Day: July 5, 2019

King’s Quest – The first graphic adventure ever made for the PC and Sierra’s first big hit reviewed!

We can’t make a Sierra games retrospective without beginning with the first graphic adventure ever made for the PC and Sierra’s first big hit: King’s Quest: Quest for the Crown. As I mentioned in my Sierra historical retrospective, IBM needed a game to promote their new computer, the PCjr, and […]

Orange Island – 8-bit action-adventure for Pc and Nes

Orange Island is a new 8-bit action-adventure platformer game that is currently up on Kickstarter and was successfully funded within the first 24 hours of its campaign. Orange Island draws inspiration from side-scrolling NES games like Legacy of the Wizard, Kirby’s Adventure and Zelda II and mixes this with puzzles […]

Waxworks: Won! (with Summary and Rating)

A nice shot of the museum as the game comes to a close.           Waxworks United Kingdom HorrorSoft (developer); Accolade (publisher) Released in 1992 for Amiga and DOS Date Started: 11 June 2019 Date Finished: 23 June 2019 Total Hours: 17Difficulty: Moderate-hard (3.5/5)Final Rating: (to come later)Ranking at time of […]