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Fatty Bear’s Birthday Surprise - Final Rating
By IlmariWhen I reviewed Putt Putt Joins the Parade, I was a bit anxious whether I could rate a children’s game fairly. With one Humongous game already under my belt, I think I have a better grasp on...
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Missed Classic: Zombi - Summary and Rating
Written by Morpheus Kitami After last time, I slowly but surely uncovered more of the game with each playthrough. With each playthrough it became clear why nobody brings this up these days. Zombi just...
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Lost Secret of the Rainforest - Golden City
Written by ReikoAdam’s Journal #7: "I knew a lot of kinds of bats existed, but before recently, I had never seen so many different kinds in one place before! I’m glad I could help them a little, but...
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Lost Secret of the Rainforest - Homeward Bound (Won!)
Written by ReikoAdam’s Journal #8:"What a ride! I’ve finally made it to the City of Gold, but I never dreamed I would be flown there by a giant eagle! At first I thought I was going to be the eagle’s...
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Missed Classic: Bureaucracy - An Unnecessary Essay on Cannibalism
Written by Joe PranevichI really want to like Bureaucracy. It’s partly written by one of my favorite authors, it is one of Infocom’s few truly collaborative efforts, and it has some great ideas. But, I...
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Game 119: Space Quest V: Roger Wilco - The Next Mutation - Introduction (1993)
Written by Joe PranevichFive years ago (can you believe that?), I wanted to blog about Space Quest IV. While it wasn’t the first game that I played here, it was the first that I really wanted to play...
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Missed Classic 92: The Palace of Deceit: The Secret of Castle Lockemoer (1991)
Written by Will MoczarskiThe beauty of the days gone by....and just like that a whole new can of worms has opened up. This post was originally meant to be about Cliff Bleszinski’s Dare to Dream, or...
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Missed Classic: Bureaucracy - Won! And Final Rating
Written by Joe PranevichI would love to tell you that Bureaucracy is a beautiful throwback to a bygone era of games where one screwup at the beginning would, hours later, make it impossible to win....
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Eric the Unready - The Gods Must be Crazy
Written by TBD I'm backHi all! I'm back after an unannounced and unexpected hiatus!Sorry for disappearing for so long. Coronavirus, blah blah, lockdown, blah blah, too busy, blah blah, also lazy, blah...
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Space Quest V - Spring Daze at StarCon-U
Written by Joe PranevichWelcome back to Space Quest V where Roger Wilco is just getting started down his road to Star Trek-style heroism. The previous post closed out the game’s introductory movie...
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What's Your Story: Sabrina LaFey
Answers: Sabrina LaFeyIntroduction and captions: Ilmari Our community of adventure game aficionados has received. Let us all give a warm welcome to Sabrine LaFey!My home country is… I have lived in the...
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Lost Secrets of the Rainforest - Final Rating
Written by ReikoI am more ambivalent about Lost Secrets of the Rainforest than any other game I've written about on the blog here. Most of the games I asked to write about were ones that I knew...
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Missed Classic: Bureaucracy - Devoured By Llamas (Deleted Scenes & Extras)
Written by Joe PranevichI didn’t like Bureaucracy. As we saw last time out, it scored the lowest of the Infocom games so far. I expect this disappointed some of you-- if Jimmy Maher ever reads this...
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Missed Classic: The Palace of Deceit: The Secret of Castle Lockemoer –...
Written by Will MoczarskiThis, my friends, is only a half-won, a won-ish, a sort-of won post which must be a first for the blog. What does this mean, you ask, and how did this come about? Have a little...
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Space Quest V - Encounter At Gangularis
Written by Joe PranevichWelcome back! Where we last left Space Quest V, I had just passed our Starcon exam and was granted my first ship: the SCS Eureka, a garbage scow. Still, everyone has to start...
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Missed Classic 93: The Nine Lives of Secret Agent Katt (1992) - Introduction
Written by Morpheus KitamiWhat do you do when everyone is wrong about a game? I don't mean in a subjective sense, like you think Citizen Kane is worse than Plan 9 From Outer Space; I mean objectively,...
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Missed Classic: The Palace of Deceit: The Secret of Castle Lockemoer –...
Written by Will MoczarskiThou shalt not pass.First of all let me say: what a fantastic community we have here at The Adventure Gamer. I had five people respond to my request for assistance with great...
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Space Quest V - Arena of Freedom
Written by Joe PranevichWelcome back! Last time out, Roger Wilco had his first adventure at the helm of the garbage scow, SCS Eureka. We met our crew, collected three sets of garbage, and rescued a...
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Missed Classic: The Nine Lives of Secret Agent Katt - Too Many Numbers
Written by Morpheus KitamiSecret Agent Katt is a weird game. I don't mean weird in the usual sense. There's nothing I could take out of context and say, what is this crap? Nothing like Inca or Melvin...
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Missed Classic 94: The Palace of Deceit: The Dragon’s Plight (1992) –...
Written by Will MoczarskiHere we go again! According to Wikipedia, The Palace of Deceit was “remade for Windows 3.x and subtitled The Dragon’s Plight as a graphical point-and-click adventure game with...
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