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Rise and fall of adventure games
« on: February 08, 2011, 01:22:36 PM »
Here is a nice article on adventure games if you haven't already seen it:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/01/history-of-graphic-adventures.ars
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2011, 01:49:44 PM »
Thankx!!!
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 02:20:19 PM »
Brought a tear to my eye...
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2011, 02:26:59 PM »
And the adventures for the 8 bit computers? for example Amstrad, now I remember the spanish games from Dinamic, a nice mix of text adventure with some graphics for example: Do Quitoje, La Aventura Original, etc.
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2011, 02:33:39 PM »
Very good readm brought back some memories
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2011, 02:34:28 PM »
I still play Myst on my phone occasionally.
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2011, 04:14:07 PM »
Quote from: ElPolloDiabl;613954
Here is a nice article on adventure games if you haven't already seen it:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/01/history-of-graphic-adventures.ars


Cool article!  I was however a little disappointed that no mention of ZORK?!
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2011, 04:32:01 PM »
Thanks for posting Devil Chicken! Makes me want to sit down and spend some time on some of these games  :)
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2011, 05:02:22 PM »
Theres still a few of these coming out from indie developers.
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Re: Rise and fall of adventure games
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2011, 05:32:09 PM »
I can also recommend the recently made documentary "get lamp"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756529/

http://www.getlamp.com/
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