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  • Re: "Sierra made the games of my childhood. Are they still fun to play?

    From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 19 08:53:57 2025
    XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Mon, 19 May 2025 01:36:41 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Ant)
    wrote:

    For me, I played its action games like Thexder and its Fire Hawk sequel. :P

    I played Silpheed from Sierra. Though, Thexder and Silpheed were both
    made by Game Arts, a Japanese developer.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 19 14:47:03 2025
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    On Mon, 19 May 2025 11:41:02 -0500, Zaghadka <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I'm playing the current crop of LSL games (the 2 "Wet Dreams" games) and
    it's been a blast.

    First time I've enjoyed a point-and-click adventure in years. Lots of
    jokes about a "strawberry bush."

    I played LSL up to the fifth entry. I enjoyed them more than Police
    Quest but less than King's Quest, Hero's Quest and Space Quest.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 19 15:20:07 2025
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    On Mon, 19 May 2025 11:55:19 -0500, Zaghadka <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 17 May 2025 18:53:58 -0000 (UTC), in
    comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant wrote:

    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/05/sierra-made-the-games-of-my-childhood-are-they-still-fun-to-play/

    I cut my Sierra teeth on Space Quest ][. I eventually bought an official >Sierra hint book with a translucent red answer viewer, because I was
    stuck on a puzzle involving a plunger. The text parser wanted something >*very* specific, and though I knew exactly what to do, I kept typing the >"wrong" thing.

    Yeah, the hint books with the red decoder strips to reveal the
    answers. My first Sierra game was King's Quest IV so I was kind of
    late to the party.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 23 14:05:09 2025
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    On Fri, 23 May 2025 10:54:53 -0500, Zaghadka <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    The $@#&&*!! teeth.

    Yes, tongues in KQ IV and teeth in System Shock 2. :-P

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