Shadowgate, Deja Vu, Uninvited

[Barbarianoutkast85]

Are there any games that are like Shadowgate? Other then Deja Vu, Uninvited and Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom. Also I was wondering Is Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Tower any good? Also does it stick to the roots of the original Shadowgate for the NES?

[mills]

There's a sequel to Shadowgate on the turbo duo.

[kainemaxwell]

Ah, the Keimo-Seika games. Shadowgate and Deja Vu were games I rented or borrowed often and were often discussed at summer camp and at lunch. I only played The Uninvited via emulation, and for some reason didn't have the same feel for me. maybe i'll try it again and maybe try Princess Tomato.

[Barbarianoutkast85]

I own Shadowgate, Deja Vu, Uninvited and Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom for the NES. I have Shadowgate and Uninvited complete. My favorite for the four is still Shadowgate it just has a dark feel to it that I enjoy second would have to be Uninvited. Princess Tomato is a decent game IMO I havent beaten it or anything, and only played it a handful of hours. I did enjoy the game for the time I did spend playing it.

[Lemmi_Is_God]

maniac mansion is the same type of game but you control more people with different outcomes

i dont know about these types of games on other systems tho, but i wouldnt mind knowing also

[Blitzwing256]

trace memory on ds is very simmilar
snatcher on sega cd (although its an expensive game nowadays)

[InsaneDavid]

Wasn't there a Game Boy Color release that contained a Deja Vu sequel?

[VACRMH]

Wasn't there a Game Boy Color release that contained a Deja Vu sequel?

Yessir. Deju Vu 1 and 2.

[Graham Mitchell]

The Sega CD had several good adventure games. Dynamix ported over Willy Beamish and Rise of the Dragon. Willy Beamish is great but the load times are sooooooooooo slow. It's quote painful. Rise of the Dragon on the other hand is short, but it's an absolute gem. I think the reason it seemed short to me is because I loved it so much that I couldn't stop playing it. As such, I finished it off in 2 evenings.

JVC also published a port of Secret of Monkey Island for the Sega CD as well.

If you're willing to play PC games and are savvy with Dosbox, just about any Sierra game from the late 80's and early 90's is in that style. The series of note are Kings Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Quest for Glory/Heroe's Quest, and Liesure Suit Larry. Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist was a one-off from the designer of the Leisure Suit Larry series, and it's also very good.

Somebody mentioned Snatcher--that's the best game in this genre you'll ever play. Try it if you can.

[Lemmi_Is_God]

If you're willing to play PC games and are savvy with Dosbox, just about any Sierra game from the late 80's and early 90's is in that style. The series of note are Kings Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Quest for Glory/Heroe's Quest, and Liesure Suit Larry. Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist was a one-off from the designer of the Leisure Suit Larry series, and it's also very good.
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do any of those games require typing a command or action?

if so i dont really like those, i like everything point, click, use/thinking

[norkusa]

I just started playing Beyond Shadowgate recently. It's not bad but the original is still the best. Shadowgate 64 kinda sucked though.


BTW, I've got a sealed copy of Deja Vu I & II for GBC if anyone is interested.

[Gentlegamer]

There's a sequel to Shadowgate on the turbo duo.

It's more like King's Quest, though.

[VACRMH]

do any of those games require typing a command or action?

if so i dont really like those, i like everything point, click, use/thinking

I'm playing another old Sierra game, Phantasmagoria. Point and Click only but.... it's kind of dull.

The Space Adventure for Sega CD was nice as well.

[Cinder6]

Not quite the same, but there's Maniac Mansion (already mentioned), Day of the Tentacle, and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Those last two are two of my favorite games. There's also the Monkey Island series, but I think I'm beginning to just start listing adventure games :P

[Mark III]

trace memory on ds is very simmilar
snatcher on sega cd (although its an expensive game nowadays)

There's also Rise of the Dragon for Sega CD. It's the poor man's Snatcher.

[rbudrick]

Phoenix Wright games are right up there too. They are very Shadowgate/PTitSK-like.

-Rob

[exit]

Samurai Sword is a nice one for NES, it's pretty short, but I found it quite enjoyable. There's a translation for it released, so check it out if you have the time. It's a Famicom Disk game, so I suggest using FCE Ultra if you play it.

[Arasoi]

Hotel Dusk.

[Graham Mitchell]

do any of those games require typing a command or action?

if so i dont really like those, i like everything point, click, use/thinking

The earlier ones in the series do, particularly those in EGA. But anything with
VGA or better graphics used a point and click interface. If it's published in the 90's, it won't use a parser.

[James8BitStar]

One I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Scooby Doo Mystery for the Sega Genesis is a Maniac Mansion-like game and a pretty engrossing one too.