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What was your first adventure game?

LeplayaLeplaya
edited November 2009 in General Chat
Do any of you remember what was the first adventure game that got you into playing adventure games? Mine was Full throttle.
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  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited August 2009
    Hmm, what got me into adventure games was watching my mum play them when I was little. First games I remember though, would be Legend of Kyrandia. And Monkey Island 1. One of those 2 games.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited August 2009
    Um. Good question. I can't remember for sure - it was either the first two Monkey Islands or Legend of Kyrandia: The Hand of Fate.
  • Plunder_BunnyPlunder_Bunny
    edited August 2009
    Lost in Time was the first one I ever beat... I think Monkey Island was the first I played...
  • WallaceWallace
    edited August 2009
    Hmmm must have been Zak McKracken on the Amiga... either that or Maniac Mansion...
  • Mad MageMad Mage
    edited August 2009
    Monkey Island 1. It came with the 486 my family bought. Can you imagine going from playing old EGA games to exploring the world of Monkey Island?
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited August 2009
    Space Quest 1 EGA on my old Tandy 1000.
  • BrainiacBrainiac
    edited August 2009
    adventureaddict wrote: »
    First games I remember though, would be Legend of Kyrandia. And Monkey Island 1. One of those 2 games.
    Same, though my "first" games also included King's Quest V and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
  • Mr NuttMr Nutt
    edited August 2009
    My first adventure game was Gobliiins then Gobliins 2 then Goblins Quest 3.
  • SS the Free!SS the Free!
    edited August 2009
    Scooby Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town started me off.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited August 2009
    Warner Brother's Online Mystery Serial Arcane.

    Technically I played a demo of Escape From Monkey Island first, but I wasn't sure demos counted.
  • stoney1981stoney1981
    edited August 2009
    Leisure Suit Larry 1 and Monkey Island 2

    Later on -> Kings Quest VII, Phantasmagoria, Sanitarium, 7th Guest, 11th Hour, Gabriel Knight, Riddle Of Master Lu (excellent game!) and of course all the Lucas Games ( ie. Indiana Jones 3/4, Day Of The Tentacle, Monkey Island 1, Sam&Max - you name it, i had em) And i finished each of those Lucas Arts Games aswell. The Ones i haven´t finished (yet) are Loom, The Dig and Full Throttle.

    I payed WAY too less attention to several Sierra Games, such as the excellent Police Quest Series for example. I´m making up for that now. :) So Sierra, bring them on. Also, i´m trying to dive into Myst, which is quite a though yet rewarding nut to crack.

    Phew, so much games to play, and so less spare time. :(
  • NunoCardosoNunoCardoso
    edited August 2009
    Leisure Suit Larry 1 on EGA... epic story for a teenager with its first 386sx PC. Only Sierra game I've really enjoyed.
  • JazzyJazzy
    edited August 2009
    I think it was Zak McKraken and the Alien Mind Benders, but I'm not sure, been quite a while. It was on the Atari though, I remember that much, loved that game though, have to find it again sometime. Possessing the yak and meeting Elvis, good times good times.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited August 2009
    I believe it was either Space Quest I or II. Or King's Quest I maybe.
  • wefeelgroovewefeelgroove
    edited August 2009
    Probably King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, but since I was only three or four years old at the time, I only watched my parents play it.

    I think the first ones I actually played on my own was Mixed Up Mother Goose/Fairy Tales.
  • natlinxznatlinxz
    edited August 2009
    Maniac Mansion! I used to have that for Commodore 64. Then I got it on a *cough*nesemulator*cough* and then got into point and click.
  • NimeniNimeni
    edited August 2009
    Wow, I'm getting nostalgia just reading this thread. Gobliiins, Lost in Time (which is terrible, and yet still manages to evoke nostalgia), Space Quest . . . Ahh, the warm, squishy memories of childhood . . .

    My first was King's Quest, which I tried to watch my dad play and finally stopped with the consession that he would let me try it when he was done. Those typing interfaces did a lot to motivate my general improvement in spelling, I'll tell you what.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited August 2009
    I think it was Police Quest 1.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited August 2009
    Nimeni wrote: »
    Wow, I'm getting nostalgia just reading this thread. Gobliiins, Lost in Space (which is terrible, and yet still manages to evoke nostalgia), Space Quest . . . Ahh, the warm, squishy memories of childhood . . .

    You mean Lost in Time. Lost in Space was the cool old TV show (though only the first season was any good).
    My first was King's Quest, which I tried to watch my dad play and finally stopped with the consession that he would let me try it when he was done. Those typing interfaces did a lot to motivate my general improvement in spelling, I'll tell you what.

    Indeed. I learned to read and spell through Sierra's AGI games.
  • ArmakuniArmakuni
    edited August 2009
    Leisure Suit Larry 1 - on my fathers Toshiba laptop :p
  • NimeniNimeni
    edited August 2009
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    You mean Lost in Time. Lost in Space was the cool old TV show (though only the first season was any good).

    Fixed. I knew that. That'll teach me to post and sing along with Viva La Vida at the same time.
  • Jace TaranJace Taran
    edited August 2009
    SOMI, way back when my cousin had it on his computer (he had the CD edition about 15 years ago). Still remains my all time favorite game, regardless of genre or platform.
  • elaine treepwoodelaine treepwood
    edited August 2009
    The Secret of Monkey Island
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited August 2009
    There was sure some Textadventure before i don't remember, but the first Graphic Adventure i played was Zak McKracken on the C64 ~20 years ago.
  • TookiGuyTookiGuy
    edited August 2009
    CMI. I guess that's why I don't dislike the version of Guybrush in that game. It's my favourite, after MI2. You know, when I come to think about it, I haven't been THAT interested in other advenchies. Special place in my heart, I guess.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    elaine treepwood wrote: »
    The Secret of Monkey Island

    ^ This.
  • RawrRawr
    edited August 2009
    Would of been Secret of Monkey Island, which I used to play around at a friends house. :P
  • uday1583uday1583
    edited August 2009
    The first adventure game that i played was Full throttle and i enjoyed it thoroughly and that increased my appetite for more such games. Thanks
  • MegalomanMegaloman
    edited August 2009
    I think it was King's Quest III. My father returned from London with the game right after its release and I've still got the original packaging and floppy disks! It's very possible that we had Police Quest before that, but KQIII is as far as I can remember myself actually playing.
  • SnicklinSnicklin
    edited August 2009
    Either Banjo Kazooie or Super Mario 64. Both were epic.
  • RankoSaoRankoSao
    edited August 2009
    Those aren't adventure games... Think more along the lines of Shadowgate 64...
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited August 2009
    The Secret of Monkey Island wasn't only the first Adventure Game I ever played but the first game I ever played period. I've been addicted to the point-and-click genre ever since ^_^
  • FrogacudaFrogacuda
    edited August 2009
    Trying to remember this was harder than I'd have thought. I've played thousands of games in my life and trying to sort them out can be hard. I got my first "new" (not hand-me-down) PC in 1994, and I remembered playing a lot of adventures after that, but I finally remembered some from before then.

    I'm not 100% positive which was first, but I believe it was Transylvania, an early first person graphic adventure on Apple II with a text parser interface:
    transylvania.gif

    I was in third or fourth grade when I played that (so 8 or 9?). I used to play it at school, since I didn't have my own computer. Then in 1990 or 1991 I remember getting a computer of my own, an EGA 286, and one of the first games I got was a Sierra-style graphic adventure called Hugo's House of Horrors:

    hugos_house_of_horrors-4.gif

    Bit of a Maniac Mansion rip off in hindsight, but it rocked my world at the time. I remember playing the two sequels as well. That was probably where I got hooked on the genre.
  • ShadManShadMan
    edited August 2009
    Scott Adams' Adventureland. A text only game that took 5 minutes to load on a tape deck. Commodore VIC-20!!!!!


    (Wow, I feel so old......)
  • Brian, Mighty PirateBrian, Mighty Pirate
    edited August 2009
    the first adventure game i played was the first putt-putt game.
  • lecharleslecharles
    edited August 2009
    my first adventure game...(don't laugh) Pajama Sam
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited August 2009
    It was either Maniac Mansion or Secret of Monkey Island. My first exposure to these games was...kind of ecclectic.
  • CinsevCinsev
    edited August 2009
    mine was king quest 1. those were the days.
  • ssn626391689ssn626391689 Telltale Alumni
    edited August 2009
    Wow. All of you either started adventuring late or I'm getting old. I vividly remember playing Kings Quest on my PC Jr. Cinsev you're right, those WERE the days.
  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited August 2009
    Full Throttle.
    Frogacuda wrote: »
    hugos_house_of_horrors-4.gif

    HUGO! (That picture just awakened a flood of childhood memories...)

    Unless there's another old adventure game I'm forgetting, I believe it was something like this for me:

    1.Hugo House of Horrors
    2.Hugo Whodunit?
    3.Hugo Jungle of Doom
    4.EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus
    5.EcoQuest II: Lost Secret of the Rainforest
    6.Full Throttle
    7.The Dig
    8.Myst
    9.Riven
    (Insert 10+ year hiatus.)
    10.The Secret of Monkey Island

    It looks like my initial progression was Sierra>LucasArts>Cyan.

    It's so funny that I've just rediscovered the genre as it's picking up some momentum. I literally just finished playing through SMI, MI2:LR, and CMI when I found out that there was going to be a new Monkey Island from TellTale, and that TTG was successfully resurrecting the adventure game industry.

    Hmm, looking back at the above list, I think there actually may have been some others in between (I remember babysitting at someone else's house, and I played a few games with their kids—Putt Putt, Freddi Fish, Spy Fox, and The Neverhood). Guess I was already becoming a Ron Gilbert fan before I found The Secret of Monkey Island. :P
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