tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post8076433771503174834..comments2024-03-29T05:52:53.051+11:00Comments on The Adventurers Guild: Game 32: Neuromancer - Ocean's OneThe Tricksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-75766282316317237982015-07-24T03:55:47.725+10:002015-07-24T03:55:47.725+10:00I get the sense that Tricky is well behind Case na...I get the sense that Tricky is well behind Case narratively. Jba'g Jvagrezhgr unir orra zretrq jvgu Arhebznapre ol abj?DialMforMarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991827182885226471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-20671140364163186612014-04-23T01:17:59.905+10:002014-04-23T01:17:59.905+10:00Hi Trickster,
just a note from the (more quite) ...Hi Trickster, <br /><br />just a note from the (more quite) German fanbase of this blog. (I'm still catching up)<br />Herr Geistjager would be translated to english "Mr. Ghosthunter", therefore it is funny that you call him "Herr" all the way. ;-) <br /><br />I'm alread eager to read your Monkey Island posts but I will have to wait for this a couple of month until I have read through all this chronologically. Keep up the good work! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738114456633195515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-57451087494930569152013-07-17T01:50:44.922+10:002013-07-17T01:50:44.922+10:00Thanks for the link. Somehow this KS doesn't i...Thanks for the link. Somehow this KS doesn't interest me much, but I'll back it for old times' sake.Lars-Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853818944579785754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-82212080618103000202013-07-16T16:27:04.899+10:002013-07-16T16:27:04.899+10:00Interesting. I might back this one. Now where are ...Interesting. I might back this one. Now where are the Murrys with their Manhunter-inspired kickstarter?TBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815382857422719383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-73928058751320440712013-07-16T15:12:09.594+10:002013-07-16T15:12:09.594+10:00New Kickstarter, from Jim Walls this time! Looks l...New Kickstarter, from Jim Walls this time! Looks like the Sierra Kickstarter roster is nearly complete now. C'mon Roberta... <br /><br />http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/precinctgame/precinctDesktop Metaphorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118400274663195123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-23859916826909932742013-07-16T01:33:22.399+10:002013-07-16T01:33:22.399+10:00"I don't see how anyone could get to this..."I don't see how anyone could get to this base without already having level 5 skills!"<br /><br />I got there with level 1 skills... I just avoided all the bases with AI. I don't think it was expected though since one of the skills ended up wrapping around to level 1 again. :DZenic Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441583549326102945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-53991258376194861092013-07-15T18:48:08.884+10:002013-07-15T18:48:08.884+10:00This is a really great post! You really make a gam...This is a really great post! You really make a game from the stone age of gaming sound interesting and fun, although I believe it is at times quite the opposite.Clarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17488871871166757469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-62265764673101142242013-07-15T16:56:00.818+10:002013-07-15T16:56:00.818+10:00I solved that a matter of hours before reading thi...I solved that a matter of hours before reading this post. You'll see why soon enough.The Tricksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-50056470518696666452013-07-15T16:54:50.023+10:002013-07-15T16:54:50.023+10:00I would have been very bothered if it had adhered ...I would have been very bothered if it had adhered to that reality! Imagine deciding whether or not to download Hammer 0.47.34.28fh21 when you have no access to your installed software list from inside the base. Painful!<br /><br />Speaking of which, you can't erase software from within a base either, meaning that I've often had to exit a base and delete version 3.0 of something and then rehack back in just to download 4.0. Also very painful!The Tricksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-43608244125472649072013-07-15T16:50:25.857+10:002013-07-15T16:50:25.857+10:00I've definitely increased the amount of detail...I've definitely increased the amount of detail over time, but believe it or not, I've been summarising a lot while playing Neuromancer! There is an absolute crapload of data in this game. The trick is knowing what is important and what is just fluff, but that's close to impossible because the game doesn't really give you any goals or motivations. <br /><br />When playing a Quest for Glory game, it's pretty obvious which bits of information need to be described to the readers and which probably don't (at least not in any sort of detail).<br /><br />I'm hoping Neuromancer was just an anomaly that forced me to describe pages of useless information for the simple reason that I didn't know it was useless.The Tricksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01419316208187255801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-83706099739479283012013-07-15T16:24:40.794+10:002013-07-15T16:24:40.794+10:00Am I the only one bothered by the fact every bit o...Am I the only one bothered by the fact every bit of software has an integer version number? Whereas most of the software I see around is version 0.24.29.11rc2Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-9238205418433684602013-07-15T05:25:48.949+10:002013-07-15T05:25:48.949+10:00Good post. I think if you look back over your old...Good post. I think if you look back over your older posts, you will find you are putting much more detail into the more recent ones. Example: Text of all those email messages.<br /><br />As you get into the 90's, computers started sporting 286 and better chips and much more RAM. Sierra games in 1989 could only access one 64KB memory segment at a time (for code and data - graphics used other memory). As the memory opened up, designers were able to use a lot more text, and more sophisticated algorithms.<br /><br />You will have a lot more than 17 posts if you try to post all the dialogue from Quest for Glory IV. :-) The voice script was several hundred pages. QfG II (even though it was still in the 8086 era) and QfG III are more reasonable, but still had much more text and dialogue than most games of the period.<br /><br />Corey Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16772474266362396768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-44446000748613805132013-07-14T21:36:36.568+10:002013-07-14T21:36:36.568+10:00Your next fear for over analysis and great amounts...Your next fear for over analysis and great amounts of posts will likely be Laura Bow, methinks - but nowhere near to this extent. It's good to see that you've got this game nearly in the bag. Aperamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669724908141286435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-23016451217671532482013-07-14T21:09:17.851+10:002013-07-14T21:09:17.851+10:00Dracula 4 and Dracula Trilogy are on GOG :)
http:...Dracula 4 and Dracula Trilogy are on GOG :)<br /><br />http://www.gog.com/gamecard/dracula_4_shadow_of_the_dragon<br /><br />http://www.gog.com/gamecard/dracula_trilogympxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366744101617096955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-34433109254531278912013-07-14T20:13:46.634+10:002013-07-14T20:13:46.634+10:00I think it's now safe to solve one mystery: EI...I think it's now safe to solve one mystery: EINHOVEN you wondered a couple of posts ago was actually an encrypted second-level password for Gemeinschaft.<br /><br />At this point I finally lost all interest in the game. The player is so ridiculously overgunned that there's no real challenge anymore in breaking the ICE and it's just repetition of the same.Ilmari Jauhiainenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01655841880034965950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387495443226852794.post-74219405718186925852013-07-14T20:04:59.943+10:002013-07-14T20:04:59.943+10:00I found this post really exciting, I think mostly ...I found this post really exciting, I think mostly because of your tone of breathless discovery at each new base you cross, each piece of increasingly powerful software you find, and each probing digital footstep you make closer to Greystoke, Wintermute, and Neuromancer.Evan Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049739394359362973noreply@blogger.com