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Posted by Trish Brown on June 19, 2009, 4:47 pm
Cheryl Isaak wrote:
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> I just found an app that will let me play some of those on my iPhone. I
> conquered Zork in multiple formats and played Adventure until my access to
> that computer went away.
>
> I love that style game and they just donšt exist like that. I'd rather draw
> my maze than have it there in front of me. I knew a guy that went on to
> write some of the next gen games for Infocom.
>
>
> Turns out that if you have a Mac, you can down load Zork. OH NO, here we go
> again!
>
>
> Cheryl
>
Oooo! I remember Adventure! It was great! We played it on the University
mainframe in 1975. It took *ages* to work out what to do with that
blessed stick, but my goodness it was addictive. You weren't allowed to
play in business hours, so we used to take rugs and pillows and
thermoses of hot coffee up to the computer centre and play all night.
Sigh. Those were the days.
Those old Infocom games were great too. DS just *loves* them and would
play them still if we had a going Mac.
D'you remember the Wizardry series? As you say, you had to draw your
mazes on graph paper and that was half the fun. Woe betide you if you
got something wrong, because you'd be lost in the maze for ages and your
hit points would be going steadily downward, what with vorpal bunnies
and gelatinous cubes. Oh! Heady days! They were such fun to play and so
exciting to see as they became available.
It's been a long time since there's been anything quite so exciting. The
Bard's Tale kept us (DS and me) occupied for quite a while and The
Fool's Errand was new and exciting, but we never saw a sequel to it,
sadly. DS solved that one in just ten days when he was only nine: better
even than his old Mum!
The Sierra series of games was fun too. We preferred the King's Quest
story, but will you ever forget Leisure Suit Larry? LOL! AFAIK, it's
still going strong, but I just can't imagine Larry in anything other
than his original blocky, pixelly graphics.
Aside from The Sims, I think Spore's been the only really innovative
thing that's come out since Adam wore knickers. I tend to play puzzle or
strategy games most these days, since the adventure genre seems pretty
much mined out. It's been *so* much fun watching it all evolve, though! ;-D
--
Trish Brown
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on June 19, 2009, 5:13 pm
Trish Brown wrote:
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> The Sierra series of games was fun too. We preferred the King's Quest
> story, but will you ever forget Leisure Suit Larry? LOL! AFAIK, it's
> still going strong, but I just can't imagine Larry in anything other
> than his original blocky, pixelly graphics.
My husband's site is totally devoted to Sierra soundtracks for which we
have permission to not only post but enhance.
As well, we've been involved in the remakes of several of these games
from EGA to VGA along with enhanced story lines and new music which we
compose.
We also composed the music for a new commercial adventure game
(http://alemmo.com/) which didn't do as well as expected but has been
translated into German and Russian and is doing well there. We've
recently been approached to write scores for ipod games, as well as
another commercial adventure game featuring wizardry, which we look
forward to doing.
My last favorite game was Wolfenstein. Haven't played any since, except
the ones we work on.
Dianne
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Posted by Trish Brown on June 20, 2009, 2:44 am
Dianne Lewandowski wrote:
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> My husband's site is totally devoted to Sierra soundtracks for which we
> have permission to not only post but enhance.
>
> As well, we've been involved in the remakes of several of these games
> from EGA to VGA along with enhanced story lines and new music which we
> compose.
>
> We also composed the music for a new commercial adventure game
> (http://alemmo.com/) which didn't do as well as expected but has been
> translated into German and Russian and is doing well there. We've
> recently been approached to write scores for ipod games, as well as
> another commercial adventure game featuring wizardry, which we look
> forward to doing.
>
> My last favorite game was Wolfenstein. Haven't played any since, except
> the ones we work on.
>
> Dianne
>
>
>
Omigoodness, Dianne! DD was three when she began playing King's Quest
and Rosella's song from KQ#7 is her theme song! We still sing it with
DD's original translocution of the words:
'Gwow up young lady
Thath what they all thay
Ith time to thettle down
Put childish fings on ways
You will be fwilled alighted
You're going to be a bwide
Yeth I'm tho exthited
I want to wun outside!'
Is that one of yours??? (Not the words, of course, but the music? It's a
great song!) ;-D
--
Trish Brown
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Posted by Bruce Fletcher (remove denture on June 20, 2009, 3:22 am
Trish Brown wrote:
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> Omigoodness, Dianne! DD was three when she began playing King's Quest
> and Rosella's song from KQ#7 is her theme song! We still sing it with
> DD's original translocution of the words:
>
> 'Gwow up young lady
> Thath what they all thay
> Ith time to thettle down
> Put childish fings on ways
> You will be fwilled alighted
> You're going to be a bwide
> Yeth I'm tho exthited
> I want to wun outside!'
>
> Is that one of yours??? (Not the words, of course, but the music? It's a
> great song!) ;-D
>
Sounds like one of the Igors from the Uberwald in Terry Pratchett's
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DiscWorld novels <g>
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
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<http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk>
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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on June 20, 2009, 9:10 am
Trish Brown wrote:
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> Dianne Lewandowski wrote:
>
>> My husband's site is totally devoted to Sierra soundtracks for which
>> we have permission to not only post but enhance.
>> As well, we've been involved in the remakes of several of these games
>> from EGA to VGA along with enhanced story lines and new music which we
>> compose.
>> We also composed the music for a new commercial adventure game
>> (http://alemmo.com/) which didn't do as well as expected but has been
>> translated into German and Russian and is doing well there. We've
>> recently been approached to write scores for ipod games, as well as
>> another commercial adventure game featuring wizardry, which we look
>> forward to doing.
>> My last favorite game was Wolfenstein. Haven't played any since,
>> except the ones we work on.
>> Dianne
>
> Omigoodness, Dianne! DD was three when she began playing King's Quest
> and Rosella's song from KQ#7 is her theme song! We still sing it with
> DD's original translocution of the words:
>
> 'Gwow up young lady
> Thath what they all thay
> Ith time to thettle down
> Put childish fings on ways
> You will be fwilled alighted
> You're going to be a bwide
> Yeth I'm tho exthited
> I want to wun outside!'
>
> Is that one of yours??? (Not the words, of course, but the music? It's a
> great song!) ;-D
>
No, Trish. We didn't write the original soundtracks, but we're
re-writing them as a team of us redo the EGA to VGA versions. Sierra
has been sold to a lot of companies who have allowed this genre to
languish, but because of our quality (the game programmers and hubby and
I) the past and current owners allowed us to reissue the games. Rosella
was VGA so isn't part of our projects.
You might enjoy replaying some of the updated King's Quest. You'll find
them at http://AGDInteractive.com - you'll find our music there.
Dianne
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> conquered Zork in multiple formats and played Adventure until my access to
> that computer went away.
>
> I love that style game and they just donšt exist like that. I'd rather draw
> my maze than have it there in front of me. I knew a guy that went on to
> write some of the next gen games for Infocom.
>
>
> Turns out that if you have a Mac, you can down load Zork. OH NO, here we go
> again!
>
>
> Cheryl
>