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I'm an old fart that grew up on these games too. They were what I lived for. Kings Quest 1 blew me away. Then 2 had me hooked. 3 was another level and felt so big.
I collected their catalogs and dreamed f what would come next. There was a box art for KQ4 they showed in the catalog that didn't make it to the actual box. It was amazing and I wished I had that.
I also played Space, Police, and Heros Quest, but Kings Quest was my jam.
Another old fart here. Some of my first gaming memories are Kings Quest 1 and Space Quest 1. I remember having to go all my parents how to spell certain words to do what I needed to do.
I played both of those originals but then missed out on the sequels until they went vga - sq4 and kq5. Of course as an adult I bought all the collections so I could finally see what I missed in 2-4.
All that to say, thanks for posting this. I'll always watch another documentary on Sierra.
did they age well? worth playing now?
I think some of the later stuff aged well if you're into point and click adventure games and some "retro" looking graphics. But the early ones might be a little janky for anyone who didn't live through that era.
You have to type in the actions you want to do and they looked like this:
Even with nostalgia glasses on I had a hard time enjoying the really old ones. That said, I think there's a lot of charm in sq4 and kq5 5/6.
Color me surprised. I've read ken's book which is recommendable. So what's new here?
Having a closer look I'd really recommend the book, written by him and not some interviews with him. 🤷
And hi to all other old farts.
Cool, thanks for that. I read John Romero's 'Doom Guy' earlier this year and it was pretty good. Not perfect, but it fed my nostalgia for the olden days of Commander Keen and Doom.
I read Hackers: Heros of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy. Should I really read Kens book as well? I mean I feel I learned a lot about how it came about from Levy book.
I didn't read that one.
Ken's book is mainly focused on the business side of things. While that does sound boring how I stated it it is very good imo.
Man you should read it. It goes over the entire computer revolution from like 50's on.
I might, thanks!