11 beloved PC game studios: Gone but not forgotten
#878602
04/05/13 07:09 PM
04/05/13 07:09 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 625 Florida
Donald
OP
Settled Boomer
|
OP
Settled Boomer
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 625
Florida
|
|
|
|
Re: 11 beloved PC game studios: Gone but not forgotten
[Re: Jenny100]
#878934
04/07/13 12:07 AM
04/07/13 12:07 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,779 Lost in the Arizona Desert
oldman
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,779
Lost in the Arizona Desert
|
Sacrilege!! They list Sierra, but show a picture of that abomination Magna Cum Laude instead of one of the real Leisure Suit Larry games. My thoughts exactly.
You laugh because I'm different I laugh because you're all the same
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
John
|
|
|
Re: 11 beloved PC game studios: Gone but not forgotten
[Re: Donald]
#879576
04/08/13 11:14 PM
04/08/13 11:14 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 4,940 Lincoln, NE
GuybrushThreepwood
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 4,940
Lincoln, NE
|
I never heard of most of those. Lucas Arts and Sierra only ones I know.
Currently Playing: Adventure Game: Broken Age Darkside: Star Wars: The Old Republic
|
|
|
Re: 11 beloved PC game studios: Gone but not forgotten
[Re: Donald]
#879749
04/09/13 05:47 PM
04/09/13 05:47 PM
|
Joined: Jun 1999
Posts: 1,436 Great Lakes Region
mrbill
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Jun 1999
Posts: 1,436
Great Lakes Region
|
Most of the other developers were primarily producing RPGs or other types of games rather than Adventure games. Westwood was big in RPGs, but they did give us the 3 Kyrandia games. They list Sierra Entertainment which was the name used by Vivendi Universal Games after they had become the owners of Sierra. Our beloved Sierra was just called Sierra or Sierra Online.
They left out:
Legend Entertainment Company (Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Shannara, Death Gate, [Spellcasting 101, 201 and 301], Superhero League of Hoboken, Eric the Unready and Star Control 3)
Cryo Interactive Entertainment (Atlantis I, II and III, Egypt Games, Forbidden City and many more games)
Perfect Entertainment (3 Discworld Games)
Presto Studios (The 3 Journeyman Project Games and MYST III: Exile)
Mr. Bill
|
|
|
Re: 11 beloved PC game studios: Gone but not forgotten
[Re: Donald]
#879766
04/09/13 07:02 PM
04/09/13 07:02 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644 southeast USA
Jenny100
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
|
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
|
There were several others... Access (Tex Murphy games) Detalion (Reah, the Schizm games, Sentinel) Kheops Studio (Return to Mysterious Island 1 and 2, Echo: Secret of the Lost Cavern, Safecracker 2006, Nostradamus, Secrets of Da Vinci, and ***more***. Southpeak (Temujin, Dark Side of the Moon, and the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea on DVD game that never got past being an ad on a poster in Dark Side of the Moon and a demo.) Also, the dates they give for Sierra are 1979-2008, even though it wasn't the same studio for all that time -- and the Vivendi incarnation was certainly not "beloved."
|
|
|
Re: 11 beloved PC game studios: Gone but not forgotten
[Re: mrbill]
#879779
04/09/13 08:18 PM
04/09/13 08:18 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,263 Arizona
InlandAZ
BAAG Specialist
|
BAAG Specialist
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,263
Arizona
|
They left out:
Legend Entertainment Company (Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Shannara, Death Gate, [Spellcasting 101, 201 and 301], Superhero League of Hoboken, Eric the Unready and Star Control 3)
Cryo Interactive Entertainment (Atlantis I, II and III, Egypt Games, Forbidden City and many more games)
Perfect Entertainment (3 Discworld Games)
Presto Studios (The 3 Journeyman Project Games and MYST III: Exile)
Mr. Bill
And let's not forget Coktel Vision, with a long list of great games like Bargon Attack, Gobliiins , Lost in Time, Ween, etc... and the good folks at Microprose for Rex Nebular.
|
|
|
Re: 11 beloved PC game studios: Gone but not forgotten
[Re: Donald]
#879802
04/09/13 11:35 PM
04/09/13 11:35 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,825 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bristol
Addicted Boomer
|
Addicted Boomer
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,825
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
|
That brought back some memories, especially mention of Deus Ex, the Thief series, etc. BUT, did you notice at the end of the slide show you were invited to click a link for another slideshow of games "even your grandmother would love"? Well, excuse me, but could someone inform the writer just how many of us "grandmothers and grandfathers" are playing these games and just how much money we toss their way? Patronizing or what, eh?
|
|
|
|
|