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I cannot even express how much I love this game. I miss adventure games more than words ... keep it up, man. :)
The death of the LucasArts adventure games was definitely a black spot in the history of gaming. I'll have to give this one a shot, since I haven't played it before!
Oooh I love this game, and I havent played it in ages... time to hit it up
Fantastical game, so many memories of brain swelling.
And even if you own a Mac you can play it thanks to Scumm.
Loved this game, wish they'd made more of them.
YAY
This game is pure, aged gold. Crete, Algiers, navigating the hallways in Atlantis, balloon rides... ooooh man.
That and I always thought Sophia was hot.
Got a link to a good Abandonware site?
It's abandonware now? Awesome, this is one of the titles I missed back in the day. Gotta try it out.
@Shawn
Very much agree, huge black spot.
@Rockvillain
Haha yeah I was gonna put something in there about Sophia being hot
Any takers (other than D) on what tomorrow's is?
LucasArts adventure games are the best. I wish they were still making them.
ORICHALCUM FTW
This game was made of pure win! Adventure games must make a come back right now...make it so.
These adventure games seem to be making a slow comeback recently on the DS.
Hotel Dusk and the Phoenix Wright Series all follow in the same vain. I really wish they would clean up some of these titles and re-release them on the DS or XBL/PSN.
And, yes I know about SCUMM for PC and DS. Give it to me on a cart or as a download and I'll gladly pay (some) for it.
Whoa, I haven't seen or heard that word in YEARS, Aerox.
*nostalgia seizures*
Also as for the Mac comment, you do know the Mac version was released at the same time as the PC one? I believe Underdogs has both versions.
This game was so awesome...
If only Lucasarts would have followed through on Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix. INDY VS. RESURRECTED HITLER!
And if you're touting it as one of the best video game titles ever, tomorrow had better be all about Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender.
YES!!!
So awesome. Thank you Butmac.
@hammer
HOLY CRAP! I had totally forgotten about that game! My dad used to beta test games wayyy back in the day (my family is awesome like that) and that was on a super awesome secret 4 game MicroProse beta disc we got. Pirates! was on there two, and two other less exciting games that I can't remember.
All I remember about this game is turning into a woman, the first scene when you're underwater and that thing is beeping at you, and a random memory of a plane with a banner that said "Eat at Joe's".
I have to find this game again.
@hammer
Why did you have to bring that up? I didn't know about it and now I want it desperately. And Aerox just HAD to confirm it's existance. GREAT.
@aerox - Pirates! for Amiga was so freakin awesome. Also, I loved this indy title.
I bought a Lucas arts collectors pack w/ day of the tentacle, sam n max, this and other classics for 50 cents at a garage sale. Too bad my computer is too good to play them...
How many beads?
Oh,a nd you forgot to mention this is THREE GAMES IN ONE.
Depending on how you solve the first few puzzles you get a differen't theme on how you get to atlantis. Theres Fighting, Puzzle solving, and uhh...I forgot the 3rd one.
I did however play through all three. I remember making sandwiches for nazi's on a submarine and hating Crete with a passion.
It was Team, Fighting, and Puzzle
I was really young when all these adventure games came out, and I never got to play them. Not that I already have a lot of games to play as it is, but I really need to go back and play these...
Don't forget its humble precursor Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure. Warning: not to be confused with the craptacular Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game. Man, that sucked. Especially when sidescrolling competitor Commander Keen was so much better.
This was definitely a great game and I'm a big fan of the old adventure games. As a result, I've loved playing through the aforementioned Hotel Dusk and Phoenix Wright series.
Does anyone remember the Space Quest series? I really enjoyed a lot of those and, although not the greatest adventure game ever made, Space Quest 6 holds a special place in my heart.
Space Quest 6 was great, but I think the most awesome part of the Space Quest series was the Jello Guns of III. How cool is that? A gun that sticks people in Jello.
The Dig.
Full Throttle.
Rex Nebular is tricky to get your hands on these days... but I found it in a now stagnant torrent a few months ago. I remember playing it when it came out... my family was big into adventure games at the time.
It out Space Quest's most of the Space Quests.
One of my favorites. I really wish they would start turning all these old games into DS games.
Wow, amazing idea.
And of course it will never happen :(
Someone is making a prequel to this game and staying pretty true to the original.
You can get the demo for it off of this website
Panda: All the space quests games are on Gametap. They confuse me. I love em though. I forget which one I was playing but near the beginning I had to wax the floor. And I failed miserably.
Seriously, the old Lucasarts adventure games are the pinnacle of that genre.
Too bad said genre as a whole in on life support at best and Lucasarts bailed on it all together after MI4 (or at least canceled everything planned after that).
i fucking love this game.
soo much.
Shit, I missed this yesterday. Best adventure game ever!
The Hermocrates!
I can't believe I missed this post. I loveeedddddd this game.
This game glitters like fire for sure. One of my fav LucasArts games of all time. Forget that Crystal Skull nonsense, this will always be the true Indy 4 for me.