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| 11 JUN 2008 at 3:48am |
SAMSpace Cadet
Posts : 148
Joined: 13 FEB 2004
Status : Online | sorry, hit the button too soon.
I bought Day of the Tenacle, because SAM & MAX was sold out.
What was your first graphical game?
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| 11 JUN 2008 at 3:51am |
JKingSchattenjger
Posts : 2349
Joined: 4 MAY 2008
Location: 0
Status : Offline | Text adventures were before my time, so my first graphic adventure was also my first adventure game of any sort. It was, of course, The Secret of Monkey Island, which I first played on my friend Isabelle's computer, a blazing fast 20MHz 386!
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 11 JUN 2008 at 12:19pm |
Mr Innocent.Journeyman
Posts : 1317
Joined: 15 JAN 2008
Location: GR
Status : Offline | The Secret of Monkey Island 2, also my first adventure ever.
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| 11 JUN 2008 at 12:38pm |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Can't remember which one I played first, but it was either Dallas Quest or Wizard and the Princess, but those had words that you typed, so I'm guess the first pure graphical adventure was probably the Legend of Kyrandia back in 1992.
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| 11 JUN 2008 at 3:32pm |
pavel4444Space Cadet
Posts : 124
Joined: 2 MAY 2008
Status : Online | it had to be something CGA or EGA
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| 11 JUN 2008 at 4:36pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 6693
Joined: 16 OCT 2004
Location: US, Texas
Status : Offline | .
My first graphical adventure game was Myst on a friend's old Mac back in 1993. Day of the Tentacle was the first graphical AG I bought for a Windows based PC, along with a new copy of Myst. DOTT also led me to several earlier games like Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, and the Zork series.
However, by then I had also begun discovering the FPS, RPG, sim, and turn-based strategy genres along with lots of arcade puzzlers, card games, board games, etc. 15 years later I still play all those genres plus action-adventures, stealth-action, RTS, action-RPGs, and RPG hybrids.
Cheers, Terry
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| 13 JUN 2008 at 10:46pm |
GonchiSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 337
Joined: 24 SEP 2007
Status : Online | Text games were also before my time, when I started gaming graphics were already the standard. I can't really be certain what my first graphic game was. I started out on consoles (first the Atari, then when I moved to Australia I got a NES and later a SNES for which I rented carts for from video stores). I didn't own my first PC until late 92~93, but didn't switch completely until around 1997 (when I moved back to Uruguay).
I'm fairly certain my first Adventure game was The Dark Half (or maybe Hugo 3 in one of those multi-game cd's...). I wasn't overly impressed, though I continued to buy adventure games mostly as re-releases published by budget labels. I played all kinds of games during that time, it wasn't until the Sierra compilations and the SierraOriginals label popped up that I really started concentrating on Adventure games.
But I'm not so complicated as to flee, &&or stand here in silence. &&But I'm not so simple as to not caution, &&that there aren't three minutes, or a hundred words, that could define me.&&&&[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlR-6Tw-5bE]Brief description of my person[/url] - Cuarteto de Nos
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| 13 JUN 2008 at 10:53pm |
Joe_MolotovSpace Cadet
Posts : 153
Joined: 4 OCT 2003
Status : Online | Mine was Maniac Mansion on the NES. I didn't even have a PC back then.
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| 13 JUN 2008 at 11:31pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
Posts : 3510
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Myst -- in 1999, long after it was published.
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| 13 JUN 2008 at 11:38pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | StarFleet Academy in 1995. Soon realised it wasn't for me so bought Timelapse because it had a pretty box.
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| 14 JUN 2008 at 12:25am |
BlountSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 271
Joined: 19 APR 2006
Status : Offline | Curse of Enchantia & Nightshade. Around 1991.
I made a similar topic a long time ago (if you are interested, here's the link) : http://justadventure.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1146321744/0
Currently Playing: Dracula Origins&&&&Check out my Videogame Music Covers!! http://www.youtube.com/user/SixStringsGeek
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| 14 JUN 2008 at 6:29am |
MKBSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 241
Joined: 24 AUG 2006
Status : Offline | My first graphic adventure game was King's Quest I in the early 80's (on a Tandy CoCo). Before that were pong-like games and text adventures on my Tandy TRS-80 tape-based monochrome 8k computer (state of the art at the time).
I don't buy download-only games. Never have, never will........Mike
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| 14 JUN 2008 at 9:37pm |
AkrilSpace Cadet
Posts : 139
Joined: 31 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | I guess my first non-parser adventure was Myst, around 1994. In the summer of 1997 or so, I encountered by first non-parser Sierra adventure, EcoQuest 2, at a "space camp" (don't ask me why we were playing a game about the rainforest in an astronomy-themed program, because I don't know either).
[url=http://akril15.com]Home[/url] * [url=http://akril15.com/wssquid]WSSQID[/url] * [url=http://www.sierramusiccentral.com/]SMC - Sierra Music Central[/url] [img]http://akril15.com/misc/SmallWolfyScratch.gif[/img]&&[url=http://akril15.com/kq9]The Quest Lives...[/url]
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| 14 JUN 2008 at 10:50pm |
TaioPrivate Detective
Posts : 557
Joined: 3 FEB 2007
Status : Offline | Hmm... can't remember, but it was either Monkey Island 1 or Hollywood Monsters, and after those I played Myst.
www.youtube.com/user/Taioo
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| 14 JUN 2008 at 11:01pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 59
Joined: 4 MAY 2008
Status : Online | I played Pac Man and Mario Bothers, and Pong-- maybe on the Atari, or in Video Arcades (can't remember exactly).
My first computer game from a Disc was: Hunter Hunted (1996). I still have the game.
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| 15 JUN 2008 at 2:56pm |
JanuaryIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 59
Joined: 4 MAY 2008
Status : Online | Before I played PC games, I watched other people and tried a few, but never really continued with them till I got my own computer.
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| 15 JUN 2008 at 4:03pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4038
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | Starship Titanic in 1999
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 17 JUN 2008 at 4:19pm |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 593
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | Mine was Ultima V and my first talking game was Manoir de Mortevielle/Mortville Manor, a FANTASTIC mystery game which you can now download from their website... I recommend it- terrific tense storyline, a real gem.
http://lankhor.net/jeux.php?jeu=15&menu=tele
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 17 JUN 2008 at 4:31pm |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | One of my first games was "Below the Root" on the Commodore 64. Then I bought an Amiga 500 and I think the first on it was "Uninvited". Later on at this point I saw that Commodore was slipping and changed to IBM. The first one I bought was a new 386SX. At that time the EGA graphics were terible compared the the Amiga but I stayed with it keeping the Amiga around as well. The first game I played on it was "Hugo's House of Horrors"
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| 17 JUN 2008 at 11:58pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Hard say which was the first. I played a trio of ICOM games around the same time -- Deja Vu, Shadowgate, and Uninvited.
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| 18 JUN 2008 at 12:12am |
BlountSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 271
Joined: 19 APR 2006
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By maum (17 JUN 2008 4:19pm)
Mine was Ultima V and my first talking game was Manoir de Mortevielle/Mortville Manor, a FANTASTIC mystery game which you can now download from their website... I recommend it- terrific tense storyline, a real gem.
http://lankhor.net/jeux.php?jeu=15&menu=tele
Ooh lankhor games were great. They made Black Sect & Maupiti Island too.
Currently Playing: Dracula Origins&&&&Check out my Videogame Music Covers!! http://www.youtube.com/user/SixStringsGeek
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| 18 JUN 2008 at 7:47am |
MaumPrivate Detective
Posts : 593
Joined: 2 JUN 2007
Location: UK
Status : Offline | Yes, you can all download them on their website these days.
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 20 JUN 2008 at 12:53pm |
An_InklingSpace Cadet
Posts : 171
Joined: 20 JUN 2008
Status : Online | Transylvania III in class at primary school, in around 1992.
Who is this great burdensome slavering dog-thing that mediocres my every thought? ([i]Nick Cave - We Call Upon the Author[/i])
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| 21 JUN 2008 at 7:10pm |
| Deleted User | King's Quest 5 or 6, IIRC. This is why I still have a soft spot for the KQ series, and bought the fairly recent DVD Collector's bundle.
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