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| 28 OCT 2002 at 11:29pm |
| Deleted User | I was wandering:
How was your first time like?
I mean: what was your first adventure experience ever, of course
I always end my reply with those four sentences:
I'm in a room.
Visable items: a door and a rug.
>open door
<the door is locked>
It was an adventure by Scott Adams Adventure International called Pirate adventure, or something like that.
A friend of mine showed me that game in his computer, in the early eighties on his ti99 4a.
I was completely hooked and bought that game myself.
To try getting the puzzle solved (Rug was nailed to the ground, exemine clothes, there's a hammer, take hammer, remove nails, lift rug, a key is visable, take key, unlock door, open door, go west)was a real thrill, that I will never forget.
After that life has never been the same.
Do I love it.
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 12:19am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | You know... I don't remember It was probably sometime in late 1980s. It was almost certainly a text adventure. It could have been on a C64 or on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. And it was nothing very well known.
One early game that I seem to remember was called "Ring of Power" (I think) on a C64. I don't remember what it was about. I do remember going through the game with a hex editor in order to find some clues because back then I didn't even know walkthroughs existed and I couldn't get at them anyway.
I believe my first adventure on a PC was Space Quest IV which I played in early 1992. I remember that the game came on amazing (for me) six floppies and I thought it had stunningly good graphics. And it was fun, even though I could barely understand English. I was hooked
I forgot my sig.
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 12:49am |
bleepnikPrivate Detective
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Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | '94, IIRC. The 7th Guest.
.gita
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 12:56am |
josieIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 86
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Status : Online | First my Hubby said Text Adventures were so Cool, but I just couldnt get them to understand what I wanted them to do.
So I went to "Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego?"
which I just loved, then I went to GK1 and then I have played every Carmen game before they went Stupid on them.
Josie
JOSIE
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 1:42am |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Similiar to Mr. Funkenstein
King's Quest, 1987 (damn, that makes me feel so old).
First screen. I walked towards a flower and typed: "look at flower". Feedback: "Its gorgeous". Then I felt an indescriptible kind of joy running thru my body. I fell in love with adventure games.
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 1:47am |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | I remember it well, my first computer for home was one that I bought dirt cheap because our company was closing down and I bought my first game at a computer show.
The game was Dark Seed 1. It took about a year of playing games off and on and then I was hooked, I now have a house overflowing with games, buying three more this week, always looking for deals on all aspects of my life buying wise so I can support my habit.
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 2:09am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | My first adv was in late September 1988 when i bought my Amiga 500 and i was given Deja Vu along... you started the game in a toilet and i remember trying to get the toilet paper and the game responded that i shouldn't do that cause other ppl might need it! and i was so impressed with the inteligence of my new super-computer's games!!!
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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| 29 OCT 2002 at 4:06am |
sennebecGuild Master
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Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | it's been less than ten years (might've been '95) since my father handed me my first computer (his hand-me-down) along with "some game" he just "couldn't get"...
yup, it was myst....
after i finished floundering around and figured out how to get everything up and running....
the opening credits burst onto the screen...
i was hooked !!!
imagine my surprise when i found out there were more games out there and i would soon be morphed into an adventure junkie
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 7:42am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Sir_Funkenstein (28 OCT 2002 11:28pm)
I was wandering:
How was your first time like?
I've just watched several hours worth of Monty Python skits... so the inevitable response would be: Are you insinuating something?
I forgot my sig.
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 9:14am |
| Deleted User | Though it wasn't me who started this thread, I can't resist:
No... Yes... Well, you're a man of the world, squire!
My first time was with Police Quest 1. I remember taking notes at the briefing, when I was talking to witnesses, gathering evidence etc. I was totally hooked, and I played like a proffesional cop. It wasn't until I replayed it a couple of years later it even occured to me that I could let the pretty woman off her speeding ticket...
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 12:40pm |
sennebecGuild Master
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Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (29 OCT 2002 7:41am)
I've just watched several hours worth of Monty Python skits... so the inevitable response would be: Are you insinuating something?
hey michalN...
"you could be my new best friend"
wink, wink, nod, nod, say no more
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 1:02pm |
| Deleted User | :-X
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 3:13pm |
Armand1880Sorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 14 OCT 2002
Status : Online | :Wait till cook comes out:
:Rush to Back room, and into kitchen:
ick up meat:
ick up pot:
pen Door:
:Step on board:
:Step on board:
:step on board...:
:...step on board....:
:Argg! Step on it!:
I was about 8 years old when we first got a computer, and the sound system that came with it came with the CD versions of Monkey Island, and Look (Talkie) as well as some other software. I swared, I played Monkey Island and Look over 100 times each before we finally bought Monkey Island 2. We were walking through our little comuter game store with its selection of about 4 computer games and I pooped my pants when I saw the box.
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 4:59pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | 1977 - Zork and The Colossal Cave Adventure (Pure Text) on an IBM 360/158. It was great!
And yeah, the boss knew we were playing games on the company computer.
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| 29 OCT 2002 at 5:36pm |
Evil OneIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | It was back in 1995, when a friend of mine showed me some of his favourite games: Monkey Island 2, Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis, Day Of The Tentacle etc. but I couldn't really get into them that time - it seemed kinda difficult to understand this "adventure game" genre and I continued playing mostly arcade games.
A year later, after having gotten my very first PC, I found a game GOBLIINS 2, that was so damn cool and interesting and I kept playing it. Of course I had to use the solution several times, but it was still the first adventure game I had played and completed.
Then I got Day Of The Tentacle, Sam & Max, Monkey Island, Larry 1 etc. that were all amongst my first adventure games.
Anyway, now I've completed 118 adventure games and this genre has remained to be my favourite, thanks to Gobliins 2.
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| 30 OCT 2002 at 9:58pm |
InieJourneyman
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Status : Online | It was a wonderful game (for the C64) with a lot of text and simple pictures (in the 80s). I believe it was called 'The Valkyrie something'. I still can remember a point in the game where you could see that you had to pick up those sticks that you can use for skiing. It took me about a month before I found out that I had to type 'get poles' to get them.
The relief! I will never forget that word anymore.
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| 31 OCT 2002 at 2:01am |
subzero2oIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | The year was 1993, the game "Monkey Island I". My friend's dad somehow got a copy of the game(an original copy with that fun pirate copyright protection). My friend didn't like it so he game it to me. I was hooked after talking to the Pirates in the Scumm bar, and seeing the "I want to be a fireman" option.
Anyone know any Nympomanics???
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| 31 OCT 2002 at 3:56pm |
MissBSchattenjger
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Status : Online | Mine was King's Quest 1 in the early 90's. My daughter was just a baby then. I distinctly remember getting up from the PC around 3am because she was crying and trying a little KQ logic to get her to stop:
*checks inventory*
* I have a diaper, a bottle, and a rocking chair*
The diaper change didn't do it; maybe if I combine a diaper change WITH a feeding WHILE rocking, she'll go back to sleep and I can return to Daventry where it's nice and quiet!!
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 31 OCT 2002 at 4:47pm |
| Deleted User | That's so right.
Adventureplaying changed my my way of reasoning for some small problems in real life!
By the way: it's fun to read others 'first time' experiences!
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| 31 OCT 2002 at 5:48pm |
bleepnikPrivate Detective
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Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | gamergal, that is one hilarious anecdote. Thanks for sharing that and providing today's chuckle
.gita
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