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I havent played this for years. Its basically a Sim City clone where you play a 'demi-urge" and the point of the game is to make suitable homes in heaven and punishments in hell for the people. You also have to contend with different religions (for instance some of the locals believe in reincarnation so you have to have a way for them to reincarnate) and other weird stuff. Its kinda funny, but I never really enjoyed sims that much so I never got far in it. I will admit freely that I suck at these types of games. The version of the game I have is from 1996 and works fine in DOS-Box
I played this game alot. Its one of the best stories if your into this kind of game. I found it very involving as a kid and I have always loved it (except for that damn bone puzzle, i used a UHS hint system for that one). This game is a classic, and one of the best SCUM games imo. Its very cinematic, which makes sense as I guess its some kind of Steven Spielberg vehicle (i think he was gonna make a movie but wasnt able to or something). Anyway, the version I have of this is from 1995 and works in DOS Box, and yes I still play it from time to time. They re-released it a few years back or so, so you can still buy this game.
I have both the remake and the original disc of this game. It is a classic and any adventure fan that hasn't played it yet should as adventure games, while having evolved a little, hasnt changed all that much; so playing it hasnt gotten old. Well, maybe some of the jokes are a tad dated =P I have the new one of this as well (with the sound and HD graphics) which is good and I'm glad they made it as its fun but it sucks that the new one is DL only. Original copy I have is on the Monkey Island Madness compilation, and is from 1991. It works in DOS Box and SCUM VM. However, I tend to just play the remake, now, as that is made for modern computers. I have the remake on Steam.
This game is great and while it would be cool if it was updated, im not sure I want it to be (edit: this was written before they did the update to it which I have also). You can see on the page for this the art work in this one in particular was the best of all of the Monkey Island games; to me anyway. The story is hilarious and picks up from a little while after the first game and no one cares that Guybrush beat up the most feared pirate because he wont stop tellin' 'em about it. The version I have of this is on the Monkey Island Madness Compilation, '91, works in DOS Box and Scum VM.
I love this game. It was the first one to capture a saturday morning cartoon feel, and this game has some hilarious dialogue (the Pirate Song is hilarious and is referenced in the new Monkey Island Game from tell tale). Their is some who dont like this one because some major plot points are basically ripped right out of the second game. I cant say much more, but I took this to be intentional. If you havent played it, its hilarious so you should if you can find it. The version I have is from 1997 and works in windows fine (the game was made for Win 95) however i run it on Win XP, i do not know how well this would work for the newer, 64 bit systems. I dont recall if this works in DOS.
This is my least favorite of the monkey Island Games. There's something about it that just doesn't feel right. It's the first to not be point and click movement (well I have it on PS2, i should get the PC version at some point to see if theres a difference- unless im forgetting in which case I can only say ive only played it once and barely got through it). This game is boring. That's the best I can describe it. Its not funny, it doesn't seem to get what made Guybrush so funny in the first place, and its really not a good idea to play it if you havent played them all. I dont know, i didnt find this one to be all that funny, and it just felt boring to me. I cant say much else about it. It's from 2000, and I have it on PS2. I never want to play it again.
This is a great game. This game attempted to make an action adventure, which at the time was considered a marvel. This was hyped like crazy as I recall, and won tons of award. It deserved them, too, as the story in the game is well crafted, and it plays out well. This game was bad ass when it came out. Now a days, while I still love it, I cant say it holds up as the action is honestly terrible; its really just another puzzle in the game (which I only remember one part where you had to actually fight). The Story is great, though, so if you can find it and you like these old point and click games, and somehow missed this classic you should definitely play it. Version I have is from 199? (cant tell the area on the cover that says it is so bright white you cant see it, and im lazy and I dont want to pop it in right now to see the text file, bleh). It works on dosbox and scum VM.
Old horror adventure game. I cant say its superb because the ghosts are all cartoons and as an adult I dont see what was so scary about it originally. I think it was the atmosphere, as the atmosphere in this is superb and the sounds are well done. The puzzles are hard, though, so I used a UHF hint system as a kid to beat it. The story isnt superb or anything but being that I love cheesy horror its up my alley. Doesn't hold up these days unless your like me and play classic adventure games alot. I doubt anyone new to adventure gaming would care about this one. The version i have is from 1995 and works fine in windows (after some tweaking).
I remember really liking this game and finding it incredibly scary. Unlike the first, the fear in this one made more sense. Everyone in this town disappears while your asleep in a motel and basically your wandering around trying to get out of town. The serial killer is constantly calling you on the phone of whatever building your in and that is one thing I really liked about it (At the time this was something I had never seen before and it was used in a way i found very scary- this is not to say it wasnt done in movies before as obviously now i know of some horror films that did this before this game). Anyway, this game also has alot of puzzles of the strictest sense (just like the first) and it also came with a sound track. So its understood, you get to see these music videos in the game, and they are clues to specific puzzles. I have those songs on my ITUNES to this day. I love the sound track. Lastly, this game had an online feature that allowed you to chat with other players that were also playing the game. It was novel at the time and I had alot of friends in the community. I remember being sad when I found they took the server down. The version of this i have is from 1997 and works in windows, but it doesnt handle the way memory is alocated well so the mouse is virtually uncontrolable and no fun to play. I have never found a good way to fix this so I dont play it anymore.
I have not passed this game as I remember it being really hard. I may go back to it some day. Its an adventure game, that pretends its an RPG. Its in all old school CGI (which looks hilarious, i remmeber thinking it looked bad even at the time it came out). There is some semblence of fighting in this game, but i never found it fun and you can die so this game can be frustrating as I recall. The version I have is from 1995, and last I checked it works in DOS Box.