Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures

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Hardcoregaming101.net Presents:

The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures

Edited and Compiled By Kurt Kalata
Hardcoregaming101.net Presents:
The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures
By Kurt Kalata
All images are copyrighted by the developers and/or publishers of their respective games.
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
First Edition: May 2011
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Credits and Acknowledgements
Contributors
Brad Allison: Scooby-Doo: Classic Creep Capers
Kevin Anderson: Gateway, Superhero League of Hoboken, Sanitarium, Teenagent
Michael Boyd: Neverhood
Corwin Brence: Heart of China, Alien Incident
Ed Burns: Hugo
Jon Cameron: Tass Times in Tonetown, Beavis and Butthead
Paul Chênevert: Myst
Jason Johnson: Neuromancer
Ryan McSwain: The Dark Eye, Blade Runner (co-author), Orion Burger, The Space Bar, KULT,
Nightlong, BloodNet, Wayne’s World, Normality, Below the Root, Cosmology of Kyoto,
Gadget, Obsidian, Bad Day on the Midway, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Snoopy, Plan 9
From Outer Space, Bureau 17, Tequila & Boom Boom, 9: The Last Resort, Morpheus
Samuel Melzner: Secret Files, Rex Nebular, Spellcasting, Gray Matter, Shadow of Destiny
Harry Milonas: Blade Runner (co-author)
Aiden Monnens: Blazing Dragons
Collin Pierce: Zork
Michael Plasket: Indiana Jones, Strong Bad, Loom, The Chzo Mythos

John Szczepaniak: Lost Eden, The Fish Files, Snow Job, Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
Ryan Woodward: The Dig
All others by Kurt Kalata
Cover “feelies” designed and photographed by Kate Eggleston ([email protected]),
except for Purple Tentacle cross-stitch portrait by Brandi Swenson
Copy editing by Kevin Anderson, Samuel Melzner and John Szczepaniak
Special thanks goes to Kevin Gifford for the Japanese Shadowgate translations; Rick Barba and
Peter Spear for their excellent strategy guides; anyone and everyone involved in the production
of ScummVM and DOSBox; Ashley Day and Jack Allin for their help setting up interviews;
Jeremy Parish, whose books inspired this one; Ryusui for filling in the blanks for Pegasus
Prime; my parents for continuing to buy me games in my youth; my brother Alan for lending
me his old laptop; and Sophia Freire for her endless encouragement.
Table of Contents

Introduction
Introduction to Sierra On-Line
King’s Quest
Space Quest
The Black Cauldron
Leisure Suit Larry
Interview – Al Lowe
Police Quest
Gold Rush
Manhunter
Laura Bow Mysteries
Codename: Iceman
Conquests of Camelot / Longbow
Quest for Glory
Interview – Corey Cole
EcoQuest
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Gabriel Knight
Pepper’s Adventures in Time
Phantasmagoria
Torin’s Passage
Shivers
Lighthouse
Interview – Josh Mandel
Dynamix
Rise of the Dragon
Heart of China
The Adventures of Willy Beamish
Rama
Coktel Vision
Gobliiins
Fascination
Bargon Attack
Ween: The Prophecy
Lost in Time
The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble
Introduction to LucasArts
Labyrinth: The Computer Game
Maniac Mansion
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Indiana Jones
Loom
Monkey Island
Sam & Max
Full Throttle
The Dig
Grim Fandango
Introduction to Legend Entertainment
Spellcasting
Timequest
Gateway
Eric the Unready
Companions of Xanth
Superhero League of Hoboken
Death Gate
Mission Critical
Shannara
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
Blackstone Chronicles
Interview – Bob Bates
Infocom
Zork
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
ICOM MacVentures
Déjà Vu
Uninvited
Shadowgate
Interplay
Mindshadow
Borrowed Time
Tass Times in Tonetown
Neuromancer
Konami
Snatcher
Policenauts
Shadow of Destiny
Access Software
Tex Murphy
Countdown
Amazon: Guardians of Eden
Horrorsoft/Adventure Soft
Personal Nightmare
Simon the Sorcerer
The Feeble Files
WestwoodStudios
Circuit’s Edge
Legend of Kyrandia
Blade Runner
Accolade
Les Manley
Altered Destiny
Exxos/Cryo
KULT: The Temple of Flying Saucers
Dune
KGB
Dragon Lore
Lost Eden
Delphine Software
Future Wars
Operation Stealth
Cruise for a Corpse
Core Design
Curse of Enchantia
Universe
Revolution
Lure of the Temptress
Beneath a Steel Sky
Broken Sword
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
Cyberdreams
Dark Seed
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
MicroProse
Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender
Return of the Phantom
Dragonsphere
BloodNet
Pendulo Studios
Igor: Objective Uikokahonia
Runaway
Divide by Zero
Innocent Until Caught / Guilty
The Orion Conspiracy
The Gene Machine
Take 2 Interactive
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller
Bureau 13
Ripper
Black Dahlia
Dynabyte
Nippon Safes, Inc / Big Red Adventure
Tequila & Boom Boom
DreamForge Intertainment
Chronomaster
Sanitarium
inSCAPE
The Dark Eye
Bad Day on the Midway
Sanctuary Woods
Ripley’s Believe it or Not! The Riddle of Master Lu
Orion Burger
Microïds
Amerzone
Syberia
Series
Jérôme Lange Mysteries
Hugo
The Journeyman Project
The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes
Ringworld
Star Trek
The 7th Guest / The 11th Hour
Myst
Call of Cthulhu
Discworld
Scooby Doo Mysteries
Beavis and Butthead
The Neverhood
The Longest Journey / Dreamfall
Secret Files
Individual Games
Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
Enchanted Scepters
Below the Root
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
Murder on the Mississippi
Snoopy: The Cool Computer Game
Earthrise
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Hook
Plan 9 from Outer Space
The Dark Half
Wayne’s World
Gadget: Past as Future
Dreamweb
Inherit the Earth
Bad Mojo
Noctropolis
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Chewy: ESC From F5
Kingdom o’ Magic
Cosmology of Kyoto
Snow Job
Touché
Teenagent
Blazing Dragons
Alien Incident
Harvester
Toonstruck
Fable
Normality
Bud Tucker in Double Trouble
Amber: Journeys Beyond
9: The Last Resort
Obsidian
The Last Express
The Space Bar
Duckman
Jack Orlando
Hopkins FBI
Starship Titanic
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
Morpheus
The Fish Files
Limbo of the Lost
Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People
A Vampyre Story