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Lost in Time - One, Two, Three Lock Box
Written by MichaelThis game could use a good food fight scene.A pre-med (or was it pre-law) student once told me, “Don’t get mad, get even!” So, I’m not getting mad at this game. I’m plotting against...
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Missed Classic: Plundered Hearts - Alternate Endings, Cut Content, and Final...
Written by Joe PranevichLast time out, we completed Plundered Hearts. Lady Dimsford was reunited with her father and (presumably) her soon-to-be stepmother, escaped the island with her pirate beau, and...
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Missed Classic - Gram Cats (グラムキャッツ) - Won and Summary
Written by Morpheus KitamiDespite this joke, I did not get plastered during the playing or writing of this review, though I probably should have.Right, let's get this over with. Apologies for the...
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Lost in Time — Won!
Written by MichaelI said, hey, what’s going on?With this post, we will finish our playthrough of this game. Should we be afraid, when the world’s biggest fan of this game, commenter...
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Lost in Time — Jokers, Alternate Version, and Final Rating
Written by MichaelLet’s travel the world and time for a special police force to catch a criminal!I won’t lie. Lost in Time was not my favorite game ever, but it wasn’t the worst, either. But we’ll get...
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Leisure Suit Larry 6: Marking My Territory
by AlexI just can’t get away from Jim Walls, no matter how I try.For some reason, while playing through Leisure Suit Larry 6, I decided to read up on Trickster’s old entries on Sierra’s Jim...
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Homeworld - Scorpions and Spiders
Written by ReikoWelcome back to Gateway II. Apologies for the long wait through the summer. Back to your regularly scheduled coverage now. Previously, we were sent to be an ambassador to a giant alien...
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Game 138: The Beverly Hillbillies – Introduction
By IlmariI’m sensing a disaster coming upI had only vaguely heard about the TV show, Beverly Hillbillies. The series premise is that an oil well is found on the lands of the poor and uneducated...
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Missed Classic 122 - The Last Half of Darkness II (1992)
Written by Morpheus KitamiIt's October again, or close enough as makes no difference, and you know what that means. Horror games.Come, let us stare inquisitively at skeletonsWe've got a suitably creepy...
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Missed Classic 123 - Dismal Passages (1992) - Introduction
Written by Morpheus KitamiA thousand moons ago, the CRPG Addict played a game called Shapeshifter, an unremarkable game by all means. A RPG centered around one character changing form. But the author...
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The Beverly Hillbillies - From Rags to Riches
Diary of Jed Clampett 1: “Weeelll, doggies! I was fixin’ to get me some dinner, when oh’ahl started to share from the ground. A billion dollar they paid for it, ‘n y’all know ‘at’s a right smart of...
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Missed Classic 124: Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor - Introduction (1987)
Written by Joe PranevichIf Infocom is remembered for one thing, it is the Zork series. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the sales data: from Infocom’s first day until they were purchased by...
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Leisure Suit Larry 6: Risqué Business, or (Forced) Sex on the Beach
by AlexAs you can likely tell from the opening image, this post is going to get decidedly non-family friendly. You’ve been warned.Actually, this is something I’ve agonized a bit about when covering...
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The Beverly Hillbillies - Save the granny!
By IlmariDiary of Jed Clampett 2: “Weeelll, doggies! We were havin’ a mite hoedown, ‘n it was finer’n frog hair, when ever’thang went catawampus and somethang harble and turble happened. Som rullick...
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The Beverly Hillbillies - Won!
By Ilmari Diary of Jed Clampett 3: “Weeelll, doggies! I like-to-of freed granny, but I liked some thangs: roas’n’ears, dried flare, pole cat worter, a skift of sugar… I don’t care to go fixing to buy...
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Veil of Darkness - A Quagmire of Relief
By Zenic ReverieClosest thing I could find to a lightbulb moment.I’ve been stuck. Restarting, reaching the same point each time with no further insight. It’s difficult to consider options when they’ve...
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Missed Classic 125: Urotsukidoji (うろつき童子) (1990) - Introduction
Written by Morpheus KitamiFor the third annual TAG Halloween movie game, we have the first time the game might just be better than the movie! First we had one of the greatest films of all time, then a...
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Beverly Hillbillies - The Final Rating
By IlmariThat’s $74.44 in today’s money. The image here is the courtesy of our old friend Trickster, who has been slowly collecting ads, previews, reviews and other stuff of adventure games from his...
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Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out! (1993): Cracking the Code
by AlexI’ve done it. After this play session, which had me thinking about ways to inadvertently upset The Adventurers Guild’s moderators and readership how to solve an adventure game’s puzzles long...
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Homeworld - Ice and Fire
By ReikoPart III - Rescue: the start of the second half of the game.Last time we escaped the clutches of the Phoenix Sect for a third time by triggering a Heechee escape pod on the Artifact, sending us...
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