View ArticleGame 86: Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating...
Written by TBDSince Maniac Mansion, Green Tentacle's become hungry for something elseAfter completing the original Leather Goddesses of Phobos, I was very much looking forward to the sequel, not so...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Enchanter - The Terror that Flaps in the Night
Written by Joe PranevichLast week, I finished exploring nearly all of the Warlock’s castle but left many mysteries unsolved. We found a deathtrap with hammers and spears, a mysterious rainbow turtle, a...
View ArticlePolice Quest 1 (VGA Remake): Won!
Written by AlexThe reign of the Death Angel is at an end. The city of Lytton is safe once more. And Sonny Bonds—Detective Sonny Bonds—is the most beloved man in the city.How did we get here? What...
View ArticleKyrandia - Final Rating
Written by Alfred n the FettucIt is time for King Brandon’s adventures to be tested and thoroughly examined through the PISSED rating system. Will the beautiful universe crafted by Westwood be enough...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Enchanter - Won! and Final Rating
Written by Joe PranevichLast time out, I inched closer to discovering the Warlock’s inner sanctum and figuring out how to defeat him. In the process, I survived being sacrificed, watched a turtle be a...
View ArticleLeather Goddesses of Phobos 2 - From A Time when Men were Real Men, Women...
The decision is made – YOU voted, and Lydia beat both Barth and Zeke as protagonist for this playthrough. You chose the character with the most boring thing to say in all you've read about so far, just...
View ArticlePolice Quest 1 (VGA Remake): Final Rating
Written by AlexPolice Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is an interesting piece of adventure-gaming history. It might not have been the first to simulate a more realistic occupation in the sea of...
View ArticleMissed Classic 44: Oo-Topos - Introduction (1981 original; 1986 re-release)
Written by VoltglossThe Great Zork Marathon has graced this blog with many (and, in the future, many more) adventures crafted by the Implementors - Infocom’s cadre of game designers. With Oo-Topos,...
View ArticleLeather Goddesses of Phobos 2 - The X Trials
When we last met our heroine, Lydia, she had just explored the town of Atom City, and had found a spaceship (that she really could have found straight away, because she saw where it landed, and that...
View ArticleGame 88: Lure of the Temptress (1992) – Introduction
by AlexLure of the Temptress, the debut game from British developer Revolution Software—founded in 1990 and still making games—promises to be an interesting piece of adventure gaming history. If...
View ArticleLeather Goddesses of Phobos 2 - WON!
Lydia Sandler, Zeke Zarmen and Barthgub el Nikki-Nikki son of Jelgobar el Zayda-Zayda Journal Entry #3:The three of us went on our mission to Phobos to stop the Leather Goddesses' evil plans. To stop...
View ArticleGame 89: The Dagger of Amon Ra - Introduction
Written by DeimarDeimar, there is a game that falls right up your alley, they said. And so I have come back to you, ready with my insatiable love for death animations and low budget unipersonal...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Oo-Topos - No Place, And Not Like Home
Written by VoltglossExplaining the title, courtesy of an 8th grade school project. Also, “eu-topos” sounds similar but means “good place.” Thomas More was a punny guy.When we last left off exploring...
View ArticleLure of the Temptress: Tonight There’s Going to Be a Jailbreak
by AlexLure of the Temptress opens with a very good looking cinematic, expanding a bit upon the story from the manual—as explained by Ratpouch—that we talked about last post. This time, though, we get...
View ArticleLeather Goddesses of Phobos 2: Final Rating
Written by TBDI was going to ask Madame Chavez what the final rating should be, but got distracted by a hand that she somehow raised without moving her shoulderTime to rate the game. Before we get...
View ArticleThe Dagger of Amon Ra - Thoroughly Modern Millie
By DeimarLaura’s Journal Entry #1:"I just haven’t started off on my right foot in the Big Apple. I have been mugged, robbed and almost killed by a car. But I am not going to let that stop the daughter...
View ArticleLure of the Temptress: Talking To People: The Game
by AlexWhew, lads.Lure of the Temptress is one of those games, those kind of games that makes mapping fun by using all sorts of tricks to distort the laws of physics and good game design.See that...
View ArticleMissed Classic: Oo-Topos - Won! (And Final Rating)
Written by VoltglossWhen we left off last time in our attempt to escape Oo-Topos, we still needed to find 3 missing ship parts; the special seeds to save Earth; and 56.9 frod worth of treasure for...
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