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| 10 DEC 2003 at 11:01am |
KatewalkerfanSpace Cadet
Posts : 131
Joined: 24 JUL 2003
Status : Online | Animals Of Farthing Wood
Little Big Adventure 1 & 2
Quest 1 & 2
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| 10 DEC 2003 at 4:34pm |
Goddess of All Things MagicalSchattenjger
Posts : 1565
Joined: 27 MAY 2003
Status : Online | Mystery of the Druids
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| 5 JAN 2004 at 11:47pm |
Goddess of All Things MagicalSchattenjger
Posts : 1565
Joined: 27 MAY 2003
Status : Online | I just noticed there are a lot of games here that I really liked.
Torin's Passage
Mystery of the Druids
Watchmaker
Realms of the Haunting
Many of the others I have not run across yet.
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 6:44pm |
agnhhIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 22
Joined: 17 JAN 2004
Status : Online | Post Mortem
Mystery of the Druids
Normality
Loom
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 7:41pm |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Shivers and Realms of the Haunting I absolutely loved both of those games.
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 7:48pm |
| Deleted User | Loom underrated? I don't THINK so. It's only one of the rarest and most sought-after adventure games around. Frankly, I think LucasArts is missing a bet by not re-re-releasing it again sometime in the near future.
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 8:02pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5586
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (17 JAN 2004 7:48pm)
Loom underrated? I don't THINK so. It's only one of the rarest and most sought-after adventure games around. Frankly, I think LucasArts is missing a bet by not re-re-releasing it again sometime in the near future.
I think they are as well - all is not lost however, the game can be freely downloaded from the Underdogs -
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 8:10pm |
| Deleted User | Hey! No promotion of warez allowed! >
And besides, you can't get the sound files from HotU.
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 8:17pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5586
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (17 JAN 2004 8:10pm)
Hey! No promotion of warez allowed! >
And besides, you can't get the sound files from HotU.
The Underdogs is not a warez site - Unfortunately I was incorrect however, there is only a free CD upgrade patch. :-/
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 8:31pm |
| Deleted User | hehehehe... I was kidding about the warez thing, InlandAZ. But only partially. While HotU is not a warez site per se, many of the games they have available are NOT merely "abandonware" that the publishers have turned loose upon the world, but are, in fact, illegal warez programs and rips. One should be careful when visiting HotU as to what games one chooses to download if they want to avoid ripping off some publisher.
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 8:47pm |
DJ SouzaJourneyman
Posts : 1452
Joined: 19 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (17 JAN 2004 8:30pm)
One should be careful when visiting HotU as to what games one chooses to download if they want to avoid ripping off some publisher. That is right! Only the publishers are allowed to rip off their customers by releasing unfinished and untested games that will need to be constantly patched and re-patched.
Old games should be forgotten because they do not sell anymore, so just let the game die in oblivion.
If you want an old adventure, just do like everybody else and go buy a copy on Ebay for the reasonable price of 100 dollars (shipping not included).
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 8:48pm |
DJ SouzaJourneyman
Posts : 1452
Joined: 19 OCT 2002
Status : Online | By the way, I am not accusing BJ of anything, I am just mad at the publishers for not supporting old games.
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 8:53pm |
| Deleted User | DJ: Just old games?
That is right! Only the publishers are allowed to rip off their customers by releasing unfinished and untested games that will need to be constantly patched and re-patched. This looks like it could be an indictment of TAC and their new games.
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 9:03pm |
DJ SouzaJourneyman
Posts : 1452
Joined: 19 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Eh...could be!
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| 17 JAN 2004 at 9:59pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5586
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (17 JAN 2004 8:30pm)
hehehehe... I was kidding about the warez thing, InlandAZ. But only partially. While HotU is not a warez site per se, many of the games they have available are NOT merely "abandonware" that the publishers have turned loose upon the world, but are, in fact, illegal warez programs and rips. One should be careful when visiting HotU as to what games one chooses to download if they want to avoid ripping off some publisher.
This Public Service Announcement has been brought to you by the Adventure Gamers for Puzzling.
If gatorlaw's okay with it, so am I -
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| 18 JAN 2004 at 12:04am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (17 JAN 2004 8:30pm)
This Public Service Announcement has been brought to you by the Adventure Gamers for Puzzling.
Didn't consult me about it.
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| 18 JAN 2004 at 9:32pm |
| Deleted User | "Lost in Time" Coktel Vision.
Also there's another one I NEVER see mentioned anywhere. Now I'll admit, I only remember a few things about it, but one is the fact that I really enjoyed it. Another is when a guy who was threatening to throw me out of a plane at 10,000 feet laughed as he joked "Your gunna fly like a condor to a corpse". It was called "Amazon".
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| 1 APR 2004 at 4:28am |
Goddess of All Things MagicalSchattenjger
Posts : 1565
Joined: 27 MAY 2003
Status : Online | I have to add Gilbert Goodmate ,which I'm playing now ,to this thread.
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| 1 APR 2004 at 4:37am |
| Deleted User | Bazza: Stay tuned to this very Bat-channel for an upcoming JA+ review of Lost in Time.
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| 1 APR 2004 at 2:20pm |
DREAMWEBSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 226
Joined: 31 MAY 2003
Status : Online | Like Agustin said: DREAMWEB (my nick ) too! This game have the better plot that I have see in an adventure game; even better than Grabriel Knight; the graphics aren't so good; but the game is a classic to me, really memorable
And Shivers 2 !!
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| 1 APR 2004 at 3:04pm |
magicscrollIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 13
Joined: 19 DEC 2003
Status : Online | Dreamweb IS quite an underdog. The top-view method created a distant feeling with the main character; this is rarely effective in adventures.
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
I love this game. This game defines 'broad perspective.' The role of AM and the five humans are very interlinked but players rarely realize this. If you ask yourself, 'How did I get this answer?' while playing this game, you would get different answers. Explaining further would be a spoiler.
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| 1 APR 2004 at 5:36pm |
Igor ArtemovSpace Cadet
Posts : 185
Joined: 1 APR 2003
Status : Online | I also rise hand for Feeble Files and Dreamweb. Also games by Coktel Vision, like Goblins series (or they aren't consider "underrated" ??? ), Woodruff, Prophecy, Lost in Time (glad to hear that there'll be a review of LiT soon, Jim), Inca. And, for sure, Simon the Sorcere 3D - it got so many bad reviews, while been a very good game, that came out in the past several years, IMO (don't blame adventures for their graphics ).
Well, actually, there is quite a number of underrated adventures, it'll just take a lot of time to remember them.
Oh, wait, I guess you can call games by Legend Entertainment "underrated", as they never got very popular, while, in my opinion, been one of the best adventures ever and should be in line with the ones by Lucas Arts and Sierra. I think there isn't even a single review in the Net of the TimeQuest, one of the best games by Legend :'(
Killing Time
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| 1 APR 2004 at 8:02pm |
Jeroen StoutSchattenjger
Posts : 2798
Joined: 14 NOV 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Fickfack (9 DEC 2003 12:54am)
My top pick for underrated adventure games would be the Myst series.
Death to you, Fickfack, DEATH TO YOU
Starship Titanic was underrated. Was even called 'Turkey' by Randy >... was a good game!
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| 1 APR 2004 at 8:04pm |
| Deleted User | I don't know if either Feeble Files or IHNMAIMS can be called "underrated." Both are well-known within the adventure gaming community and generally praised by critics and gamers alike. And deservedly so.)
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