tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post1743619605857652626..comments2024-03-28T18:43:06.423+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Game 54: Space Quest IV - The Time Traveler’s Ex-GirlfriendThe Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-18628190709907841502015-08-26T07:41:53.554+10:002015-08-26T07:41:53.554+10:00This post made me want laser guns, an underground ...This post made me want laser guns, an underground lair and a wardrobe of sexy bathing suits.DialMforMarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991827182885226471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-36171332293732790922015-05-18T17:26:03.944+10:002015-05-18T17:26:03.944+10:00And... I've finished - with help from a walkth...And... I've finished - with help from a walkthrough towards the end when I was getting frustrated. I started off quite liking this game but by the end I really hated it. I won't get into when I reached extreme dislike for fear of spoilers but it was a gradual move.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-10427442866804299882015-05-18T15:42:07.015+10:002015-05-18T15:42:07.015+10:00Lame that GOG doesn't include the floppy versi...Lame that GOG doesn't include the floppy version as an extra/goodie item like they do with some games. Maybe if enough people request it?<br /><br />I own the floppy version, but I think I got pretty far in the CDROM version at some point.<br /><br />I wonder how well it works in SCUMMVM?HunterZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049065099652976143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-1806580701118096922015-05-17T06:42:58.040+10:002015-05-17T06:42:58.040+10:00Tut tut tut. We're talking about playing for t...Tut tut tut. We're talking about playing for the 'thief' venture of the franchise. Everyone knows that if you play as a 'thief paladin' you end up bugging out QFG3 and.. well, it just doesn't make a great lot of sense.Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-74656304029972990592015-05-17T05:34:40.559+10:002015-05-17T05:34:40.559+10:00We should probably have a great big tournament, te...We should probably have a great big tournament, testing strength, dexterity and intelligence of every potential player. Something like a combined triathlon of wrestling, archery and Go. I'd add something that tracks Paladin skills, but I cannot fathom what it would be.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-3831570215903049492015-05-16T21:41:47.277+10:002015-05-16T21:41:47.277+10:00I remember using Mo-Slo too, after I got a copy of...I remember using Mo-Slo too, after I got a copy of it with (I think) the Ultima collection (to allow you to play older Ultima games on modern computers).Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-67199347744554706202015-05-16T21:40:00.904+10:002015-05-16T21:40:00.904+10:00I think I just tried random combos until it worked...I think I just tried random combos until it worked, it never took very long so I can only assume the game is programmed to accept a certain amount of random combinations (or perhaps after 2 or 3 wrong ones, it fixes your next guess as the right one?)Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-71330910508199465602015-05-16T19:24:53.472+10:002015-05-16T19:24:53.472+10:00Wait, how'd you guys call dibs already? I was ...Wait, how'd you guys call dibs already? I was the first to post in response to Corey. Clearly, I'm the natural selection.<br /><br />... Wait, that means a contest we can all perform..<br /><br />Yahoo! Literati?Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-66444941103213661732015-05-16T08:35:46.158+10:002015-05-16T08:35:46.158+10:00Oh man, the timing issues. I remember when I fired...Oh man, the timing issues. I remember when I fired this game up about ten years ago after not playing it since the mid-1990s and being blown away with the difficulty of avoiding the Sequel Police and some other sections due to the timing. I think at the time I used a program called Mo-Slo, which also helped with a certain puzzle in the first Gabriel Knight game. Eventually, DOSBox solved this.<br /><br />Also, in other SQ-related news, I saw a truck for a company called Janitronics yesterday, a reference to one of Roger Wilco's favorite magazines, Popular Janitronics.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946742995687817751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-73213777922900422652015-05-16T05:39:35.943+10:002015-05-16T05:39:35.943+10:00"Perhaps we will find out some day, if the Sp..."Perhaps we will find out some day, if the Space Quest series ever resumes and we get to the real events of Space Quest X. I am not going to be holding my breath, though."<br /><br />The Latex Babes probably won't be holding their breath, either. Seriously, there's nowhere to put it!Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805219432946673379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-31385506233923923052015-05-16T04:34:59.508+10:002015-05-16T04:34:59.508+10:00We should have a battle of obscure sports for lazy...We should have a battle of obscure sports for lazy people.<br /><br />I would challenge you in Candlepin Bowling, a game played only in my native New England and in Atlantic Canada. <br /><br />I don't think you can challenge me in Pespallo, because that requires too many players and it looks like it might cause us to break a sweat. Ditto with "Snow shoe football". Perhaps it will need to be darts, after all...Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-31435298302712254072015-05-16T04:10:54.160+10:002015-05-16T04:10:54.160+10:00I remember finding that out quite quickly as a kid...I remember finding that out quite quickly as a kid. What I struggled with was the bird section - or more precisely, I never happened to trigger the bird catching Roger -sequence. I just walked around, saw some shadows and found nothing to do in Estros. I had to get to a hint book just to get somewhere.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-81436533209256094242015-05-16T04:01:48.775+10:002015-05-16T04:01:48.775+10:00Arm-wrestling? I was hoping for something less phy...Arm-wrestling? I was hoping for something less physical, like darts.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-16773384210389976182015-05-16T03:34:36.863+10:002015-05-16T03:34:36.863+10:00I haven't been this excited for a game in a lo...I haven't been this excited for a game in a long time and now I've backed you twice. Good luck! And I look forward to arm-wrestling Ilmari to play the game for this blog sometime in the 2020s. Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-48386519001717131562015-05-16T03:21:26.452+10:002015-05-16T03:21:26.452+10:00I would NOT have gotten it if I didn't remembe...I would NOT have gotten it if I didn't remember it. This is the only puzzle in the game (so far) that I solved only because of a back-of-mind memory. I assume it must have really annoyed me as a kid because otherwise it wouldn't have stuck.Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-8668115183400355282015-05-16T03:20:40.104+10:002015-05-16T03:20:40.104+10:00And if you (like me) were unaware of all of the Sp...And if you (like me) were unaware of all of the Space Quest fan projects, there is a list here:<br /><br />http://www.spacequest.net/index.php/page/articles.html/_/ramblings/who-says-space-quest-is-dead-r11<br /><br />Are all of these games on our list of games to play in the future? The earliest of these is 2000, so we will not get to any in the near future, but I am confident that with time and patience The Adventure Gamer will get there! And I hope I will still be a part of that quest. Including the "Missed Classics", SQ4 is my seventh game so far for TAG! I hope I get to ten by the end of the year.Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-25841504314361204642015-05-16T03:10:42.080+10:002015-05-16T03:10:42.080+10:00Almost half-way already, looking good for exceedin...Almost half-way already, looking good for exceeding your target.<br /><br />I really do like what you've done with the game since those early concepts from the original kickstarter.Andy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-56477952358741903022015-05-16T01:53:26.200+10:002015-05-16T01:53:26.200+10:00The time pod puzzle is really nasty. How are you s...The time pod puzzle is really nasty. How are you suposed to know that entering random codes you eventually get out of there? I did it by chance but I didn't know that there are not codes to be found anywhere!Laerteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189425293036224646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-27792532057153899292015-05-16T00:33:01.593+10:002015-05-16T00:33:01.593+10:00Lori and I are running a second Kickstarter for He...Lori and I are running a second Kickstarter for Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/transolargames/hero-u-adventure-role-playing-game, and we hope all of you will check out the campaign. Sharing on social media will really help us.<br /><br />From what I am hearing from fellow adventure game designers, every high-end adventure game on Kickstarter has gone way over budget (Broken Age, all of the ones from former Sierra designers, etc.). Some of the others got additional funding by making a publisher deal, getting venture financing, or using profits from their other games.<br /><br />Most have also dug into the developers' savings, as Lori and I have done for Hero-U. We decided to run a second crowdfunding campaign to let us finish the game without also having to take out expensive credit card loans. The game is drastically improved from what we showed in late 2012, and we think it deserves a new look.<br />Corey Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772474266362396768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-46393149147866504572015-05-15T23:12:42.668+10:002015-05-15T23:12:42.668+10:00Rather obvious answer to Andy's Scifi Referenc...Rather obvious answer to Andy's Scifi Reference contest: Latex Babes of Estros is a play on Leather Goddesses of Phobos.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-18599915847334207462015-05-15T18:20:47.356+10:002015-05-15T18:20:47.356+10:00Also on sale at BundleStars for $2.49.
http://www...Also on sale at BundleStars for $2.49.<br /><br />http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/tex-murphy-bundle/?utm_source=Bundle+Stars+Newsletter&utm_campaign=00bad8b608-Insurgency_Main_5_13_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3437eaaeba-00bad8b608-420860469&mc_cid=00bad8b608&mc_eid=bc40b1dce7<br /><br />With Martian Memorandum coming up soon on this blog, and three of the best FMV games ever made included, can you afford NOT to buy it!TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-25342390597173372962015-05-15T15:50:26.584+10:002015-05-15T15:50:26.584+10:00I'd hoped to see one of them like Virtual Vixe...I'd hoped to see one of them like Virtual Vixens/Space Sirens. Didn't happen though.Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-78657166020872487862015-05-15T11:57:38.628+10:002015-05-15T11:57:38.628+10:00If you think about it, it actually makes a lot of ...If you think about it, it actually makes a lot of sense - the 'sequels' are completely different games with different styles to them. (I'm banking that SQ9 was the console-only crappy one that resembled KQ8, though. Maybe an FPS.)Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-76217932427850879642015-05-15T10:10:50.778+10:002015-05-15T10:10:50.778+10:00Haha! 触手強姦!Haha! <a href="http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/ac/ac07f66b53522c82c9d956ef41834279926e61f1d1efe85a6ca2cc0750647bf0.jpg" rel="nofollow">触手強姦! </a>Kenny McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553499727945099493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-91390577421233648832015-05-15T03:17:01.070+10:002015-05-15T03:17:01.070+10:00I have the Steam version (actually I think I have ...I have the Steam version (actually I think I have the GOG version too, but I have the Steam collection installed because it's the only one with the VGA sq1 remake), so I'll have to see if it has the speed issues you've run into, and I've downloaded the fan patch just in case.<br /><br />I don't think you'd miss much playing the floppy disk version though, aside from the voice acting. There are a few differences for legal reasons though! (in the mall area)<br /><br />Also: The Tex Murphy Collection is on sale at the Humble store, for a mere £1.99! Surely a bargain?<br />https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/texmurphy_complete_storefrontAndy_Panthrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231815646876343380noreply@blogger.com