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Adventures in Obscure Gaming Episode 1
guys what do you think about when you think about adventure gaming in the early
90s
the first adventure game I ever saw I was Maniac Mansion
remember a friend of mine had it for the Nintendo and
going to his house after school he was very excited show me that you
could microwave a hamster in that game
first game day actually played myself
was ironically enough Leisure Suit Larry
two I don't know how I managed to get a hold
to instead of one or how I got past the old school
copy protection but I did and I played it
and it was awesome particularly remember the part where you swimming in a
swimming pool and
and you just let out a volley of urine
that was excellent stuff for a
I think I was uh eight at the time
excellent stuff for an eight year old to enjoy on home
computing system I guess what I'm saying is
at time if you grew up in the nineties the two
biggest game companies if you're into adventure games
were Lucasarts and Sierra Company LucasArts
was known for making games like Sam and the Max
day of the tentacle and two of my personal favorites
the Secret of Monkey Island 2 and
Full Throttle the first adventure game that ever beat
without looking up walkthoughs whatsoever
meanwhile Sierra company made
games like King's Quest Space Quest Police Quest
quest for glory they even made a
game called the colonels the bequest
which wasn't technically a quest game but had the word
quest in it because they loved having the word quest in their games so
much
these two companies absolutely dominated adventure gaming in the
90s if you played adventure games back then
it would probably seem like the only two companies making adventure games
were Lucas Arts and Sierra company the irony of course is
nowadays in these two companies even exist basically
certainly didn't make any adventure games meanwhile
the game that when covering this episode was made by a studio
that made made by a studio games that made a grand total of two games in the 90s
Pendulo studios a Spanish video game
company founded in Madrid came out with Hollywood monsters in 1997
and their debut game came out in 1994
Igor Project
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Igor project unpronounceable was their debut project came in at the height of
adventure gaming 1994 by then Myst been released
CD-rom was just coming into popularity and games that feature
full motion video were just starting to be made a format
that I'm gonna go out on a limb here and just say that
probably is not stupid test time understand just stay out it I'm warning you
thankfully Pendulo went with a more traditional approach when they made
their game
but let's look at the box art again so out these three guys
an old necromancer the janitor with headphones on
and just s red haired guy
eating a sandwhich
by far the creepiest and the one that seems most off
is the guy eating a sandwich why is that
then when you actually play the game you realize
thats but other than that
the game itself is actually pretty straightforward when you're playing a
game
the really seems like you're playing besides Jane everything
sans music the animations
to the interface style looks like it was Group trader
gains from the 90's kid so the basic story at this stage
Spitzer's student that
getting ready to go on field trip to the
unpronounceable cation try to win the affections of this
in do it bony dressing up in a lil a custom
year so those games kinda weird at times
Dunham that weighs just a little off kilter sometimes
in a good way I think overall
the music are in animation this game
all have a really high quality you can tell somebody put a lotta lovin
artwork this game in all this said together
keeps this game from being dismissed as just another
rate decides clone
in fact the only thing that keeps this game from be call
classic is probably the fact that lot at the puzzles are kinda arbitrary
I mean it's something that's very common that she came
but boy really really happens
in this game the other thing is there's that remains at the end of this game
which is more than fine puzzles before you can actually be
became it's really hard and very random
that's not saying these things when the game because it doesn't
it's still really good game and I really enjoy playing in
hope you get a chance to check it out and don't know
studios still making venture games today in 2001 they came out the game called
runaway
that was a really big hit for them Europe
me to see all those and just recently came out with the game called yesterday
that's available for Android and iPhone
okay that about wraps it up for the very first up soon
adventures in obscurity gaming hope you enjoyed it
I'm gonna be now with an absolute every week
and hopefully and I'll be trying to get better at making beans
so you enjoy I'll the will probably improve if you did not enjoy it
well that's still true so
join us next week we will have another adventure in obscure gaming:
until said
sheet yet for men and their tonight yeah
absence not quite over yet but you can
shut this off because all its gonna happen
SanDisk ramble for a bit I mean include the segment at the end of every up so
does
to call it the weekly ramble it seems sitting
just gonna be. talking about whatever is on my way
mind this weekend I just wanted to take some time out to explain why I'm doing
this series
so growing up I
played a lot of video games and for whatever reason the
tended to be these games that nobody else ed
ever played or heard and allowed a film
war games that just never stood a chance for whatever reason butthead
steps going on and that was really interesting this really set me apart
so that's what this year is gonna be about isn't going to be covering
these games that pop culture at
and be tryin to tied them back to
stuff that people actually care about that people
actually know about and India skirt lows
hopefully getting people to give some these games a second look
and yeah so please join me on this hopeless endeavor I hope the
you learned about Brendan game this week
and was able to give it a try
training next week will be doing the same
simply said being with a different day
that's thats basic idea I think
and to yeah
I alright think spirit to an end
see you next week