When they going 2 bring back the old Point & Click

[NeoVenom]

All the graphic adventure games that use to have the old style of "point & click" are becoming 3D like Leisure Suit Larry and Monkey Island. In my opinion, I prefer the old versions over the new ones. For some reason, they are more funner, which is kinda weird cuz you'd expect a 3D game to be more funner than a 2D game. Like there was a rumor that Full Throttle is gonna be 3D as well as Sam & Max.

[jajaja]

Both Sam & Max 2 and Full Throttle 2 were canceled a long time ago, thank god for that hehe. Pulling these games to 3d is a big mistake. I did enjoy Monkey Island 4 alot tho, even if it is in 3d :)

I also miss the good old 2d point-n-click adventure games :( Before there were alot of them, now its hardly any. There is a new adventure game comming soon, called Runaway 2 (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/runaway2/index.html?q=runaway%202). I played through Runaway 1 and it was a great game. Looking forward to checking out the sequel :)

[NeoVenom]

Hmm, I can't believe I missed that game. LOL I got almost every single 2D point & click game. The most recent one I got was Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/tonytoughandthenorm/index.html) and that game was released '02. LoL

[CosmicMonkey]

Well, maybe someone will dig up the Sega CD versions of the Indiana Jones games and Myst from Lucasart's Dungeons and give them a release.

I'd certainly buy them.

[Austin]

Both Sam & Max 2 and Full Throttle 2 were canceled a long time ago, thank god for that hehe.

Actually, Telltale Games acquired the Sam & Max license, and are working on a new game starring the duo. The website is here: http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/

It is in 3D, and a little creepy looking, but Steve Purcell is working on it, so I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

[mailman187666]

They were supposed to make a new Space Quest game years ago but that got cancelled too. The space quest games used to be my favorite point and click games. The last one the made in particular. The Neverhood for the PC is pretty good too, I heard that game is hard to find now, is that true?

[mezrabad]

I think the closest "point and clicks" in the console world lately would be the Syberia series on the Xbox. I can't vouch for the gameplay but the graphics sure look pretty.

Also, The Longest Journey was the last great point and click that I heard about coming out for the PC. I understand that its sequel came out recently (Dreamfall? or something like that) and I heard that it wasn't very good. :(

[NeoZeedeater]

Also, The Longest Journey was the last great point and click that I heard about coming out for the PC. I understand that its sequel came out recently (Dreamfall? or something like that) and I heard that it wasn't very good. :(
Dreamfall is a great game for its story and atmosphere. Longest Journey fans might be disappointed at its lack of puzzles though.

[NeoVenom]

They were supposed to make a new Space Quest game years ago but that got cancelled too. The space quest games used to be my favorite point and click games. The last one the made in particular. The Neverhood for the PC is pretty good too, I heard that game is hard to find now, is that true?

Yeah, a lot of the old point & click games are hard to find. Amazon.com probably got a bunch most likely so I'm gonna buy some on there.

I know a couple of fans started on a sequel for Zak McKracken & The Alien Mindbenders but idk what's the progress on that. Recently, I've been playing the Monkey Island series. Once I beat Curse of Monkey Island, I'm gonna play Leisure Suit Larry. :D

[skaar]

LOOK ROOM

"The room is full of people who have mice."

TALK SIERRA GAME TO PEOPLE

"You don't have a GAME."

MENTION SIERRA GAME TO PEOPLE

"What's a mention exactly?"

USE KEYBOARD ON PEOPLE

"It doesn't fit."

EAT HEAD

"You try to fit your head in your mouth, and find that you've broken your own neck. You are dead."

[mezrabad]

Also, The Longest Journey was the last great point and click that I heard about coming out for the PC. I understand that its sequel came out recently (Dreamfall? or something like that) and I heard that it wasn't very good. :(
Dreamfall is a great game for its story and atmosphere. Longest Journey fans might be disappointed at its lack of puzzles though.

I'm glad they got the story and atmosphere right, that's 80% of it for me. I'm sure I'll play it. Eventually.

[Arasoi]

I remember enjoying Kings Quest 5 quite a bit, despite the piss poor organization of the menus..

And no, not the mind numbingly horrid NES port :/

Sam and Max was probably the best one Ive played along with the Monkey Island games.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I'm a Gabriel Knight kid. I played through all three, and wish that Sierra/Vivendi would let Jane Jensen close off the series. I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO GRACE!

[skaar]

I got a Sam & Max poster (3 actually) from the Gametap booth at e3 - I took this to mean they might be resurrecting the franchise?

[boatofcar]

I actually like the earlier point and click adventures--the one's with no pointing and clicking. I like using the arrow keys to control your character and typing in commands by hand. My favorite it is the original EGA Lesiure Suit Larry.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/xbox/adventure/leisure_suit_larry_magna_lsl.jpg

[Arasoi]

I got a Sam & Max poster (3 actually) from the Gametap booth at e3 - I took this to mean they might be resurrecting the franchise?

Well, the new comic series is on their service, the new game is now being developed by Telltale games.

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax

[exit]

I know a couple of fans started on a sequel for Zak McKracken & The Alien Mindbenders but idk what's the progress on that.

Well there were two projects and only one of them was complete from what I know. I played it for about 15 minutes until I got stuck and then gave up. It was a nice little game tho and shouldn't be hard to find with the use of google.

Altho it might not be a point and click game, D was a nice 3D adventure game, I remmeber having to call a tip hotline for that back when I didn't have the internet.

[NeoVenom]

I remember enjoying Kings Quest 5 quite a bit, despite the piss poor organization of the menus..

And no, not the mind numbingly horrid NES port :/

My god, King Quests 5 is so hard in my opinion but THE hardest graphic adventure game I played was The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate (http://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-kyrandia-hand-of-fate)


I actually like the earlier point and click adventures--the one's with no pointing and clicking. I like using the arrow keys to control your character and typing in commands by hand. My favorite it is the original EGA Lesiure Suit Larry.

Yeah the typing adventure games are fun cuz they make you think more. Luckily Leisure Suit Larry Collector Series (http://www.mobygames.com/game/leisure-suit-larry-collection-series) has both EGA and VGA version of Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards. The 1st Leisure Suit Larry game I played was Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work (http://www.mobygames.com/game/leisure-suit-larry-5-passionate-patti-does-a-little-undercover-w) on the Macintosh (which is WAY better than the DOS version in my opinion)....when I was 9, 10 or 11 LOL . By the way, that's one cool lego version of Leisure Suit Larry. How long it took you to make it?


Well there were two projects and only one of them was complete from what I know. I played it for about 15 minutes until I got stuck and then gave up. It was a nice little game tho and shouldn't be hard to find with the use of google.

Altho it might not be a point and click game, D was a nice 3D adventure game, I remmeber having to call a tip hotline for that back when I didn't have the internet.

Ah I see, thanks for the info. :D

[crisssybwoy]

Point & click adventures were probably the first games I really got into, I loved the Monkey Island series & Leisure Suit Larry ones too!
I just got Sam & Max & Zak McKracken & the Alien Mindbenders for £0.70 each so think I'll have to play thru them.
I wish they would start releasing new 2d ones too, not go all 3d on us!

[boatofcar]

By the way, that's one cool lego version of Leisure Suit Larry. How long it took you to make it?


I can't really remember how long it took me, but I did it over the course of one night.

*SHAMELESS PLUG*

If you're interested in one, or any of the other lego sculptures, click the link on my sig-I do commissioned work.

[McBacon]

Dreamfall is a great game for its story and atmosphere. Longest Journey fans might be disappointed at its lack of puzzles though.

Story and Atmosphere were nice, but the fighting and stealth were awful and the puzzles were too basic, it turned me off playing :/

[NeoZeedeater]

My god, King Quests 5 is so hard in my opinion but THE hardest graphic adventure game I played was The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate (http://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-kyrandia-hand-of-fate)
Yeah, I'm playing it now and the some of puzzles are insane to figure out. Quite a charming game though.

[NeoVenom]

My god, King Quests 5 is so hard in my opinion but THE hardest graphic adventure game I played was The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate (http://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-kyrandia-hand-of-fate)
Yeah, I'm playing it now and the some of puzzles are insane to figure out. Quite a charming game though.

The only way I beat the game was by looking thru a walkthrough.

[Flack]

Infamous Adventures released their VGA remake of King's Quest III this week. The entire game has been reprogrammed with beautiful graphics. If you never played it (or even if you did), check it out. It's FREE!

http://www.infamous-adventures.com/index.php?page=projects

[jajaja]

I actually like the earlier point and click adventures--the one's with no pointing and clicking. I like using the arrow keys to control your character and typing in commands by hand. My favorite it is the original EGA Lesiure Suit Larry.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/xbox/adventure/leisure_suit_larry_magna_lsl.jpg

Same here! :) Dont forget Police Quest 1 EGA version hehe. That game is one of my favorite games of all time. I was playing it at my uncle's house before we got our own PC. This game was one of the main reasons why i wanted a PC.

[googlefest1]

i would like to see more of those kind of games aswell (even though they havent totaly disapeared)

especialy on the consoles - with a mouse type interface (i dont like useing control pad for point and click games)

[NeoVenom]

Infamous Adventures released their VGA remake of King's Quest III this week. The entire game has been reprogrammed with beautiful graphics. If you never played it (or even if you did), check it out. It's FREE!

http://www.infamous-adventures.com/index.php?page=projects

This is very cool. I gotta download this some time and try it out.

[NickmasterX]

They were supposed to make a new Space Quest game years ago but that got cancelled too. The space quest games used to be my favorite point and click games. The last one the made in particular. The Neverhood for the PC is pretty good too, I heard that game is hard to find now, is that true?

Actually, a fanmade Space Quest 7 is on the way, but they've been working on it for some time. http://www.sq7.org/

I didn't think that VGA remake of KQ3 would ever be finished! I looked at the site maybe a year ago, whoa I'm downloading it right now!

Now waiting for Quest for Glory 2 vga won't be so bad. http://agdinteractive.com/

Dreamfall is an excellent game, I'm almost all the way through it I think. The combat is a little simplistic, and maybe should have been left out all together, but the story is amazing!

[NeoVenom]

Man...I'm trying to play the VGA version of Leisure Suit Larry 1 and its a bit laggy with DosBox and with VDMSound, the mouse is a bit laggy in response sometimes. I did what they told me to do with LSL 1 on Dosbox but when I'm at the Casino, the game STILL lags a bit. I noticed someone else experienced this same problem when I was reading the game replies under the "Games" tab at DosBox's official site. I know the game isnt that slow because when I played the game normally thru Windows XP (without sound ), the game ran in its speed. I remember it being that fast on my old computer too, which sadly I can't play on because we are missing parts for it. :/

[NickmasterX]

Well, I'm sure there's a way to fix it in dosbox, but if you said it runs fine in XP you should download VDMS sound: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/
Now it will work with sound.
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[roushimsx]

For the love of god and everything that is holy, if you enjoy classic adventures then you need to play 5 Days a Stranger (http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days), 7 Days a Skeptic (http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/7days), and Trilby's Notes (http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/notes).

The series starts with 5 Days, which won a bunch of awards because it kicks ass. Trilby's Notes takes place 4 years later and is the immediate sequel (and was just released today!). Totally bucking the trend, the game uses a parser interface to great effect. 7 Days takes place 400 years after 5 Days (and has a mouse interface). The writing is totally top notch despite the amatuer graphics, but pretty much everything was done by just one guy. One guy!

Seriously, great games. Great free games.

I'm biased, though :(

[Jorpho]

Aye, the genre is alive and well with these freeware AGS games.

There's lots of cool stuff out there that I haven't played yet: Out of Order, Night of the Razors, No Action Jackson, Ozzie and the Quantum Playwright, The Adventures of Fatman, Garfield: Attack of the Mutant Lasagna, and of course the aforementioned 5 Days a Stranger and 7 Days a Skeptic. The list goes on and on.

[wallydawg]

I love point and clicks. I've waiting forever for Monkey Island 5. :(

Lets also not forget about The Adverntures of Willy Beamish.

[thefireflowermario]

For the love of god and everything that is holy, if you enjoy classic adventures then you need to play 5 Days a Stranger (http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days), 7 Days a Skeptic (http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/7days), and Trilby's Notes (http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/notes).

The series starts with 5 Days, which won a bunch of awards because it kicks ass. Trilby's Notes takes place 4 years later and is the immediate sequel (and was just released today!).Totally bucking the trend, the game uses a parser interface to great effect. 7 Days takes place 400 years after 5 Days (and has a mouse interface). The writing is totally top notch despite the amatuer graphics, but pretty much everything was done by just one guy. One guy!

Seriously, great games. Great free games.

I'm biased, though :(

Don't forget games like Maniac
mansion deluxe (http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=401)
Pleurghburg:The Dark Ages (http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=35)
^^ great music and a favourite of mine
Leisure suit larry 2:point and click (http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=356)

and more gems www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk

[NeoVenom]

Yesterday I just beat Leisure Suit Larry 2. LOL I'm playing Leisure Suit Larry 3 at the moment.

[Daltone]

I love point and clicks. I've waiting forever for Monkey Island 5. :(


So long as you don't have to use the keyboard again I'll be happy.

[NeoVenom]

Yeah, I know this thread is old but since it covers graphic adventure games, might as post on here rather than makin a new thread.

I noticed that a lot of these old school graphic adventure games are REALLY expensive. I tried to buy a copy of Day of the Tentacle (new) on amazon.com and the game is $100+. Heck all the new ones are over $100. :o

[jpark203]

I always loved the Quest for Glory games and was bummed when Sierra never released the expansion to QfG V they announced. The 4th one was always my favorite in spite of all the stupid bugs. It had excellent voice acting, a great story, and was much darker than the other games. Some people have been working on a VGA remake of the 2nd one, which I cannot wait for. It's in beta testing at the moment. You can find out about it here and download the remakes of King's Quest 1 & 2 here:
http://www.agdinteractive.com/

If you're looking for old style 2D point and clickers, there are a lot of people who make homebrews/remakes using AGS (Adventure Game Studio).
http://www.bigbluecup.com/

Also check out this site to see the fan-made sequel to the king's quest series that's in the works:
http://www.tsl-game.com/

[Snapple]

Since this thread was originally started, a lot of new games in the genre have come out.

I haven't played any of the new Sam & Max games yet, so I hope I can get some opinions on that.

For my DS, I have Trace Memory, Hotel Dusk, both Phoenix Wright games, and Touch Detective. All of them give me a good fill.

I'll also tentatively recommend Still-Life for PC. It has an absolutely fantastic story and atmosphere, and most of the game was very enjoyable. Some of the puzzles are quite frustrating though. You might want to refer to GameFAQs if you get stuck. Also, the ending leaves some loose ends, which I didn't like, but it's out there.

[skaar]

Sanitarium for PC was a good one too.

[NeoVenom]

W00t! A sequel to Sam & Max is out. When did it came out? I still gotta play the original one. :|

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax

[rbudrick]

Man, I can't believe no one has mentioned Shadowgate, Deja Vu, or The Uninvited. Those came out on pretty much every PC platform, but if you liked these on the NES, play Princess Tomato too, as it's very similar, and way better than the name lets on.

-Rob

[Howie6925]

I miss playing those games too, I just started playing discworld again for the ps1.

Just found a website that features these type of games.

http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php

[NeoVenom]

I miss playing those games too, I just started playing discworld again for the ps1.

Just found a website that features these type of games.

http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php

Really nice site. Thanks for sharing it! :D

[NeoVenom]

Seeing that I made this thread that is kinda dedicated to the whole Point & Click games topic, I've decided to post this here.

Recently, I was checking up on adventuregamers.com and came across a game called Resonance. It seems pretty cool and the controls for the game is point & click. This is really cool imo because it answers the question I put as the title.

Here's the page: http://www.adventuregamers.com/gameinfo.php?id=990

I'm going to continue searching around the site to see what else catches my eye.

[Jorpho]

There was a little stack of them mentioned in the recent 1Up's 101 Free Games 2008.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3165201

[TheRedEye]

W00t! A sequel to Sam & Max is out. When did it came out? I still gotta play the original one. :|

http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax

You're surprised to find the game that was posted twice in this thread already?

[NeoVenom]

You're surprised to find the game that was posted twice in this thread already?

Well considering it took a long time for another Sam & Max game to come out, yeah. Heh

[zemmix]

I played a few Police Quests, Space and king quests back in the day. For some reason Gold Rush is the one that I remember the most.

Point and clicks are ok... but what I want to know is when they will bring back space shooters like Tie Fighter and Wing Commander. Those are the ones I miss most.

[calthaer]

I really enjoyed "point & clicks" back in the day, although the name is something of an anachronism for some of them - King's Quest I-III and a lot of those early ones were controlled with a joystick or keyboard. I don't really enjoy them any more, though, and don't have a real desire to go back and play them. The real reason is, I think, that those games are very restrictive in the solutions that they allow people to come up with for the various "problems" the game presents. These solutions invariably try to get the player to "think like the designer" - sometimes in some very bizarre and non-intuitive ways. The classic example is the "NIKSTLITSELPMUR" puzzle from KQ1 - who's going to figure out that you have to spell RUMPLESTILTSKIN with a backwards alphabet, really?

I much prefer games nowadays that give me a set of tools and many different solutions to a problem and allow me to utilize some amount of creativity in discovering the solution - as opposed to just banging my head against a wall until I find the one particular brick that happens to have a crack in it.

[Berserker]

These solutions invariably try to get the player to "think like the designer" - sometimes in some very bizarre and non-intuitive ways. The classic example is the "NIKSTLITSELPMUR" puzzle from KQ1 - who's going to figure out that you have to spell RUMPLESTILTSKIN with a backwards alphabet, really?

Remember the Sierra Hint Line? It was this phone number you could call that charged by-the-minute that gave solutions to those difficult puzzles.

Of course it's all gone now, but I can't help but wonder if the developers were encouraged to make puzzles just a little bit more obscure for this reason.

[NeoVenom]

I really enjoyed "point & clicks" back in the day, although the name is something of an anachronism for some of them - King's Quest I-III and a lot of those early ones were controlled with a joystick or keyboard. I don't really enjoy them any more, though, and don't have a real desire to go back and play them. The real reason is, I think, that those games are very restrictive in the solutions that they allow people to come up with for the various "problems" the game presents. These solutions invariably try to get the player to "think like the designer" - sometimes in some very bizarre and non-intuitive ways. The classic example is the "NIKSTLITSELPMUR" puzzle from KQ1 - who's going to figure out that you have to spell RUMPLESTILTSKIN with a backwards alphabet, really?

I much prefer games nowadays that give me a set of tools and many different solutions to a problem and allow me to utilize some amount of creativity in discovering the solution - as opposed to just banging my head against a wall until I find the one particular brick that happens to have a crack in it.

Mann....I tried to play The Colonel's Bequest - a Laura Bow Mystery and the whole text commands gave me a headache. LOL