List Of Adventure Games (Part 2)

[paul.hendricks]

. Thanks, I couldn't tell from your text. I do agree that a revival of the Sierra days would be outstanding (LucasArts too). Their back-catalog is ripe with franchises that need to be reimagined for today's technology.

Originally Posted by webshark3

As a kid, I broke open my piggy bank many times to buy the games. I walked many miles to the Egghead store to get the latest saga. That's as affiliated as I get.

But to answer your question directly. Not at all. Never even talked to them. Just a die-hard (Sierra) fan from the old days, and would love to see a revival of adventure games on the iPhone/iPad. We already have a great selection, but it would be great to see some more classics return.

[webshark3]

Originally Posted by PointOfLight

As great as some of the modern adventure games are, there's something to be said about the classic Sierra franchises. I think I liked them even better than the LucasArts stuff, which was still pretty cool. It will be so nice to see some of these folks back in business, and touch screen devices are the perfect venue for this style of game.

I was "strictly" Sierra when I was younger. I'm just now starting to enjoy other games like the Broken Swords and I'm on Monkey Island 2 right now. I can't believe how well made they are for the iPad. My favorite feature on MI is that you can swipe to get the old graphics instantly. It's like playing two games at once.

[webshark3]

Originally Posted by paul.hendricks

. Thanks, I couldn't tell from your text. I do agree that a revival of the Sierra days would be outstanding (LucasArts too). Their back-catalog is ripe with franchises that need to be reimagined for today's technology.

I understand. There's a very fine line between psychotic fans and developers touting their products. You can rest assured, I'm only psychotic.

[PointOfLight]

Originally Posted by webshark3

I understand. There's a very fine line between psychotic fans and developers touting their products. You can rest assured, I'm only psychotic.

Well I feel much better now

[paul.hendricks]

Now I can completely relate to psychoses about games! It is a time-honored tradition!

Originally Posted by webshark3

I understand. There's a very fine line between psychotic fans and developers touting their products. You can rest assured, I'm only psychotic.

[AppUnwrapper]

Btw, I finally finished the Hector trilogy. The last part took me much longer to get through bc I was kind of tired of the whole thing by then. Anyone else finish them?

[Isilel]

Originally Posted by Pepper2427

Ooo, my first iPad purchase(just need the iPad to arrive now).

Enjoy. I also bought an iPad 2 recently and vow, it is a real game-changer .

Originally Posted by webshark3

I was "strictly" Sierra when I was younger. I'm just now starting to enjoy other games like the Broken Swords and I'm on Monkey Island 2 right now. I can't believe how well made they are for the iPad.

I know, right? I never used to play point and click adventure games on PC, but got into them hardcore on iOS. It is the whole portability thing, I guess.

Anyway, I am also now playing and loving Monkey Island 2. Couldn't get into it on iPod - graphics were just too small for me to easily notice all possible interactions. But I am adoring it on iPad.

It is a huge pity that Lucas Arts had changed it's business strategy yet again, so that there is no hope for official ports of anything else from their back catalog.

As far as I have heard nobody is porting Sierra games either... .

And generally, there seems to be a noticeable slowdown of iOS ports of old point-and-clickers, alas.

I am beginning to wonder if I'd have to use GoG.com + Scummvm iOS to continue to get my fix. Does Scummvm iOS work well enough for it to be enjoyable, I wonder?

[webshark3]

Originally Posted by Isilel

Enjoy. I also bought an iPad 2 recently and vow, it is a real game-changer .



I know, right? I never used to play point and click adventure games on PC, but got into them hardcore on iOS. It is the whole portability thing, I guess.

Anyway, I am also now playing and loving Monkey Island 2. Couldn't get into it on iPod - graphics were just too small for me to easily notice all possible interactions. But I am adoring it on iPad.

It is a huge pity that Lucas Arts had changed it's business strategy yet again, so that there is no hope for official ports of anything else from their back catalog.

As far as I have heard nobody is porting Sierra games either... .

And generally, there seems to be a noticeable slowdown of iOS ports of old point-and-clickers, alas.

I am beginning to wonder if I'd have to use GoG.com + Scummvm iOS to continue to get my fix. Does Scummvm iOS work well enough for it to be enjoyable, I wonder?

I have iDOS for the older games, but haven't tried to load them yet. (evil grin). I would love to see the other MI and Broken Swords make it to iPad. But it looks like MI went the Telltale route. I have the first chapter but haven't played yet.

I think the challenge with Sierra games is licensing. Al Lowe got the rights back to Leisure Suit Larry, so it will be ported (successful Kickstarter). But I think Activision owns the rest. But the creators may be motivated to get the rights back if they see a strong interest in the games again. They're probably still stuck in that whole 80's logic that games should be profitable. lol

[PointOfLight]

I'm suddenly getting intrigued. I'll have to check out iDOS and ScummVM iOS. I didn't know either one existed. Do they require your machine to be jailbroken?

As for Sierra IP's, the company itself doesn't exist any more, does it? Isn't that one of the properties that Vivendi bought and then basically disposed of? I wonder who actually holds the rights to all those properties now.

[webshark3]

Originally Posted by PointOfLight

I'm suddenly getting intrigued. I'll have to check out iDOS and ScummVM iOS. I didn't know either one existed. Do they require your machine to be jailbroken?

As for Sierra IP's, the company itself doesn't exist any more, does it? Isn't that one of the properties that Vivendi bought and then basically disposed of? I wonder who actually holds the rights to all those properties now.

Well, iDOS existed officially for a couple hours.
http://toucharcade.com/2010/10/27/th...tance-of-idos/

I got it in that window, so I don't need to be jailbroken. It is Activision now that owns most of the rights from all the discussions.

wiki: "In 2008, Sierra parent company Vivendi Universal Games, which had since been renamed Vivendi Games in 2006, merged with video game publisher Activision to form the Activision Blizzard holding company. Vivendi Games ceased to exist and ownership of Sierra was transferred over to Activision. Later that year, Sierra was closed down for possible future sale."