I do not remember exactly, but I started my video-game career the same christmas that Super Mario Bros. came out for the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and I'm 22 now.
Someone who knows when that came out, do the math for me. Feeling lazy tonight. :cool:
Seeing as Super Mario Bros. came out in 1985, and your current age of 22 would have meant that you were born in 1985, you had extremely good motor skills for a months-old infant.
I'm not sure about the name of the game but it was on a cromenco and it was a text adventure. Not the fancy version you see in sam & max reality 2.0 where you could type things like go north, use ..., etc There was text and you had to choose between option a, b or c.
My first game was Indy and the Fate of Atlantis. I played it when it was first released. So I guess I was 12 by then. I am now 27.
I did not learn any english from them because they where all dubed and translated and I played them in the local language (wich was either spanish or german).
Soon followed last crusade, Monkey island 1&2, Sam & Max HTR and day of the tentacle. Of course all of them where perfectly pirated and I even had a printed copy of dial-a-pirate. But back then I did not even know what piracy means. I thought they where just free because some friend allways handed me the newest copy of the latest LucasArts crazyness.
Of course now I am a proud owner of legaly-in-store-purcased-originals of Fate of Atlantis, Grim Fandango, The Dig, CMI and Full Throttle. I also have the Leisure Suit Larry Collection. I am still wating to find original Sam & Max HTR, Monkey Island 1&2 and Day of the tentacle. I would buy them inmediately.
Seeing as Super Mario Bros. came out in 1985, and your current age of 22 would have meant that you were born in 1985, you had extremely good motor skills for a months-old infant.
In the '80s, console games moved a lot slower in terms of release. I remember getting the nintendo with mario and duckhunt when I was 5 in 87. I remember because l recall playin it when I was in kindergarden and my family exchanged a transformer figure(a hundred dollar fortress maximus figure) for a nintendo at toys r us. I regretted the trade ever since.
so to defend the poster you commented on, he probably bouht the system after 85
Tell me about it. The nintendo is like 10 bucks right now while fortress maximus is 100-700 depending on the condition he is in. At least I got the repaint version that came out a few years ago for a hundred.
It all started with a c64 and wishbringer from infocom, Which came with an egg shaped glow in the dark stone, aka wishstone. I then moved on to the zork series and any other game infocom could lay on me. (yes FYI most infocom games came with odd items, for hitchhikers it was lint :P) I was 7 at this time. Tass times in tone town came a little later and still remains one of my favorites for the era. Moving to my apple II le I found a version of kings quest that I still own today.
I am shocked to hear that emily never heard of lucasarts but hear of sierra!
They were direct competition!
After I found sierra it was over... I found lucasarts and was hooked.
I still remember the day.. It was zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders that hooked me. Now I had heard of maniac mansion but never played it until after zak. Mckracken is still in my top 10 advent games :P
Soon after of course the monkey island and sam & max etc .. also later grim fandango caught my eye.. still also on my top 10.
Im now 29 living in Sacramento Ca and love mainly the adventure company for advents... since no one else seems to make them ! I love what most consider dumb comedy but also love a good plot line and interesting characters.
Soo.. Infocom to sierra to lucasarts to the world.. then watched it all fall apart and now glad telltale exists :P
Was around 12-13 when I started and it was "Leisure Suit Larry" on Amiga and soon thereafter "Monkey Island". So I started to play adventure games from "the great 2" at the same time.
Always liked the Lucasarts ones a liiiiitle better because you couldn't die or discover that you forgot something 4 hours ago and must reload from there. Today I'm 25 (:()
I loved sierras deaths! .. I think early lucasarts just had alot more humor in the standard overall script. I found myself dying any way possible in sierra games just to see the deaths ! Great fun with sierra. But yea overall early lucasarts seems way more developed. Of course I dont want to debate point n click vs typing... I soo miss the typing. Maybe a nice oldschool toggle for pressing space bar and typing examine bookcase. Kinda like the text based part in 2.0 but with standard graphics lol.
I can't remember exactly how old I was but probably around 10ish I guess. I'm 32 now. My first adventure type game was on the Commodore 64 and was called The Secret of Bastow Manor (or something like that). It has graphics (very basic) and was text based. It was one of the first games where you had to solve puzzles to get further. It was so hard that I never did finish the game!
I'm curious to know how old everyone here was when you started playing adventure games. (And, how old are you now?) I have a hunch that many of the people who post here started with LucasArts games, but I'm curious to find out if that's really true.
Me, I started at around age 10 (I'm now 28). The first game I played was Leisure Suit Larry 1. ) After that I moved on to King's Quest games. I never even heard of LucasArts until years later (2001 or so) when I started posting on forums. Not sure how I missed those games, because I used to go into software stores all the time to buy Sierra games, but it could be that I was so focused on Sierra that I never looked at what else was on the shelf. [:">]
How about you?
36, started with Maniac Mansion for the commodore 64 and was hooked. Was probably 13-14 or so. Paid $200.00 for the commodore 64. wasn't out too long. Lucas Arts released their first game (only then they were known as Lucasfilm Games) called Maniac Mansion. It was 1 5 1/4 disk (664 blocks worth of space) I spent days playing it before I finally gave up when I got near the end and a couple of the puzzles were just insane. I was logging on and off bulletin boards all over the city trying to find help with some of the puzzles and ended up helping others out more than I got helped out. I loved the game though and eventually finished it.
From there I bought pretty much every single other Lucasfilm/Lucas Arts adventure game they made. (Never bought their star wars games, I thought they all sucked) Also played a lot of the Sierra adventure type games but never liked them as well.
The C64 I think really pioneered the gaming industry. Before the C64 games were better on the old Atari 2600 than they were on computers. But the C64's graphic processor changed all that and games literally exploded onto the market. It took PC's a LONG time to catch up and finally surpass the C64 in terms of graphics and games. I Think the Commodore 64 was pretty much responsible for the demise of the Arcade, because for the first time you could play games that were better than what you could find at the arcade, right at home.
The games had more substance back then. People couldn't rely on just graphics, they had to rely on good scripting and excellent story lines. Action games back then largely played 2nd fiddle to adventure games because they had very little substance to them. They (AGs) were the equivalent to what Sudoku is today. A thinking man's game. (often with humorous results, in the case of Lucas games. )
Until Wing Commander that is. Wing Commander revolutionized Action games, and IMO it was the beginning of the end for Adventure Games being on top. Though it took several more years to see them drop off. They eventually did when Doom propelled First Person Shooters into the top spot. Lucas Arts soldiered on for a while because they were still making a profit, and their star wars games were still doing ok, but shortly after they ramped up their star wars titles and slowed down on their adventure games. Still, they didn't want to give them up just yet because it was their hallmark. Wing Commander was the beginning of the end, and Doom was the final nail in the coffin though, even if Lucas Arts didn't know it yet.
FPS's now share top spot with MMORPG's and Strategy Games, but adventure games never made the come back that a lot of people had hoped for. Adventure games have to compete not only in the game world but with books and movies too, and I think that's hurt them some. They were hurt more though by a multitude of posers who produced really BAD adventure games that turned a lot of people off of the genre completely. (and I'll admit I got so frustrated I stopped buying all but Lucas Arts adventure games because for a while all the rest just plain sucked).
Adventure Games and AG companies now survive via a cult status with a small but loyal segment of followers. Much like fans of those underground or low budget movies that reach cult status. (like Star Wars, hah. Or Pulp Fiction, or Attack of the Killer Tomato's or Elvira. etc). And they often have a much bigger following overseas than they do here in America because America is too fast paced and suffers from too much ADD to be able to handle an Adventure Game of any substance or length... Mostly. AG Games also suffer from the same ills that movies do. If the story sucks, then the game is worthless. Whereas even a bad FPS game still has some value as long as the core mechanics work well. The Movie industry is dealing with the same issues that AG game companies have in the past. Too many bad movies are turning people off of movies. This is why you'll rarely see a new/different "good" high budget movie anymore (Like, say, 300). And why we are facing a Summer of almost nothing but sequels to already successful franchises. It's not as if they aren't making money. It's just that they aren't making ENOUGh money to suit their needs, but I digress.
And in the future, gaming companies that want to survive will switch to console platforms exclusively in order to do away with the costs of making their games compatible for a trillon different pieces of hardware available for the common PC today and to further maximize profits by reducing Piracy. This will probably be the total end of the Adventure Game because AG games don't have a high replay value and people don't traditionally want to spend 60 bucks for a game they are only interested in playing all the way through 1 time.
The PC's of today are the test beds of tomorrow's Consoles.
lesse.. i'm almost 22... my first adventure game was Monkey Island 2. I remember this only because it was a pirated copy that my dad's friend had. He had photocopys of every single mix'n'mojo combination. I remember it was different to the version I have now, perhaps it was a demo version? the laundry puzzle wasn't in there, the shirt was simply on the bed when you went into largo's room.
*shrug*
Anyway, I got pretty far in that.. all the way to having to find Ripp's grave before I got stumped.. pretty good given I must have been what? about 7 or 8? The following year we went to America and I found the Lucasarts classics box, Bought that and enjoyed a furthur 5 lucasarts adventure games! whooo.
Every year from that point on my father would buy me a new game at christmas, KQ7, Sam & Max (which we got second hand), DOTT etc etc. I still have most of those copies except Sam & Max which a neighbour lost. Gah. Alas though, I no longer have the boxes. My father made me pack everything into jewelcases when we moved to the UK. Ahh well.
I remember it was different to the version I have now, perhaps it was a demo version? the laundry puzzle wasn't in there, the shirt was simply on the bed when you went into largo's room.
*shrug*
I'm eighteen now, I don't remeber how old I was when S&M HTR came out...I'm fairly certian that was my first adventure game. Then I played Toon Struck and have enjoyed those cartoony games. Now-a-days I go after anything from The Adventure Company.
I seem to remember playing an adventure game in primary school around age 6 on an acorn computer (whatever that is) where you were a dragon called Cedric or something which had a very similar puzzle to broken sword 3 where you had to get corn, a chicken and a fox across a river, can't remember exactly though.
My first own Adventure was Gene machine, when I was 6 years old .I got into being a really big fan of adventuregames 1997, with Grim Fandango (which REALLY strongly influenced my whole taste of music, art and especially movies back then).. Before 1996, I always watched a friend of mine playing Sam and Max and Monkey Island 2 ^^.. Now I'm 17.
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I think they still make it...
The adventures of Mavis Beacons nimble fingers
Though Mavis looks excatly the same age as she did back in the ninties... I think maybe she died and they had her stuffed?
I think I was about 6/7, I'm 30 now.
I did not learn any english from them because they where all dubed and translated and I played them in the local language (wich was either spanish or german).
Soon followed last crusade, Monkey island 1&2, Sam & Max HTR and day of the tentacle. Of course all of them where perfectly pirated and I even had a printed copy of dial-a-pirate. But back then I did not even know what piracy means. I thought they where just free because some friend allways handed me the newest copy of the latest LucasArts crazyness.
Of course now I am a proud owner of legaly-in-store-purcased-originals of Fate of Atlantis, Grim Fandango, The Dig, CMI and Full Throttle. I also have the Leisure Suit Larry Collection. I am still wating to find original Sam & Max HTR, Monkey Island 1&2 and Day of the tentacle. I would buy them inmediately.
In the '80s, console games moved a lot slower in terms of release. I remember getting the nintendo with mario and duckhunt when I was 5 in 87. I remember because l recall playin it when I was in kindergarden and my family exchanged a transformer figure(a hundred dollar fortress maximus figure) for a nintendo at toys r us. I regretted the trade ever since.
so to defend the poster you commented on, he probably bouht the system after 85
Ouch.
Tell me about it. The nintendo is like 10 bucks right now while fortress maximus is 100-700 depending on the condition he is in. At least I got the repaint version that came out a few years ago for a hundred.
I am shocked to hear that emily never heard of lucasarts but hear of sierra!
They were direct competition!
After I found sierra it was over... I found lucasarts and was hooked.
I still remember the day.. It was zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders that hooked me. Now I had heard of maniac mansion but never played it until after zak. Mckracken is still in my top 10 advent games :P
Soon after of course the monkey island and sam & max etc .. also later grim fandango caught my eye.. still also on my top 10.
Im now 29 living in Sacramento Ca and love mainly the adventure company for advents... since no one else seems to make them ! I love what most consider dumb comedy but also love a good plot line and interesting characters.
Soo.. Infocom to sierra to lucasarts to the world.. then watched it all fall apart and now glad telltale exists :P
Always liked the Lucasarts ones a liiiiitle better because you couldn't die or discover that you forgot something 4 hours ago and must reload from there. Today I'm 25 (:()
1) I started at 8
2) Now I'm 12
It's been 4 years and I'm still not bored of this.
36, started with Maniac Mansion for the commodore 64 and was hooked. Was probably 13-14 or so. Paid $200.00 for the commodore 64. wasn't out too long. Lucas Arts released their first game (only then they were known as Lucasfilm Games) called Maniac Mansion. It was 1 5 1/4 disk (664 blocks worth of space) I spent days playing it before I finally gave up when I got near the end and a couple of the puzzles were just insane. I was logging on and off bulletin boards all over the city trying to find help with some of the puzzles and ended up helping others out more than I got helped out. I loved the game though and eventually finished it.
From there I bought pretty much every single other Lucasfilm/Lucas Arts adventure game they made. (Never bought their star wars games, I thought they all sucked) Also played a lot of the Sierra adventure type games but never liked them as well.
The C64 I think really pioneered the gaming industry. Before the C64 games were better on the old Atari 2600 than they were on computers. But the C64's graphic processor changed all that and games literally exploded onto the market. It took PC's a LONG time to catch up and finally surpass the C64 in terms of graphics and games. I Think the Commodore 64 was pretty much responsible for the demise of the Arcade, because for the first time you could play games that were better than what you could find at the arcade, right at home.
The games had more substance back then. People couldn't rely on just graphics, they had to rely on good scripting and excellent story lines. Action games back then largely played 2nd fiddle to adventure games because they had very little substance to them. They (AGs) were the equivalent to what Sudoku is today. A thinking man's game. (often with humorous results, in the case of Lucas games.
Until Wing Commander that is. Wing Commander revolutionized Action games, and IMO it was the beginning of the end for Adventure Games being on top. Though it took several more years to see them drop off. They eventually did when Doom propelled First Person Shooters into the top spot. Lucas Arts soldiered on for a while because they were still making a profit, and their star wars games were still doing ok, but shortly after they ramped up their star wars titles and slowed down on their adventure games. Still, they didn't want to give them up just yet because it was their hallmark. Wing Commander was the beginning of the end, and Doom was the final nail in the coffin though, even if Lucas Arts didn't know it yet.
FPS's now share top spot with MMORPG's and Strategy Games, but adventure games never made the come back that a lot of people had hoped for. Adventure games have to compete not only in the game world but with books and movies too, and I think that's hurt them some. They were hurt more though by a multitude of posers who produced really BAD adventure games that turned a lot of people off of the genre completely. (and I'll admit I got so frustrated I stopped buying all but Lucas Arts adventure games because for a while all the rest just plain sucked).
Adventure Games and AG companies now survive via a cult status with a small but loyal segment of followers. Much like fans of those underground or low budget movies that reach cult status. (like Star Wars, hah. Or Pulp Fiction, or Attack of the Killer Tomato's or Elvira. etc). And they often have a much bigger following overseas than they do here in America because America is too fast paced and suffers from too much ADD to be able to handle an Adventure Game of any substance or length... Mostly. AG Games also suffer from the same ills that movies do. If the story sucks, then the game is worthless. Whereas even a bad FPS game still has some value as long as the core mechanics work well. The Movie industry is dealing with the same issues that AG game companies have in the past. Too many bad movies are turning people off of movies. This is why you'll rarely see a new/different "good" high budget movie anymore (Like, say, 300). And why we are facing a Summer of almost nothing but sequels to already successful franchises. It's not as if they aren't making money. It's just that they aren't making ENOUGh money to suit their needs, but I digress.
And in the future, gaming companies that want to survive will switch to console platforms exclusively in order to do away with the costs of making their games compatible for a trillon different pieces of hardware available for the common PC today and to further maximize profits by reducing Piracy. This will probably be the total end of the Adventure Game because AG games don't have a high replay value and people don't traditionally want to spend 60 bucks for a game they are only interested in playing all the way through 1 time.
The PC's of today are the test beds of tomorrow's Consoles.
*shrug*
Anyway, I got pretty far in that.. all the way to having to find Ripp's grave before I got stumped.. pretty good given I must have been what? about 7 or 8? The following year we went to America and I found the Lucasarts classics box, Bought that and enjoyed a furthur 5 lucasarts adventure games! whooo.
Every year from that point on my father would buy me a new game at christmas, KQ7, Sam & Max (which we got second hand), DOTT etc etc. I still have most of those copies except Sam & Max which a neighbour lost. Gah. Alas though, I no longer have the boxes. My father made me pack everything into jewelcases when we moved to the UK. Ahh well.
That was Monkey Island 2 lite (easy puzzles)
Im 13 years old.:)
i think he meant in years
He's making you all work for that answer!
I'm 39 by the way.
or i could click on his profile and look at the age
he is 29 by the way
He was really making us work
Aren't you a bit young to be a CSI gamer?
eheheh we're young too, dude
Yes, but the game has a 17+ rating...