Old-School Adventure games

By creature124. 16/01/09, 04:18 pm

Does anyone else LOVE the old school style 'rub everything against everything else until something sticks' adventure game? I used to but for a long time I was brainwashed by hordes of mediocre RPGs (and a few good ones) and ever more mediocre FPS that I forgot the thrill of solving the puzzle.

BUT NO LONGER. I have rediscovered the old school adventure genre, much to my delight. I'm replaying Escape from Monkey Island, which is one hell of an awesome game. I haven't played it in easily 8 years, since when I was ten I went around to a friends house to play it on her computer with her everyday for a couple of months(because it takes two ten year olds to get past some of these puzzles. I'm getting stumped for considerable amounts of time NOW, and I'm 18 XD). It follows the adventures of one Gybrush Threepwood, which basically consist of him getting into trouble, stumbling around for a little while then dragging himself out of trouble, mostly by accident.

Sure, the graphics are a little outdated. Heck, the graphics are ALOT outdated. The graphics are outdated like Rick Astley's hairdo. Sure, the comedy is mostly lame, but there are lines of pure gold in there that have withstood the test of time. Even the lame jokes are lame enough that you can't help but laugh at them.

I love old school adventure games.

WHOSE WITH ME?

**Guest** Guest

Don't know. Like the old games ( like SNES and Megadrive ) but never really got along well with Adventure type games. Like Escape to Monkey Island

Though adore older games like Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario.

Don't really care about outdated graphics. Graphics are just like clothes they age, and seem amazing one day, and then worthless the next :/

The Escape to Monkey Island games where really, really funny and really cool though.

By **Auroa**. 16/01/09, 04:45 pm

I probably do, I can't think of adventure like ones oO
I remember playing old 2dish rpg's on the computer, I even made one, good times lol.

though sonic FTW, I still play it. I love my sega master system, it still works after all these years. whee

(also I wanna vote who the hell are you for the lol)

By **seraphik**. 16/01/09, 05:11 pm

when i saw the title of this thread, i immediately thought 'MONKEY ISLAND' so it just goes to show how awesome that game is, lol.

also; the neverhood. like, one of the best early games for the pc. i loved it.

By **Auroa**. 16/01/09, 05:14 pm

neverhood is pure win, must play again! I remember roflmao at the jack in the box scene.

By Basaka. 16/01/09, 07:07 pm

I kinda... moved towards ~~Possibly H~~ VISUAL ADVENTURE games... (Yeah, if my parents see me playing H game, I die in 0.2 seconds)

By creature124. 16/01/09, 07:42 pm

Basaka wrote:: I kinda... moved towards ~~Possibly H~~ VISUAL ADVENTURE games... (Yeah, if my parents see me playing H game, I die in 0.2 seconds)

They have been playing streetfighter? Would they just come along behind you, take a peek and SHORYUKEN your dead?

By Sheldawg. 17/01/09, 10:45 am

Im playing Shadowgate and Deja Vu on the NES, does that count? If anyone has one of these gems and for some reason hasn't touched it, you're an idiot Very Happy

**Guest** Guest

Aura wrote:: though sonic FTW, I still play it. I love my sega master system, it still works after all these years.

You are very lucky. A random friend SAT on our Mega Drive and broke it. Don't ask.
<___> '' ( 1994 was a horrible year, everything went wrong that year for some strange reason ..)

By Static. 18/01/09, 03:16 am

pitfall was THE BEST.

By iwuvanime. 18/01/09, 04:25 pm

Oh the fun of old school games.

Monkey Island is made of win XD.

I remember spending my Childhood playing the Original Sonic on my good ol Sega (I was too cheap tp buy games so it was really the onl one I had).

Then the other game I played since the day it came out was the Neverhood, Oh God how I love the Neverhood. Thats the only sad thing about running Vista (yes I use Vista) you can't run the Neverhood Properly (cut Scenes Screw up). Heck I am really tempted to do a Hoborg Cosplay one Day (just because I want to run around in boxes)

Also I know it was kindof a crap game but I also used to love Goosebumps:Escape from Horrorland (oh the cheese of that game was epic)

By Sonic Reducer. 19/01/09, 04:52 pm

I LOVE LOVE LVOEVLOEVOELV old school adventures, I still own pretty much the whole sierra and lucas arts back catalouge.. Im so happy whehehehehhe

By iwuvanime. 19/01/09, 05:16 pm

Do you know what Sierra game was awesome......Load Runner, I miss that game soooooooooooooooooooooo much

By Sonic Reducer. 19/01/09, 06:54 pm

i still have it haha

By SpamTomatoSpam. 27/01/09, 05:16 pm

Monkey Island is sooooo brilliant.

I haven't played Escape from Monkey Island yet, but I've finished the first three multiple times. Curse of Monkey Island is my favourite so far. Lol @ Murray the Demonic Talking Skull.

Another extremely extremely awesome adventure game is Grim Fandango (another LucasArts product.) It's full of balloon animals and paperwork and ceremonial bread and grim reaping. Yes, very awesome.

By Doughtnut_Bandit. 30/01/09, 02:54 am

I've played heaps, but my favorite would be The Curse of Enchantie. I know it sounds cliche but it's real cool!

By Crimson Dragon. 30/01/09, 12:58 pm

pitfall was awesome, i still have that game

**Guest** Guest

nah man.

medievil for ps2,
zelda ocarina of time for n64
and last but not least

alex kidd xP

Old-School Adventure games Alexj

By Doughtnut_Bandit. 01/02/09, 04:04 am

alexthekid wrote:: medievil for ps2,

There was a medievil for the ps2? I know there was a PSP game.

By **Auroa**. 01/02/09, 04:14 am

akldjoia PITFALL =3
I loved that game, aww me wants to play now.

Alex Kidd, my friend and I was playing that yesterday, LOL. WE STILL HAVEN'T PASSED IT!

Return fire!
Heh, my brother, cousin and I used to play that for hours. My brother and cousin liked squishing the people rofl. I always try to out fly the missle from the sub, never could >>

**Guest** Guest

hah i did the missile thing but to no avail. and i was drunkenly bored xP

OOPS yeah medievil for ps1 yeah xD

By **Auroa**. 01/02/09, 12:48 pm

Heh I sometimes used it to hit the small enemy choppers though... so sometimes it can work in ones favour Sly

Actually I remember my brother and I used to try and whack each other into it lol good times.

OoOh I thought of another one, Hugo house of horrors eeee xD
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=bklfbpP5J5Q
oh oh and commander keen =3

oh there was a really awesome old-skool like that you can download for free, called 5 days. That was so awesome to play xD.

By iwuvanime. 01/02/09, 02:50 pm

Hrmmmm another game I used to love was Jazz Jack Rabbit and Jazz Jack Rabbit 2 XD those games we so fun, maybe it was due to the fact they were similar to Sonic O_o

By **Auroa**. 01/02/09, 03:13 pm

Yes!
I have 2 on my desktop actually hahaha.
Memories, my bro and I used to play two-player racing and collecting the crystal things. Lol you can change their colours, and he kept changing spaz's colour to make him look more crazy then he already appeared to be rofl.

I loved Lion, thats still one of my fav games too... animal simulation games are awesome. Though Lion was/is such a beautiful and wonderful person to try and run on computers these days. It only works on one of the computers here but its broken >> I hate computers <<

By Ze Pervy Kappa. 01/02/09, 05:12 pm

OMG!!

I HAVE JAZZ JACK RABBIT STILL FROM AGES AGO! <33
It was the coolest game ever.
That and Duke Nuken!!!

**Sponsored content**