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Old school adventure

redmartian50redmartian50
edited July 2009 in General Chat
Came across this site some how and i thought i would share with yall. i guess some of you forum peoples played adventrue games (yes sarcasim) and these are some old school serria on-line adventure games this company has converted.

Enjoy

http://sarien.net/

Comments

  • natlinxznatlinxz
    edited April 2009
    that is the coolest site ever!
  • Dave GrossmanDave Grossman Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2009
    Somebody in the office pointed that site out recently. For me, the fun bit was the "multiplayer" aspect of watching all of the other people running around and seeing what commands they were giving the game. I found that charming.
    The nostalgia factor mostly served to remind me how annoying this was:
    "open door"
    -You are not standing close enough to the door.
  • Fulvio75Fulvio75
    edited June 2009
    simply great!
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited June 2009
    I can't handle any adventure games that pre-date Monkey Island style controls. That's as primitive as I get. Which is a shame because I lose interest in all of the "Quest" series as I don't want to start in the middle.

    Of course, had I started off playing it I'm sure my opinion would be different.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited June 2009
    Sarien.Net is a continuation of the old Good Old Adventures Sierra AGI Chat Room that was online years ago but died. This seems like an evolution of that concept, but it still lacks some of the features that Good Old Adventures had. Like the ability to choose a personal "skin" for your character from any AGI game (along with a large archive of custom ones too like Neo from The Matrix which was neato!). GOA seemed like it recreated each scene and programmed the rooms from scratch, though. While Sarien.Net seems to actually use the original game data files for each game.
  • PimPamPetPimPamPet
    edited June 2009
    Dave Grossman wrote: »
    The nostalgia factor mostly served to remind me how annoying this was:
    "open door"
    -You are not standing close enough to the door.

    I hear ya.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited June 2009
    Which of these is the first that switches to a point and click interface with graphics comparable at least to say Monkey Island or Fate of Atlantis?

    I just realized I watched my mom play KQ7 as a kid and I loved that game.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited June 2009
    King's Quest IV was the first Sierra game to use a higher res graphic engine and utilize mouse control (albeit without intelligent pathfinding, so the character would walk into a wall or tree or some other object if it was directly between the point A-point B walking path) and sound card support. King's Quest V was the first Sierra game to switch to an entirely P&C-driven interface and 256-colour VGA graphics. I think it was also the first computer game released on CD. I think.
  • IgnatiusIgnatius
    edited June 2009
    PariahKing wrote: »
    I can't handle any adventure games that pre-date Monkey Island style controls. That's as primitive as I get. Which is a shame because I lose interest in all of the "Quest" series as I don't want to start in the middle.

    Of course, had I started off playing it I'm sure my opinion would be different.

    I remember playing a remake of King Quest I with the graphics of the 5th game some years ago...If that helps to bring you any closer to the series.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited June 2009
    I kind of find it weird to see someone have issue playing games from before Monkey Island, really. Especially since some of my favorite adventures have NO graphics.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited June 2009
    Ignatius wrote: »
    I remember playing a remake of King Quest I with the graphics of the 5th game some years ago...If that helps to bring you any closer to the series.

    http://www.agdinteractive.com/

    Also included is a remake of Quest for Glory II and an enhancement of King's Quest II. (legal and officially licensed) KQ1 and KQ2 remakes were recently updated with even more enhanced hand-painted graphics as opposed to the Sierra background collaged inferior ones from the earlier versions.

    http://www.infamous-adventures.com/

    These guys remade King's Quest III and are working on Space Quest II with yours truly as one of the composers.

    All of them made in AGS and work fine in XP and Vista.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited June 2009
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    http://www.agdinteractive.com/

    Also included is a remake of Quest for Glory II and an enhancement of King's Quest II. (legal and officially licensed) KQ1 and KQ2 remakes were recently updated with even more enhanced hand-painted graphics as opposed to the Sierra background collaged inferior ones from the earlier versions.

    http://www.infamous-adventures.com/

    These guys remade King's Quest III and are working on Space Quest II with yours truly as one of the composers.

    All of them made in AGS and work fine in XP and Vista.

    Quest for Glory 2 VGA turned into one of my favorite RPG's. I spent around two months trying to beat it on Fighter mode.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited June 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I kind of find it weird to see someone have issue playing games from before Monkey Island, really. Especially since some of my favorite adventures have NO graphics.
    The parser kills me in combination with "hard to see your needed quest item" graphics plus little direction. (I'm not a fan of Myst.) I don't enjoy not having ANY idea what I ought to be doing.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited June 2009
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    King's Quest IV was the first Sierra game to use a higher res graphic engine and utilize mouse control (albeit without intelligent pathfinding, so the character would walk into a wall or tree or some other object if it was directly between the point A-point B walking path) and sound card support. King's Quest V was the first Sierra game to switch to an entirely P&C-driven interface and 256-colour VGA graphics. I think it was also the first computer game released on CD. I think.
    Thanks for answering this question by the way - I totally missed this the first time.
  • martinkoolmartinkool
    edited July 2009
    Thanks for the compliments on sarien.net. The multiplayer aspect has made it stand out a bit, but it is also very experimental and odd, as the original gameplay did not have mp, and so it does not make sense. Still, I find it to be ever so entertaining to play a game singleplayer and from time to time see someone else pop up.

    Even though I haven't updated the site recently (personal life, 3 kids, work, yadayada), I do plan to continue adding new games, features, and hopefully get down to the sci engine and scumm engine using the available freesci and scummvm sources to see if porting that would make sense.

    On the other hand, I would really love to see what possibilities ly within the combination of episodic content and web and/or multiplayer. A combination of telltale and sarien, even for promotion of the adventure game genre or such, I would really like to investigate what would be possible there. If you have any wild fantasies (preferrably on topic ;-)), let me know.

    - Martin
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