| 18 DEC 2002 at 10:06pm |
lakerzPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | From my experience visiting JA+, they seem to focus more on commercial release adventure (or non-adventure) games rather than the short amateur adventure games. There was a reviewer by the name of Audrey Wells I think who used to review these types of games. I remember reviews for the Larry Vales series and a couple of others.
I've played through most of the RON games and found them to be fun! I couldn't get a couple of them to work though as the engine they were made with was an older version I guess and my computer didn't like it. Said I needed a graphic driver or something like that. For people who haven't tried them though, they should!
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| 18 DEC 2002 at 10:52pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By lakerz (18 DEC 2002 10:05pm)
From my experience visiting JA+, they seem to focus more on commercial release adventure
fine by me up to here
(or non-adventure) games rather than the short amateur adventure games
but not anymore! so you think RotN is a good series and you say ppl should try it but the only adventurers who know about it by know are the 25 ppl who read this thread so far, whilst it should be the hundreds of adventurers who are reading JAs reviews... and that, only because it was overshadowed by action games with adventure-cherry on top
oh and btw RotN was randomly picked... i just found out about it pretty recently that's all... it's not like i'm part of it and subtly try to promote it or smth!
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| 19 DEC 2002 at 12:23am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | These are amateur games developed in AGS. You can't review them like other games.
That would be similiar to reviewing every mod, add-on or plug-in for RPGs and shooters.
But it's true that Just Adventure wrote some reviews for Larry Vales, Rob Blanc or Pleurghburg.
On the review index scroll down to Just (Free) Adventures. These are all of the reviews of amateur games so far.
I know about RON from the Underdogs and I stumbled across a link on the Ambrosine page I think.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 19 DEC 2002 at 12:57am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (19 DEC 2002 12:23am)
These are amateur games developed in AGS. You can't review them like other games.
That would be similiar to reviewing every mod, add-on or plug-in for RPGs and shooters.
why's that? if you rule out the tech stuff (gfx, sfx etc) the IMPORTANT stuff of an adventure can be in an amateur game as well as a commercial game (and sometimes way better)
But it's true that Just Adventure wrote some reviews for Larry Vales, Rob Blanc or Pleurghburg.
On the review index scroll down to Just (Free) Adventures. These are all of the reviews of amateur games so far.
yes i've seen those... but there should be more imo
I know about RON from the Underdogs and I stumbled across a link on the Ambrosine page I think.
and i forgot the ambrosine games thank you (which were pointed out to me by someone in this forum)... RON and Ambosine alone give a total of more that 30 adventures that several ppl might find at least interesting
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| 19 DEC 2002 at 5:45pm |
lakerzPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | One website I like to visit frequently is http://www.trumgottist.com/crowsnest/index.php
The contain a database of amateur adventure games, including the RON ones.
There is another site which contains a running database of ongoing games using the AGS engine. I don't know the url offhand though for this one. It's something like www.agsadventuregames.com
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| 19 DEC 2002 at 7:16pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (19 DEC 2002 12:56am)
and i forgot the ambrosine games thank you (which were pointed out to me by someone in this forum)...
Yes, this someone was me!
And yes, there is a link to RON on his page.
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| 20 DEC 2002 at 2:43am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (19 DEC 2002 7:16pm)
Yes, this someone was me!
And yes, there is a link to RON on his page.
it was? well thanx then! btw i already knew about RON but Ambrosine had several other great links too
lakerz, very nice link the 1st one, thanx... the 2nd doesn't work though, neither did a few variations i tried
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| 20 DEC 2002 at 11:32pm |
NellieSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Did you mean this link, by any chance?
http://www.agsforums.com/games.php
By the way, I put a review on an amateur adventure in the reviews board, if anyone's interested. It's 'Robert Redford Saves the Day' (and it might be on page 2 by now).
Pardon my plug.
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| 21 DEC 2002 at 11:57am |
RpauPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | I´ve played a lot of RON games. Like Many of you, found a link at the underdogs. Some are good, some not, but all are fun and worth of take a look at them. Of course, you might consider that they are short and very intermingled between each other.
¿Why not reviewing them? :'( They are games, not mods, nor pluglins. Of course, when assesing you might consider that most of the games are a one-man-project.
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| 21 DEC 2002 at 1:30pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Some of them exceed commercial products.
With Larry Vales I had considerably more fun than with many full adventure games.
These two parts are maybe the best amateur games ever. I would certainly vote for them to be.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 21 DEC 2002 at 3:28pm |
RpauPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (21 DEC 2002 1:30pm)
With Larry Vales I had considerably more fun than with many full adventure games.
These two parts are maybe the best amateur games ever. I would certainly vote for them to be.
Couldn´t agree more!!!
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| 21 DEC 2002 at 3:33pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | With Larry Vales I had considerably more fun than with many full adventure games.
These two parts are maybe the best amateur games ever. I would certainly vote for them to be Couldn´t agree more!!!
d@mn, i HAVE TO play those games... everyone has good things to say about them
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| 22 DEC 2002 at 8:22pm |
NellieSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Follow my link (up a bit) and you can find them.
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| 23 DEC 2002 at 5:25pm |
RpauPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Aya_Brea (21 DEC 2002 3:32pm)
d@mn, i HAVE TO play those games... everyone has good things to say about them
Both Larry Vales and Rob Blanc sagas are available to download in Just Adventures (just click in free adventures!)
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| 19 JUN 2003 at 8:43pm |
DavidGilbertIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | As a new admin for the Reality On The Norm site, I was very excited to see this old thread, so I felt it was my duty to drag it back up again.
Reality On The Norm is a series of games that any adventure fan will enjoy. The concept is young, but growing. ROtN is a constantly changing and evolving adventure gameworld that ANYONE can take part in. We have 40+ games now and show no signes of stopping.
For the record, I did email Randy about this some months ago. He told me he'd check it out but I never heard back from him. I can just assume he's busy - the prospect of playing through the 40+ games on the site can be a daunting prospect!
ROtN is a constantly changing and evolving adventure gameworld that ANYONE can take part in. So click your way to http://ron.the-underdogs.org and check it out.
Thanks,
-Dave
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| 19 JUN 2003 at 9:13pm |
| Deleted User | Sounds interesting- I'm having a look now.
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| 19 JUN 2003 at 9:57pm |
CarlaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By DavidGilbert (19 JUN 2003 8:43pm)
As a new admin for the Reality On The Norm site, I was very excited to see this old thread, so I felt it was my duty to drag it back up again.
OMG! I totally missed this thread -somehow...- >
I've played about ten ROtN games, and they were so much fun, I still laugh of some the jokes (the chicken with the gun kills me )
Some of my favourites are "I spy", "The chef", "The postman only dies once" (excellent","Vengeance of the chicken" (), "Nightwatch". Highly recommendable.
A few days ago i downloaded "Apocalypse meow", which is said to be one of the best games of the series. So, in a couple of days I will have my own opinion. :
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| 20 JUN 2003 at 1:43pm |
DavidGilbertIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Heh. "Postman" was one of mine. I'm glad you like it. "Meow" IS one of the best games in the series, but you might want to download the two prequels: "Cabbages and Kings" and "Kittens and Cacti" first.
The site's gained a number of cool features of the last 3-4 months. It's got a nifty database system that organizes all the characters, games and authors. There's a "fanart" section that is quite large, and a "fanfiction" section that is quite small (at least for now). There are also weekly polls and a forum.
Go check it out, folks. Go. go. now. go.
&&--Dave
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| 20 JUN 2003 at 8:11pm |
| Deleted User | I missed this thread. Thanks for bringing it back to life David if not I would never have discovered this wonderful site and game. I'm surprised that there are so many games to play through!!! This is going to be so much fun. I'm really excited!!!!! :-*
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| 20 JUN 2003 at 8:42pm |
lakerzPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | It's impressive to see how quickly the amount of games surrounding the town of Reality is growing. There are some dedicated people making these games. I think I've played through the first 20 or so. I liked the 2 games that had you as a photographer trying to get the perfect shot. Those were fun. I think my favorite character was the zombie mayor, although the chicken was a badass!
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