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| 21 OCT 2006 at 10:02am |
RonSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Mclaugb, you seem surprised that only one adventuregame made it on the top-ten, but if you're talking about true landmark games, the other entries deserve their place on the list. Even the most die-hard adventuregamers probably agree that Pong, Pac-man, Tetris, Wolfenstein and Tomb Raider are games that had major influence on video game development.
The overview of the exhibition on the website of the Science Museum looks well balanced. The games are divided into 'thought games', 'action games' and 'simulation games', including a nice sub-classification for each category. The approach of the Science Museum looks sincere towards every category. And honestly, I can't name a single adventuregame with a greater impact on the gaming world than any of the other games in that top-ten.
I agree that the skynews-writer could be more positive about the point&click-genre, though.
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| 23 OCT 2006 at 11:34pm |
| Deleted User | MI1 shouldn't be on this list. It's a great game, but King's Quest 1 or Myst would be more fitting alternatives if we're speaking landmark adventure games. The description hints that this is a personal favorite, and that seems to be the reason it's there.
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| 24 OCT 2006 at 12:57am |
SteveSpace Cadet
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Petter_Holmberg (23 OCT 2006 11:34pm)
The description hints that this is a personal favorite, and that seems to be the reason it's there.
Sky News Online’s video games expert Darren Turpin looks at all ten games that are on show at the Science Museum in London.
I think he was just reviewing the games that have been chosen to be exhibited at the Science Museum, and not chosen these games himself
I agree that it should have been Myst though. If you ask the average guy on the street to name a point and click game then I'm sure the most common answer would be Myst.
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| 24 OCT 2006 at 4:20am |
BazzaLBPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Steve (24 OCT 2006 12:57am)
If you ask the average guy on the street to name a point and click game then I'm sure the most common answer would be Myst.
or Russian Roulette
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| 24 OCT 2006 at 9:40am |
alkis21Schattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Steve (24 OCT 2006 12:57am)
I agree that it should have been Myst though.
Perhaps the author of the article was thinking of the landmark games that affected the history of the medium in a positive way.
I wouldn't have picked Monkey Island either, as much as I love it. Maniac Mansion was much more of a landmark IMO, being the first 3rd person point & click adventure game in history. I agree with Petter that King's Quest 1 would have made more sense as well, as the first 3rd person AG, period.
Did anyone notice the "Sadly the point-and-click genre is all but dead these days" cliche? >
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| 24 OCT 2006 at 1:31pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | indeed maniac mansion is more of a landmark game than mi1... but petter is right, if there's one adventure game to be on that list, that's kq1
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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