Adventure games of the good ol' days.

[L.T.W.]

The other day I beat (again) Manic Mansion2(DotT),

So I was wondering if someone could recommend me some good DOS adventure games that rocked ur world back in the day.

Thx in advance

[OverCoat]

Everything LucasArts made for DOS

ever

and a little bit into Windows

[Chickenwarlord]

Eric the Unready. So awesome.

Gabriel Knight series.

Obsidian.

What Overcoat said.

Longest Journey.

Syberia.

Oh shit... Dos only?

Uh... Broken Sword series.

Beneath a Steel Sky.

Portal.

Deja Vu.

Captain Blood. (seriously, loads of awesome).

Gobliins.

Erm... It's late. I'll think of some more later.

[L.T.W.]

Everything LucasArts made for DOS

ever

and a little bit into Windows

Yeah, I've beaten Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis many times, DotT, and the Original Maniac.

For some reason I seem to have deleted IJatFoAtlantis from my computer

and No website seems to give anything but the stupid demo

So I'll be forced to buy it on ebay for a stupidly expensive price (Ive seen it for 70 bucks!!)

EDIT:

Captain Blood. (seriously, loads of awesome).

Is it this one: (Cuz I found many results under that name on google)

THIS

[Amayirot Akago]

A few lesser known gems:

Chronomaster is a unique sci-fi/fantasy adventure written by the late Roger Zelazny (whom I myself am unfamilliar with, but apparently his works are moderately famous). You go around several "pocket universes", each with their own unique setting and natural laws trying to remove them from stasis and discover who is behind it. Features the voices of Ron Perlman and Brent Spiner.

Normality is a humorous semi-sci-fi fully 3D (sprite-based, mind you) first-person adventure game set in the gloomy Neutropolis, where happiness is a crime and the dictatorial Paul Nystalux and his oppressive Norm Trooper cops rule all. You set out to join the rebellion to overthrow him. A very unique plotline with some great gags.

And last but not least, Toonstruck, featuring a live-action performance by none other than Christopher Lloyd, who play Drew Blanc, a down on his luck animator who gets sucked into a wacky world of his own creations, where he must save the kingdom of Cutopia from the vile Count Nefarious and his Malevolator. Features gorgeous cartoony graphics and humor and tons of familliar voice actors, not to mention the wacky puzzles and an unfortunately unresolved cliffhanger ending.

[Strike911]

sadly I wasn't too much into DOS adventure games. I think I remember playing Monkey Island on DOS.... I think.......

but.... speaking of adventure games.... oh Sam and Max, how I miss you.

[Necrotic]

Grim Fandango

The Longest Journey

Only adventure games you'll ever need, although Sam & Max, Full Throttle, and the Monkey Island series are also really nice.

-Nick

[Amayirot Akago]

sadly I wasn't too much into DOS adventure games. I think I remember playing Monkey Island on DOS.... I think.......

but.... speaking of adventure games.... oh Sam and Max, how I miss you.

[supremespleen]

Full Throttle made me the man I am today.

[Theowne]

Broken Sword series are a nice mix of adventure of humour. Monkey Island, Grim Fadango, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle are all must-haves for adventure gamers.

[Merk]

As far as specifically DOS:

7th Guest, 11th Hour

The Journeyman Project (the two sequels, Buried in Time and Legacy of Time do not run in DOS)

The entire Zork series (though Grand Inquisitor does not run in DOS)

Sanitarium is also good, but not DOS

[thespider]

The Neverhood is pretty cool just to look at. Everything's made of clay!

[Paratha]

Quest for Glory. One of the better quest series.

[Sir_NutS]

Gabriel Knight is a MUST.

Anything by lucasart is fine.

Monkey Island is obligatory as well. And the Leisure Suit Larrys that came after 3 were pretty fun.

but as i said, go find gabriel knight, you won't regret it.

[Moseph]

The King's Quest games . . . but only if you can put up with the fact that you eventually will need an item that you forgot to pick up earlier and can no longer get, and you'll need to reload your game from 2/3 of the way back to get the item (and you do still have that save, right?)

[L.T.W.]

The King's Quest games . . . but only if you can put up with the fact that you eventually will need an item that you forgot to pick up earlier and can no longer get, and you'll need to reload your game from 2/3 of the way back to get the item (and you do still have that save, right?)

Im playing KQ6 right now, it seems pretty cool.

And I also noticed that Sierra made the KQ series... so whatever happened to Sierra? Cuz I havent heard from it since I played "Lighthouse: The Dark Being" which was an awesome game btw.

Were they eaten by EA or something?

[Merk]

Im playing KQ6 right now, it seems pretty cool.

And I also noticed that Sierra made the KQ series... so whatever happened to Sierra? Cuz I havent heard from it since I played "Lighthouse: The Dark Being" which was an awesome game btw.

Were they eaten by EA or something?

Vivendi

Also, on topic how about Phantasmagoria for the OMG RAPE

[OverCoat]

so whatever happened to Sierra?

I believe they were bought out by Vivendi and then were all fired sometime after, or they just got rid of the company name and were assimilated... I forget.

That was their karmic punishment for doing the same thing to Dynamix [who made TRIBES and Red Baron games, among others] :[

[Steben]

Torin's Passage

I need to play it again. It was swell.

[whatfruit]

Discworld- I loved this game the first one it had the Disc feel about it + great voice talent, quite hard to get hold of nowadays

Im suprosed no one hasnt said it but Simon The Sourcer hugely enjoyable game and has enjoyed an XP re release to concide with the poor sequel.

umm DIZZY........

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

The King's Quest games . . . but only if you can put up with the fact that you eventually will need an item that you forgot to pick up earlier and can no longer get, and you'll need to reload your game from 2/3 of the way back to get the item (and you do still have that save, right?)

Truth.

I miss those old adventure games. Fun, engaging, and intelligent. Those are the three words I'd use to describe 'em all, and it's a damned shame that kids growing up nowadays aren't going to have that same kind of awesome. Granted, I've been out of the scene once Lucas Arts decided that shitty Star Wars games were the only way to appeal to the audience, so I don't know what's been coming out, but the only game I've played that's even remotely similar in style is Dreamfall: The Longest Journey II and from what I've heard, it pales in comparison to the original.

[Barnsalot]

The game's already been mentioned, but I'm sure when I was younger I probably beat Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 15+ times. I couldn't get enough of it.

[statas]

nethack ftw!

[Chickenwarlord]

Im suprosed no one hasnt said it but Simon The Sorceror hugely enjoyable game and has enjoyed an XP re release to concide with the poor sequel.

umm DIZZY........

We did suggest it, it just didn't get mentioned on its own. Anything from that period by Lucas Arts was almost guaranteed gold.

Also for something later, check out Obsidian.

[Nec5]

Adventure(Atari). Only real men could ever find the sword on the harder difficulties.