Assorted gems of retro gaming nostalgia
Written by Alfred n the Fettuc Hello folks, glad to see you back here! Last week in this fantastic adventure game, we finally exited the long cave network and saw the light of day for the first time since… wow, actually it’s the first time we have an exterior location […]
Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #2: “You’ve heard the story before. The slave who became a general… or was it the other way around? Either way, I keep improving my station through means having nothing to do with my skills. Let’s see if I can keep this going – if […]
Written by TBD And so, after almost two months, we continue our playthrough of Rome: Pathway to Power. It’s been a while, so if you want to catch up you can read Reiko’s Introduction (here) and first post (here). For a quick summary, here’s what happened so far. HERCULANEUM Hector, […]
Written by Alfred n the Fettuc One of the greatest things about The Adventure Gamer blog is that we have the opportunity to find out exactly how good the games we didn’t play back in the day actually are. Sure, it’s always great to read more about Indiana Jones and […]
Written by Alfred n’ the Fettuc The English game development studio Core Design is first and foremost known for the Tomb Raider series, being the creator of one of the biggest franchises in video game history (and solely responsible for the rise of Eidos Interactive, their parent company, that would […]
By Ilmari Elves? I thought these were goblins It was quite easy to find the exit – Hooter could magic the gate open – but that was still far from completing the level. Time to again get the full story from the manual. The hooded creature was the librarian Carbonek, […]
By Ilmari Statue of Serenity – made by Joss Whedon? Or maybe it is a statue OF him? The level with the Buddha-look-alike was another one where I had to proceed by trial and error. I’ll just quickly run through the essentials. If you really squint your eyes, you might […]
By Ilmari I had managed to get in wizard’s house, but then I had no idea what I was expected to achieve. Time for plan B, that is, random clicking around. What I soon found out was that the big skeleton was very ticklish and dropped a skeleton key, if […]
Written by TBD It seems weird to make a big deal about your manual being written by an award winning game designer when he had nothing to do with the game itself. So let’s get to rating Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender. I’ll start with some general thoughts. […]
By Ilmari Happened last time: the goblins were asked to collect three magical reagents – Airain’s Mushroom, Arachnide’s Elixir and Bald Plant – which the wizard needed for curing the goblin king. I hope his ears are waxless In this level the obvious goal was to get past the Igor […]
By Ilmari Rumors of this being a Lemmings clone were highly exaggerated. When I wrote in the intro post that Gobliiins had been compared with Lemmings, I didn’t expect to raise so much controversy and even many skeptical glances – could anyone ever have confused these two games? Luckily, some commenters […]
Written by TBD. Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – Ides of March, 44 BC: I was just sitting down in the Senate before work when all the senators came in. After my good friend Brutus hugged me I felt a sharp pain in my bac… … Sorry, wrong log… … I […]
By Ilmari Best thing about democracies is that you won’t have to worry too long about raving rulers You probably expected another Rome-post from Reiko, but unfortunately she has had to take a break from playing the game. Rome is now on hiatus, and we’ll return to it later, when […]
Written by TBD. Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – 13th b’ak’tun.1: I finally found my way off this planet, but it quickly became clear that it wasn’t exactly how I wanted to go out – can I try again?… I’m hopelessly stuck. Last time I reported in, I’d done some exploring […]
Written by TBD Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – 27th of Last Seed.7: I’ve explored the abandoned underground land of men. I have a few more items, but none of them are getting me closer to getting the vase that I’d almost forgotten about or escaping the planet. I’ve found some […]
Written by Reiko Hector’s Journal #1: “Someone’s going to want to know eventually how a simple slave managed to get so far. I am hardly a simple slave, at least now, but I’d like to think that I was never ordinary. Yet you could say that I just got lucky, […]