From Legends of Adventure - Legends of Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line

I hope this is cool to post here. It’s a Backerkit project for a documentary about Sierra On-line. I grew up playing these and figured there might be some other old farts around who would be interested.

I remember Kings Quest 6 blowing my mind when it came out and I only had the floppy disk version. I never knew until I was much older that there was a CD-ROM version with full voice over.

  • BrokenEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    I’m an old fart that grew up on these games too. They were what I lived for. Kings Quest 1 blew me away. Then 2 had me hooked. 3 was another level and felt so big.

    I collected their catalogs and dreamed f what would come next. There was a box art for KQ4 they showed in the catalog that didn’t make it to the actual box. It was amazing and I wished I had that.

    I also played Space, Police, and Heros Quest, but Kings Quest was my jam.

  • FurtiveFugitive@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    5 months ago

    Another old fart here. Some of my first gaming memories are Kings Quest 1 and Space Quest 1. I remember having to go all my parents how to spell certain words to do what I needed to do.

    I played both of those originals but then missed out on the sequels until they went vga - sq4 and kq5. Of course as an adult I bought all the collections so I could finally see what I missed in 2-4.

    All that to say, thanks for posting this. I’ll always watch another documentary on Sierra.

      • Statlerwaldorf@midwest.socialOPEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        I think some of the later stuff aged well if you’re into point and click adventure games and some “retro” looking graphics. But the early ones might be a little janky for anyone who didn’t live through that era.

        You have to type in the actions you want to do and they looked like this:

      • FurtiveFugitive@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        Even with nostalgia glasses on I had a hard time enjoying the really old ones. That said, I think there’s a lot of charm in sq4 and kq5 5/6.

  • Strider@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    Color me surprised. I’ve read ken’s book which is recommendable. So what’s new here?

    Having a closer look I’d really recommend the book, written by him and not some interviews with him. 🤷

    https://kensbook.com/

    And hi to all other old farts.

    • Statlerwaldorf@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      Cool, thanks for that. I read John Romero’s ‘Doom Guy’ earlier this year and it was pretty good. Not perfect, but it fed my nostalgia for the olden days of Commander Keen and Doom.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      I read Hackers: Heros of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy. Should I really read Kens book as well? I mean I feel I learned a lot about how it came about from Levy book.