The game that is Shadowgate

[Cmtz]

Recently my brother was playing Age of Mytology on the PC. I was sitting next to him playing Shadowgate on my Nintendo. Even though I conquered it more than 20 times I always like to revisit it's dark setting. :P As I was playing he asked me why I kept playing that game even though I knew the story, knew what would happen, and knew what to do. I gave him the control to play for a while, but he only lasted about 2 minutes and then he got bored. This made me wonder why is it that at his age I could sit down and play Shadowgate for hours, even though I would make no progress some days, but my brother can't sit for a minute. Maybe all this technology has spoiled him. I remember a day one day in particular I was on the couch for at least 3 hours and I had done nothing, but moved around the rooms trying to get a freakin key from a skeleton. My parents were mad as hell, but I presisted and told them that I needed to conquer the game or I would not be able to sleep that night. Finally I conquered the game. No tricks, magazines, or cheat codes. I had conquered Shadow gate on my own.

My questions are:

Am I the only one that NEEDED to pass this game in order to sleep comfortably?

What game did you play that did not let you have a good night's rest?

[Ed Oscuro]

lol @ parents "ruining their mind." fuck, Shadowgate is a mental exercise (more in some parts than others). The whole concept of using torches to limit game time was genius.

[jajaja]

Shadowgate is a great game yes. How old is your brother? Usualy people who dont have retro memories below N64 doesnt like old games. The gfx is too bad for them :P
Or someone just get tired of old games and find them boring.

[Cmtz]

He's a young one. 12yrs

[jajaja]

Ok, figures then. I havnt heard of many young people who like old stuff like NES. Good going on beating Shadowgate with no help btw, its a though game :) You should go for Deja Vu and Uninvited too if you like Shadowgate.

[mills]

When I was about 10, Final fantasy 3 kept me up many nights...it was worth it.

[jhd7]

Maybe he still had his mind on the PC game he was playing? If I'm immersed in a game, not much else would seem interesting, and I wouldn't want to break my concentration.


jhd7 / Jeff D

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

I was stuck for about a year on the part where you had to learn a spell by "using" a wall in the Epor room. I had to get the solution from the Worlds Of Power novel...

[evildead2099]

He's a young one. 12yrs

Perhaps he was spoiled from having specifically played Shadowgate 64.