Welcome to the first edition of Hour of Power! Once a week, you'll have the opportunity to jump inside the Dtoid time machine (which, coincidentally, looks like a giant robot head) and warp back to the yesteryear of gaming, courtesy of Nintendo Power.
This feature on Shadowgate knocked me directly back into 1990 before I could ever get to the time machine to set the date. This was one of the first games for the NES to use the PC adventure format. Since I was obsessed with computers and couldn't quite afford one at the ripe old age of 13, this game was the next best thing. It seems like this genre has kind of died at the hands of game evolution. Myst is probably it's spiritual successor, but lacks the campy fun element games like Shadowgate seemed to master. Of course, at the time I took the fight against the Warlock Lord quite seriously, but he seemed like the kind of guy that might eat my heart if I didn't.
Thanks to this nifty site, you can relive the adventure on your phone, Palm Pilot, or downloadable brain implant. Ok, I made the last one up. Ignore my shenanigans and tell me what point and click adventures made you a happy puppy back in the day.
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12:11 PM on 01.14.2007
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What a novel idea!
Good news is, that the guy who did all those point and click games for Lucasart Games is looking at the ds for some new releases so maybe I get to try one in the near future.
Unfortunatly, even though I love those games, I haven't played many. I think the only game I've ever played that tops Shadowgate is Grim Fandango, but I guess that's not so much of a point and click game, huh?
I read somewhere that they were originally on the old mac's and that they were ported to NES or something. Apparently there is some small retro scene involving these and a list of other of there brethren from that platform.
I would definitely pick this up on the VC. It would be fantastic if it supported the pointer function but I highly doubt it will since the other games are completely unchanged.
The one thing I hated with these games was the way they killed you sometimes. "You go to the bar, have a drink,....ooops, the bartender was a kgb agent and poisoned you. You're dead." WHAT? "You get in your car, open the glove compartment,...snakes jump out and bite you. You're dead."
I just loved when you died and had no fucking way in knowing the shit was going to happen before it did. Memories.