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Old-school adventure games that deserve the Monkey Island treatment

8 classics that could, with a little help, resurrect the genre

Words: on March 13, 2010
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  • philipshaw - March 15, 2010 3:05 p.m.

    When I read the headline I knew it would be a Chuck Bearhart article that mentioned Gabriel Knight

  • Romination - March 15, 2010 6:01 a.m.

    i was actually hoping to see I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.

  • MattK - March 15, 2010 3:26 a.m.

    HD remakes or simple slap on a network and download, I would so snap up just about all of the adventure games listed here and even a few unmentioned (Leisure Suit Larry, Day of the Tentacle). Classics such as these deserve recognition, and kudos to those keeping it alive.

  • thephntm - March 15, 2010 1:46 a.m.

    At the top, you said, "8 classics that could, with a little help, resurrect the genre," but then you said, "Here are 10 other old-school adventure games that deserve to be seen and solved by new generations." Just something I noticed.

  • bonerachieved - March 14, 2010 9:21 p.m.

    YEAAAAA Beneath a Steel Sky!!!!

  • DagDabreemie - March 14, 2010 5:12 p.m.

    Hmmmmm. No shout out to the Fables 'n Fiends Legends of Kyrandia trilogy by Westwood Studios, huh? Blade Runner, much?

  • miasma - March 14, 2010 6:36 a.m.

    Sam and Max, and Full Throttle were good also. I miss these kind of adventure games.

  • slapdatass - March 14, 2010 12:27 a.m.

    Well, if you have a Windows Mobile phone, the good news is that SCUMM has been ported over to it so you can play Day of the Tentacle etc on the train or wherever. Awesome.

  • aion7 - March 13, 2010 11:27 p.m.

    I think LOOM could have a graphical update (and perhaps an ending as well).

  • JohnnyMaverik - March 13, 2010 10:58 p.m.

    While I agree with the sentiment, the original Monkey Islands are better than the remakes, they just have more visual character. If you can't play the classic adventure games because they don't look pretty enough, you don't diserve to play the classic adventure games, end of story.

  • Grendel Prim3 - March 13, 2010 9:30 p.m.

    Full Throttle, and Grim Fandango, man, I'd be all over those.

  • mckillustrator - March 13, 2010 9:25 p.m.

    even if they didn't "remake" them i'd buy day of the tentacle and full throttle in a second if they were re released on xbox live. I loved those games

  • Cyberninja - March 13, 2010 9:05 p.m.

    as soon as i saw the name i knew gabriel Knight would be on here

  • Tomsta666 - March 13, 2010 7:07 p.m.

    This is a genre i've never really played. I'm old enough that I was there when all this was happening, but being a console gamer all my life I never got into PC games. Saying that though I had an absolute blast with Monkey Island SE last year. I will definately be downloading the second one too. I might have to track these games down. Thanks for the heads up. " Also, Mask of the Sun taught us that bat crap is called “guano”. And that is knowledge worth knowing. " Ace Ventura Pet Detective taught me that :)

  • Ravenbom - March 13, 2010 5:59 p.m.

    No Quest for Glory love? Why Bearhat, why? Especially with the Episodic treatment that point and clicks seem to favor these days (Strong Bad, Sam and Max, Monkey Island and Wallace and Gromit) Quest for Glory fits that mold really really well. Plus they could fix the shitty fighting system from Quest for Glory IV. (Or fix it for all the games...) Plus, they had mild RPG elements which could be enhanced and would help keep the point and click Renaissance from getting stale.

  • onewingedantista - March 13, 2010 4:46 p.m.

    Wow, Gabriel F**king Knight, how surprising.

  • Yaro - March 13, 2010 4 p.m.

    I'd love to see I have No mouth and I must scream and sanitarium, although sanitarium was pretty good by itself, there is always a room for improvement right?

  • zigs - March 13, 2010 1:25 p.m.

    Indy and the Fate of Atlantis is one of my favourite games of all time, would definitely 100% love playing an updated version of that! Hell, rerelease it exactly as it was on XBLA and I'd still buy it. Twice. such an amaaazing game

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