Subj : Re: What's in your retro closet?
To   : Newtype Len
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed Mar 20 2024 15:10:54

 NL> I specifically recall Police Quest games requiring you to have read the
 NL> manuals -which were procedural manuals and hintbooks in 
 NL> disguise. If you read
 NL> them and played the game according to it, you had an easier time making
 NL> progress and earning points. Sierra Games were also 
 NL> famous for killing you,
 NL> at least compared to Lucasarts adventure games.

Police Quest was ALL ABOUT following those procedures!  And immediate DEATH if you ever strayed from proper procedure!

Started driving a car without doing the prescribed walk-around check?  DEAD.

Handcuffed a prisoner with their hands in front of them instead of behind them?  YOU DIE NOW.


Anyone interested in Sierra games might like to check out Space Quest Historian on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/Spacequesthistorian

As the name implies, Space Quest is the main obsession, but all the Sierra games are covered.  Scott Murphy even gifted him The First Copy of Space Quest (in factory shrinkwrap) which is quite a treasure!


Chris/akacastor

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