tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post4307103014540281082..comments2024-03-29T05:52:53.051+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Game 22: Psycho - Won!The Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-7758659064773298632017-04-28T04:35:46.283+10:002017-04-28T04:35:46.283+10:00You know, this game reminds me of a stupid little ...You know, this game reminds me of a stupid little adventure game I made as a kid. In Basic. With terrible bugs. And it killed you with everything I could make up. I couldn't even program a save function, so I instead gave out passwords. The passwords used GoTo-orders to let a player jump back to the relevant parts. <br /><br />It was a horrid mess. Just better to look at than Psycho, since it was a pure text adventure.Libluinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15524606710871977666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-12735646733636916922012-08-05T02:38:53.300+10:002012-08-05T02:38:53.300+10:00Action 52
Requires html tagging, not forum tagging...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4QBeADNM34" rel="nofollow">Action 52</a><br />Requires html tagging, not forum tagging. Example:<br /><br />< a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4QBeADNM34" >Action 52< /a ><br /><br />Just remove the spaces next to the greater than and less than signs.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-1710855239736225062012-08-05T02:07:07.842+10:002012-08-05T02:07:07.842+10:00You just want people to hear it, go insane, and th...You just want people to hear it, go insane, and throw themselves off tall objects to escape it, don't you?Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-49507931327505338432012-08-03T21:24:28.085+10:002012-08-03T21:24:28.085+10:00Yeah, keep cooking that goose, Trick! ;-)Yeah, keep cooking that goose, Trick! ;-)Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860506019349657883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-32603644287568092202012-08-03T21:23:56.781+10:002012-08-03T21:23:56.781+10:00"The King of Limbo" song, however, is qu..."The King of Limbo" song, however, is quite catchy.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860506019349657883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-7750956886706650282012-08-02T22:23:48.616+10:002012-08-02T22:23:48.616+10:00I can't wait to see this one torn apart in the...I can't wait to see this one torn apart in the final rating..Bleaghhhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093028478396636905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-56812939315991397202012-08-02T14:25:10.527+10:002012-08-02T14:25:10.527+10:00I love that you had to use tranquilizers to shoot ...I love that you had to use tranquilizers to shoot ghosts, because when I think of malevolent ectoplasmic entities, I think of making them sleepy.Samus Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207957878404569456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-88812925296070549482012-08-02T13:25:39.057+10:002012-08-02T13:25:39.057+10:00Official answer on difficulty from the manual.
Le...Official answer on difficulty from the manual.<br /><br />Levels of Difficulty<br /> There are three levels of difficulty to select from. NOVICE, ADVANCED, and MASTER DETECTIVE. Selecting a higher difficulty level results in meanies that are tougher to kill, fewer clues and less time to complete your objective.<br /><br />So if you played on Master, you'd never know that "Skeleton keys open doors, not skeletons"TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-76766206228690399932012-08-02T13:16:10.426+10:002012-08-02T13:16:10.426+10:00Yeah. The Limbo of the Lost story is one of the mo...Yeah. The Limbo of the Lost story is one of the most fascinating gaming stories I've ever heard.<br /><br />I find it hard to believe they ever thought they'd get away with it.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-89973040051391723832012-08-02T11:48:08.664+10:002012-08-02T11:48:08.664+10:00Yup, it's amazing that even when searching for...Yup, it's amazing that even when searching for jewelry in a haunted house while being chased by rabid dogs and ghosts, you fall asleep standing on your feet just because you're feeling drowsy.<br /><br />and my sneaking suspicion is that the game removes items randomly, not based on the order of actions. I tried doing the exact same things three times in a row, starting from a new game each time, and suddenly the medicine was gone. Another time the caffeine pills. Then I couldn't leave the curator. It would be interesting to get somebody to check out the code behind it to see if there's a bug or actually programmed nastyness.Lars-Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853818944579785754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-28261239391937249362012-08-02T08:11:47.836+10:002012-08-02T08:11:47.836+10:00You have a chance of falling asleep every 15 - 20 ...You have a chance of falling asleep every 15 - 20 minutes, maybe as soon as 10 minutes. Caffeine pills remove the Sleepy status.<br /><br />Maybe it's based on the number of steps you take, but I'm probably giving the game too much credit.Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-87811130499862752472012-08-02T07:53:09.556+10:002012-08-02T07:53:09.556+10:00Two personalities are one too many? That's the...Two personalities are one too many? That's the clue to tell me that I have to shoot the ghost woman in the bathroom before going to the attic?<br /><br />Thanks for the congratulations...I think. ;)The Tricksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-30048260781742797852012-08-02T07:51:35.434+10:002012-08-02T07:51:35.434+10:00That was the first thing I thought when I saw my c...That was the first thing I thought when I saw my character. A skeleton pirate!The Tricksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-27536069849909568882012-08-02T07:50:58.383+10:002012-08-02T07:50:58.383+10:00Now there's a bug I didn't notice, but it ...Now there's a bug I didn't notice, but it must have happened to me at least once. What good are the caffeine pills anyway? By the time you find them you've got the gun, so falling asleep isn't really an issue.<br /><br />Yeah, I wondered at times whether some of the bugs were intentional. I tried hard to find patterns, like maybe the medicine wasn't in the closet in some of my playthroughs because I did things in a different order. But I couldn't find any, and I don't think that would be any excuse for the game anyway. Why would the pills existence depend on my actions.The Tricksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-19498639724688574032012-08-02T04:58:57.175+10:002012-08-02T04:58:57.175+10:00Bad linkie. Sorry.Bad linkie. Sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-70096805508930342032012-08-02T04:58:15.185+10:002012-08-02T04:58:15.185+10:00What "Psycho" DOES make me shudder about...What "Psycho" DOES make me shudder about, is what someone mentioned last post that this was once charged full retail price. <br /><br />I wonder if there is any more to know about the "Psycho" story, as in how it was received by reviewers or gamers? Makes me thankful to have the internet nowadays -- you couldn't get away with putting trash out on the market without it getting raked through the coals on internet forums. <br /><br />Would anyone get away with selling something akin to the notorious $200 [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4QBeADNM34]Action 52[/url] nowadays? I think not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-43126318191843279292012-08-02T04:54:14.571+10:002012-08-02T04:54:14.571+10:00Hehe.Hehe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-47895672418659178932012-08-02T02:43:49.127+10:002012-08-02T02:43:49.127+10:00I love the "No Zzzzz" picture for caffei...I love the "No Zzzzz" picture for caffeine pills, though.Alfred n the Fettuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15586336731691674651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-52150573144911244392012-08-02T01:52:17.088+10:002012-08-02T01:52:17.088+10:00"If I successfully shot her in the bathroom o..."If I successfully shot her in the bathroom on level two, then I was able to shoot her on level three. If I skipped the bathroom on level two or was touched by the woman there, I was unable to defeat her on level three. No explanation of this is given while playing the game and it took a bit of luck to actually figure out what was going on."<br /><br />Clue from the game: "Two personalities are one too many."<br /><br />Congratulations, you hit all three trouble spots I mentioned in the introduction post. ;)Zenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-15257246839726176692012-08-02T01:13:07.589+10:002012-08-02T01:13:07.589+10:00That sounds ALMOST as bad as Limbo of the Lost, th...That sounds ALMOST as bad as Limbo of the Lost, though more buggy. On the other hand, it is a lot shorter, which is a good thing. The graphics are worse, but at least they aren't photoshopped screenshots of other games.Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-50198053460130501972012-08-02T00:56:15.870+10:002012-08-02T00:56:15.870+10:00I was wondering why you didn't mention meeting...I was wondering why you didn't mention meeting a skeleton pirate in a dressing gown while in the Butler's pantry, but then I saw the magnifying glass and realised that it's just you, facing forwards.TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-91886670285217262082012-08-01T23:55:09.243+10:002012-08-01T23:55:09.243+10:00Ahaha, I didn't even realize there was a "...Ahaha, I didn't even realize there was a "puzzle" with shooting the woman in the bathroom first, seems I got lucky by actually doing it before I went to the attic. And I use "puzzle" lightly in the case of Psycho.<br /><br />It also seems you hit most of the bugs I did, including not finding the caffeine pills in the bathroom medicine cabinet. Although I'm not sure you realized they are supposed to be there. :p<br /><br />Somehow it makes me wonder whether the bugs are all bugs or if they're intentional to extend playtime. After experiencing the game I wouldn't put it past them.Lars-Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853818944579785754noreply@blogger.com