Hi everyone!
Today I read an interesting blog post written by Jiksun (he maintains a blog called Desk of Jiksun).
His article is about music in classic adventure games, like Leisure Suit Larry, Monkey Island and Sam & Max.
I’m a big fan of such games, so it was great fun listening to the old tunes again.
I thought you might like to read the post as well, I asked him if I could reblog it on Old School Game Blog. He agreed, so here it is! Hope you’ll enjoy it! 🙂
Old school adventure games frustrated the hell out of me. This was before the internet, so it was simply down to you (and your friends – if you had any) to figure out just how to win that ridiculous pirate spitting contest [spoiler alert!]
There was simply no other way to advance the story – you sat there, hour after hour, just trying random (sometimes logical in hindsight) things like capturing an Energizer® bunny so you could use its batteries somewhere else. (I almost cried when I figured that one out.)
My point is this: you spent so much time immersed in the same environment, figuring puzzles out, that the looping background MIDI tracks and quirky sound effects stayed with you long after the end credits have rolled – and decades later you’re writing a post reminiscing about the good old days.
And so, without further ado – here’s my…
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Thanks for the reblog OSGB! Will let you know when I do another old school game-related post!
Cheers,
Jiksun
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Hi there Jiksun,
No problem mate. 🙂 Please keep me posted!
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For me it was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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That is a good game. 🙂 Still got the hintbook and the original here. Did you play the next one, Fate of Atlantis?
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I am not sure but I think I did a quick try at some point. Can’t really remember what I thought. I should fire it up again to see if it impresses me.
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It was quite a large game back then. Received good ratings as well if I remember correctly. We should try it on ScummVM in AROS. 😉
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Ah yes of course. I just noticed that even The Vague 1+2 are available for Aros. 🙂
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Those issues are quite good. Hope more will be released in the future. How’s your own diskmag going by the way? Any progress?
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Seeing as Amos is well sort of working on Aros (real Amos) and there is a “remake” (right?) of Amos to run native I might start doing some work on Aros in Amos. I even remember seeing something about Ace Basic going Aros? My biggest enemy is time. 😦
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Hi mate,
Time is always an issue unfortunately. 😦
I’ve read about the AMOS re-make and it sounds interesting. Do you know how complete it is? I’m interesting in giving it a go myself.
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I have no idea but for sure I will install it and give it a go asap.
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Looking forward to hear about your experience with it. Please keep me posted. 🙂
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